Hi, Rick. The two I saw were the 600 and the 700.
What I noticed is that they have two buttons on top with three below that.
Besides the activities buttons, one of the five buttons is a help button and
one is a more activities button.
The 600 does five activities and is the $99 one, I think and the 700 was on
sale today at best buy for $620.
There is also a $39 model, which I think is a 500, but not sure.
I assume that if you press the more activities button that listen to music,
watch tv and play a dvd change to two or three other activities depending on
which model you have.
I have been thinking of getting a universal remote for years.
For my wife and I to watch a blu-ray, we have to use one remote to turn on
the TV, one to turn on the surround system and one to turn on the blu-ray
player.
Yes. We probably could have gotten these remotes set up to work with the
various items, but we never took the timegrin.
It would be nice to have just one remote. It would be really neat if it
could also control my new apple TV.
Am I correct on how the more activities button works?
Thanks.
-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Rick Alfaro
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 11:56 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: surround receiver
Hi Paul, sorry for the delayed response.
The Harmony remote I have is the model 659. I actually have 2 of them and
once set up, it is very accessible. You just have to make sure not to not
get one of their touch screen models but I believe they have several models
that are all button based. I know the 6xx and 7xx and I think the 5xx
series are all button based. They do have a display however but that hasn't
been a real problem for me so far since I mainly use the activity buttons
and they each perform a specific task like watching tv, watch dvd, etc.
I'm not familiar with all of their latest models, but I have found Harmony
tech support to be extremely friendly and helpful. If you give them a call,
I'm sure they can tell you which models are button based.
Regarding the price, I got mine as refurbs and have never had any issues.
My particular model the 659 was $60. A Google search will turn up
refurbished models for sure.
HTH
Rick
-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Paul Henrichsen
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 6:29 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: surround receiver
Hi, Rick. How much did that Harmony remote cost?
Is there a particular model number which is accessible for blind users once
you get it set up?
I have been thinking of getting a universal remote for a few years, but
didn't know if there was one I could use once set up.
Thanks.
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