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KevinST

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The USB port on my old 570 broke off the circuit board and I have a new cable box, so I am in the terrible situation of having 2 remotes :angry:

From what I can tell, the smart does everything I need although the recharable battery of the Ultimate is nice, but not worth the extra $220 and I don't need touch screen.

I do have a couple questions though.
1. the hub that is used to control "hidden" IR devices, does that use the little things you have to stick over the IR sensor on the device?
2. can the Smart control Philips Hue?
3. for the smart phone app, can different phones have different set ups? My wife and I would probably have differernt favorites etc.

Thanks
 

Johnny Angell

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Kevin, I can't answer your questions but if you check out the Harmony Ultimate Press Release thread that Ron started, you'll find a link to save $100 on the Ultimate.
 

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I did use that link and got my ultimate a few weeks ago.
Tried to use the harmony website tool that transfers your data from old remote to new remote, but only about half the functions/macros work. Been too busy with work to do anything about it, but I think it is going to be a good few hours sitting in front of the tv messing with it and just starting from scratch.
 

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Well that sucks. Won't be the first conversion I've gone thru that has failed. I wouldn't wait to long to get it all right. You only have 90 days of FuRR phone and email support. After that, they want about $30 per incident.
 

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I would have done it sooner, but work is in the way and now I leave tomorrow on vacation, so has to wait till October 12.
 

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stubek said:
I would have done it sooner, but work is in the way and now I leave tomorrow on vacation, so has to wait till October 12.
Yeah, work has a habit of doing that. Got any pointers on setting this thing up? That is, if you're not already on vacation. :)
 

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