Westy

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A while back I asked for opinions on this remote as was thinking of purchasing one for the av equipment..

Got annoyed with having 5 remotes for seperate bits of equipment...

Having set the remote up at the weekend.. I can fully agree with Porkie about how great they are! Thanks for the feedback so user friendly!

I'm wanting to control some lighting from it.. In particular a floor standing light that plugs into the mains.. It works on IR so is that a plug or something that te remote would control please..?

Thanks

Porkie

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awesome things!

You are welcome

dont think it can do lights?

It does PS3's now though

ben_frst

my dad has one of these in the states its a wicked bit of bit

you have smart command like watch a dvd in the living room and it will switch on the tv,dvd,av reciver. if something goes wrong you like you aleady have the tv on and it switches it off click the problem button and it will ask you is the tv on if you click no it will then switch on that piece of equipment and ask did that solve your problem? its great

you can control multiple room and the remote codes are avalible online for ease of use programming

very clever gadget

Ben

cjwood555

If your light does work on IR then it should be straight forward to add - I haven't got the software on this PC, but if there's not a category for lights, try one like 'other' and try seeing if the manufacturer is listed.

If not, then just pick a device type that you haven't already got setup, pick a manufacturer and enter something like 'My-Light' as the model no. It won't find it in the database and will ask you to define buttons/actions and teach it the IR codes (point at the sensor on the bottom of the remote).

Once you've got the device set-up, you can either add it in to your existing activities (which will mean it turns off at the same time as the av kit), or leave it out and use the 'Devices' softkey on the screen to turn it on/off.

HTH
Chris

DaveEscos

With an extra add on receiver? or now all in one?

dojj

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which one did you get mate?

if it does the ps3 as well i might have a closer look

dojj

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this?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-Har...bxgy_ce_text_b

Westy

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I got the ps3 receiver from amazon.. Works a treat! Makes the ps3 Bluetooth remote redundant as it does exactly the same.

The floor stander light, is just a plug in the wall. So was wondering if there are IR plug sockets that I could tell the remote to turn on / off?

Westy

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cheers mate but the light doesn't work on IR. If you know of sone lights that do, I'll have a look

Westy

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I was referring to the remote when I say 'it works on IR'

just to clarify.

Christian and Beccy

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Westy, B&Q do the Home Easy range, which is IR sockets and lighting controls. Surely the Harmony can control that?? I have no experience of it, but I would have thought it would work.

Christian and Beccy

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http://www.homeeasy.eu/home.php

Westy

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Lovely.... Thankyou.

Westy

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Actually, home easy is not suitable.

Big-Dan

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A friend of mine works for Bryon, they are the UK suppliers of Home Easy to B&Q, Makro etc, their "all in one" remote is fantastic. He's got all the kit installed at home, the remote can control almost all the electrical devices he has providing they are Infa Red.

He's also got a base unit that you can text and tell it to turn lights, heating, tv on etc, it's amazing.

I can ask him about compatibility if you like?

Big-Dan.

Westy

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Yes, please do

thanks

cjwood555

Moving up a notch you could use e.g. a Lutron Rania single-channel dimmer (http://europe.lutron.com/Products/pr...px?fid=raniair), fits in a 1G back box, can do for £85 inc vat each in standard white finish. Delivery £5 for 1, free for 3 or more.

There are other systems out there, but to be honest its more the stage/club lighting that I deal with - the Lutron range is just something that happens to be on our books - nice kit though!

Chris

Westy

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I specify lutron, simmtronic, siemens etc on many jobs so I'll have a chat. Lutron do a wireless presence detector that I fancy. Hopefuly I'll get some for testing purposes

Where do you stop.. A fully digital addressable dali system would be nice, complete with pc head end.. lol. Can't really warrant it for the 8 fittings in my home

thanks for help mate.

MarkyMark

would it control my pc then?

danneth

the lutron stuff is immense wouldn't use anything else for lighting etc

was looking at the harmony remotes the other day but could do with a new surround sound to go with the g20 now, been looking at the kef range didn't really want to spend much more then £500 thoughts??

Big-Dan

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Right then, basically he said that home easy stuff is compatible with your Logitech remote but getting it to work isn't as simple as you would think.

The Home Easy range is manufactured by a company called ELRO who own my friends company, ELRO products are on the Logitech website under "compatibility", might be worth giving them a ring with a specific product code when you've found a dimmer you like the look of.

www.homeeasy.eu

Looks like there's a choice of 2, a plug in the wall dimmer or a lamp attachment that goes in where you put the bulb.

Big-Dan.

cjwood555

no probs dude tend to stick with DMX in entertainment sector - bit more suited to quick take-down/set-up and programming from what I know of dali....(which isn't much!)

a previous boss of mine was the lead engineer on the grafic-eye, as a matter of interest

cjwood555

Cheapest place I've found for the Harmony One is play.com @ £130 posted

Ref surround kit - hmmm.... I presume you'll be keeping your existing amp?

New, there's the Q-Acoustics 2000 Cinema pack, which is meant to be very good and comes in slightly under budget - I can get the Kef 2005.3 for slightly more than your budget - drop me a PM if you want details - can probably be found online for less anyway, though.

Second hand, Mordaunt Short MS902s can be had pretty cheaply and readily as can the MS subs. Another option could be a set of Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 Anniversary Editions and a complimentary sub - the tops can be had for 100-150 a pair on ebay and are pretty damn nice! (Anniversary Edition = proper wood)

HTH!
Chris

cjwood555

P.S. if your room is small, you could try Mordaunt Short 302s - I have these in my office with their bottom-of-the-range sub just for music/computer purposes and they're very capable little speakers.

The 304 centre channel doesn't look particularly nice though, whereas the 905 centre looks a bit smarter. There is a Wharfedale Diamond 9 centre speaker - not sure if it's available in an Anniversary Edition though...

dojj

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£119.99 mate

Westy

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Cheers for info Big Dan appreciated

I bought the remote from richer sounds 120 I think. Plus 30 for ps3 thing.

cjwood555

Dojj - b*stards put the price down since I last ordered one (3 weeks ago!)

RANJ

cheers lads, order placed

Porkie

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FORCE yourself to use it for first few days Ranj.

AND HIDE THE SKY remote.

it will soon all become second nature.

I have three Harmony ones now! amazing things!

RANJ

have u got or used the 1100 version mate ?

Porkie

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is that the big one?

no... no interest. I like ones that fit in your hand as I like to channel hop alot

Think Paddy has that big one.

RANJ

yeah the big one, ive ordered same as you , was just looking at bigger one

dojj

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what sort of issues will i have if i order the big one? knowing that i've got 2 kids who love to break stuff would i be better off with the cheaper version that looks like a standard remote?