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trol. Once all of the available
devices are set up in the
Hub, the next step involves
creating the command se-
quences. If, for example,
you want to enjoy watching a
movie on a DVD, then the TV
would have to be turned on
and at the same time switch
over to the proper A/V input.
This task can be handled by
the Logitech Harmony Smart
Control. You merely need to
create the proper command
path, namely, TV on, DVD
player on, switch to correct
A/V input. More experienced
users can use this feature to
create more extensive com-
mand sequences. Here in
our test center we set up a
string of commands for each
receiver that goes so far as
to move our satellite dish an-
tenna on the roof. From now
on, all we need is the push
of a single button to not only
turn on the TV and receiver
automatically but to also
switch to the proper menu to
move the antenna where it
needs to be.
The App for the Logitech
Harmony Smart Control is
called „Harmony“ and is
available for free from both
the Android Google Play
store and the Apple iTunes
store. They support instal-
lation in both Smartphones
and Tablets in up to five de-
vices. It should be noted that
the App can work with multi-
ple Hubs at the same time so
that, for example, a Hub in
the kids room and a Hub in
the Livingroom can both be
controlled by the App inde-
pendently from each other.
As long as the App on the
Smartphone or Tablet is ac-
tive, it can be set to prevent
the screen from locking as
well as prevent the screen
for automatically shutting
off to save battery power.
Our measurements revealed
that an iPhone lost about
2-3% battery power every
hour with an open Harmony
App. For Android (we used a
Google Nexus 5) the battery
loss was about the same at
3%.
As soon as the App was
started and the desired Hub
was selected, all of the pre-
configured command se-
quences were available at
our fingertips. In our case
it was Watch Sat-TV, Watch
DVD/Blu-Ray, Move Satellite
Dish Control and Watch Ap-
ple TV. A quick push of one of
the buttons is all it takes for
it to turn on all of the corre-
sponding devices: it turned
the TV on and automatically
switched to the proper A/V
input. Right after that, the
App blends in the more criti-
cal remote control buttons
in a scrolling bar across the
bottom of the screen while
the rest of the remote con-
trol commands are distribut-
ed across multiple screens.
Thanks to the practi-
cal gesture control feature,
functions like volume con-
trol, channel switching or
fast-forward/rewind can be