Anyone have experience with Harmony 890?

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
07/22/2017 at 10:04 • Filed to: None

I found one used for $30; the price on Amazon seems to be in the mid-$200 range. Looks cool, but is it a pain to use/program?

DISCUSSION (18)

pip bip - choose Corrour > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
07/22/2017 at 10:08

are you sure that’s not a TV remote?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > pip bip - choose Corrour
07/22/2017 at 10:10

Which? What? Where?

Flavien Vidal > pip bip - choose Corrour
07/22/2017 at 10:47

Looks like a strange dildo to me...

2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
07/22/2017 at 10:50

What even is that?

If it’s a phone you should just get a smartphone, no reason to run from tech

Monkey B > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
07/22/2017 at 10:50

check to see if you can still download the software. Harmony setup is fairly easy...but I’m not familiar with the model shown.

fintail > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
07/22/2017 at 11:07

I’m still using a Harmony One I impulse bought around 8 years ago. Still works fine, but I had to replace the battery last year, as it expanded. These old remotes seem to have weird resale value on ebay and amazon.

user314 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
07/22/2017 at 11:31

I have a 650, but I’m pretty sure the program is the same no matter the model. I thought it was easy to program, you just have to know the model numbers of what you’re going to add.

dogisbadob > 2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered
07/22/2017 at 11:40

it’s a remote

Wacko > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
07/22/2017 at 12:07

Not the 890 but I had the 360 now a 550 i think.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
07/22/2017 at 12:14

Major pain to use... the cellular reception was so bad I couldn’t make a single call. And when I complained about it and asked for my money back, they looked at me like I was crazy, refused and called security!!!

/jk

shop-teacher > Flavien Vidal
07/22/2017 at 13:48

I’ve heard Japan is weird, but dayum.

190octane > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
07/22/2017 at 14:09

I have what I think is the 650 and we had a Harmony Link which we replaced with the Harmony Hub.

The programming was pretty much the same on both of them and they’re simple to use. $40 sounds like a good deal to me.

2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered > dogisbadob
07/22/2017 at 14:39

That’s is the weirdest remote I’ve ever seen. The shape, the LCD, why does s remote need a LCD?

JasonStern911 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
07/22/2017 at 15:40

I have one of the cheaper models. It’s a bit of a pain to setup the first time, but well worth it if you have a TV, receiver, DVR, Blu-ray player, gaming console, etc. Especially if you have a baby/kid that likes to mess with every button/knob they can find.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
07/22/2017 at 17:54

I’ve used an older model and it was very user friendly. Mini USB plugs into your computer to allow you to program it.

Jason Spears > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
07/22/2017 at 18:17

The IR is strong and has a good spread from the front of the remote, so you can point in the general direction of things. It’s the next best thing to RF.

Programmability is good, if you don’t mind the Logitech software you’re required to use. It’s gotten better over the years. If your devices need pauses to wait for things to happen, that’s pretty easy to setup so everything works with one touch. If something doesn’t go right, there’s a Help function that causes the remote to try the most common “fixes” like setting the receiver source again, etc.

All your settings for the remote are saved server-side, not on your computer, so if you lose your account credentials you may be setting it up from scratch next time you want to make a change. I had this happen when trying to modify the setup for some friends (different model remote) that had been setup by an “installer.” Write down all your brands and model numbers just in case.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Jason Spears
07/22/2017 at 18:22

Cool. Thanks for the info. My A/V equipment rack is parallel to my desk but perpendicular to the TV, so the wide IR spread would be quite helpful. I do use software on my phone and computers to keep track of passwords and credentials, so that shouldn’t be an issue.

The Snowman > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
07/22/2017 at 21:18

The batteries like to expend and ruin the remote, call Logitech and ask them nicely for a new one. Slight exaggeration worked for me...