TiredLegs;257009 Wrote: > In the Logitech booth at CES, the Duet setup I saw was connected to a > home theater system, yet the Controller couldn't even switch the A/V > receiver to the correct input. (The Controller cannot control devices > other than Receiver/Squeezebox/Transporter, despite having an IR > output.) > This is true in the current state of the software, but the IR output is there on the Controller hardware, so it is just a matter of writing the software to actually send some signals through the IR output. I'm guessing that Logitech reasoned that the software could be provided after the hardware release.
The Controller will IMO never be a good universal remote, but it will probably be able to do a simple control of the devices involved when using the Receiver for playback. For example turning on the A/V receiver and changing it to the correct input. TiredLegs;257009 Wrote: > > It seems odd that Logitech would release a product (the Receiver) which > cannot be controlled by its Harmony remotes (because the Receiver has no > IR sensor and no video output), and release a $299 remote (the > Controller) that can only control one class of product. In a home > theater system with a Receiver, the user would still need at least two > remote controls. Logitech, of all companies, should be in the ideal > position to unify those functions into a single remote. The missing IR sensor on the Receiver is a limiting factor. As you say, this makes it impossible to control the Receiver with a standard universal remote. The only remote that will be able to control the Receiver is the Controller or some other wifi enabled device. So controlling the Receiver from a Logitech Harmony based remote wouldn't be possible today. Of course you can always have a multi room setup where you have a SqueezeBox 3 in the living room. In that setup you would be able to control the SqueezeBox 3 with a Harmony remote and let the SqueezeBox 3 syncronize with the Reciever in the other room. My personal usage pattern will probably be: 1. Simple listening of random playlists or selecing a single album I know a like to listen to -> Will be controlled from the Harmony Universal remote 2. Browsing for something to listen to when I don't know exactly what I'm in the mood for at the moment -> Will be controlled from the SqueezeBox Controller. Unfortunately this makes it impossible to have a Receiver as the playback unit, so I'll probably continue to use the SqueezeBox3 for playback in the living room and put the Reciever in another room. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41805 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
