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| Logitech Harmony One Advanced Universal Remote | 
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| Brand: Logitech
Category: CE
List Price: $249.99
Buy New: $189.95
You Save: $60.04 (24%)
New (41) Used (2) from $189.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  263 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 8 x 10 x 6
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 915-000035
Model: ONE
UPC: 097855046673
EAN: 0097855046673
ASIN: B00119T6NQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great piece of home theatre August 9, 2008
This is such a joy to use in a home theatre, easy to set up, functional and gives you both individual control of each component and 1 touch functionality to watch a movie etc
The only negative is that all pieces of the home theatre must be off for the 1 touch to work properly, otherwise it may not control certin pieces correctly. A monor belmish -
I cant imagine my HT without it - super buy, although it is costly
 Helps me put away most of the remotes some of the time August 8, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Not what i was expecting. Didnt have my receiver on file and makes you forcibly assume another similar receiver. Helpful sometime when it actually works. Find myself manually turning on equipment to get it done correctly.
 Best Universal Yet! August 8, 2008
I've used many universal remotes and this is the best one yet. Flawlessly allows you to operate multiple combinations of components. Recharging station is a huge plus...you never have to buy batteries. Buttons are back lit for easy viewing and the remote has a motion sensor which makes it light up as soon as you pick it up. The only (and it's a small thing) drawback is that it doesn't work on bluetooth components so I still have to use my Playstation 3 remote to watch blu-ray movies but it works great changing the TV and Receiver settings to set up for blu-ray.
Too good to be true! August 7, 2008
Even after reading (and watching) the reviews, I have to admit - I was skeptical. Truth be told, this device really works and Logitech's website makes setup relatively painless. I suppose my main reason for making this purchase, aside from multiple remotes covering the sofa, was because the "entertainment system" had simply become too complicated for my wife to to use. So, I decided to give it a try.
Just a couple of caveats: (1) This is probably not a good solution if you don't have just a little experience with computers and (2) You aren't prepared to spend some time doing setup and verification. If you have even a moderately complex system (we have 6 devices to control), it will take you considerably longer (I've spent 4-5 hours) to set up than the 30 minutes suggested by Logitech. Regardless, it will be well worth it!
The online database contains all the commands for any device you probably have. Our oldest piece (12 years old) is an Aiwa mini-stereo, which we use for sound and the newest is the latest Sony Blu-ray player (BDP-S350) which has been available for just a few weeks. The "One" handles them all. Oh, I don't mean it just turns stuff on and off. I mean this single remote will learn and provide all the functionality of all of your factory remotes - even stuff you'd forgotten they would do.
One of my big concerns was what happens if the remote fails to turn on a device (say, because you were off-axis or just too far away) but turns on everything else. Well, if that happens, you simply push the "help" button on the remote and it asks you the necessary questions to resolve the problem.
I could go on, but to repeat myself, the device really works and Logitech makes it very easy to setup and modify later as you add or change equipment. Once you master the basics, you may even find yourself setting up additional "activites" for the remote to manage. At present, we have the device managing 8 fairly complex activities.
This is an award winning tool that lives up to the hype. But it's more than that. It is absolutely essential if you want to enjoy your entertainment system instead of messing around with a bunch of remote controls.
 Still falling short if its potential August 7, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been a Harmony 880 user for a long time and while the Harmony remotes offer easy setup of basic functions for an AV system, the hardware was a disappointment. My 880 suffered from an LCD that shifted its viewing angle without any means to adjust it; it made unreliable contact with the charging cradle; and many keys were small with all having tiny, barely readable legends.
The Harmony One is certainly a better remote. The cradle contacts now mate reliably with the remote. The keys have larger, brighter, easier to read legends. I can't say if the LCD will hold up over time, but it's brighter and clearer than the 880's ever was. The touch display ergonomics are turning out to be a step backward, however. While the activity descriptions are larger, there are half as many accessible at one time. The left/right navigation cuts into the size of the center button so you have to touch the center button with some precision. Logitech completely ignored parallax. You must hold the remote fairly level to have the IR emitter work well, but at that angle it's hard to judge where to touch the displayed controls. I often accidentally hit the active areas for device/activity controls instead of the third button as I intended. It would be very simple for a remote to have the IR LEDs mounted at an angle, minimizing touch screen parallax and providing a better view of the controls as you use them.
For basic activity setup, the web-based configuration works very well. The system has improved since I started out with the 880 - but more advanced setup is still frustrating and slow at best. What's still difficult and very annoying is setting up custom button layouts for your device and activities configurations. Stupidly, all the device controls are presented by Logitech alphabetically. This results in very poor groupings of controls and the basics like power on/off/toggle are way down the list. You can move control items up and down the list so they're arranged more functionally, but but you can only move one item one space at a time. And you have to remember to save your changes and restart the setup every five minutes or you lose all your changes. I discovered the time limitation after spending the better part of an hour rearranging controls only to find the session had timed out long ago. The better way to customize buttons is to delete and reconfigure all the commands. Yes, doing that is just as slow and annoying as it sounds.
I tried adding a custom IR device for my subwoofer remote. The Logitech presets would let me add a device but would error out when I tried to configure it. Logitech has a lot of devices but some are very hard to find. My Clarion Sirius tuner was supported but it was hidden in an odd and vague category of devices. Logitech should add more categories specifically for digital audio players and satellite receivers.
You are likely to want to do more advance configuration of your Harmony remote simply because the canned functions leave out controls you're likely to need. For several activities, I want controls for surround and decoding but I had to add these manually. The device controls typically take up several "pages" on the LCD and the alphabetic listing ensures they're not grouped rationally. You'll also get all the commands you'll never use so if, for example, you have a Sirius receiver and don't want to wade through many XM controls, you have to delete them manually. I'd rate the Harmony much higher if doing those manual adjusments wasn't extremely slow and frustrating.
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