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| Brand: Logitech
Category: CE
Buy New: $74.99 (On sale from $149.99)
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Rating:  304 reviews
Media: Electronics
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 8 x 10 x 6
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 915-000002
Model: 915-000002
UPC: 097855042927
EAN: 0097855042927
ASIN: B000IMSK8Y
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| Customer Reviews:
 Piece of Junk November 1, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am on my 4th remote. 3 of the remotes broke when I tried to connect it through the USB port, the other one had a hard fault on the circuit board. Logitech have replaced all of them but it is a pain because I have to use my old remotes when it is not working. When the remote is working it is great.
 How do people not like this? October 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After reading countless reviews on the Harmony 670 and other Harmony models, I was a little apprehensive about buying one. Many people say the setup is difficult and the Logitech software is very buggy. I've had my Harmony 670 for a couple of weeks now and I just don't agree. Both the online setup and the physical software from Logitech have worked flawlessly for me and I use a 5 year-old laptop to accomplish it. Yes, it does take some time to make the remote absolutely perfect for your situation, especially if you have alot of component but you will have a functional remote controlling everything within an hour or so and it's easy to do. The key thing is that the Harmony remote CAN control every single function of every single remote that you own. I have 7 components (and 7 remotes) and the Harmony controls each one completely and perfectly, even older components. The activity-based tasks are a godsend to your family members that don't quite understand the finer points of universal remotes and the necessary steps that need to be taken to get a DVD movie to play with the home theater on. My wife loves this thing, no intimidation factor whatsoever! Also, no pulling out the old remotes for a single function that can't be programmed onto the Harmony. Again, I'm baffled why many people don't love these things, I will always own one now.
Great for consolidating remotes October 13, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
For a remote that does so much, it's incredibly easy to set up. I plugged it into my computer and just found each device in a list and the remote downloaded all the proper controls.
I found only a few downsides. One, it has buttons like "watch TV" and "watch movie" which sends a series of signals to set up all your devices for that action. You have to use those buttons. You can't just turn the TV on or off by itself. And, when you click on one of those action buttons you have to hold the remote pointing at everything for about 5 seconds while it executes everything.
My only other complaint is that there are some "custom" controls you can set up but they are confusing and I haven't been able to get them to do a few actions that I believe should have been standard with the remote. But if you have the time and patience to figure it out then you'll probably be fine (or if you have all equipment that is fairly new).
Security for these uncertain times October 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The world economy is in turmoil, our leaders have failed us, and the future is a fog of uncertainty and fear.
So why am I so happy? Because I just got a Logitech Harmony 670 universal remote.
My set up includes a television, an AV receiver, a Mac Mini-based media computer and Sirius satellite radio. The 670 controls them all.
Setup wasn't too complex, though it did take me a few minutes to figure out how to properly set up the "activities", chains of actions the remote can execute to make, say, watching a dvd or listening to Sirius through my stereo a one-button operation.
I traded in my old Tivo for a Mac with DVR software (EyeTV 3), so the faux-Tivo peanut look appeals to me.
I give it four stars and not five just because the design could be slightly more elegant (there just seem to be too many buttons) and set up could be a bit more streamlined, but overall I'm quite pleased.
No, the 670 won't allow me to fix world markets, but at least I feel I'm in control of something.
Update 10/16/08 -- I would add a fifth star to this review now (if only I could figure out how) due to something that happened over the weekend. Like many couples, I'm the gadget obsessed nerd and my wife likes things that just work. The other night she came home late after a work-related shindig and I was already asleep. She had a few drinks in her and decided she wanted to watch a little teevee before bed. As she told me the next morning, in her sodden state she couldn't quite figure out how to use the remote to turn on individual components in the entertainment center, but had a vague memory that if she pressed the red button marked "watch tv" it would work. She pressed it. Nothing happened. Now I don't know if she was aiming it in a strange place or what, but all I could think was "this is where things start going to go badly for me", since I was the one who convinced her we should dump Tivo and set up a media center pc (and I could make it as easy to use as a Tivo). But the Logitech Harmony stepped up to save my reputation.. She noticed another button marked "Help". She pressed it, and a little message popped up on the backlit LCD screen. "Is the Television on?" it asked her. She pressed "no". Suddenly the teevee turned on. "Did that fix the problem?" the remote asked. She hit "yes" and watched her show. She was so excited telling me the story she was almost giddy. And now so am I.
Controls my TV, COX DVR, DVD/VCR Recorder, Receiver October 2, 2008
I have Sony 52inch KDL-52V4100 LCD, Onkyo TX-SR605 receiver, Cox Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8240HDC, and a SONY combo recorder DVD/VCR RDR-VX560.
PROS: Great product. My wife loves it (she says you mean I don't have to press the INPUT button on the tv anymore to tell it I'm watching tv or COX cable box or the DVD player?).
CONS: The software 7.5 has a bug: The WATCH MOVIE button only points to the DVD ACTIVITY (which is fine) even though the software says it can be mapped to ther activities -- tech said new software version will be released around Dec 2008. Tech support is wonderful... waited less than 30 seconds. Techs from India are hard to understand but very polite. Sometimes I get an American tech so I don't have to struggle to understand what's said.
- When I press the MORE ACTIVITIES button, there's only the NEXT buttons and no BACK button (although I can click the MORE ACTIVITIES button to go back to the first screen).
- In the MORE ACTIVITIES button, the other activities can't be sorted the way I want, I would have to delete my activities in the software and recreate them in the order I want to see them sorted.
- There are only 6 buttons for the LCD screen choices instead of 8 like the Harmony 880 or 890 which means I have to flip to the next page.
- The LCD screen resolution is low so I have to abbreviate my labels. (The Logitech Harmony 880 or 890 have a better LCD with higher resolution so I don't have to abbreviate.)
- Difficult to see the buttons in dimly lit room so I always have to press the lite on the remote first.
- When controlling my DVD player, the REWIND button is on the other side far away from the FORWARD button which forces me to use my left hand to press the REWIND button.
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