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Logitech Harmony 350 Universal Remote $16 @ Woolworths

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Logitech Harmony 350 Universal Remote $16 @ Woolworths
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scrimshaw on 23/08/2018 - 21:36 files.ozbargain.com.au (6723 clicks)
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Good price for a Harmony programmable remote. On clearance at Woolworths nation wide.

Combine up to 8 remotes in 1. Control your TV, cable or satellite box, DVR, Blu-ray™ player, sound system, and more.
World's most compatible
The ever-growing Harmony database of 270,000+ devices has power-on sequencing, timing, and direct input commands.
One-touch entertainment
Press the Watch TV button to turn on your TV, cable or satellite box, and more. Each one powers up with just the right settings.
5 channel presets
Jump to the channel of your choice with 5 programmable Favourite buttons.
Comes with 2AA Batteries.
You will need to download software on to a PC and connect the remote up in order to make it compatible with your devices. The cable comes with the remote.
It only has one activity button unlike the 650, but that costs a lot more.

UPDATE: Price drop to $16 Kudos to RichardL

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  • railspider on 23/08/2018 - 22:01
    +2

    These are great, and compatible with a surprisingly large number of products

  • m13 on 23/08/2018 - 22:05
    +7

    650 or bust

    I wish the $35 650s were still around

    • watts on 24/08/2018 - 10:15

      My first 650 did bust! LCD got stuck ON so batteries only lasted a day It' probably wouldn't have happened with a 350, but I still replaced with another 650:). I'd probably go for a 350 if I only had a couple of devices to control.

  • tukangbakso on 23/08/2018 - 22:09

    which Woolworths is this in?

  • aik on 23/08/2018 - 23:34
    -7

    horribly slow and comes with absolutely retarded software. after this thing i stopped considering Logitech for ever.

    • WatchNerd on 24/08/2018 - 00:09
      +6

      Mine works fine, never had a problem with the software either. These are great if you have a TV, amplifier and pvr.

      I love the favourite buttons and the return button for going back to the last channel.

    • Ramrunner on 24/08/2018 - 08:03

      Yes….and no.

      The original software when these first came out was HORRIBLE. Absolutely no doubt disgusting. Yes….retarded.

      BUT

      It was completely rewritten a few years back. I found out when I had to reprogram the front room remote after adding a FetchTV. The software was completely different.

      It is MUCH MUCH better now. I'd go so far as to say even usable.

      So if you tried it once more than a few years ago - please be quiet. Things have changed.

      If you have tried it recently - OK - your opinion but if you can't work that software now I worry about you.

      • aik on 24/08/2018 - 14:33
        +1

        Ha, this is a good news then. But too late :)

        btw does this new software still require internet access and login?

        About the speed - there is always a delay between pushing a button and seeing TV's reaction. And it is not a TV fault as I also have a Mele F10 programmable remote from aliexpress and that thing is extremely fast, no comparison to 350 at all.

        • Ramrunner on 24/08/2018 - 15:27

          From memory yes you still login and it keeps all your programmed remotes detailed for easy modification.

          I also see a slight probably half second delay from pushing a button to action. Worse, of course, for the Activities that require a chain of button presses.

          It actually doesn't generally matter for my use case BUT there have been a few occasions when I'm really lazy and try to be fast where the delay has caused me to delete the wrong recording off my Fetch. So agree with that.

          For me the benefits having 5 devices to deal with in the main room far outweigh having to use 5 remotes I guess :)

          All the best!

      • NobalaKoba on 24/08/2018 - 15:13

        Hey, I'm not the guy you replied to, but there's still major issues with the software.

        It's very slow, making small changed a pain and not worth it. Applying the changes to the remote doesn't work on 2 computers out of three that I have, it hangs and then a minute later says it failed. You have to unplug at 99% then replug straight away, if you're lucky then it'll apply the changes, if you're not then you need to retry if it didn't enter recovery mode.

        The remote itself often hangs for me, if I change devices it can take over 5 seconds to actually change. Half the time it'll be on one device but output for another, which is a pain, especially as the top part lights up for the correct device.

        The remote outputs for too long. I use it with a FLIRC and half the time it repeats the commands. Say I want to skip an opening, it'll skip a chapter instead. I've set it to the lowest repeat rate and all of that but it still has the issue.

        Tl;dr: Hard to change the buttons, when the buttons are changed half the time they don't output for the correct device, when they do half the time they repeat commands, causing double skips etc.

        If you have an IR blaster in your phone, use unified remote instead.

        • Ramrunner on 24/08/2018 - 15:33

          Sorry have not had that experience AT ALL with both my remotes and about 3 computers over the years I've used to program them so I can't speak for the issues you're having, I'm not having them.

          I have no hanging, it never fails to upload (but yes agree with you that takes a while but considering you're reflashing the device to me that makes sense and you should only need to do it when you change devices so not a big deal). I don't have it outputting too long, it never repeats commands.

          Are you 100% sure you didn't have a faulty one? I have 2 remotes I've reprogrammed a couple of times for myself and 2 for my father and father in law and have never seen that. Worst I've seen is one screen went half missing when my son dropped the thing on the tiles but it still worked.

          If in warranty I'd return that sucker sounds like you had a dud.

        • NobalaKoba on 24/08/2018 - 15:38

          @Ramrunner: I've got just the one and bought one for a friend.

          The repeating only happens with one device in particular, but that device is perfectly fine with other remotes.

          Can't remember when I bought it or if I still have the receipt. Might see if my local woollies has any still and if so return my current one under the receipt for the new.

          When I was having issues with the software, I found a lot of people on their forums etc complaining about the exact same issues. I build my desktop last year, the MB is a Gigabyte Z270x and works fine with other devices, so I'm not sure why it has a 100% failure rate at reflashing unless I unplug and replug with perfect timing.

        • Ramrunner on 24/08/2018 - 15:52

          @BradleyDS2: "Might see if my local woollies has any still and if so return my current one under the receipt for the new."

          Now that's an Ozbargainer!

          Gigabyte is a good brand, we're an authorized reseller (amongst other brands) so you're right you should not be having issues. I don't really don't know mate, I've been doing IT for 21 years but occasionally we hit weird ones like this. All I can say is:

          Try another cable.
          Do NOT try through a USB hub (especially unpowered)
          Try the USB ports at the back mounted directly to the mainboard through the IO shield. Sometimes the ones on the front aren't as reliable due to either circuitry or electronic noise issues.

          That's all I have. Thanks for your detailed input I'll keep an eye out for it if I see issues with any others.

        • NobalaKoba on 24/08/2018 - 16:31
          +1

          @Ramrunner: I've tried several different cables with no luck.

          I also thought using the rear ports might work, but it didn't.

          My laptop and desktop are both running Windows 10 64 bit, but the laptop has no issues flashing the remote.

          I'm going to head down to Woolies later (currently waiting on a fast way couriers delivery, don't want to end up going to their warehouse) and I'll probably watch some shows tonight, so if I remember to I'll let you know if it resolves my issues, but it's unlikely that it'll fix the issues with flashing it on my Desktop as a lot of people have the same issue.

        • NobalaKoba on 24/08/2018 - 19:21

          @Ramrunner: Only just managed to get a remote.

          The Logitech Harmony software took several minutes to start, I'm assuming it was auto updating.

          It took 30 seconds to load 'change device settings'.

          When I have it set to PC and press an arrow key, it uses the Game output and lights up the Game button. Same with the skip, play and pause buttons and half the others.

          So even though I have a new remote and the software is updated, it's still rubbish for me. These issues don't happen with that overpriced flagship remote by Logitech.

          Edit: was just doing some tweaks to the remote, while syncing it failed and kicked me out of the program and told me to log in again, even though I logged in 10 minutes prior and ticked 'remember me'.

          Their software appears to be rubbish, are you sure we're using the same thing?

        • Ramrunner on 27/08/2018 - 12:00

          @BradleyDS2: Yep, I'll make a note when I get some free time to maybe grab the remotes and play with them again. Once I programmed them I haven't touched them since end of last year when I got the Fetch, and the backroom had a different 5.1 system on it just after.

          Don't recall any issues. As you say I do remember the flashing took time, but other than that all reasonable and no problems.

          Quite a few others on here reporting no problems either so I really don't know….

    • picklewizard on 24/08/2018 - 09:52

      Yeah buddy I think maybe the remote is not the thing here that's slow and retarded… I've been using one for years and it's amazing.

  • anglais on 24/08/2018 - 09:17
    +1

    Just got one yesterday. Typical. Took about 20 mins to connect up with everything. Worked right away with TV, sound and Xbox but still need to tweak for Foxtel.

  • Randolph Duke on 24/08/2018 - 09:37
    +3

    I had one of these for the spare TV setup, but upgraded to a Harmony 650. Much better having multiple activities available.

    • timbo83 on 24/08/2018 - 12:03
      +2

      Same. 350 was good as a basic remote replacement, but activities much better to cover TV, soundbar, gaming/blu-ray/htpc combos

  • JTTheMan on 24/08/2018 - 09:59
    +1

    We have two of these in our house (for two different rooms) and they are pretty good, especially at this price.

    I probably don't need a third remote but if I did I would get the 650 and relegate a 350 to my son's bedroom?

    • rowshow on 24/08/2018 - 15:48

      go bombers

  • Tuffstuff80 on 24/08/2018 - 10:01

    Would this work ok on Foxtel IQ3 as it uses a Bluetooth remote ?

    • scrimshaw on 24/08/2018 - 10:05

      This is a infrared remote only.

    • FicklePickle on 24/08/2018 - 10:31
      +2

      It does work on IQ3. Although it has a Bluetooth remote it does accept IR (just like the mi box)
      Source: I use the 650 on my IQ3

      • Tuffstuff80 on 25/08/2018 - 07:55

        Are you able to use all the Foxtel functions like play, pause, coloured buttons on your 650 remote ?

        • FicklePickle on 25/08/2018 - 11:49

          Yep, on the 650 at least. Not sure about the 350 but if it has coloured buttons, play/pause etc I assume it would also work

        • philart on 25/08/2018 - 16:15

          @FicklePickle:

          If it works on a 350 it'll work with all Harmony's, the device library is stored at the Logitech server. My wife has a 350 and me the 650, we both operate the same equipment. However so to keep things uniform we only start up and close down with my remote.

    • Villan on 24/08/2018 - 10:40

      Yeah, I had an old IQ2 remote floating around and I actually PREFER using it over the bluetooth IQ3 remote. The IQ3 remote is frustratingly unreliable for me, while the IQ2 IR remote just works all the time.

  • [Deactivated] on 24/08/2018 - 10:01

    Interesting. BUT not the cheapest they have sold at Woolies. I have picked up several at $16 about a month ago in store.

    • philart on 25/08/2018 - 16:17

      They've been $15 at Aldi as a one off special. I bought two at the time.

  • hetzjagd on 24/08/2018 - 10:04

    Do you think they would let you buy it and return it if it doesn't work for me exactly how I need it to? Not so much from a product fault but I just don't know if it's going to be compatible with all my gear and if it isn't then I don't want it.

    I guess at this price point if it doesn't work I can just regift it or something. Or hold onto it and hope my sound system dies so I can justify buying a new one.

    My 90's era Sony sound system thing doesn't seem to have a mute button and also the remote has like 50+ buttons on it, the majority of which are unneccessary to have and if you or a guest accidentally presses the wrong one you can't be sure what the original setting was that you just changed. A universal remote would address the latter but whether or not there's the capacity for the system to understand a 'mute' command if the original remote didn't have it, I'm not sure. Alternatively perhaps there is a programmable type button I can set that just spams like 15x 'volume down' commands in a flash so it works as an effective mute.

    • scrimshaw on 24/08/2018 - 10:05

      Keep the receipt if you wish to return it. I have bought one just an hour ago, after lunch I'll set it up and see how it works.

      • hetzjagd on 24/08/2018 - 10:09

        Simple as that hey? I guess while it is unethical I could probably just say "hey it was dead out of the box" and they aren't exactly going to to test it there and then. Hopefully it's a goer and there's still one left at Woolworths when I get there much later today

    • Mitch889 on 24/08/2018 - 10:29
      +2

      I’ve often found these Logitech universal remotes can transmit commands the original didn’t have. My favourite is jumping directly to an input rather than cycling through a menu list of them.

      • hetzjagd on 24/08/2018 - 10:35

        Now you're making me want to ditch work early to try make sure I can cop this deal. Really excited to put away the remotes I have and never look at them again.

      • philart on 25/08/2018 - 16:22

        Yep any commands you want - Just learn 'em. I mix and match commands for different devices to activities to save going to individual devices.

        For example we have both a soundbar and surround sound amp. We normally use the soundbar for general TV viewing, but prefer the surround for movies or other DD5.1 encoded programs on Foxtel, so I have unused buttons to control the receivers volume as well as the standard one's for the soundbar. Makes things easy.

  • treeman on 24/08/2018 - 10:17

    Do these work?

    I've got these before and never got them to work how I wanted them to.

  • johnyBgood on 24/08/2018 - 10:18

    I have the 650 and love it, but for some reason I couldn't get it to Sync anymore, tried different computer and cable but no luck, anyone have the same issue?

  • MasterNoob on 24/08/2018 - 10:27
    -1

    How well does this work with PornHub?

    • easternculture on 24/08/2018 - 10:40
      +6

      The remote doesn't have a vibration function

    • dm01 on 24/08/2018 - 10:44
      +2

      You still need to push the right buttons.

  • Kontiki on 24/08/2018 - 10:43
    +1

    These are great, I've had mine for over 5 years and still going strong after some massive bashing from my two toddlers.

    Very easy to program with pretty much any IR device.

  • Sharp324 on 24/08/2018 - 11:07
    +1

    I have the 650 version. Remote is nice and works well with multiple activities to set. Only trouble I've had with it is with the software you use to sync the remote with your computer, it was a bit unreliable.

  • pjetson on 24/08/2018 - 11:42

    I can't seem to find this on the Woolworths web site (or BigW). How do you know it's nationwide?

    • philart on 25/08/2018 - 16:26

      I guess that being a clearance item, stock availability would be hit and miss from store to store. If you find one in store without a sale tag, get a staff member to scan it. The lower price should come up as pricing is done at HQ, only instore specials over ride that pricing.

  • nosey on 24/08/2018 - 14:14
    +3

    $16 in Woolworths Majura Park, ACT. Just grabbed one.

    • scrimshaw on 24/08/2018 - 14:15

      Great find. I've set mine up now and it works pretty well as expected, the software was able to figure out what model of sound system and TV I had just from a single search.

      Didn't like that you had to login to set it up though, not sure what purpose that is meant to serve. I guess that means they can datamine your commands and your setup to improve their device database

      • Ramrunner on 24/08/2018 - 15:38

        I found they store the remote information in the cloud.

        The original computer I programmed on was handed down and when I got as new one I installed the new software.

        The second I logged in I saw my remotes and devices as I'd left them. Makes for very easy reprogramming if you change devices.

        Can't vouch if it spies on your cat or you in the shower but I KNOW they definitely make you log in for convenience.

    • PurchaseAnxiety on 24/08/2018 - 15:16

      How many were left? Might head in there after work.

      • hogwarts on 26/08/2018 - 17:18

        Just got home, around 5 left.

        • railspider on 28/08/2018 - 15:16

          Which section of the store did you find it? I've looked near the batteries and in the stationary section, but no luck

        • hogwarts on 28/08/2018 - 15:29
          +1

          @railspider: Stationary. Near the middle path of the store.

  • Gravy on 24/08/2018 - 15:30
    -3

    $2 at my local op shop a few months ago, still in the box and unused. My second one. :)

    Cool story.

    • smartazz104 on 24/08/2018 - 16:47

      I’ll give you $4 for your $2 Logitech remote.

      • Julius on 24/08/2018 - 16:50

        $4.10

        • dm01 on 24/08/2018 - 18:43

          $4.10 and some Brut Refreshing Splash On

        • Julius on 24/08/2018 - 18:47

          @dm01: inaudible gasp

        • Gravy on 24/08/2018 - 19:29
          +1

          @dm01: Are you going to personally splash it on?

          I lied… seems its a harmony 300, but no I don't want to sell it.

        • PJC on 24/08/2018 - 23:18

          @Gravy: Still a superb find though.

        • INFIDEL on 25/08/2018 - 08:55
          +1

          @Gravy:
          Your find of the good but basic 300 model (controls 4 devices against 8 in this deal & probably lacks other features) sold for $12 @Kmart 6 years ago & newer model $15 @Aldi 3 years ago. I think only the older units sold in a box - packaging changed to blister pack.

          Bought when price dropped to $10 in 2015. A good device if only need a little more than basic commands. Mainly use it with a 1TB Panasonic PVR bought in the dying days of Dick Smith for $10 (no remote).

          So an old unit is not worth much, but good find at that price if unused.

          Unfortunately the downside of Op Shopping is you may never see another like that - but that's what makes good finds so memorable. I'd say that explains the neg votes😢

  • anglais on 24/08/2018 - 23:46

    Any experiences with this and Foxtel? I have to press a button twice to get action in foxtel. But not for other devices. Tried changing button repeat settings and internet delays to no avail.

  • lamaksstalk on 25/08/2018 - 13:50

    Can't find anywhere in West Melbourne :(

  • bamberg on 25/08/2018 - 17:55

    Marked as $23 but scans at $16 at Neutral Bay Woollies. I got two and a couple left.

  • pjetson on 25/08/2018 - 18:26

    Can't seem to find one anywhere in outer east of Melbourne with the stores I asked (as opposed to just looking on the shelf) saying that they haven't stocked any remote controls for ages.

    • lamaksstalk on 26/08/2018 - 12:15

      same here. and not shown in the system as well.

  • Chris T on 31/08/2018 - 07:50

    I bought one last night at Woolworths Indooroopilly (Brisbane) - marked as $23, scanned as $23. There was still one more on the shelf (aisle 3).

  • W-W on 06/09/2018 - 09:07

    Anyone find any in Melbourne lately? Don’t care which part.

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