I have had Harmony remotes for more than 4 years now and up until yesterday I have been very happy with their functionality. They have allowed me to have a complex system that the family could operate.
Logitech has deemed it neccesary to remove the capability to send multiple commands with one button. What this means is that when you press play for your DVD player to start playing, you could also have your X-10 controller dim the lights. Not any more you can't! Say for instance you need to switch the input on your TV set and your AV receiver at the same time for a given input. Not any more with a Harmony remote!
Apparently Logitech felt it was too much of a feature to provide support for so the latest software and firmware updates have removed this portion of the remotes functionality. Bottom line, they need more money and have removed a feature to make themselves more profitable. It does not matter that you bought the remote and it is explained how to use this functionality in your manual. They have removed it. If this is an important or neccesary feature to you then do not buy a Harmony remote!
Think of it this way. If you took your car into the dealer for service and when you got it back, instead of an AM-FM radio, all you had was an AM radio, well, you get the point. There are a lot of users extremely upset on the Harmony forum that are asking for this feature to be reinstated. I will just have to wait and see how Logitech handles this issue as to whether I will switch to another brand of activity based remote or keep using a crippled Harmony.
Chuck
Logitech has deemed it neccesary to remove the capability to send multiple commands with one button. What this means is that when you press play for your DVD player to start playing, you could also have your X-10 controller dim the lights. Not any more you can't! Say for instance you need to switch the input on your TV set and your AV receiver at the same time for a given input. Not any more with a Harmony remote!
Apparently Logitech felt it was too much of a feature to provide support for so the latest software and firmware updates have removed this portion of the remotes functionality. Bottom line, they need more money and have removed a feature to make themselves more profitable. It does not matter that you bought the remote and it is explained how to use this functionality in your manual. They have removed it. If this is an important or neccesary feature to you then do not buy a Harmony remote!
Think of it this way. If you took your car into the dealer for service and when you got it back, instead of an AM-FM radio, all you had was an AM radio, well, you get the point. There are a lot of users extremely upset on the Harmony forum that are asking for this feature to be reinstated. I will just have to wait and see how Logitech handles this issue as to whether I will switch to another brand of activity based remote or keep using a crippled Harmony.
Chuck
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