Unboxing and Overview of Philips Hue Lighting System

The Philips Hue lighting system is a comprehensive and versatile lighting solution that can be controlled through a smartphone app, voice assistants, or third-party apps. Once you press the button within a couple of seconds, it should connect and pair with your phone, and you will see that it has connected to your phone. With two bulbs already connected, I haven't yet connected the third bulb, but it should also show up in the app.

To demonstrate the features of this Philips Hue system, let's use the app and explore its capabilities. The app allows for basic control over individual bulbs, as well as pre-set scenes that can be customized to suit different moods or occasions. For example, if you press the "All Off" button, all the lights will turn off. Alternatively, you can choose from pre-set scenes like "Sunset," which changes the color of the lights to a warm orange hue.

One of the most interesting features of this system is its ability to create custom colors and scenes. With just a few taps on the app, you can adjust the brightness and color temperature of individual bulbs or entire rooms. You can even create your own unique colors by dragging the color wheel to select the desired hue. For example, I created a new scene called "Orange" by selecting the lamp 1 and 2, and then adjusting the color to a shade that I like.

Another feature that sets this system apart is its ability to pair bulbs together to create seamless lighting effects. By dragging one bulb onto another on the color wheel, you can make them a pair and adjust their colors in sync. This feature allows for complex lighting scenes to be created with ease. For instance, if you want both bulbs in your living room to have the same warm orange glow, you can simply drag one bulb onto the other.

The app also includes a color chart that makes it easy to select and adjust different hues. By selecting a specific color on the chart, you can instantly apply it to all the bulbs connected to the system. This feature allows for precise control over lighting effects, making it perfect for creating unique ambiance in your home or studio.

One of the most useful features of this system is its ability to save custom scenes and profiles. You can create up to five different scenes, each with its own unique color palette and brightness settings. For example, you can create a "Daytime" scene that uses bright white light, while another scene called "Dinner Party" uses warmer tones to create a cozy atmosphere.

In addition to these features, the Philips Hue system also allows for automation and integration with third-party apps. You can use apps like IFTTT (If This Then That) to automate lighting effects based on specific events or conditions, such as turning on lights when you enter a room or adjusting brightness levels based on ambient light levels.

Finally, one of the most exciting features of this system is its ability to be controlled remotely, even when you're not in your home. With a Philips Hue account, you can access and control your lighting system from anywhere using your smartphone or tablet.

In conclusion, the Philips Hue lighting system is an incredibly versatile and user-friendly solution that allows for precise control over lighting effects in your home or studio. Its ability to create custom colors and scenes, pair bulbs together, and automate lighting effects make it perfect for anyone looking to enhance their lighting experience. With its seamless integration with third-party apps and remote control capabilities, this system offers unparalleled flexibility and convenience.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi there this is ranjeet and in this video we'll be doing the unboxing and i'll give you an overview of this philips hue wireless lighting system and this is a very interesting product with your smartphone you can actually change the colors of the bulb on the fly so this is the philips hue starter kit box and here we have this and as you can see uh the thing is that you can change the colors of the bulb and you control this via smartphone it works both with an iphone and an android device and let me open and as you can see the starter kit comes with the three bulbs and uh this bridge which you connect to your home wi-fi router and using this you install the app and then you can control it with your smartphone and the app is freely available it's known as philips hue and i'll show you how to set that up but before that let me break the seal and show you the contents of this box now and this just opens up like this and as you can see we get three bulbs and you'll notice that the connector is a little bit different but you can just buy this adapter which fits into your normal holder in india and you can just screw in this one and then use it in a normal holder and these uh bulbs have a 600 lumen output that means it's equivalent to about 60 watts of traditional bumps and regarding power it consumes 8.5 watts of power and this is the bridge itself i'll show you how to connect it you connect this to your wireless router and here i guess are there some other accessories uh we also get a ethernet cable and this must be the power adapter so let me do one thing now let me set this up and i'll then show you how it works regarding the pricing the philips hue starter kit costs rupees 16 995 in india before you switch on the bridge i would suggest that you just connect the bulbs and switch them on and by default they glow in the default incandescent yellow color so this is the philips bridge and you need to connect this first it's very easy let me show you and you just connect your ethernet cable that comes from your router to this one and here the power cable goes and if you plug it in you'll notice that we have three led leds one is for power second denotes that it's connected to our router and the third is for internet connection and with this phillips bridge you can control up to 50 led bulbs so that is done it's very easy once it's connected it shows you like that and now you have to just download an app it works both on ios and android i'll show you on android and the name of the app is philips hue it's free to download i've just downloaded it and if you press open it will try to automatically connect to your bridge but as it's not set up it's going to search for the bridge and this is the screen that you'll see first time as this phone is not yet connected to the bridge you have to just hit the button on the bridge and once you press it within a couple of seconds it should connect and pair with your phone now it is connected to your phone and i have actually uh two bulbs connected uh i haven't uh connected the third ball with its connector that one will also show over here now let me do one thing let me actually show you the demo of this philips q so this is the app and we can do very basic stuff obviously but like just lowering individual bulbs as you can see you can do that but uh if you go to the scenes this is interesting actually uh phillips has some predefined scenes obviously if you just hit the all off everything would be off for example like this but we also have this preset scenes for example if i just press sunset as you can see the color has changed let me go back to white which is energize and we have a few others also for example i like this starch it's white but it does like not pure white it gives a very good soft white color obviously we have a reading which is again sort of yellow and we can also uh in fact apart from these built-in uh what do you say color modes that we have we can obviously create our own for example this is the beach again you can create almost any color that you want uh via this let's do that for that you have to just go to uh lights and here just select the lamps for example uh i'm gonna be using the two lamps and here you just hit this to create a new scene i'm just going to select the lamp one and two and if i just go here down this is the color chart and now i can just move around the light for example oops let's just go back i can just move this around as you can see i can change the colors i can also do one more interesting thing is that as i have two bulbs right now uh let's say i just want the same color on both so i just can drag this one over the other and make it a pair now i can just move between the chart anywhere as you can see it's green uh we can make something like orange for example we can do anything we like any color so it's up to your imagination and you have to experiment which one do you like blue whatever pink so if this one works really well in my opinion so let's say you really like this sort of color and you can adjust the brightness also now by lowering it or like maximizing it let's say you just like this let's say let's call this sort of orange color and let's bake this as a scene so i'm just going to save it and let's save this one as let's say deep orange and now just hit ok and now this will be saved here in our scenes if ah we just go over here as you can see it has created the new one known as deep orange now these are the defaults uh ones that i have for example let's go back to our deep orange if you just click here you can instantly go back to that color profile so you can create your own uh profiles and moods uh for example let's say during the day you want some different color and evening you want something else you can obviously do that again it just does not end with that you can also have alarms and timers if you want you have to just uh set up that and also the functionality is not just restricted to this app in fact there are a lot of third-party apps that are available and you can actually install them for example they'll show you these are the apps uh third-party apps i would say that you can use and in fact you can also automate stuff by using apps like ifttt so you have a lot of options and so it's not just restricted to this philips hue app so in fact as you can see there are tons and tons of apps that are available so by just using this app uh you can create your favorite scenes and in fact you can adjust the lighting you can also create a what do you say a hue account and if you do this you'll be able to control your lighting even when you're not in your home or your office so it's a pretty uh good system i would say and this philips hue lighting system is a very unique system and i would say it would be ideal for people who would like to play with the lighting for example you could set it through relaxing lighting in the evenings or a very bright light in the morning when you do the work i plan to use these philips hue lighting in my studio so that i can precisely control the lighting when i'm working or if i'm shooting some stuff so that's it for now for this very quick uh unboxing and overview of this philips hue lighting system i hope this video was helpful thanks for watching this is ranjit and i hope to see you in my next videohi there this is ranjeet and in this video we'll be doing the unboxing and i'll give you an overview of this philips hue wireless lighting system and this is a very interesting product with your smartphone you can actually change the colors of the bulb on the fly so this is the philips hue starter kit box and here we have this and as you can see uh the thing is that you can change the colors of the bulb and you control this via smartphone it works both with an iphone and an android device and let me open and as you can see the starter kit comes with the three bulbs and uh this bridge which you connect to your home wi-fi router and using this you install the app and then you can control it with your smartphone and the app is freely available it's known as philips hue and i'll show you how to set that up but before that let me break the seal and show you the contents of this box now and this just opens up like this and as you can see we get three bulbs and you'll notice that the connector is a little bit different but you can just buy this adapter which fits into your normal holder in india and you can just screw in this one and then use it in a normal holder and these uh bulbs have a 600 lumen output that means it's equivalent to about 60 watts of traditional bumps and regarding power it consumes 8.5 watts of power and this is the bridge itself i'll show you how to connect it you connect this to your wireless router and here i guess are there some other accessories uh we also get a ethernet cable and this must be the power adapter so let me do one thing now let me set this up and i'll then show you how it works regarding the pricing the philips hue starter kit costs rupees 16 995 in india before you switch on the bridge i would suggest that you just connect the bulbs and switch them on and by default they glow in the default incandescent yellow color so this is the philips bridge and you need to connect this first it's very easy let me show you and you just connect your ethernet cable that comes from your router to this one and here the power cable goes and if you plug it in you'll notice that we have three led leds one is for power second denotes that it's connected to our router and the third is for internet connection and with this phillips bridge you can control up to 50 led bulbs so that is done it's very easy once it's connected it shows you like that and now you have to just download an app it works both on ios and android i'll show you on android and the name of the app is philips hue it's free to download i've just downloaded it and if you press open it will try to automatically connect to your bridge but as it's not set up it's going to search for the bridge and this is the screen that you'll see first time as this phone is not yet connected to the bridge you have to just hit the button on the bridge and once you press it within a couple of seconds it should connect and pair with your phone now it is connected to your phone and i have actually uh two bulbs connected uh i haven't uh connected the third ball with its connector that one will also show over here now let me do one thing let me actually show you the demo of this philips q so this is the app and we can do very basic stuff obviously but like just lowering individual bulbs as you can see you can do that but uh if you go to the scenes this is interesting actually uh phillips has some predefined scenes obviously if you just hit the all off everything would be off for example like this but we also have this preset scenes for example if i just press sunset as you can see the color has changed let me go back to white which is energize and we have a few others also for example i like this starch it's white but it does like not pure white it gives a very good soft white color obviously we have a reading which is again sort of yellow and we can also uh in fact apart from these built-in uh what do you say color modes that we have we can obviously create our own for example this is the beach again you can create almost any color that you want uh via this let's do that for that you have to just go to uh lights and here just select the lamps for example uh i'm gonna be using the two lamps and here you just hit this to create a new scene i'm just going to select the lamp one and two and if i just go here down this is the color chart and now i can just move around the light for example oops let's just go back i can just move this around as you can see i can change the colors i can also do one more interesting thing is that as i have two bulbs right now uh let's say i just want the same color on both so i just can drag this one over the other and make it a pair now i can just move between the chart anywhere as you can see it's green uh we can make something like orange for example we can do anything we like any color so it's up to your imagination and you have to experiment which one do you like blue whatever pink so if this one works really well in my opinion so let's say you really like this sort of color and you can adjust the brightness also now by lowering it or like maximizing it let's say you just like this let's say let's call this sort of orange color and let's bake this as a scene so i'm just going to save it and let's save this one as let's say deep orange and now just hit ok and now this will be saved here in our scenes if ah we just go over here as you can see it has created the new one known as deep orange now these are the defaults uh ones that i have for example let's go back to our deep orange if you just click here you can instantly go back to that color profile so you can create your own uh profiles and moods uh for example let's say during the day you want some different color and evening you want something else you can obviously do that again it just does not end with that you can also have alarms and timers if you want you have to just uh set up that and also the functionality is not just restricted to this app in fact there are a lot of third-party apps that are available and you can actually install them for example they'll show you these are the apps uh third-party apps i would say that you can use and in fact you can also automate stuff by using apps like ifttt so you have a lot of options and so it's not just restricted to this philips hue app so in fact as you can see there are tons and tons of apps that are available so by just using this app uh you can create your favorite scenes and in fact you can adjust the lighting you can also create a what do you say a hue account and if you do this you'll be able to control your lighting even when you're not in your home or your office so it's a pretty uh good system i would say and this philips hue lighting system is a very unique system and i would say it would be ideal for people who would like to play with the lighting for example you could set it through relaxing lighting in the evenings or a very bright light in the morning when you do the work i plan to use these philips hue lighting in my studio so that i can precisely control the lighting when i'm working or if i'm shooting some stuff so that's it for now for this very quick uh unboxing and overview of this philips hue lighting system i hope this video was helpful thanks for watching this is ranjit and i hope to see you in my next video\n"