This page lets you check which devices the Harmony Hub works with < https://support.myharmony.com/en-us/compatibility>. Check if your devices are on the list. Pretty much any TV with an IR remote will work.
This article is really good at explaining setting it up and using the Echo (any model). <https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-logitech-harmony-amazon-alexa-echo/>. On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 12:19 PM, blan...@verizon.com <blan...@verizon.net> wrote: > Blumoo Went out of business (or so say comments on Amazon page) > > I too are looking for a method to consolidate 4 remotes preferably by > voice. > > They are: LG OLED TV, and Amazon fire stick with hack and and Onkyo 7.1 > receiver. > > Will be echo dot suffice for a voice control of the Harmony Hub? > > > > Billy > > On Jul 11, 2017, at 6:52 PM, Jim Lubin <jlu...@eskimo.com> wrote: > > To control the TV and cable box (mine is the Comcast X1 DVR) with the > Amazon Echo, I use the Logitech Harmony Hub <https://smile.amazon.com/gp/p > roduct/B00N3RFC4Q/>. You need a smartphone app to configure it but not > required to use it. > > I had tried the Blumoo smart remote <https://smile.amazon.com/Blum > oo-0010-00002-00-Smart-Remote-Control/dp/B00JEMMD9Q/>, it worked but > required that the app is running on an iOS device (not Android) in order > for it to operate. I think it was discontinued but it is still for sale > much cheaper than the Harmony. > > Voice control has been hit and misses with me. My voice is not all that > loud being on a ventilator. The Echo can't always hear me over the sound of > the TV. > > I have not tried it, but if you have the Echo call another Echo, so that > might work for you to call a caregiver in another part of the house. < > https://www.cnet.com/news/bug-your-family-with-amazon- > echos-new-intercom-feature/>. > > I found this D-Link DCH-S220 mydlink Wi-Fi Siren < > https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00PVDV3CK/> that might work with the Echo > using an IFTTT recipe. > > The Echos (Echo, echo dot, echo show) are on sale today, July 11 Amazon > Prime Day. <https://smile.amazon.com/b/ref=ods_DP_Multi_PrimeDay? > node=11851273011> > > > > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 2:00 PM, greg <g...@eskimo.com> wrote: > >> I was hoping someone might help me with info about the Amazon Echo. >> >> I'm hoping to do 2 main things: >> 1. Control TV, my cable box. Can I control volume, channels? >> 2. Call caregiver at night. Can I have it ring a chime or something? >> >> What all do I need? The Echo, and what accessories? >> >> Thanks Much, Greg >> >> > > > blan...@verizon.net > > > >
