LOGITECH HARMONY AVR CONTROL BLUETOOTH

ThatвЂ™s not all, the hub pairs with a remote controller or two over the radio frequencies. IFTTT or Amazon Echo can be used to command the hub (вЂњif itвЂ™s 7am on a weekday and my smartphone is at home then switch on TV and set channel to CNNвЂќ or just вЂњAlexa, turn on my TVвЂќ). The wifi is used for the smartphone app, setup, upgrades and possible home automation integration. ItвЂ™s also connected to your wifi network.

LOGITECH HARMONY AVR CONTROL BLUETOOTH

In case you have devices that have Bluetooth remotes (such as PS3) the hub can handle BT as well. In case you have devices in multiple closed cabinets you can plug in two additional wired IR blasters (one extra IR blaster is supplied in the Harmony Smart Control package) to extend the signal.

The hub contains an infrared blaster that can be used to control your TV, DVD players, NUC or other devices. LogitechвЂ™s current Harmony line-up of devices is more or less based on the Harmony Hub вЂ“ a device size of an ice-hockey puck that ties all your devices together. After using the device for a month I just canвЂ™t imagine going back вЂ“ the thing fulfills my needs near perfectly although it has its quirks. Black Friday eventually sorted it out and I bought a Logitech Harmony Smart Control for a reasonable price. I knew Logitech had some fancy products for almost $300 but I always felt that was insane money to spend on a remote controller so I kept on looking. When the remote stubbornly refused to learn the codes for my new AV receiver I finally decided it was time to replace it with something more modern. I was annoyed at the thing and the rest of the family openly frustrated. Remembering to choose the correct device at the top of the remote every time when you wanted to do something with a different device was a pain. I wasnвЂ™t able to program discrete power on and off commands for most of the devices so the command sequences would turn devices on and off seemingly at random.

However, even if that remote could learn commands from other remotes and there was an option of creating command sequences, the remote was always cumbersome to use.

Logitech harmony avr control