Someone's 'aving a Larff

Sep 02, 2026 Last reply: 9 hours ago 6 Replies
J

Logitech are abandoning their range of remote controls and although they have said they will provide service for as long as needed logging on to make changes is becoming increasingly difficult so I thought I would go for an All In One universal remote.



Arrived an hour ago and it recognises my TV, AV Receiver and Blu Ray player but only partially my Freesat Box and not at all my NVidia TV Show.



I thought I would use its learning ability to teach it the additional commands for the Freesat box, notably turning it on/off. No go, didn't want to know. I then discovered the original control doesn't turn it on of off either.



Time for a cup of tea...


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J

OK.

Freesat Box must run on Windows, re-booting it sorted that.

NVidia, however, is another matter - it doesn't do IR, only Bluetooth so I need more expensive remote that does Bluetooth. Bit odd as the One For All app asks if you want to connect via Bluetooth then says it can't connect!

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J

I'm a winner!

The return process on Amazon failed twice as Royal Mail seem to have a problem, After a brief chat I have had a refund and kept the original remote, nothing wrong with it, just doesn't do Bluetooth.

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J

I'd have thought every smartphone would do Bluetooth, but of course some BT devices have an arcane pairing method. And there's more than one Bluetooth...

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J

It's a remote control, not a 'phone.

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J

Yes, I realise that. But you need a Bluetooth controller, isn't there an app for that?

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J

The remote I got had a small Bluetooth controller designed to communicate with a 'phone for setup. The more expensive remote has a more powerful Bluetooth controller that will communicate with the NVidia (which does NOT have IR). Made me realise how good the Logitech Harmony is, pity nobody bought it out.

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