Shane732 wrote: » Any good deals on this? Thinking of taking the plunge. I have Phillips Hue, Sonos, Samsung TV, Virgin Media (****ty Horizon box), Xbox, Apple TV and just got Alexa. Would the Harmony be a runner for all these? Any deals at present?
bk wrote: » Yes, but two things: 1) As I mentioned above it only works for Echo's set to a US account for the moment. 2) You can't play/pause/change the channel, etc. You can only set it to launch a particular channel on startup, but you can't subsequently change the channel, at least not without creating an activity for each channel, which while possible for one or two channels, definitely wouldn't scale for many channels. BTW all the above is already possible in UK/Ireland indirectly via Yonomi.
Irish Gunner wrote: » How did you do this via Yonomi be interested to know
bk wrote: » Well first of all to point out that the Harmony Alexa skill has improved greatly, and you now have far greater control over Harmony via Alexa, including play/pause/mute/volume up/down/ change channel, etc. Yonomi is very simple, just install the app on your iPhone or Android phone and follow the instructions to link it to you Harmony account and Hue account. Alexa needs to be connected to yonomi inside the Alexa app, more info here:https://www.yonomi.co/blog/hey-alexa-meet-yonomi/
eddiem74 wrote: » Was setting up the favorite channels via the myharmony software for the Eilte remote using Sky Ireland as the service provider however I notice not all channels are correctly reflected. I know I could manually add channels so I assume a message to Logitech is needed to request them to update the list? Anyone done that or aware of the process?
mossym wrote: » Which ones are you seeing as wrong and I'll check?
The high horse brigade wrote: » Just add them and edit the number after. You can Google for the missing picture icons too and add them as well.
eddiem74 wrote: » Yeah I know I can do that but would prefer to see if Logitech can fix. Takes me back to Windows Media Center EPG always being off...and always reporting to Microsoft.
eddiem74 wrote: » 101 was showing as RTE and not RTE HD, some other like that also and was missing 135 Channel 4 and some others. Not at the remote currently so that's off the top of my head.
mossym wrote: » when you chose the channel line up there was a sky hd and sd option, did you pick the right one?
Zascar wrote: » I just got the harmony hub and it works great with Alexa, I can turn on and off my tv etc with my voice. But I have a problem I hope someone can help with: When setting it up, I was asked to choose a channel guide. There were 3 options, one was Saorview, I'm with UPC/Virgin but they were not listed, so I picked another one. The channel numbers are all different to whats on my upc box. I tried to set some favourites but many work incorrectly. I cannot find how to Edit this and get the correct channels? Does anyone know?
Irish Gunner wrote: » Ok have Hue lights, Netatmo and Echo and was looking at the Harmony. However price putting me off. What is the main difference between the Harmony Home Hub and the Elite other than the price difference. Would I be able to get control of TV etc with just the Home Hub and Elite?
Nelbert wrote: » The elite includes the hub..... personally I don't think the elite is worth the extra, especially if you already have a tablet (or a kindle fire would be cheaper if you really want touchscreen). It's personal though some people I'm sure would swear by the elite. I think the screenless remote that comes with the hub (companion remote) is more than enough. It's the hub that integrates it with Echo but voice control obviously would be slow to navigate menus etc.
Zascar wrote: » So ti works great for turning the TV on and off, or changing to Chromecast etc. The main problem I'm having is I can ask it to put on RTE1 or RTE2 and it will change channel no problem, but if I ask for Sky news or BBC News, it will play it on Pandora Radio. Anyone know how I can get around this?
Nelbert wrote: » Those prices include the hub? For that price I'd agree. I have the companion remote and it does a fine job. I'm looking at getting a third hub and remote so might keep an eye out for elite & hub at that sort of price.
mossym wrote: » Interesting. Are you using both with Alexa, and if so, what's the setup?
mossym wrote: » ah right, my understanding was you could only link one so was wondering if you had figured out how to use more
