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`Logitech Harmony 900
`Review
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`By Michael Brown
`PST
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`September 14, 2009 5:22PM
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`https://www.digitaltrends.com/gadget-reviews/logitech-harmony-900-review/
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`Logitech Harmony 900
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`Score Details
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`“We think the 900's RF features are what really
`make it a better value than the pricier model 1100.”
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`Touchscreen display; supremely easy to
`program; rechargeable battery; RF feature and
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`IR blasters allow you to keep your gear out of
`sight
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`Expensive; not as sexy as the pricier Harmony
`1100; free telephone tech support limited to 90
`days
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`Summary
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`We heaped a fair amount of praise on Logitech’s
`Harmony 1100 universal remote last April. But the
`reality is that while that touchscreen device is
`supremely easy to program and drop-dead sexy
`to boot, it costs as much as the small HDTV or
`entry-level A/V receiver you might use it to
`control.
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`On the flip side, Logitech’s Harmony 900 has a
`smaller touchscreen, and its bulkier form factor
`renders it something of a wallflower compared to
`its upscale sibling. However, the latter device
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`offers the same easy programmability, includes
`robust RF capabilities that are optional on the
`1100 model, and is priced $100 lower, making it a
`much better value overall.
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`Design
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`The Harmony 900’s rectangular design and
`physical transport-control buttons and numeric
`keypad make it look much more like a typical
`remote control than the square Harmony 1100. In
`some ways, however, the dedicated buttons
`(which are backlit to render them usable in a
`darkened room) make the 900 just a little more
`intuitive to use. If you’re watching TV and wish to
`change channels, for instance, you don’t need to
`call up a numeric keypad on the touchscreen, you
`just press the buttons.
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`But we think the 900’s RF features are what really
`make it a better value than the pricier model 1100.
`In our home theater, all components other than
`the video projector are mounted in a built-in
`entertainment center, hidden behind plywood
`doors that an infrared signal can’t penetrate. We
`use a Niles Audio Remote Control Anywhere kit,
`which consists of an IR receiver that we mounted
`on the outside of the entertainment center and
`five IR emitters for the gear inside the cabinet.
`This works great, but you must be in the room for
`the remote to function.
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`IR emitters
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`The Harmony 900 eliminates this line-of-sight
`requirement with three IR blasters that receive
`commands over a radio frequency. The blasters
`translate the RF commands to infrared streams
`inside the cabinet, so we can control all our gear
`(even if it’s on different shelves) without having to
`be in the same room. Emitters like the ones that
`Niles Audio uses are much smaller and less
`obtrusive than blasters, but Logitech’s solution
`enables you to control more equipment. And if
`the gear is behind a cabinet door anyway, do
`appearances matter all that much?
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`Programmability
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`The primary attraction of Harmony remote
`controls is the ease with which they can be
`programmed—as long as you have a PC and
`Internet access, that is. If you have a home theater
`PC, a laptop, or some other machine that you can
`use at least temporarily in the same room as the
`components you need to control, that’s all the
`better. Having a computer in the same room
`makes tweaking and troubleshooting much easier.
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`All you need to do is install the Harmony software
`on your PC, plug the remote into the PC’s USB
`port, and tell the software the brand names and
`model numbers of the devices you need to
`control. Logitech’s software will then download
`the appropriate instructions from the company’s
`massive database and store them in the remote’s
`memory. You can choose brand names from a
`drop-down menu, but you’ll need to know the
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`specific model numbers for each piece of gear in
`your entertainment center.
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`The next step in the installation queries you as to
`which entertainment activities you want to set up,
`based on the devices that you’ve entered in the
`previous step. We downloaded the control codes
`for a ViewSonic N4285 HDTV, an Epson PowerLite
`Cinema 500 video projector, a Samsung BD-
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`P1600 Blu-ray player, a Dish Network VIP-622 set-
`top box, and a Yamaha RX-V665 A/V receiver, so
`the software suggested creating “Watch TV,”
`“Watch DVD,” and “Listen to Radio” activities. It
`didn’t recommend creating a “Listen to Music”
`activity, though, perhaps because we didn’t
`indicate that we had a CD player, but we needed
`only to place a checkmark next to “Listen to CD”
`to add it to our list of choices. The installation
`routine even took into account Yamaha’s optional
`iPod dock and advised us that if we had one that
`we’d need to set it up as a separate device.
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`The next step in the setup process asks which
`devices you use for each activity. Since we
`indicated that we had both a TV and a video
`projector, for instance, the software asked which
`one we typically use to watch television. We took
`the default choice of the TV here, because we
`typically use the projector only when watching
`movies on the Blu-ray player. The next step
`inquired which device we used to control the
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`volume (our choices being the TV, the A/V
`receiver, or—oddly enough—the video projector).
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`The final steps were to configure the inputs and
`outputs on the A/V receiver and the television.
`The software knows which ports are available on
`each device (HDMI 1, HDMI 2, Component Video,
`S/PDIF, etc.), so it’s just a matter of picking the
`right one. We were a little confused nonetheless
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`when it came to setting up the Yamaha RX-V665,
`because the A/V receiver uses front-panel “scene”
`buttons for the Blu-ray player, TV, CD, and Radio.
`We resolved that issue easily enough by reviewing
`the receiver’s setup screen to refresh our memory
`as to the inputs and outputs we had mapped to
`each button.
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`Once you’ve programmed the remote with all the
`devices you wish to control and all the activities
`you’ll be using them for, all you need to do is
`press the Activities button on the remote and
`choose the one you’re interested in. The remote
`powers everything on and the hardwired buttons
`default to the appropriate action. If you select the
`Blu-ray activity, for instance, the transport-control
`buttons will control the player’s pause, play, fast-
`forward, rewind, and chapter-forward/back
`functions. If you select the DVR activity to watch a
`recorded TV program, then those buttons will
`automatically switch over to send commands to
`that device.
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`Conclusion
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`As easy as the Harmony remotes are to program,
`we have encountered situations where we could
`not configure one ourselves to control a device
`exactly the way we wanted. That’s where
`Logitech’s excellent telephone tech support
`comes into play. These knowledgeable folks can
`not only help walk you through a problem, they
`can prepare a fix that you can download and
`verify while you’re on the phone. Free telephone
`tech support, however, is available for only 90
`days after purchase: Beyond that, you’ll have to
`pay a fee, consult the user manual, or peruse
`Logitech’s online troubleshooting guide and
`community forums. Like the overall package, such
`luxury comes at a cost, but – assuming you’re in
`the market for a high-end home theater remote –
`one that’s well worth paying for those who put
`power and convenience first.
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`Controls everything
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`RF capability and IR blasters included
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`Easy to program
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`Beautiful touchscreen
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`Great tech support
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`Cons:
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`Telephone tech support limited to 90 days
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`Harmony Adapter ($59.99) required to
`control a PlayStation 3
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