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Black02Silverado Senior Enthusiast

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I just got one. I know two individuals that have them and love them. I guess once I get it set up it will be great but for now it is a major PITA. The fact that one remote will work everything is great since I have five sitting around. So far I got it to work with my DirecTV, BlueRay and regular VCR/DVD player. But I'm having issues getting it to work my JVC AV and putting it on the proper imput. Once that is done then it is one remote and the rest can go into storage. :thumbs:

tobias Senior Enthusiast

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I have two 550's and love them. I even have them running my Lutron IR light controllers. Sick. :thumbs:

 

They can be require a bit of effort to iron out any wrinkles but once you get things set up, you'll be good to go!

stadt11 Senior Enthusiast

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I do, & I LOVE IT!!!!

 

It works with all my components, even my 8 year old RCA AV Receiver. You can customize the buttons for it to work correctly with what you have.

 

Something I did with mine, I changed the time it takes - from default settings - to switch between DVD/Satellite/TV (you have to manually do this within the Harmony Remote Software). Before, it would take about 10 seconds to power the correct device on/off and switch to the right input. Now, it will do all all this in less than a few seconds.

 

Also changed the response time so it recognizes the #'s you press when wanting to change to a different channel (by default - you press a number, then it shows on the screen - now the # shows on the screen simultaneously when you press the button). Just a few little tweaks that should come set from the factory.

 

My Rating >> :thumbs::thumbs:

Darkanion Senior Enthusiast

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Yep! I bought my 880 for Christmas of '06! Apparently, I've used it too much, though. A couple of the buttons have been giving me difficulties recently... I guess I'll be upgrading it here soon (or taking it apart and seeing if I can clean it -- and then upgrading, after I botch something up! :thumbs:).

VMax2007 Senior Enthusiast

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Yep! I bought my 880 for Christmas of '06! Apparently, I've used it too much, though. A couple of the buttons have been giving me difficulties recently... I guess I'll be upgrading it here soon (or taking it apart and seeing if I can clean it -- and then upgrading, after I botch something up! :thumbs: ).

 

Too much porn Michael? :crazy:

tobias Senior Enthusiast

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Yep! I bought my 880 for Christmas of '06! Apparently, I've used it too much, though. A couple of the buttons have been giving me difficulties recently... I guess I'll be upgrading it here soon (or taking it apart and seeing if I can clean it -- and then upgrading, after I botch something up! :thumbs: ).

 

Too much porn Michael? :crazy:

 

 

:D

omegafiler Senior Enthusiast

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I've got 3 880's, do I win!? They are pretty darn handy though. And like Tobias said, once you work out the "bugs" and get all of the buttons and controls to work exactly the way you want, it's awesome. It's got a very impressive database of IR devices. Even controls the AC window unit in the PC room.

 

The only issue I've had in one of the rooms isn't even due to the remote. It's because Media Center and the Xbox 360 share some of the same IR commands (ie. Power on/off). That was a brilliant idea on Microsofts part...

 

I've purchased many "universal" (and expensive) remotes over the years, but none of them have been to fully replace the stand-alone remotes. The harmony is cheaper than most, does way more, and it's relatively easy to setup and use. Definately worth it!

Darkanion Senior Enthusiast

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Yep! I bought my 880 for Christmas of '06! Apparently, I've used it too much, though. A couple of the buttons have been giving me difficulties recently... I guess I'll be upgrading it here soon (or taking it apart and seeing if I can clean it -- and then upgrading, after I botch something up! :crazy: ).

 

Too much porn Michael? :D

Maybe...??? :thumbs: I thought I was a little neater than that, though.. :P

VMax2007 Senior Enthusiast

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Yep! I bought my 880 for Christmas of '06! Apparently, I've used it too much, though. A couple of the buttons have been giving me difficulties recently... I guess I'll be upgrading it here soon (or taking it apart and seeing if I can clean it -- and then upgrading, after I botch something up! :crazy: ).

 

Too much porn Michael? :D

Maybe...??? :thumbs: I thought I was a little neater than that, though.. :P

 

 

Hey, at least you didn't mistake the super glue for the lotion and super glue it to your hand. :D

Darkanion Senior Enthusiast

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Hey, at least you didn't mistake the super glue for the lotion and super glue it to your hand. :thumbs:

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! I told you not to tell anyone about that! :crazy:

Ranger Senior Enthusiast

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We actually have 3 in the house...It can be an annoyance at time as it won't remember which input the TV was on last so every time I turn it on, it tries changing the input and channel even though it's already set...Other than that it's a lil annoying to hunt through the menus for specific options...Overall I do like it, feels a lot better than the bulky cable or tv remotes.

 

The ones we have are the 550s, and one is an XBOX360 version that has the main keys built into it.

ajcain79 Enthusiast

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I just got the 890. It's the same remote, it just adds the rf feature. Love it. It doesn't like it when I get up and push buttons on the equipment though. Overall, it's the best thing ever. (for $350 it should be.)

DofD Senior Enthusiast

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We have the Harmony 1000 here and love it. Thought about once every two months it will freeze or become 'confused' and I'll have to pop the battery out to reboot it.

Wingnut Senior Enthusiast

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I just got the 890. It's the same remote, it just adds the rf feature. Love it. It doesn't like it when I get up and push buttons on the equipment though. Overall, it's the best thing ever. (for $350 it should be.)

 

I've got the 890 as well...And it's completely bada$$.

 

It took me all of 20 minutes to set up and it's worked flawlessly ever since. I've not had to tweak one single thing after initial setup either. It even kicks my ceiling fan on and dims the lights!

 

Best Buy had them for $200 WITH free RF adapter about a month ago, so I snagged two of them.

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