Customer Reviews:
 It works a treat August 8, 2007
Banksy (UK)
33 out of 34 found this review helpful
Took the plunge to try and sort our my remote mess in the living room. Been looking around at a few products which will do the trick and decided to go for the Harmony 785 (Has got a colour screen and rechargable battery & docking station). Set up was not as bad as I expected. You have to know what make/model your TV, DVD etc are and once you have enetered those it downloads the Infra Red codes to the 785. The activities are the best (upto 6 personalised) e.g If I want ot watch a DVD it will switch on the TV, DVD AMP etc in the correct order and inputs so it all works. If I then want to watch Sky it will switch off the DVD and switch on the Sky box and set the correct inputs. 0800 number support as well, just in case.
 Very good- but you need time to set it up and it is expensive! March 27, 2007
Mr. T. S. Banting (UK)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Having got a large number of devices that need remotes around the house I initially bought an "all in one" remote from Kameleon. This remote is so much nicer in terms of looks and functionality. It does require a spare hour or two to initially program it but I think its worth it. the "Activities" button allows you to store macros so when you press the "play xbox" the tv will switch on, switch to your aux input, switch on the xbox and then you can add additional functions if you like (I like a brighter picture when playing games so I have stored a picture setting that gets switched at the press of the button as well) When it comes to switching off one button switches everything off- TV, xbox etc.
Its a nice user interface, well laid out but it is pricey. I was willing to pay for that convenience to reduce all of those remotes gathering dust around the place!
Set up is via a PC connected to the internet and a USB cable that connects from your PC to the remote. The database logitech have on devices is huge so you are likely to find the ones you are looking for. It can also "learn" another remote so if your code is not found in the database you can line the two remotes up and learn from your original.
There is a lot of customisation available to ensure your remote is set up the way that you want it- you can change names of devices, names of keys, change the order etc.
Very comprehensive product that I am very pleased with.
Best Harmony Remote so far August 27, 2009
Richard46 (London UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have had a couple of Harmony remotes before a 655 and one of the more expensive 885s. Some buttons on the 885 gave up the Ghost rather disapointingly esp. as the older 655 is still working fine. The 885 had always been a disapointment to be honest, charging contacts did not always contact without a bit of fiddling and the buttons seemed designed with more thought given to style than function. Wife always hated it.
Anyway needed a replacement and despite the problems with the 885 I would still not get any other kind of universal remote. NB I have had quite a few including Philips and a Pronto. Obvious choice in the current Harmony line up would have been the Harmony One but harmony have choosen not to include the four colour buttons on the One (because it is aimed at the US market presumably) and I use them a lot with my Topfield PVR.
So went for the slightly cheaper 785. Liked it immediately. Buttons while small are logically positioned and are mostly proper projecting buttons unlike the flush 'keys' on the 855. Charger worked perfectly. Obviously I am familiar with setting up harmonys but even so it seemed much easier than the last time I did it. This may have more to do with the development of the Harmony database of codes than the particular remote. e.g. harmony seem to have at last worked out the codes for old Panasonic TV. These remotes always had problems with panasonics power and input selection codes. Getting them to work at all was a black art. All that seems to have been sorted.
It seemed a bit confused about the codes on my (very rare) Musical Fidelity Amp so had to spend five minutes leaning them from the original remote but apart from that no problems at all. The extra set of up /down buttons where particularly useful
Best of all my wife loved it at first sight probably because it looks and feels more like a normal remote than the 855. So long as it lasts a bit longer than the 855 I will be very happy. Would recommend to anyone who wants a universal and is half competant with a computer or knows someone who is.
Does what it says on the tin! August 15, 2009
J. W. Roberts
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Having purchased a Blu-ray player my one complaint was that I now had 7 remote controls! I mentioned this to my Son whose response was "you need to get one of these Dad!" showing me his Harmony remote. As soon as I returned home I searched Amazon for one. I decided on the 785 as being what I needed and I was not disappointed. It did take a couple of hours so set up-so don't be in too much of a hurry. Check all of the model numbers of your appliances and make a list. Load up the software on your computer and follow the instructions. I am in my 72nd. year so if I can do it, anybody can. Once set up it may need fine tuning using the original remotes to mimic some buttons but that is no problem. My amplifier is an old model and the remote was very "directional" and often gave problems. The Harmony has solved that problem and is a joy to use. All other remotes are now in a box and stored away.
Spend about an hour setting up, but worth it. December 13, 2008
J. Collinson (Northumberland, UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After a charge up used the database to load up the settings, The easiest and quickest way is to use a laptop next to all your stuff. The settings from the database for my Toshiba TV were not spot on, as the database forced the TV onto an analouge channel every time it started up. A twiddle with the software fixed it. Once it has been used with all your kit it works almost seamlessly, only getting lost off if the original remotes are used, or you have skylink it can get out of sync. As long as all the devices are in the same state as the remote left them it works fine. You can also set up activities to turn on diffrent stuff i.e TV & Sky as one activity & another that also does the amp. You can rename the standard names to more meaningful ones to you. I have it working with Toshibia WLT68, Sky HD, Sony AV Amp & Sony Blu-Ray, BT Vision, all off the database. Excellent remote.
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