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RE: Re: Any Harmony 885 remote users ? & where to buy ?


  • Subject: RE: Re: Any Harmony 885 remote users ? & where to buy ?
  • From: "Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:15:03 -0000

How does this remote do as a replacement for a Sky+ control - any good?

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Craig
> Sent: 18 January 2006 17:03
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Any Harmony 885 remote users ? & where
to buy ?
>
> 885 users - watch out for the base charger. I got my 885 from dabs.com
a
> few
> months back, and I had problems with the 885 charging, it did not make
a
> good contact 100% of the time. It turns out there has recently been a
> modification with the contacts on the base unit **
>
> Units are now being shipped with a modified base charger, but I guess
some
> old stock could still be shipped with the original base unit.
>
> I called logitech/harmony support, and they shipped me a new modified
base
> unit FOC (without the transformer).
>
> ** New modified base units have slightly smaller gold plated contacts,
> ensuring a better reliability of charging the remote. But they have
the
> same
> part no, so its not easy to tell which one you have, unless you have 2
> side
> by side :)
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
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