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


  • Subject: RE: {Disarmed} RE: Re: Any Harmony 885 remote users ? & where to buy ?
  • From: "christopher purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:47:28 +0000

OK so to be clear I need to upgrade my 688 to an 895 to get coloured
buttons
for Sky.

Apparently one with RF is due soon ? Or is that the 895

Cool

C


>From: "Dean Barrett" <dean@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: {Disarmed} RE: [ukha_d] Re: Any Harmony 885 remote users ?
&
>  where to buy ?
>Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:59:25 -0000
>
>Yep - coloured buttons.
>
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>From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>christopher purves
>Sent: 19 January 2006 08:20
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: {Disarmed} RE: [ukha_d] Re: Any Harmony 885 remote users ?
&
>where to buy ?
>
>
>
>Do you know if it has the 4 coloured buttons for SKY ?
>
>Chris
>
> >From: "Dean Barrett" <dean@xxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> >Subject: {Disarmed} RE: [ukha_d] Re: Any Harmony 885 remote users
? &
>where
>
> >to buy ?
> >Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:35:33 -0000
> >
> >Works very well - all buttons are there as you would expect - all
very
> >responsive, and better than Pronto for FF RW etc. when watching
recorded
> >stuff. Only little gripe with it is that when scrolling through
channels
> >i.e. up button it can send more commands than you expected and you
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> >racing past a channel when you let go of the up button.
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> >From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
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> >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 :)
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