taytobreath wrote: » Can these remotes be connected to google home for voice commands
The high horse brigade wrote: » Yes. You can voice command all actions and even some favourites like tell it to turn on Sky news, BBC 1 etc if you have it set up right
taytobreath wrote: » where do i find a good setup guide on setting this up. I want to delete a step in activity. I want to delete the powering on of my stb because its always on anyway. I cannot see away of either skipping a step or deleting it
wonski wrote: » Log on on your phone, my activities, edit. You can add or remove steps from start and end sequence there.
taytobreath wrote: » you actually cant remove the steps that i wanted to remove such as on/off. But that's ok. I've gotten it working the way I want now and it works well.
The high horse brigade wrote: » Yes you can, you can set the power options of the device to never turn off. Not sure if you can adjust it in the mobile app, think you need use the desktop software. I know because this is the way I've setup my Shield. I'm not home tonight but I'll check it out and post again.
DoubleJoe7 wrote: » The Ultimate is £100 cheaper than the Elite on Amazon - I've been waiting for the Elite to drop in price, but may be tempted to go with the Ultimate. Is there much of a difference in terms of features and functions or is it just design?
bk wrote: » I've both the Elite and the Ultimate. The Ultimate works fine, but if you can stretch, the Elite is a far better designed and laid out remote and also feels more premium. I had the ultimate first and it was fine, but when I got the Elite it was a real joy and I happily relegated the Ultimate to the rarely used bedroom. On paper they are much the same, but in person the Elite is a big step up. It is hard to explain without using both. BTW I think they designed the Ultimate like that because they thought touch screens were the future, thus they put it in the middle as you'd use it lots. In reality touch screens are poor for remotes, physical buttons rule and you actually don't use the touchscreen on these remotes beyond the initial "activity" selection and odd advanced setting. The Elite recognised this mistake and corrected. The best way I can explain the difference is they created the Ultimate, it is a good product, but has a bunch of cons. The Elite feels like the engineers took those cons as a todo list and fixed each and every one of them with the Elite.
taytobreath wrote: » I'm not a fan of the ultimate's remote. I have actually stopped using it and reverted back to using my old Logitech 650 remote. That touch screen is a pain in the hole. The design is poor too, it has a rounded back which means it easily can fall or roll off or disappear down the bottom of the couch. The only thing I like about the hub is been able to control the tv and the various devices via google home. I'll get used to it and start using the new remote again. I've only just got the thing last week so its a learning experience.
bk wrote: » Maybe return it if you can and hold out for the Elite being reduced? It sounds like the Elite would solve all your design complaints. It still has a touch screen, but a better one and it is moved to the top, out of the way. I rarely use the touch screen, other then for the initial turn on activity (which I normally do via Google Home today).
sioda wrote: » Hi all I have my harmony and Google home mini linked is there anyway with one command to have Spotify play and turn on the associated in my case soundbar or am I limited to asking to power on the device then to ask for the music.
taytobreath wrote: » I use the shortcut commands in the google home app.
sioda wrote: » Where are these located
Irish Gunner wrote: » Just wondering if easy to synch remote to hub. Looking at https://support.myharmony.com/en-us/adding-a-device-thats-not-found-in-the-harmony-database. I've got a hdmi and seems to be from China so trying to synch remote for i. Switch is not brand namehttps://www.amazon.co.uk/STBOHKSD-Switcher-Splitter-Extractor-Supports-BLACK/dp/B07JK2NCHS/ref=mp_s_a_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1544708467&sr=8-11&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=hdmi+switcher+with+remote+optical
The high horse brigade wrote: » Yes I've done this with mine, you add a 4 port hdmi switch that's similar then you connect the harmony to your laptop and use the switch remote pointed at the harmony to edit and learn each command. You'll have to do this 4 times for each button fo each HDMI port It's actually much easier than it sounds and once you do it once it will save to the cloud
Irish Gunner wrote: » Cheers just have to find cable I've 2/3 hdmi ports .i just need to figure out what each button on the remote does.https://imgur.com/S51OmCF Any ideas
