Logitech Harmony Link

From what i saw/read, only on the ipad, iphone/ipod it does not, but yes, i think that looks like a pretty nice option as well.

Glowrdr wrote: »

That looks pretty sweet. Is it just me, or does it look like it incorporates a guide into the "remote"? If that is in fact the case - the coolness factor just went up.

The device needs line of sight to the equipment (or the IR emitter), however, your ipad/iphone/ipod communicate with it over your wireless network, you do not need line of sight to the puck. So hide the puck anywhere you want with your equipment and your wireless will communicate with the device.

OK, bought it, and it is a LOVE / HATE relationship.

Number 1, if you get it, immediately install FIREFOX, don't try anything else. I spent 2 hours scouring threads and clearing cookies/cache and finally got it to work.

Number 2, that still may not work, as it took me a dozen tries after that and what actually ended up working was to not have the device plugged in USB until it said, can't find your device. Something about it makes it hang if you have it plugged in prior to that, it took me another couple of tries of unplugging it from the USB port and plugging it back in to get it to configure and work.

So 2 hours to get it put my WEP key into it and log on to my network, phew, now on to configuring the actual pieces of equipment in my basement. Pretty easy, as a matter of fact it took me longer to find my TV model number than to do any adding of equipment, I added the SC-27, the 55 Inch Vizio, the Dish box and my PS3.

Actually using the unit, ok, i want to be able to have the remote control on the screen, give me all the damn buttons, so far, i can't do that. I can scroll through a list of commands but haven't spent enough time to see where i can put the control in the layout i want to use. Maybe I will look through this a few times and figure it out. The interface on the iPad is great other than the actual remote control section, didn't put it on the iPod Touch my kids play with yet, but i think i will. The Guide for Dish works well, can see a graphic of the show, put your favorites into a group and only see the handful of channels you listen to as well.

I have the unit and my gear under the steps in my basement, out of sight, there is a repeater with a decent amount of cord that can be stretched out to reach the TV and the main unit communicated with everything else well. Power on/power off and all of that were perfect, i just want to be able to arrange the control the way i want, it may do this but i had too many things going on to use it.

For 100.00, its a decent control, it could use some improvements in software and customization. Also, the frustration factor is pretty high, if you don't want to jiggle it smack it and walk away mad for a while, you might skip it, but if your patient enough to work with it, it works. It is also pretty cool to be able to turn your gear on from the second floor of the house, It would make setting up a different room really easy and controllable from anywhere.

I think it would be fine, currently my stuff is in a tall rack with frosted shelves and the main unit is sitting on top of my SC-27 (the SC-27 is too big for the shelves so it sits on top of the unit) and then everything else is below that, i have the IR repeater ran off to the side temporarily till i drill a hole and mount it on the other side of the stairs. I haven't played around with placement much to see where i could hide the main unit, but it is really about 1/2 inch over the lip of my SC-27 and none of my gear is to the front of my rack and it sees all of it.

I may play around with it some tonight on placement and see.