been eyeing on this sometime back. but amazon dont ship to mal.
if its support bt will b perfect.

Sorry no idea. My usual pitstop for anything to do with remote control is here:
http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin/mboard/forums.cgi

However, even they don't discuss much about the Prestigo, mostly only on the Pronto models.

Googling found this:
http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/home_av/other...9732820p,00.htm

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Added on July 12, 2008, 4:56 pmYou can use the expansys website i linked earlier. they ship to MY. But yea if only it had bluetooth .....

This post has been edited by terranova: Jul 12 2008, 04:56 PM

Thanks Terranova.

I think I'll wait until they release the RF version of Harmony One. They did the same thing with 880 with the 890 version. I want to be able to use it in my bedroom so I can control my Astro from there.

Yeah, if it's got bluetooth, that is even better. But that's OK, we can still use IR2BT to use with the PS3, which also registered in the Harmony database now.

JiauBoy, get it from eXpansys, it's just a lttle or RM700 only including shipping.

Terronova, is the Harmony One prone to scratches?

Yeah, I think they should be working on the IR+RF model. I'm just surprised they didn't just add that into the One off the bat, which somewhat disappointed me. Can't be much more expensive to add a RF transmitter, no?

Not really. If you look carefully at the side profile of one of the photos I posted, only 2 small footprints touches the surface when you place it face up. Also, the back of the One is not made of the glossy black plastic surface, but rather some dark gray matte finishing plastic, which doesn't easily scratch. I'll try to snap a photo of the back to show u.

Logitech Malaysia has advertised the universal remote control devices in the Oct issue of HWM. Harmony One's RRP is RM1,099 and I think it's a lot of money to pay for a remote control. It's about half the price of an entry level 32-inch LCD TV.

ANybody knows harmony One can work with Astro Max.
Really feel like owning this little remote.

Even it is not supported, it is a learning remote. You can use your existing Astro Max remote to train harmony one. I bought harmony one and harmony 880. It's great as even some of the discrete code such as input command for panasonic tv is supported. The original remote can't even directly switch to HDMI 1 or HDMI 2.

This post has been edited by pierreye: Dec 29 2008, 10:45 PM

Astro max got functions liek recording, future 1 week schedule, internal harddisk access. All these can be learn by harmony?
Anybody try before?

This post has been edited by enriquelee: Dec 29 2008, 10:55 PM

I've got the Harmony One and can use it to control all aspects of my Astro Max, no problems. The only downside i can see is that the Harmony doesnt hv the dedicated set of extra GREY directional (up, down, left, right) buttons, which can be found on the original Astro Max remote in addition to the standard set of WHITE directional buttons (as you know, the original Astro Max remote uses the different coloured buttons to control different aspects of the onscreen navigation). What i do is use the hardware directional buttons on the Harmony One as the WHITE directional buttons (which is the default) and configure four additional buttons on the touch screen (labeled as 'Grey Up', 'Grey Down', 'Grey Left' and 'Grey Right') for the GREY directional buttons. A little clunkier but it works.

Bought the Harmony 885 today. Thanks for the heads up Enriquelee. I've been waiting for the RF version of Harmony One since early this year, but when I this baby for RM399, I just couldn't resist anymore. Works well with all my equipment including my new BD35 (Astro need to tweak a little bit).

This iss really cool, especially with the "Activity" macro command, with one touch I'm all set to watch a blu-ray movie, everything's on with proper input settings on the TV and AV receiver.

RM399?? Care to share where u got it from??

Such case mean Harmmony 885 couldn't do the grey arrow key in Astro max? Coz it doesn't have a touch screen button. Correct me if i am wrong.

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Added on December 31, 2008, 12:34 amYou are welcome. Enjoy your new toy huh.

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Added on December 31, 2008, 12:35 amGo to lowyat IT Hyper or The curve IT Hyper. Register as member 1st, cost u RM10

This post has been edited by enriquelee: Dec 31 2008, 12:35 AM

I think you can still do so with the earlier Harmony remotes (non-touch screen models) - the earlier models have buttons by the sides of the screen (next to each icon) that allows you to activate/select the corresponding onscreen icon, you just can't select by touching the actual icon onscreen, that's all. Aiman may be able to shed some light on this with his new 'toy'...

This post has been edited by augustinesoh: Dec 31 2008, 08:13 AM

I see.
Yeah, hopefully aiman also using Astro Max. Wait for your review oh, bro.

Terranova (the OP of this thread) has already done a great review of the Harmony One. Only comment i would like to add after a few weeks' use is that sometimes the Logitech Harmony Remote software (which goes online to retrieve and save your settings) can become unbearably slow/sluggish and sometimes loses its login/connection. I read somewhere that this can happen when there's very heavy traffic to the Logitech server (e.g., during peak holiday season in the US). Overall, I'm extremely pleased with the One. It seems that it's even got some kind of smart sensor technology that can tell if a device is already on when you start an activity so it won't accidentally turn it off. Highly recommended. Now i just need to wean my family members from the old jumble of remotes and start using only the One!

You can configure/customise the 880/885's screen buttons to behave any way you like, including as grey arrow keys of your Astro Max.

The only difference is that the One's screen is a touchscreen, which means you press the screen to activate the button (ala iPhone) whereas the 880/885 has a tiny (very tiny for ppl with fat fingers like me) hard button beside each quadrant of the screen to activate the respective function key that appears on the screen. Look at the photos on the first page to see the tiny buttons I'm talking about.

Yes, almost all (if not all) universal remotes in the market today have this "learning" ability, not just Harmony. So long as you have the original remote, you can make the universal remote learn the functions. What's good about the Harmony is that these codes are stored online on the logitech server, so no worries even if you lose the original remote.

This post has been edited by terranova: Dec 31 2008, 04:59 PM

You experience 'loses its login/connection' frequently? But i believe we don't do this kinda update frequent unless we buy anther new device, right?

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Added on January 2, 2009, 8:51 amYeah, the buttons seems really small.
One more question, if i don't do the internet update to learn the Astro remote, can i learn it via 'pairing' method directly from the Astro remote?

This post has been edited by enriquelee: Jan 2 2009, 08:51 AM

Morning guys.

Enriquelee, yes you can have the remote to learn any remote, but the setup software is web-based. You need to have connection to the internet every time you want to change something, you have to login with your username.

Overall, I'm really satisfied with the 885. Works very well with all my equipment, including the Astro (need some tweaking though), but sorry, I don't use Astro Max. The buttons should be better on the One, but for the 885's price at RM399, nothing to complain. The One costs over 60% more, at a whopping RM1099. The buttons on the 885 are big enough for me, even the ones on the screen sides.

Even my 4-year-old kid likes the remote, because I put his little brother's pic as the wallpaper.

This post has been edited by aiman04: Jan 2 2009, 09:08 AM

Is that mean after i do the 'pairing' thing, then i just log in to the web page to get it update?
I worry i get the wrong model no. when i choose it manually. Eventhough augustinesoh already recomended which model to select. (Thanks augustinesoh ) This is due to Astro have too many type of decoders.