![]() ![]() It gave me the choice to keep this login and move my old settings to the new remote, minus some custom buttons I had done, OR start from scratch with a new login. "Seriously, did you open the remote with a screwdriver?"Īs soon as I logged into the software with my original remote's online login I noticed a button that said "Upgrade Remote." Sweet. It just used a generic driver, which was comforting. The remote shows up as a "Human Interface Device" to Vista, and I didn't have to install drivers for the new one. You configure the Logitech Remotes using a Wizard over USB. My first concern was "How am I going to move my settings over?" I had this thing TRICKED out. The software then was 4.3 and now it's on 7.4.3 and it runs in Vista 圆4, so you gotta give Logitech credit for not shutting me out based on my OS of choice. It had a few problems, that I detailed in my review, but for the most part it was bangin'. "Screw this, I'm using the TV in the spare room!" ![]() She was starting to get a little torqued with the battery life, so (gadget-using adsense-spender that I am) I've just replaced it this evening with the Logitech Harmony One. My 880 solved these problems and was the only remote The Wife didn't despise. " How do I turn this thing on? YOU set it up! It says 'PC Load Letter'?" Whatever hell you've got yourself into in the setting up of your TV and "Media Area," you need to dig yourself out with a decent remote. Universal Remotes are all about the WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) or SAF (Spouse Acceptance Factor). "So, the TV goes on Input 3 but the Receiver is on Input 7? But what controls the volume? Why is the TV muted?" Sometimes it just doesn't touch the contacts in its cradle right, and I'll wake up the next day with a dead battery and a confused wife. However, the one Achille's Heel of the 880 was it's battery life (it gets weird memory) and the battery contacts. "Why is the TV full? WHO is watching America's Next Top Model?" It's a great balance of functionality and a good price (as low as US$129). To this day, I still recommend it all the time. A little over three years ago I finally solved my Universal Remote control problems with a Logitech Harmony 880. ![]()
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