I set up activities to watch TV, use Smart TV, and watch a DVD.

On command, so even if you construct activity just to change input, damn TV gets powered down during activity

The TV and set-top boxes worked but the streamers were incredibly hard for the remote to configure to.

then the TV wouldn't come on or my Roku would ignore it until you try over again a few times

I have a smart TV, DirecTV, PS3, Apple TV, and a Denon stereo receiver

The whole use your phone as a remote is not even possible because in order to do that the app needs to connect to the hub and no matter what I do the app fails to find the hub

You can control the box with the included remote or your smart phone

The phone is generally much easier so start with it, but it lacks some more detailed features so you will want to also have the computer version handy

Also nice for times when we lose a remote (I don't have as much problems losing my phone).

Its pretty bad when an app breaks your 700 dollar phone

Now I have the device, the simple remote works really well and to be

One simple example of how well this remote works is the "Watch TV" activity

Second Update: after using the remote for about a week i can say that the "dumb" remote works like a dream

It's got a great simple remote (no screen) as well as works

Setup was pretty easy and the remote worked pretty well

GREAT product, Logitech - and the price was right for this particular model

This is a great product especially if you have a Google Home

My goodness this is a great product or so I have been told.

great product solve all my remote problem even with older products

What in the world did Harmony do to ruin a very good product?

The Harmony remote and the Harmony app still don't work

I purchased my Harmony Smart Control from a local Fry's

This Harmony Smart Control works with wifi, Bluetooth and IR

My first harmony remote was the Xbox 360 branded version up until some of the buttons failed years later

This is the worst Logitech Harmony remote we have ever had

The Smart Hub and IR blaster is what's actually talking to your devices

The Hub has no problem communicating with it even on a different shelf.

both the Hub and the remote have met my expectations or exceeded them.

All my electronics have been awesome with the exception of this Dissonant Harmony hub.

First thing to understand is that the remote ONLY talks to the Smart Hub, not your individual devices themselves.

For example, our home does not have a central air conditioning system, instead, we rely on a large window A/C unit to cool the house down

n’t scroll right or left, but instead press a corresponding number such as #3 for HDMI 3 or #6 for Component cable input

No backlit buttons, hub connectivity issues, buttons all felt the same.

, app interface is a little bland, and some spotty connectivity issues

To resolve the connectivity issue, find the MAC ID of the device, go into your router, assign a static IP to that MAC address, then reboot the Harmony Hub (just unplug it for 2 mins).

I mention it because of how Harmony treats "smart home" devices

However, I believe it can also be used to control "smart home" devices, and also works with Alexa

Wow Such an amazing device that works will all my current media devices and Amazon Alexa Echo

Pairing is really easy, just find your device's model number and put it into the app either on a computer or android/ios device

This device solves my number one problem with remote controls in general: Having to hold the controller in the right position to the IR transmitter can be received by all the devices, and hold it there until the programmed sequence is completed

and it makes me sick to have been a victim of these horrible practices and blatant attempt to literally steal customers money.

Buy at your own peril, I'm going to request American Express get in involved and perhaps do a warranty claim on this piss poor attempt at "customer service".Hi Kenny,I understand your frustration regarding this issue with your Harmony Smart Control

The customization is the real strength, the little remote may look unassuming, but you can control what nearly every button on it does and configure it to work as you want it to

An attempt to change settings will generally fail and crash the app about 50% of the time

I expect that things will continue to work as they do now and I won't need any IR repeaters to make it happen

Overall the best thing about this is having one remote to control all, including my Fire TV

I'm preparing to set this one up, but I think it's a good thing.

And the good thing is that I don't have to set it up over again.

It just works, and that's a hard thing to accomplish for Universal remotes.

I lost one thing, the voice button for my Amazon Fire Stick.

The customization is the real strength, the little remote may look unassuming, but you can control what nearly every button on it does and configure it to work as you want it to

the remote feels high quality and comfortable in your hand and because it uses RF with the plug you do not have to worry about making sure it is pointed directly at the TV with no objects interfering as you do with IR

I expect that things will continue to work as they do now and I won't need any IR repeaters to make it happen

but this remote setup is just an annoying waste of my time.

An important thing to mention is that the more devices you have and how they work together will largely affect how complex the setup ends up being, as well as if you are tech savvy or not

The setup was easy, and since it works over wifi it works consistently.

This was a very tedious setup process that took about an hour.

Setup was pretty easy and the remote worked pretty well

I thought that the setup would be a pain, but the app made it really easy

The setup was super easy for me since I already have a harmony

And if I don’t like the app, at least I would have a good remote!

I had no problems using the app to set up my configuration

The app and remote also both feel slower than the old remote

The app is cool and all I use but the remote is basically worthless to me

i really have no use for the smart phone app, other than the occasional tinkering on it for fun (now that it works)

The buttons are labeled intuitively and there are several that you can program to work as you want them to.

One other major design flaw I found was that there were no basic buttons on the remote to change the selected input on the tv

My understanding is that this feature allows you to add the names to your favorite channels for both hot buttons on the remote/virtual remote as well as for voice usage

The fundamental design flaw is that the remote can never be aware of the power status of devices, it can only emit IR blasts

The customization is the real strength, the little remote may look unassuming, but you can control what nearly every button on it does and configure it to work as you want it to

Maximum number of components is 8 - while most people shouldn't run into an issue here, it would be nice to support a few more devices, as this limit seems arbitrary in order to make the "Ultimate" look more attractive with 15 components.

But the number of activities is limited, at least with our device, to 6

n’t scroll right or left, but instead press a corresponding number such as #3 for HDMI 3 or #6 for Component cable input

I've owned several Harmony remotes over the years, but this was the easiest and fastest I've set-up so far

The arbitrary limit of 8 devices is annoying, and seems like a cash grab bug intentionally placed by LG

I expect that things will continue to work as they do now and I won't need any IR repeaters to make it happen

One downfall of the remote itself is the lack of a specific page up/down button

Has potential, the real problem is the support (or lack there of) that Harmony provides

On this remote as well as on every harmony remote that works with the smart hub (at the time of this review) fast forward shares a button with the skip forward.

The only oversight I found was the lack of an available second Simple Remote

Hardware manufacturers like Logitech are just constitutionally unable to produce decent software themselves and are unwilling to farm out the work to someone competent

The software, on the other hand, is cumbersome, to say the least

works through a wall, programed ok though you need modern computer software to work it

The software on the SmartPhone still needs some work - for example, when controlling devices you can't set up a custom screen and commands are listed in a random order - not very useful

doesn't like Googleplay (which is where you have to go to get the software to make it work and prevent it from being a paper weight - expensive for a paper weight too)

but you have to mess with the harmony app a bit and also the amazon alexa

A bit difficult to get set up the first time but seems to be doing the job

The only reason this is getting 4 stars instead of 5 is that it was a bit tough to set up and get working properly at first.

Quite honestly, I was a bit skeptical that this remote would actually do the job.

I can't say at this time how battery performance is, but I'm hoping the lack of an LCD touch screen will boost performance quite a bit

It constantly disconnects even though it is 10 feet from my router which happens to be able to support 50+ devices and a 700 mbps connection

Every single other device in that room connects fine without issue (including a Vizio Smart TV, Roku Ultra, PS4, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Steam Link, Amazon Alexa, and a TP-Link Smart Bulb), but when the Harmony Hub is directly connected to my router, it is unable to hold a stable connection, constantly either dropping inputs or requiring a power cycle to reconnect to the WiFi

All of these positives aside, this remote very frequently looses connection to the hub

The app regularly seems to loose connection with the Hub, and the reconnect time is annoying

And the fourth has been absolute hell because it won't recognize the correct I outs for a vizio TV.

And the fourth has been absolute hell because it won't recognize the correct I outs for a vizio TV.

You HAVE to set it to a static IP address or you will never be able to connect with your smart phone.

Then tell your smart phone app what the static IP address is and, viola, it works every time you try and connect

To resolve this phone app connectivity issue, find the MAC ID of the Harmony hub, go into your router, assign a static IP to that MAC address, then reboot the Harmony Hub (just unplug it for 2 mins)

Then tell your smart phone app what the static IP address is and, hopefully, the app will connect quickly every time from then on

The R/C was very easy to configure by adding the specific components by brand and model

so no line of sight needed-Can use your phone to power operate the devices from anywhere in the house (on the wifi network), this is nice if you forget to shut things off or want to warm up the room ahead of time

Most people might not need it, idk, but my room is always dark, and this doesn't work well

So I had to operate in the dark room and it sucks as it does not have light to see the keys and also keyboard

No blasters needed, it bounces the signal off the walls/ceiling of our *large* great room, I guess.

First off, the more they "dumb" devices down to work for "dumb" people

No more issues with how you hold the remote, people walking in front of you, or other kinds of interference.

I'm sure there are some outlier devices that it doesn't work perfectly with, but overall, it works, and I think the issues are the people setting up and using this remote.

I am certain that other people were very happy with their devices given the configurations for their specific situations, but in my case with the devices above, I can only say, "Wow, that was awful

I'm glad so many people like this product but, for me, the setup was torturous and the system did not live up to the hype

After entering in the exact model number I still needed to manually program it.

You just type in the manufacturer and the model number and it does almost everything else

If you input a model number that it does not know about, then you can use the existing remote for that device to program the hub.

The trouble I was having was related to the model number I was using for my TiVo Roamio.

Every single other device in that room connects fine without issue (including a Vizio Smart TV, Roku Ultra, PS4, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Steam Link, Amazon Alexa, and a TP-Link Smart Bulb), but when the Harmony Hub is directly connected to my router, it is unable to hold a stable connection, constantly either dropping inputs or requiring a power cycle to reconnect to the WiFi