![]() We found the gestures worked well, but for the moment, feel limited. Fortunately, you can reorder the options, so that the most used-such as a number pad, gestures, and page up/page down-are near the top.ĭirectly below the display are physical buttons for Exit and Menu we kept pressing them, thinking that they would back us out of the on-screen menus, but they're only used to control the channel listing on our TV. For example, in the Watch TV menu, there were 20 different options, including such obscure ones as changing the aspect ratio and closed captioning. However, scrolling through menu options on the display was somewhat tedious. Better, you can set Gestures based on the activity for example, a swipe up when watching TV could be a completely different command than when performing the same gesture while listening to music.Ĭlick to EnlargeIn all, using the Harmony Touch was just as easy as the Harmony One we liked the friendly interface. All gestures are customizable, and were fairly easy to change. Logitech also added gesture support to the Touch when in Gesture mode, swiping down on the display lowers volume, swiping up increases it, and swiping left or right changes the channel. Favorites brings up a screen showing all your favorite channels as small squarish icons we like that you can reorder these, too. However, a tap of the screen activated the Harmony Touch.Ībove the display are two small touch-sensitive buttons, Favorites and Home. We liked the different backgrounds, as well as options to change the screen brightness and timeout, but wish the screen would light up when we picked up the remote, like the Harmony One. Options here let you perform activities such as "Watch TV" or "Listen to Music." Selecting one will automatically turn on the right components (assuming you set it up correctly). The Home screen reminded us a lot of Windows Phone 8: Text was a thin sans-serif font, and offset to the left. ![]() However, if you want to add a new device or create a new activity, you will have to reconnect it to your PC.Ĭlick to EnlargeThe Harmony Touch's 2.4-inch QVGA display is bright and responsive. The software then synced with the remote, which took about 6 minutes.Īfter this initial setup, if you need to change a setting, you can do so without having to plug the remote back into your computer. The Web-based Logitech utility then guided us through setting up actions, such as "Watch TV," and to choose our top 50 favorite channels. ![]() However, those with older Harmony remotes can import these settings automatically. The Peel handles this a lot better, finding everything automatically. In the case of our Mac, that required installing Silverlight, as well as the Logitech Harmony software.Īs with the Harmony Link, the installer was helpful at walking us through the setup process, but we didn't like that we had to find the exact model numbers of our TV, cable box and receiver, which involved crawling behind our dusty entertainment console. We then had to install the appropriate software. We then navigated to, where we created a free account. Click to EnlargeSimilar to its other remotes, Logitech requires that you plug the Harmony Touch into a computer via USB for the initial setup. ![]()
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