Logitech Professional Presenter R800 with Green Laser Pointer

by Logitech

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 0.8 x 5.2 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002GHBUTU
• Item model number: 910-001350
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (170 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #1 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories > Keyboards, Mice & Input Devices > Presentation Pointers > Presentation Remotes
  • #3 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories > Keyboards, Mice & Input Devices > Presentation Pointers > Laser Pointers
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 5, 2009

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Logitech Professional Presenter R800, with a brilliant green laser pointer, puts you in complete control of your presentation and makes it easy to direct your audience's attention to specific information from across the room - even on flat panel displays and in brightly lit rooms. To keep you focused on the crowd and not the clock, the Professional Presenter R800 provides an easy-to-set timer with silent, vibrating alerts. When you're moving around the room to engage your audience, at a range of up to 100 feet (30 meters), a reception - level indicator on the LCD keeps you from wandering too far. The intuitive slideshow controls help you find buttons easily by touch, and the compact design allows you to take it with you wherever you go. Plus the contoured shape feels great in your hand, so you'll be comfortable and confident that your presentations will make a lasting impression with your audience.

Grab the Logitech Professional Presenter R800 and grab hold of your audience Your slideshow presentation is ready. The room is full. And with your wireless Logitech Professional R800 Presenter in hand, you're set to grab hold of your audience. Aim the laser pointer at the screen and everyone sees your point. The brilliant green laser light is strong enough to be seen clearly, even across a large conference hall. Move smoothly and confidently from slide to slide with intuitive one-touch controls. Focus on your presentation, instead of the clock, with an easy-to-set timer and vibrating alerts to help you manage your time. And with no wires or cables, there's nothing to hold you back from moving around and working the room. Whether you're making a sales presentation in a hotel ballroom or giving a professional lecture in a 2,000-seat auditorium, you'll get and keep their attention from first slide to last.

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Key Features

		Brilliant green laser pointer makes it easy to see your point Do you want everyone in the room to be laser focused on that important sales point, chart, map location or technical diagram? Just aim and press the laser control button to highlight anything on the screen. LCD display? Plasma display? Projection screen? No matter what presentation screen you use, this powerful green laser pointer is easy to see—even in a brightly lit conference room or from across a large convention hall.
		LCD display with timer lets you focus on the presentation, not the clock Want to know how much time you have left without checking your watch in the middle of your presentation? Simply set your total presentation time with the built-in timer. With the easy-to-read LCD display, you'll be able to check your remaining time without your audience even knowing. The presenter will silently vibrate with a 5-, 2- and 0-minute warning that tells you it's time to wrap it up.
		Up to 100-foot wireless range gives you more freedom to move around the room Walk the aisles. Circle the conference table. Seize the stage. Your Logitech Professional Presenter R800 keeps you in total control of your slideshow as you move freely around the room, engaging your audience. And if you wander too far, no worries. A reception-level indicator lets you know before you move out of wireless range—an impressive 100 feet.
		Intuitive one-touch controls for simple, smooth slideshow navigation Press the right arrow button to advance to the next slide. Press the left arrow button to go back. Start or stop your presentation when you're ready or use the black screen button to shift the attention back to you. It's that simple. The contoured buttons are located in just the right place and easy to find by touch. So you can run through your slides with confidence—without even having to look at the presenter in your hand.

Storable wireless receiver—plug, play and go Simply plug the powerful and reliable 2.4 GHz receiver into your computer's USB port and you're ready to present. No waiting. No hassles. No software to install. When you're done, store the receiver in the built-in docking bay inside the presenter. It also comes complete with a convenient protective carrying case. So you can grab your audience's attention, wherever the road takes you.

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Which Presenter Is Right For You?

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Features
Laser Pointer	Green: so you see the pointer even on plasma/LCD screens and in brightly-lit rooms	Red
Wireless Technology	2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Range	100 ft. (30 m.)	50 ft. (15 m.)
Flexible Countdown Timer
Silent Vibration Alarms
Radio Signal Strength Indicator (lets you see if you're about to move out of range)
Forward/Backward Buttons
Black Screen On/Off Button
Presentation Start/Stop Button
Storable Receiver
Battery Indicator
Cushioned Case

 

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What's In The Box Package Contents Logitech Professional Presenter R800 Wireless mini receiver 2 AAA batteries Carrying case User documentation 3-year limited hardware warranty Technical Specification Green laser pointer 100-foot (30-meter) effective range with 2.4 GHz wireless technology LCD display with timer, battery-power and reception-level indicators Built-in slideshow buttons Timer buttons Silent alarm Storable plug-and-play receiver On/Off switch Carrying case System Requirements Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 USB port

Product Description

Logitech Professional Presenter R800 gives you powerful control for high-impact presentations. The brilliant green laser pointer is easy to see, even on flat panel displays, projection screens, and in brightly lit rooms. Manage your time with silent, vibrating alerts and controls that are easy to set and adjust. Move about for greater impact, with a range of up to 100 feet (30 meters) you can cover every corner of the room. Navigate through your presentation with confidence thanks to intuitive slideshow controls you can find easily by touch. A storable plug-and-play wireless receiver makes it simple to get started—there’s no software to install. And when you’re through, the receiver stores inside the presenter to make packing up easy.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

53 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant design and function with only one missing feature, September 23, 2009

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M. Erb (Syracuse, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Logitech Professional Presenter R800 with Green Laser Pointer (Personal Computers)

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The Logitech Professional Presenter R800 is one of those tools you didn't realize you needed until you get one in your hands.

For any person doing presentations, this little unit is a wonderful device. Ergonomically, the design is perfect. It is small in size, light in weight and just fits in your hand perfectly. Indentations on the various buttons let you easily find the correct button without looking during your presentation. On the left edge is the on/off sliding switch. On the right edge are two buttons. One of the buttons is for controlling the start/pause of the presentation timer, the other is for setting the presentation duration timer. On the face of the device are 5 buttons. The top button operates the green laser. Immediately below that wide button are two narrower, but taller buttons that control the movement forward or backward through the presentation. And below that are two slightly smaller buttons that control launching the presentation and, if the application supports it, going to a black screen.

The green laser is bright and relatively sharp. It actually is not a pinpoint sharp light like some other laser pointers, but rather a bit more diffuse. This works out to be an advantage because the lit area becomes a bit larger in diameter, albeit less "sharp", which makes seeing the laser on your screen easier. It really is better than an intensely bright tiny spot. And as compared to the Kensington pointer device I recently reviewed, Kensington 33374 Wireless Presenter with Laser Pointer, it was much brighter overall thus more effective.

One of my favorite and most useful features of the R800 is the timer function. Not only do you get a visual indication of the relative amount of time left, by a series of gradually diminishing lines, you also get a silent vibration in the device at 5, 2 and 0 minute markers. This is so handy and helpful that it has become indispensable to me.

The USB receiver stores nicely inside the R800.

I have used the R800 on my PC ACER laptop with no issues.

Concerning Apple computers however, Logitech does not officially state that this is meant for use on a Mac. However it will work with most Macs as best I can determine. I've tried it with four different Macs.

On my 24", 2.16GHz iMac with Snow Leopard (and previously with Leopard) operating system, it did not work at all. But then I read about a possible conflict with the Logitech Control Center which is used for controlling Logitech keyboards, mice, trackballs, etc. I happen to use the Logitech Marble Mouse with my iMac and had the Logitech Control Center v3.10 control panel installed. When I plugged the USB receiver into my USB port, it was not recognized and thus the R800 did not work with the iMac. However, as soon as I uninstalled the LCC software (using the uninstaller that was in my Utilities folder) the R800 receiver did work.

It also worked perfectly using IBM's Lotus Symphony presentation software with my 2.4GHz MacBook running Snow Leopard.

On an old 1.6GHz PPC G4 iMac running OSX 10.5.8 and PowerPoint from Microsoft Office 2004, it worked except for the start presentation button. But manually starting the presentation then using the R800 to go forward and backward worked. With Neo-Office v3.0, it worked perfectly... even the start presentation button.

I also tried on a 1.2GHz PPC G4 iBook with OSX 10.5.8 and it also worked just like on the old iMac with Microsoft Office 2004.

Whether the start presentation button works or not seems to depend on the application you use for the presentation rather than the model of computer you are using.

Bottom line is check before you buy or it may not work with your particular Mac, though it does work on the all of the ones I tried it with. If it does not work on your Mac, then check to see if you have Logitech Control Center installed (check your System Preferences panel > Other)

Logitech should be more forthcoming with the actual state of affairs as it pertains to Mac compatibility and compatibility with Logitech Control Center software but in the meantime, don't assume it will work unless you can corroborate that with someone who has already had success with it on a Mac using the same model.

The only major omission in my opinion is the lack of backlighting on the R800 LCD display. It would be desirable to have backlighting on the unit when operating in dimly lit rooms.

This is a wonderful little device that stands heads and shoulders above its competition such as the Kensington Wireless Presenter Kensington 33374 Wireless Presenter with Laser Pointer. However it costs nearly twice as much as the Kensington. For my money, it's worth the extra cost as it has a better ergonomic design and more useful features.

I give it a solid 4 stars. Why not 5 stars? Because it really needs a backlit display and it is quite extraordinary to me that the Logitech R800 device is incompatible with Logitechs' own Logitech Control Center software on the Mac. Nevertheless, this is one terrific pointing/timing/control device for presentations.

38 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Presentation Tool, August 23, 2009

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JDP - See all my reviews

This review is from: Logitech Professional Presenter R800 with Green Laser Pointer (Personal Computers)

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Coming out of the box, the first thing that caught my attention was the ergonomic feel of the Logitech R800. Once I popped in the two AAA batteries I removed the on board receiver and plugged it directly into my laptop's USB port. With no software downloads to concern myself with, the system was up and running in no time. The R800 operates via Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 platform.

Button navigation begins with the sliding on and off switch located on the side. The back/forward and on/off black screen buttons are placed on the top. Control is at your fingertips. I found that even in a darkened room, the indented buttons are easy to navigate. With its built in timer, the LCD display is clean and simple. A great time management tool is the vibrating alarm with three settings (5/3/0 minutes). It also displays battery strength and reception levels.

I put the R800 to the test with a matted wall screen in a lighted room. The green laser's projection was bright and visible from all points. The second day, I worked with an LCD screen. Again the same outstanding results. The manufacturer boasts of an operating range of 100 feet. The most that I could garner straight on was a maximum operating distance of about 50 feet. Anything past that and it was touch and go. Still not too bad.

The R800 is powered by two AAA batteries. If its anything like its predecessor, battery consumption should be low. This model is backed by the manufacturer's 3 year limited warranty. The R800 is packaged with a foam zipper case, user information, (2) AAA batteries and of course the on board receiver. The unit's exterior is a black finish.

With all of its bells and whistles, an illuminated LCD display would have made this the perfect go to device. Even without that overlooked feature, I remain very impressed with the Logitech R800. It is an excellent presentation tool.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All buttons work perfectly on MAC (Keynote and Microsoft PowerPoint), April 6, 2011

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Naderi (Boston, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Logitech Professional Presenter R800 with Green Laser Pointer (Personal Computers)

I use MAC OS X, Snow Leopard 10.6.6. By default , all buttons worked correctly on Microsoft Powerpoint and Keynote except the Play button (start button) which didn't work on Keynote.
To fix this, you need to open System Preferences, select the Keyboard & Mouse panel, and then select the Keyboard Shortcuts tab. Click the Plus button to assign a new shortcut and a new panel appears. Add Keynote as the application (you'll have to scroll to the bottom of the list, select Other... and then find where Keynote is installed). In the Menu Title section, type "Play Slideshow" and then assign this to the keyboard shortcut of F5. When you then restart Keynote, you can click on the View menu and you will see that "Play slideshow" is now linked to the F5 shortcut (instead of the default Command-Option-P).
Now all the buttons of Logitech Professional Presenter R800 ( I think also R400), work perfectly and without any problem on Keynote too. Hence, this presenter device will completely work on MAC OS X, if you apply the above trick.