Logitech Harmony Hub: mains remote power switch?

[pah250]

All,

I've been using a Logitech Harmony Hub for a few months now to control my TV, sat box, AV receiver, PS3/PS4, Apple TV and HDMI switch box and have to say it's fantastic. Much better than playing with 6 different remote controls depending on what I want to watch.

My only problem is my powered sub woofer has a bit of a glitch in that it doesn't always power itself off when there is no LFE signal from the AV receiver, so I'm in the habit of powering it on/off at the mains each time I want to use it, which is annoying.

Does anyone know of any mains remote power switches that are compatible with the harmony hub that I could use to fix this little issue? My sub is a Paradigm PS-1000 whish is yonks old but the sound is fantastic for my set-up and I don't want to change it.

Logitech have a compatibility list on their website which I have checked, but the list of compatible mains remote switches all seem to be US, not UK.

Thanks in advance.

[davek_964]

These :

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007V3ERZI/ref...

They are IR - you simply teach them whatever IR code you want to use for power on / off.

[kingston12]

That's a good idea, thanks for starting the thread.

I have got two setups controlled by Harmony remotes and one of the subs doesn't even have auto on/off.

I ended up just leaving it on all the time (I think it uses about 9w), but I'd rather have it turned off altogether, especially as it get older.

[Andehh]

Bah, I'm in the same boat now! Notice my sub's heatsink is always warm and this has me thinking of the electricity usage.

Issue I have is I have one irIR blaster pointing at the TV to turn TV on & off, but sub is at the other side of the room with no IR line of sight.

I need to look into it further.

[kingston12]

Andehh said:

Bah, I'm in the same boat now! Notice my sub's heatsink is always warm and this has me thinking of the electricity usage.

Issue I have is I have one irIR blaster pointing at the TV to turn TV on & off, but sub is at the other side of the room with no IR line of sight.

I need to look into it further.

The recommended sockets have an IR 'eye' on a cable which might help? The Harmony hub seems quite a powerful IR transmitter, so it could be ok if you could get it just about in sight.

I'm not sure the saving itself is that great as I reckon my sub is costing about £10 a year to leave on standby and I assume that the IR switch must take a tiny amount to power itself.

It should still pay back the tiny cost of the sockets within a year, but the main benefit will be lack of wear on the sub's amp and lower risk if anything does go wrong with it.