Logitech Harmony Xbox 360 Remote
Logitech Harmony Xbox 360 Remote
The Harmony 360 Remote Control for Xbox 360 is teh sure way to get more enjoyment out of your Xbox 360 and home entertainment system, without having to juggle a dozen remotes. Just connect the Harmony Remote to your computer and the Web wizard walks you step-by-step through a simple set up. It shows you how to set it up so that it’s controlling your TV, DVD or clicking into game mode. Even the most complex home entertainment system is easy to control — and best of all, you can do it without all the hassle of writing macros.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Great remote, great price!
I’m brand new to the world of Universal Remotes. I searched high and low, read many reviews and attempted to filter through the differences between them all.
Logitech seemed like the brand of choice for most people and they have a wide array of choices. I knew that I didn’t want to spend a lot of money, if I didn’t have to. This remote became the obvious solution to use in conjunction with the XBox360, otherwise I would have gone with the Harmony 510 (which seems to be the same remote for users without XBox360).
The main difference between this remote and the high end remote is the lack of a “touch screen” and “battery charger”. If you don’t want/need either of those things, don’t spend the money.
Getting the remote ready to operate my equipment was a breeze. I am an avid Mac user, so clearly a bit wary of how well a Logitech product would work. But, all went smooth. After installing the software on your computer, just plug the remote in via a USB cable provided and you’re on your way.
If something isn’t working properly after you’ve set your remote up, the remote is helpful in attempting to diagnose the problem and you can always go back and tweak or add settings later. Once I had mine programmed, I went back to the computer to program extra feature buttons for different devices.
So far I have my remote controlling a new Samsung 52″ LCD TV, an old Pioneer AV Receiver, a new Samsung Blu Ray player, a Bose SoundDock and my XBox360.
2 Stars Harmony Remotes DO NOT LAST
Harmony remotes are great for the average 6 months they last. I loved my H360, but one day it just stopped working. I have been ignored by customer service, and the more I look around, the more I find people that have had the same problem.
If people were to wait a year to write a review on these remotes, I think you would find that the ratings would be much worse. The worst part about it is I do not think there is any other remote out there for this price that does what these remotes do.
If they were built well, and the software did not fail I would stick with Harmony. The sad truth is that they sell a fancy looking remote that have SERIOUS software issues.
1 Stars Disappointment…
Bought this maybe 3 to 4 months ago and let me just preface with the fact that all of our equipment is new. (8 month old TV, 1 year old XBOX, new receiver) At first it was perfect, then it started acting up. Namely, if you turned off everything while it was on one input (lets say Imput 3 for watching tv) and then tried to turn everything back on for the same activity, it would try to change the tv channel instead of the input. Then this morning I pick up the remote and the screen is completely cracked down the middle. Never was it thrown, tossed, sat on, or any other kind of extreme physical violence most remotes endure. The buttons still work as long as I remember what the screen usually displayed, but extremely disappointing for the price. Our other Logitech remote that is in the family room works much better, but that one isn’t designed specifically for the XBOX.
5 Stars Great remote - Will never go back now!
I use this remote with a 4-device setup, including Windows Media Center through an Xbox 360. It totally meets the WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) and works great. Intuitive and has great recovery Help screens to walk you through issues (i.e. turned away from screen after engaging macro). Very easy setup on the PC through the Logitech software.
I did have to do some manual tweaking in the software to get the remote to finalize on Media Center functions, but not a big deal.
3 Stars buy only if you have a 360
its ok but if you got butter fingers or have the habit to launch your controller from a blanket tryin to look for it and it drops and does a dramatic roll…..its very fragile. this is my 2nd one and the 1st one fell so many times the down button wouldnt work and after a while all buttons ceased to be useful, but i got a second one, i dropped it and now the down button doesnt work but if you can take care of it, it will take care of you..so it all depends on you……you jerks
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