Logitech 885 universal remote
Posted by: Marc Evans on 08 July 2005
Well this post is a blatant plug for something I think is a great product that would be of interest to people in the HT forum, but it's not really Naim related (except that it controls an AV2) so it might end up in the padded cell. So be it...
In a nutshell I got a Logitech 885 universal remote and it has my pronto beaten hands down in terms of useability and ease of setup. I guess it's similar to the 668 people here have mentioned before, but it's got a colour screen. It keeps the separate teletext buttons too so you can still press the sky red button if you really must
And... it handles the quirky "keep it pressed down for a while" power button on my AV2, which is something the pronto consistantly failed to do! Setup was a breeze, a shade over 3 hours tweaking got 6 devices working happily together. (in decent programmable remote terms, that's really not a lot of time!)
There you go, plug over. I don't work for them, sell them or have anything to do with them but I'm chuffed to bits with my new toy so I thought I'd share
In a nutshell I got a Logitech 885 universal remote and it has my pronto beaten hands down in terms of useability and ease of setup. I guess it's similar to the 668 people here have mentioned before, but it's got a colour screen. It keeps the separate teletext buttons too so you can still press the sky red button if you really must
And... it handles the quirky "keep it pressed down for a while" power button on my AV2, which is something the pronto consistantly failed to do! Setup was a breeze, a shade over 3 hours tweaking got 6 devices working happily together. (in decent programmable remote terms, that's really not a lot of time!)
There you go, plug over. I don't work for them, sell them or have anything to do with them but I'm chuffed to bits with my new toy so I thought I'd share
I have the 655 and it is amazingly easy to setup and use. I have spent 3 years trying to find a remote that my girlfriend can use. I have had tried a Pronto [££££] and a Home Theatre Master [£££] (pretty good) but the Logitech [££] is by far the best and strangely the cheapest! I would thoroughly recommend. 
quote:Originally posted by SimonJ:
I have the 655 and it is amazingly easy to setup and use. I have spent 3 years trying to find a remote that my girlfriend can use. I have had tried a Pronto [££££] and a Home Theatre Master [£££] (pretty good) but the Logitech [££] is by far the best and strangely the cheapest! I would thoroughly recommend.
I bought one on your recommendation and it is great, thanks. Lots of geeky set-up fun if you want to, and simple enough for my 7yr old to operate. It controls my Meridian CD player, Denon AV amp, Sony DVD player, Pioneer DVD player, Humax freeview box, JVC VCR, Philips TV and Sanyo projector without any problems at all.
Andrew
Cool glad you like it.