RE: Re: Any Harmony 885 remote users ? & where to buy ?

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I did do the test drive - but it doesn't show you how the screen will look
or what buttons are available etc.

I guess I need to find an online review with lots of pics etc - any you
know of???

Paul.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Dave Harris
> Sent: 18 January 2006 18:22
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Any Harmony 885 remote users ? & where
to buy ?
>
> According to the Harmony website, if you take the Test Drive, you can
> select
> SKY+ as one of the products, it even has a list of the different types
of
> boxes.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Paul Gale
> Sent: 18 January 2006 17:15
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Any Harmony 885 remote users ? & where
to buy ?
>
>
>
> How does this remote do as a replacement for a Sky+ control - any
good?
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> > Craig
> > Sent: 18 January 2006 17:03
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Any Harmony 885 remote users ? &
where to buy
> ?
> >
> > 885 users - watch out for the base charger. I got my 885 from
dabs.com a
> > few
> > months back, and I had problems with the 885 charging, it did not
make a
> > good contact 100% of the time. It turns out there has recently
been a
> > modification with the contacts on the base unit **
> >
> > Units are now being shipped with a modified base charger, but I
guess
> some
> > old stock could still be shipped with the original base unit.
> >
> > I called logitech/harmony support, and they shipped me a new
modified
> base
> > unit FOC (without the transformer).
> >
> > ** New modified base units have slightly smaller gold plated
contacts,
> > ensuring a better reliability of charging the remote. But they
have the
> > same
> > part no, so its not easy to tell which one you have, unless you
have 2
> > side
> > by side :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> "http://www.automatedhome.co.uk"http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
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