Re: Programmable remotes

[Adrian Merwood <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am a Harmony convert - time to upgrade my 875 (??) soon as some of
the buttons are sticking after years of solid use.

I bought the PS3 adapter from Logitech which works a treat.

Adrian
On 1 Aug 2010, at 10:57, Paul Gale wrote:

> You can get IR to BT adapters for the Harmony and PS3 I think. Haven't
looked into the detail, but wonder if they can be used for other remotes?
>
> Paul.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Neil
Wrightson
> Sent: 01 August 2010 10:49
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Programmable remotes
>
> Hi,
> Just looking at the web site at the moment.
> A couple of things that I would like in a remote are The Harmony One
functionality (and I echo your statements about programming)
> 1) RF capability i.e. 433MHz comms to say X10 etc. (Personally I use
MisterHouse with a smattering of xAP,xPL and X10 devices)
> 2) Bluetooth interface to my PS3
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Neil Wrightson.
>
> _____
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Paul Gale
> Sent: Sunday, 1 August 2010 7:42 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Programmable remotes
>
> No, not tried them.
>
> How's the programming? Which are the best remotes in their range in
your
> opinion?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
] On Behalf
> Of Ben Addison
> Sent: 01 August 2010 01:49
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Programmable remotes
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> Have you tried URC.
> http://www.universalremote.com/pro/products.php
>
> I completed there training course a few weeks ago and have one here at
home
> which i am trying.
>
> ben
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul Gale
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 11:45 AM
> Subject: [ukha_d] Programmable remotes
>
> I have 3 Logitech Harmony One's and a couple of the more basic harmony
> remotes in the house. After a few years of trying out pronto's etc, I
ended
> up going with the Harmony's simply because they were so quick to get
up and
> running - I was quite capable of programming the Pronto's but never
got past
> about 10% of their programming as they just took so long to setup.
>
> The biggest frustration with the Harmony's is that the software is
complete
> pants and if you're doing anything but simple config, it's incredibly
> restrictive.
>
> So, I thought I'd have another look around to see if there's anything
else
> worth considering at the moment.
>
> Ideally it's have the following:
>
> Comfortable hand held remote (not a pad/tablet)
> Plenty of hard buttons (these are sooo much better than all
touchscreen
> buttons)
> Touchscreen for custom buttons/activities
> Powerful and fully-featured software - option for easy setup but then
the
> power to fully customise when the need arrises
>
> Really, what would be great is the Harmony One hardware with much
> better/more powerful software.
>
> Anything like that out there?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul.
>
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