One remote to control them all.

[Dan C]

Ok this thread changed my mind and I took the plunge and bought the 650... eish what a smart remote !!! Like doobyscoo mentioned, it fixes any problems on the fly !! Although it was 450 odd bucks, it's well worth it in the long run I think.

 

[Grimspoon]

Ok this thread changed my mind and I took the plunge and bought the 650... eish what a smart remote !!! Like doobyscoo mentioned, it fixes any problems on the fly !! Although it was 450 odd bucks, it's well worth it in the long run I think.

Personally, I think R450 is a bargain for this remote

I love mine.

 

[Species8472]

I also bought the Harmony 650. Take2 did not have stock of the 600 and I did not want to wait

First impression is amazing, I use it to control my TV, sound system, xbox and media PC (running XBMC).

For my XBMC PC I bought a cheap R99 remote, and naturally the Harmony did not set it up correctly, but wait, there is more. Learn IR! All I had to do is press each button on my old remote so that the software can learn them, and then map them to where I need it.

Now I have extra buttons on my old remote that are not linked to anything specific on my new remote and I plan to change the keymaps in XBMC to do new actions based on those keys

The Harmony 300 and 300i are great options if you only want one activity, but I must admit the activities are what make this remote brilliant.

I would highly recommend the Harmony 600 or 650

 

[Penquin]

I bought the Harmony 900 in December, probably my best tech purchase ever. I use it to control my TV, AVR, decoder, HTPC running XBMC, aircon and soon my lighting and PS3 after I get the bluetooth adaptor. All without requiring line of site through one of the IR blaster supplied. Those cold and wet winter days is going to be fun, controlling the home entertainment without having to take my arm out from under blanket.

 

[_Jakes_]

I also bought the Harmony 650. Take2 did not have stock of the 600 and I did not want to wait

First impression is amazing, I use it to control my TV, sound system, xbox and media PC (running XBMC).

For my XBMC PC I bought a cheap R99 remote, and naturally the Harmony did not set it up correctly, but wait, there is more. Learn IR! All I had to do is press each button on my old remote so that the software can learn them, and then map them to where I need it.

Now I have extra buttons on my old remote that are not linked to anything specific on my new remote and I plan to change the keymaps in XBMC to do new actions based on those keys

The Harmony 300 and 300i are great options if you only want one activity, but I must admit the activities are what make this remote brilliant.

I would highly recommend the Harmony 600 or 650

There is no need to change the keymap in xbmc, add ms keyboard as a device and then assign buttons as required. XBMC has keyboard shortcuts for all the actions that you can think of.

Tab Toggles fullscreen/playback modes
\ Minimize/maximize XBMC
I Media Info
C Context Menu
L Toggle Subtitles on/off
W Marked as Watched
Q Queue
O Displays CPU usage and video info
S Activate Shutdown Menu
End Shutdown XBMC

 

[Species8472]

There is no need to change the keymap in xbmc, add ms keyboard as a device and then assign buttons as required. XBMC has keyboard shortcuts for all the actions that you can think of.

Tab Toggles fullscreen/playback modes
\ Minimize/maximize XBMC
I Media Info
C Context Menu
L Toggle Subtitles on/off
W Marked as Watched
Q Queue
O Displays CPU usage and video info
S Activate Shutdown Menu
End Shutdown XBMC

Hi, no, I want to create custom actions inside XBMC, eg go to my Files->X folder where X is my newest anime, or series, etc.

Also, in Harmony I tried most of Microsoft remote profiles, but the cheap one I bought does not work on the same frequency or whatever they do. The IR receiver does not blink when I use the MS remote commands. Once I reprogrammed my remote to use the old one's IR commands it works much better.

Fullscreen is one of the buttons I want to assign, but my remote does not send Tab as any of it's buttons and I cannot force the Harmony remote to transmit IR commands it has not seen

So I will have to remap the keymap in XBMC.

Thanks to this remote I can geek out quite a bit, way too much fun!