UNPACKING & CONTENT:
Delivered a good piece in a - for a FB - quite powerful black box, which takes the touch prima in protection. Then Subtracting the cardboard cover up, the pretty gloss black nightmare of each remote control shines. Among them is then neatly arranged which also in black piano lacquer-dipped charger, a USB and charging cable, two AC adapter and a quick guide in several language versions.
DESIGN:
Is primarily a matter of taste, but a few words from me:
Mir gefällts, much anticipated. Already when unpacking already shows the high quality and especially the chic design of the Harmony Touch. Finest piano lacquer on the surface (fingerprints there as always for free) and a matt structure which covered the back, where by it is very handy. At the rear will also find a sensor and a hidden mini-USB port.
But of course, the Department not only looks super chic and is because of the good weight prima in his hand, no she has something in mind and covers for my needs from everything you need right away at buttons and features. Tuning, Volume, Menu, Navigation field, forward and rewind, all arranged meaningful and structured, designed also each key is illuminated. Furthermore then joins even the left in the middle touch display, which has a good size and is very sensitive to touch. Top! The Harmony itself offers a very clear user menu also own some settings such as display brightness, wallpapers etc. pp.
COMMISSIONING:
The commissioning procedure is quite extensive but also and takes some time to complete. Anyone who thinks that one the Harmony Touch times so just unpack, a few codes pepper the display and then fun with the FB, let me tell you that is not so. First of all is necessary to have an Internet connection required to create an account on myharmony.com to turn to load two programs down, because software does not lie with the set. If you have the two programs then on the computer, you close your Harmony via the included USB cable to a notebook, etc. on, logs an on the website and finally then has access to the FB and their settings. Anders could not!
After a period of acclimatization I had personally the hang of it very clear software out there and accordingly also a lot of fun with all the settings, because the Harmony leaves plenty of room for the personal touch. It has room for 15 devices and gadgets such as TV or AVR be connected to the FB is super simple, because Logitech draws on a broad repertoire of manufacturers. Simply type in the model name in the field and already the connection to the device. Then you can then rename the individual devices at will. Who still feels like it can also plunge yet into deeper waters and simply remove each input respectively each key function of AVR for example, at will rename or excess "buttons", you will get displayed only the functions on the touch screen, you actually use. Great thing in my opinion!
Furthermore, it is also possible to create so-called actions and so for example - if you want to watch a Blu-ray - TV, AVR and Player one-off and with only one keystroke. This not only saves unnecessary Gedrücke and time, no it looks quite apart from simply cool off if you start by pressing the FB all devices ;-)
Quite apart from this feature helps immensely this, all the devices in this group, "with one" to use. Anyone who watched a movie that can coil on the player, for example back and forth and change in the same breath the volume on the AVR or the picture settings on your TV without having to change, however, in the Harmony menu between the devices back and forth. Toll!
Speaking of starting, who called his own a Playstation 3 and uses a BD player, looking sadly into the tube. For the Harmony Touch does not support Bluetooth, thus the Sony console can not be turned on via Harmony Touch. There is therefore no action for film look buildable because the action group always required, for example, a player in their chain. And because the Ps3 is recognized but not supported, is datt nüscht. If you do not backup device or partout simply not want to do without Sony's console as a player and the "Action" function, the Logitech has naturally parrat also a solution in the form of this device: Logitech Harmony Adapter for PS3 black. Whether it is however worthwhile to replace the mostly short but going to the Ps3 by a 40-unit, probably everyone has to decide for themselves.
Operation can be the console but of course still on the menu, etc. with the Harmony Touch namely via TV setting and the Sync function, provided Ps3 and TV harmonize.
CONCLUSION:
All in all, the Harmony Touch mittlwerweile an indispensable instrument on my sofa, because it replaces times as just a handful of remote controls, without which I However, be without their functions. Whether recordings save the recorder, connect through the inputs on the AVR, watch a Blu-ray, listen to music or just replace the transmitter in the TV, no problem and done with a few simple steps. The design is also elegant and processing consistently high quality, the menu is clear and the setting possibilities endless. The only Vermutstropfen in my eyes is in addition to the Internet connection absolutely necessary especially the already mentioned lack of Bluetooth support, which, for example, makes operation a Ps3 very difficult or impossible, depending on what you did before. Here, then additional hardware is needed, and that is with a remote control 150 expensive already annoying to pack again 40 plan. Otherwise there by my side, however, absolutely nothing to complain about. If one looks so after a stylish and high-quality universal FB for domestic appliances, is one of the Harmony Touch well served (depending on the claim of course). 4 stars.
