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The included Harmony Hub relays commands from this Logitech 915-000239 Home Control remote or Harmony app to a wide variety of home devices, whether for home entertainment or home automation, using IR, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and more.
 
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My Favorite Harmony Yet
on June 3, 2016
Posted by: TommyBoy
I've owned four different Harmony remotes dating back to even before Logitech bought them out. This is by a long shot my favorite of all the Harmony remotes I've owned and, quite frankly, in my opinion one of the best remotes on the market.
If you have ever owned a Harmony remote, then you will likely have zero problems with the setup here. In fact, using an iPhone or Android phone to setup your remote hub is much easier and more intuitive than the web-based computer setup, but I didn't really have problems with setup in the past. There is a learning curve the first time you do it so don't despair that it may take you some time and some trial and error to get everything working right. The important thing is that once you are set up, it's a set it and forget it kind of deal. It just works.
My reason for upgrading to this remote from my last Harmony remote was because I wanted to move to the hub based system, but still wanted a physical remote (as opposed to using my phone). The remote that this one comes with is super comfortable. All the buttons are within reach of my thumb for one-handed operation and my wife with much smaller hands finds this remote a vast improvement from my last Harmony that had a touchscreen.
Using the hub has changed my life a little. I was hoping it would. Thus the purchase, but it far exceeded my expectations. I no longer have to have my remote pointed in just the right direction for it to work. I can even use the remote from another room and it works perfectly. If a normal infrared remote is a rifle, the hub sends out a shotgun kind of signal that bounces all over the room and really does a good job of getting the signal to your devices.
My home theater components are all in two sides of a media console with glass doors on it. Despite the glass, there are thick wood frames on the doors that hide the IR detectors on some of my components. Suffice it to say that the hub sitting on top of the console, even without the additional IR blaster hat comes with it, worked about 95%. I had one unit (my Bluray player) that was not getting every signal every time. So I put the little additional IR blaster inside that cabinet and voila, it all works 100%. Like I said before, setting things up right takes a small time investment. For me, the Harmony servers (I already had an account since I already had a remote in use) downloaded all the information from my last remote and the new remote required zero real setup for me. It just meant getting the hub and IR blaster placed correctly. That took about 15-20 minutes.
The whole thing just works. I could hand the remote to any friend or family member and there aren't any tricks that you have to know to make it work right. Push an activity button and a few seconds later you are doing that activity. Gone are the days of needing to know the exact spot in the room to point my old remote at in order to get every separate component to turn on.
Bottom line: the Harmony system keeps getting better and better. And this one is well worth the $150 price tag.
My Best Buy number: 0962313286
I would recommend this to a friend!
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