Is there any way to simulate nested activities? (perhaps by having a device key kick off another activity or change the LCD mapped keys, etc.)

What I'm trying to accomplish (without having 16 activities at the root level):

Living Room TV
--Watch TV via Tuner
--Watch Cable Box
--Watch DVR
--Watch DVD
Bedroom TV
--Watch TV via Tuner
--Watch Cable Box
--Watch DVR
--Watch DVD
Kitchen TV
--Watch TV via Tuner
--Watch Cable Box
--Watch DVR
--Watch DVD
Basement TV
--Watch TV via Tuner
--Watch Cable Box
--Watch DVR
--Watch DVD


Or is there at least a way to have an activity not change certain buttons. For instance, if I have "Watch Bedroom TV" change my volume +/- keys to point to the actual TV, and then when I hit "Watch DVR" it doesn't change the volume +/- keys, but instead leaves them at wherever they were before hitting "Watch DVR."

I used to be able to do this with my JP1 remote by having certain keys stay aimed at whatever they were before the activity changed.

Since you can have 8 Activities per page, you could have all of these on 2 screens, with the 2 most used on the "first" page.

You can't program the Off button it only turns off devices turned on by an Activity unless they are programed to be always on

You can't program the Off button it only turns off devices turned on by an Activity unless they are programed to be always on

Okay, thanks. I'll quit looking for that solution. Another wild goose chase.

Is there any way I can clear my current customizations and reset my 880 back to all the factory default settings without connecting it to a PC and using the software?

I have a Yamaha RXV661, and need to program one of my additional buttons as "sur/decode'" button. I made one enhancer successfully for when I tune to XM stations via directv, now I just need one to go back to dolby digital/plxx etc...

I've tried 9, preset 9, SF-surround, SF-ExtdSurround and even learn command from my 661 remote.

What am I doing wrong?

I've just bought a new TV for my living room. Is there an easy way to replace my old TV in my existing activities, or am I going to have to modify them all?

When you add the new TV in the Devices list, it should give you a page that will allow you to go in and adjust each of your Activities individually; kind of like a checklist.

You can't program the Off button it only turns off devices turned on by an Activity unless they are programed to be always on

That's not entirely true. It turns "off" all devices that "smart state" tells it are on. So, in addition to the devices which are "on" in the then-current active "activity", it also will turn off the devices you manually turned "on" through the devices button. So, e.g., if I am in the "Listen to CDs" activity and my CD Player and Receiver are "on", but I also turned on the TV through the "devices button", then when I press "off" it turns off all three -- my CD Player, my Receiver, and my TV.

--Mav

Is there any way to simulate nested activities? (perhaps by having a device key kick off another activity or change the LCD mapped keys, etc.)

What I'm trying to accomplish (without having 16 activities at the root level):

Living Room TV
--Watch TV via Tuner
--Watch Cable Box
--Watch DVR
--Watch DVD
Bedroom TV
--Watch TV via Tuner
--Watch Cable Box
--Watch DVR
--Watch DVD
Kitchen TV
--Watch TV via Tuner
--Watch Cable Box
--Watch DVR
--Watch DVD
Basement TV
--Watch TV via Tuner
--Watch Cable Box
--Watch DVR
--Watch DVD


Or is there at least a way to have an activity not change certain buttons. For instance, if I have "Watch Bedroom TV" change my volume +/- keys to point to the actual TV, and then when I hit "Watch DVR" it doesn't change the volume +/- keys, but instead leaves them at wherever they were before hitting "Watch DVR."

I used to be able to do this with my JP1 remote by having certain keys stay aimed at whatever they were before the activity changed.

You can't "nest" them, but you can accomlish something similar by taking advantage of the page setup. In my case, on my 890, Page 1 of my Activities shows my activities for the primary viewing/listening area:

Watch DirecTV
Watch DVD
Watch OTA TV
Watch PC
Play Playstation
Listen to CDs
Listen to Sat Radio
Listen to Radio

Page 2 of my Activites shows my activities for my Living Room (Zone 2):

L.Room CD
L.Room Sat Radio
L.Room Radio

It's not the cleanest of methods because there are still the problems caused by having multi-zones and a remote that's not designed to handle them. For instance, all of my L.Room activities are set to not turn off unused devices when they kick on so that if I'm watching TV in the primary viewing area, my wife can listen to CDs in the L.Room at the same time. The problem, of course, is that you can't toggle between active activities, so while all of the stuff in the primary viewing area remains "on", the remote will only work in the L.Room (since that's the "active" activity). Since I can still use the other remotes in the primary viewing area, though, and since the L.Room is my second zone (away from the a/v cabinet), this works out o.k. It's not ideal, but it does work.

--Mav

That's not entirely true. It turns "off" all devices that "smart state" tells it are on. So, in addition to the devices which are "on" in the then-current active "activity", it also will turn off the devices you manually turned "on" through the devices button. So, e.g., if I am in the "Listen to CDs" activity and my CD Player and Receiver are "on", but I also turned on the TV through the "devices button", then when I press "off" it turns off all three -- my CD Player, my Receiver, and my TV.

--Mav

Hmmm, sounds encouraging.
Is there a way to turn all lights on then?
I'd like to turn all devices OFF and have the lights on the dimmer (Maestro) come up to full ON. There's got to be a way!

Hmmm, sounds encouraging.
Is there a way to turn all lights on then?
I'd like to turn all devices OFF and have the lights on the dimmer (Maestro) come up to full ON. There's got to be a way!

Assuming your dimmer can be controlled by the 890 (I confess, I don't know too terribly much about what can and can't be controlled in thedimmer department), I'd guess the easiest and most consistently reliable thing for you to do would be to add a "dimmer full on" command to the shutdown sequence of the activities (maybe, all of the activities?) you want the lights to come on after. That would seem to make the most sense.

--Mav

... I'd guess the easiest and most consistently reliable thing for you to do would be to add a "dimmer full on" command to the shutdown sequence of the activities (maybe, all of the activities?) you want the lights to come on after. That would seem to make the most sense.
I don't believe this is possible as you can only map "Scenes" to the start of an activity.
Is it possible to create an Activity ("Leaving Room"?) that sends a Lights On command and Power Off signals to all desired equipments?

I don't believe this is possible as you can only map "Scenes" to the start of an activity.
Is it possible to create an Activity (Leaving Room?) that sends a Lights On command and Power Off signals to all desired equipments?

Ah-ha. See, that's why i confessed my lack of knowledge in the dimmer department. I assumed the "Dimmer" was like any other device and so when you went to edit the startup/shutdown sequences of the Activity, you could just add the "Dimmer" device to the activity (if it's not already there), and then add the "Full On" command to that device in the shutdown sequence.

It seems silly that Logitech would have an entirely different "system" for how the lights are dealt with in the software; it would seem to be more logical and intuitive to just make the lights another device and go from there. But, standing corrected, apparently they do.

Sorry I couldn't be more help.

--Mav

I don't believe this is possible as you can only map "Scenes" to the start of an activity.
Is it possible to create an Activity (Leaving Room?) that sends a Lights On command and Power Off signals to all desired equipments?

I think creating an Activity is the only solution. I have called Logitech support and they also gave the same responce I think (in a roundabout way). I was at work when I called so I couldn't follow along too well.

Thanks for all the help.

... it would seem to be more logical and intuitive to just make the lights another device and go from there. But, standing corrected, apparently they do. ...
I agree. It would be great to be able to assign a simple key or command to the lights.

When I "Watch DVD/BD" I have the lights go dark. I want the lights to remain on for all other activities. To cover the case where I watch a DVD and then want any other activity, I must mate the lights on scene with every other activity. No big deal. But, if after watching that TV if I hit the All Off button, the lights will remain dark.

I haven't given this too much thought, but I may try to create an activity identical to my "Watch DVD/BD" event except add the IR command "Pause at the start of the activity and also add the lights on scene. ("Pause Movie") When I want to resume I go back to the original activity and have the lights dim again???

Just thinking out loud. :)

That's not entirely true. It turns "off" all devices that "smart state" tells it are on. So, in addition to the devices which are "on" in the then-current active "activity", it also will turn off the devices you manually turned "on" through the devices button. So, e.g., if I am in the "Listen to CDs" activity and my CD Player and Receiver are "on", but I also turned on the TV through the "devices button", then when I press "off" it turns off all three -- my CD Player, my Receiver, and my TV.

--Mav

Actually, Smart State doesn't track any changes made using Device mode. This is by design. Apparently some people use Device mode to get devices back in sync instead of using the "Help" button. If you did this with a power toggle command and the remote kept track of it, it would cause even more synch problems.

If it does this in your case (I'm surprised it does...I've never heard of it working that way before), then I can only guess you're using a discrete for the TV's off command, and have it added to the Activity end sequence.

Hmmm, sounds encouraging.
Is there a way to turn all lights on then?
I'd like to turn all devices OFF and have the lights on the dimmer (Maestro) come up to full ON. There's got to be a way!

I don't know how your dimmer works, and what commands it uses, but there might be a way.

Does your dimmer have a dedicated (discrete) command for FullOn?

If it does, you could configure the Power Options for the dimmer device so that its PowerOff command is set as LightsFullOn. It's PowerOn commandwould be whatever state you want the liights to be in when you start an actvitity (LightsOff??)

You would then add the dimmer device to every activity. When you select any activity the PowerOn command would be sent (actually LightsOff, or whatever you set it to).

When you press Off, then PowerOff command is sent, which is actually LightsFullOn.

I don't know how your dimmer works, and what commands it uses, but there might be a way.

Does your dimmer have a dedicated (discrete) command for FullOn?

If it does, you could configure the Power Options for the dimmer device so that its PowerOff command is set as LightsFullOn. It's PowerOn commandwould be whatever state you want the liights to be in when you start an actvitity (LightsOff??)

You would then add the dimmer device to every activity. When you select any activity the PowerOn command would be sent (actually LightsOff, or whatever you set it to).

When you press Off, then PowerOff command is sent, which is actually LightsFullOn.

My Harmony is the 880. The light dimmer is Lutron Maestro. I do believe it has a discrete off button.
I will give your instructions a go tonight after supper when my mind is clear. This is all new to me so I have to give it my full concentration. One wrong move and it could all blow up in my face!!
Thanks in advance though and I'll give you my full report when finished.

Actually, Smart State doesn't track any changes made using Device mode. This is by design. Apparently some people use Device mode to get devices back in sync instead of using the "Help" button. If you did this with a power toggle command and the remote kept track of it, it would cause even more synch problems.

If it does this in your case (I'm surprised it does...I've never heard of it working that way before), then I can only guess you're using a discrete for the TV's off command, and have it added to the Activity end sequence.

Although all of my devices simply toggle between on and off, in Device mode there are separate buttons on the 880 for On and Off. That means that it can, indeed, know whether I want it to think that a device is on or off. I thought that that information does carry over into "smart state", but I haven't tried it tonight and I don't recall what has happened in the past.

Although all of my devices simply toggle between on and off, in Device mode there are separate buttons on the 880 for On and Off. That means that it can, indeed, know whether I want it to think that a device is on or off. I thought that that information does carry over into "smart state", but I haven't tried it tonight and I don't recall what has happened in the past.

If you have separate PowerOn and PowerOff commands available in Device mode then you should set the remote to use these. Smart State is fantastic for devices that don't have discretes, but discretes are always better if they are available.

To set the remote to use discretes select "A button for On and a different button for Off" under "Power settings" for the device.

If you use discretes then you can indeed make changes in Device mode and it won't matter.

Quick questions. Need a response as soon as possible please.

When I set every component up to "stay on all the time", they still turn off because starting an activity "turns component on". Is there a way to create an activity and not include "dvd is on" etc.? What I want is to have all the components on all the time and just have the inputs change when selecting an activity.

THANKS!
Same problem here, all I did was to find the discrete ON and OFF commands for the device I want to stay on all the time.

I had to do this for a few devices, and now try to program every device with discrete ON/OFF IR commands. That should save time troubleshooting in the future as well.

Actually, Smart State doesn't track any changes made using Device mode. This is by design. Apparently some people use Device mode to get devices back in sync instead of using the "Help" button. If you did this with a power toggle command and the remote kept track of it, it would cause even more synch problems.

If it does this in your case (I'm surprised it does...I've never heard of it working that way before), then I can only guess you're using a discrete for the TV's off command, and have it added to the Activity end sequence.

Well, that's definitely odd because it does work that way in my case. I take advantage of it all the time. I don't want to have a separate activity for "Watch PC and Listen to CDs", so I turn "on" the "Listen to CDs" activity (which turns on my Receiver and my CD Player only and which has no other devices in the activity at all), then I manually turn on the TV and tune to the PC input through the Device button. When I'm done, I press the "off" button, and it all goes off. Since the TV is not in the "Listen to CDs" activity at all, the only way it could know to turn the TV off is if "smart state" knew I had turned it on through the Device button.

--Mav

Quick question guys.

I have 15 Blu-ray players at work and I want 1 remote to control them all. Can I do that with this remote? Would I be able to customize the entry on the remote to match the player? Like LG BH200, or LG BH100, etc... etc...? From reading instructions and such I see that you can say "Play DVD", but I can't have 15 entries that say "Play DVD"....

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Well, that's definitely odd because it does work that way in my case. ...

Mav,

I just picked up my 890 PRO with all pieces of equipment off. I hit DEVICES then TV and then PWR ON. The TV turned on. I then hit the OFF button on the remote and the TV remained on.

To set the remote to use discretes select "A button for On and a different button for Off" under "Power settings" for the device.

I don't see a place in the Harmony software to do this. From the Devices page, I click the Settings button for the device. When I select "Adjust power settings" and click Next, the following options are presented to me:

I want to leave this device on all the time
I want to turn off this device when it's not in use
There are no power buttons on my current remote for my JVC HD-70FH97 TV.

I didn't see any in troubleshooting for the device either. Can you direct me to the place where this can be specified?

Thanks,
David

I don't see a place in the Harmony software to do this. From the Devices page, I click the Settings button for the device. When I select "Adjust power settings" and click Next, the following options are presented to me:
I want to leave this device on all the time
I want to turn off this device when it's not in use
There are no power buttons on my current remote for my JVC HD-70FH97 TV.I didn't see any in troubleshooting for the device either. Can you direct me to the place where this can be specified?

Thanks,
David

Make a choice from the list you see and...

Mav,

I just picked up my 890 PRO with all pieces of equipment off. I hit DEVICES then TV and then PWR ON. The TV turned on. I then hit the OFF button on the remote and the TV remained on.

Very strange, then, because mine absolutely does it the way I described. I've been doing it that way for months. I even went to check to see if the TV had somehow been added to the "Listen to CDs" activity, and it has not. Does your TV have a discreet code for off? Mine does. Just speculating, but the only thing I can think is that if yours doesn't, maybe the remote sends the discreet off command to all devices that have them whenever the "off" button is pressed. There would be no harm in that from a smart state perspective and it would at least help assure that all of the devices went "off" when "off" was pressed. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense, though.

--Mav

Quick question guys.

I have 15 Blu-ray players at work and I want 1 remote to control them all. Can I do that with this remote? Would I be able to customize the entry on the remote to match the player? Like LG BH200, or LG BH100, etc... etc...? From reading instructions and such I see that you can say "Play DVD", but I can't have 15 entries that say "Play DVD"....

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Actually it can be named anything you want it to say.
DVD1, DVD2, etc.

Make a choice from the list you see and...

Hmm, well there it is. I can't count the times I've been fooled by this application like this. Thanks for the info. That really helped.

... Does your TV have a discreet code for off? Mine does. Just speculating, but the only thing I can think is that if yours doesn't, maybe the remote sends the discreet off command to all devices that have them whenever the "off" button is pressed. ...

Mav,

The set does have discrete ON and OFF commands. (Pioneer Elite PRO-150FD)

I also tried it using TGL PWR to turn the TV on in Devices => TV. In no case did the 890 Pro OFF turn the TV off when it had been powered on in Devices.

Mav,

The set does have discrete ON and OFF commands. (Pioneer Elite PRO-150FD)

I also tried it using TGL PWR to turn the TV on in Devices => TV. In no case did the 890 Pro OFF turn the TV off when it had been powered on in Devices.

How is this possible?! The only substantive difference between our two "systems" for this are that you have an 890 Pro and I have an 890, but that should be a distinction without a difference. I'm going to go home and try this again just to triple check because they should be acting identically.

--Mav

How is this possible?! The only substantive difference between our two "systems" for this are that you have an 890 Pro and I have an 890, but that should be a distinction without a difference. I'm going to go home and try this again just to triple check because they should be acting identically.
Mav,

This was my first 'experiment.

I just picked up my 890 PRO with all pieces of equipment off. I hit DEVICES then TV and then PWR ON. The TV turned on. I then hit the OFF button on the remote and the TV remained on.

This was my second experiment.

TV On, A/V Rcvr On, and Dish Sat Rcvr On in the activity "WATCH DVR." UI now went to DEVICES and turned on my VCR, which has discretes for ON and also OFF. I now hit the OFF button on the remote and it did turn the VCR Off too.

Talk about confused - I mean me not the remote. :eek:

Is there a limit on the # of devices I can program for? Its 15 now, but the # will certainly grow as new players are released.

Mav,

This was my first 'experiment.

I just picked up my 890 PRO with all pieces of equipment off. I hit DEVICES then TV and then PWR ON. The TV turned on. I then hit the OFF button on the remote and the TV remained on.

This was my second experiment.

TV On, A/V Rcvr On, and Dish Sat Rcvr On in the activity "WATCH DVR." UI now went to DEVICES and turned on my VCR, which has discretes for ON and also OFF. I now hit the OFF button on the remote and it did turn the VCR Off too.

Talk about confused - I mean me not the remote. :eek:

I think these remotes work best when letting the Activities turn the devices on/off... Try using the "Watch DVR", if something doesn't work properly, use the help button. It (help) will send discrete codes then ask if that fixed the problem. If not, then it will walk you through the activity macro. I can't verify this, but I think the remote learns from this, because it seems to get better over time.

I'm about to give up on my 890 after a week of trying to set it up correctly. Nothing's working right. Also it just take forever to update the remote so it's hard to test out. I'll try to contact tech support, but in the mean time tf anyone have the following systems please help me out.

Sony 52xbr4 TV
Onkyo 605 receiver
Sony DVP-NS75H DVD player
Charter MOXI cable box

I can't get the activities to turn on the dvd player. The TV sometimes will turns off when I change activities from cable to dvd. The input doesn't change to the correct one. I consider myself a technical person, but I just can't get this thing to work right.

I'm about to give up on my 890 after a week of trying to set it up correctly. Nothing's working right... I can't get the activities to turn on the dvd player. The TV sometimes will turns off when I change activities from cable to dvd. The input doesn't change to the correct one. I consider myself a technical person, but I just can't get this thing to work right.
- My advice would be to get the delays and repeats working for each device only. There's a sticky at the top of this section on how to set them. If things work correctly in device mode, but not in activity mode, the most likely culprit is the inter-device delay. It's basically the amount of time that a device needs to reject an unknown IR command and receive the next one. If you really want to be optimistic, set the inter-device delay to 300ms and lower it from there.

I will try out the device mode only for now then. Will report back.

- My advice would be to get the delays and repeats working for each device only. There's a sticky at the top of this section on how to set them. If things work correctly in device mode, but not in activity mode, the most likely culprit is the inter-device delay. It's basically the amount of time that a device needs to reject an unknown IR command and receive the next one. If you really want to be optimistic, set the inter-device delay to 300ms and lower it from there.

So does the power hard button does what I think it suppose to do which is to turn On/Off whichever device I selected from the device list? It doesn't work for either my TV or DVD player. Do I have to assign a powertoggle button onto the lcd screen so I can turn on/off my device? This doesn't make sense.

edit: OK, so after playing around with it for 2 hours I still cannot get the power button to turn on/off the dvd player. The powertoggle button on lcd works but only after i press it 2-3 times. All other buttons work fine with just one press. I already adjusted the repeat option 0-5 as suggested from the other thread but still doesnt help.

The Sony 52xbr4 is even worse. Only the basic buttons work, but others like Input, CC, Sleep, Power don't work at all.

I think these remotes work best when letting the Activities turn the devices on/off... Try using the "Watch DVR", if something doesn't work properly, use the help button. It (help) will send discrete codes then ask if that fixed the problem. If not, then it will walk you through the activity macro. I can't verify this, but I think the remote learns from this, because it seems to get better over time.

Thanks, Jay, but we aren't really having a problem, per se. We're trying to isolate somewhat odd and seemingly inconsistent behavior of the 890 (and, more specifically, smart state) when devices not in an activity are powered on via the Device button and then the "system" is shut off by pressing the "off" button. Go back and read our posts of the last couple of pages and you'll see what it is we're doing.

--Mav

Mav,

This was my first 'experiment.

I just picked up my 890 PRO with all pieces of equipment off. I hit DEVICES then TV and then PWR ON. The TV turned on. I then hit the OFF button on the remote and the TV remained on.

This was my second experiment.

TV On, A/V Rcvr On, and Dish Sat Rcvr On in the activity "WATCH DVR." UI now went to DEVICES and turned on my VCR, which has discretes for ON and also OFF. I now hit the OFF button on the remote and it did turn the VCR Off too.

Talk about confused - I mean me not the remote. :eek:

Alright, so at least now we have consistent results...HA! I went back and did this last night, too. My results follow:

1. No Activity Selected & TV turned on via the discreet "On" command in the Device Button menu. Pressing "Master Off" had zero effect. TV stayed on.

2. "Listen to CDs" Activity Selected (powering on the AVR & the CD Player); then TV turned on via the discreet "On" command in the Device Button menu. Pressing "Master Off" turned off ALL THREE devices -- the two in the activity (the AVR and CD Player) and the one I "manually" turned on which is not in the activity (the TV).

This is consistent with BOTH of our discussions over the past couple of days since you had originally just been testing it without an Activity being turned "On" and my results had always been with an Activity turned on.

So, from this, we can surmise one of the following two conclusions:

1. When an Activity is On and a Device outside of that Activity is turned on via the Device Button Menu, then Smart State keeps track of that and "knows" that the non-Activity Device has been turned on. Consequently, when the "Master Off" Button is pressed, it turns off all Devices that Smart State believes to be "On" -- including not only the Activity Devices, but the other Devices turned on under the Device Button Menu.

2. When an Activity is On and the Master Off button is subsequently pressed, Off commands are sent to BOTH (i) all of the Devices which are powered On in the then-active Activity, AND (ii) all other Devices with discreet Off commands.

The question is (if it matters), which one is correct since it must be one of the two. The only way to test that, it seems to me, would be to turn on an activity and then turn on a Device which does NOT have discreet on/off commands through the Device Button Menu, then press the Master Off button and see what happens. If the Device outside of the Activity turns off when the Master Off button is pressed, then Conclusion 1 must be right; if it doesn't, then Conclusion 2 must be right. The problem is that I don't have any Devices without discreet on/off commands. Do you?

--Mav

I have a Yamaha RXV661, and need to program one of my additional buttons as "sur/decode'" button. I made one enhancer successfully for when I tune to XM stations via directv, now I just need one to go back to dolby digital/plxx etc...

I've tried 9, preset 9, SF-surround, SF-ExtdSurround and even learn command from my 661 remote.

What am I doing wrong?

anybody? I'm thinking this might be a possible glitch. AFAIK, I've done everything right. everything else works perfectly, except my VCR (rarely used) won't turn on. It's model was recognized, and I don't have the original remote to learn the code.

So does the power hard button does what I think it suppose to do which is to turn On/Off whichever device I selected from the device list? It doesn't work for either my TV or DVD player. Do I have to assign a powertoggle button onto the lcd screen so I can turn on/off my device? This doesn't make sense.

edit: OK, so after playing around with it for 2 hours I still cannot get the power button to turn on/off the dvd player. The powertoggle button on lcd works but only after i press it 2-3 times. All other buttons work fine with just one press. I already adjusted the repeat option 0-5 as suggested from the other thread but still doesnt help.

The Sony 52xbr4 is even worse. Only the basic buttons work, but others like Input, CC, Sleep, Power don't work at all.

Rocky,

I think this is a misunderstanding about the way this remote works. The "Off" button at the top is not an on/off button. It's an off button only. The "on" button is the softkey next to the activity you select. Just to give you a sense of how it should work, try this (note that if you have an 880, the remote should be pointed at your devices; if you have an 890, make sure the IR bug is in an appropriate location in relation to the IR receiver on the front of your various devices):

1. Make sure all of your Devices have been "added" to the Software.
2. Set up a Watch DVD Activity in the Software. If you use your A/V Receiver to control the sound when you watch a DVD, be sure to tell it that when it asks you in the Wizard.
3. Update the Remote.
4. DO NOT PRESS THE DEVICE BUTTON OR ANY OF THE BUTTONS THEREIN.
5. Go around and manually turn off all of your devices (if they aren't already off).
6. Press the softkey next to the Watch DVD Activity you have set up in the software.
7. Depending on how you set up the Watch DVD Activity in the software, the TV, the DVD Player, and (if you've set it up to be included in the Watch DVD Activity) the Receiver should all be turned on.
8. Press the Off button on the top of the remote.
9. Everything should be turned off.

If that works, then you should have the gist of how this works now. Remember that it is "activity-based". There's a ton of customization you can do (adding macros, changing the layout and names of the softkeys within an Activity, assigning specific remote commands to specific hard and soft keys, etc., etc.), but the above is the "basic" setup starting point. You can modify from there.

If that doesn't work, then you should try some of the troubleshooting tips found here or in the troubleshooting menus (e.g. adjust number of repeats, delays, etc.), but it is critical that (a) if you have an 880, keep the remote pointed at the devices until the tasks have all been accomplished (look on the bar at the top of the LCD by the clock; it will show you if it's trying to send a signal; if it is, it must be pointed at the devices); (b) if you have an 890, that the IR bugs are situated properly on the devices themselves and are plugged into the RF Extender and that the RF Extender is powered on (and, for that matter, that if you've specifically assigned ports on the RF Extender that you've got the correct IR Bug plugged into the correct port); and (c) until you really have a good handle on the basics of how this works, you should stay away from the Device button, that button is primarily for troubleshooting and manipulating the system outside of the way the remote is designed to work; your ordinary use of the remote should not involve that button at all.

Sorry this is long-winded, but there are SO MANY potential places where this could have gone wrong that just saying "nothing's working right" isn't terribly helpful from a troubleshooting perspective, so I've tried to be as thorough as possible to help you find your problem.

Good luck!

--Mav

Alright, so at least now we have consistent results...HA! I went back and did this last night, too. My results follow:

...

The question is (if it matters), which one is correct since it must be one of the two. The only way to test that, it seems to me, would be to turn on an activity and then turn on a Device which does NOT have discreet on/off commands through the Device Button Menu, then press the Master Off button and see what happens. If the Device outside of the Activity turns off when the Master Off button is pressed, then Conclusion 1 must be right; if it doesn't, then Conclusion 2 must be right. The problem is that I don't have any Devices without discreet on/off commands. Do you?
Mav,

I agree 100% with your conclusion. I will see if my A/V receiver has discretes. My TV does, my VCR does, and my PS3 IR Dongle does not address Power ON/OFF.

I agree 100% with your conclusion. I will see if my A/V receiver has discretes. My TV does, my VCR does, and my PS3 IR Dongle does not address Power ON/OFF.
Unfortunately (for this issue) all of my A/V equipments have discrete On and Off IR controls

It may be that "Smart State is only in effect during an activity.

Mav,

I agree 100% with your conclusion. I will see if my A/V receiver has discretes. My TV does, my VCR does, and my PS3 IR Dongle does not address Power ON/OFF.

What will the Harmony control on the PS3 with the IR dongle?
I'm looking for this solution now, what dongle do you have?

What will the Harmony control on the PS3 with the IR dongle?
I'm looking for this solution now, what dongle do you have?
I have the PS3IRX1. This Model does not allow Power ON/Off Control, but it allows control of all other principle DVD Controls.... Pause, play, Select, Up, Dwn, Left, Right, Main Menu, F Fwd, Next Screen, etc. I turn the PS3 On by inserting the BD or DVD and turn it off when I remove the Disk. He has a version that will allow On/Off Control.
http://www.schmartz.com/main.sc

A lengthy discussion may be found at:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=946674

Parenthetically, an argument may be made that the PS3 is the best BD player out there:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080118-new-nlu-ray-2-0-spec-makes-ps3-the-most-future-proof-player.html

I have the PS3IRX1. This Model does not allow Power ON/Off Control, but it allows control of all other principle DVD Controls.... Pause, play, Select, Up, Dwn, Left, Right, Main Menu, F Fwd, Next Screen, etc. I turn the PS3 On by inserting the BD or DVD and turn it off when I remove the Disk. He has a version that will allow On/Off Control.
http://www.schmartz.com/main.sc

A lengthy discussion may be found at:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=946674

Parenthetically, an argument may be made that the PS3 is the best BD player out there:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080118-new-nlu-ray-2-0-spec-makes-ps3-the-most-future-proof-player.html

Thanks,
Does it have an "Audio" button like that found on the Blue-tooth remote? It seems the default is DD5.1 Audio and this button will allow a cycle through of Audio (looking for PCM).

Thanks,
Does it have an "Audio" button like that found on the Blue-tooth remote? It seems the default is DD5.1 Audio and this button will allow a cycle through of Audio (looking for PCM).
You can call up the big PS3 menu and get to anything... I had my Audio and Video devices ISF Calibrated and I never change these settings.

My son just sent me the following link - I hope this is a hint of future things to come. Netflix streaming to my PS3. This is all off topic so I'll drop it.

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/12557;_ylt=AlTlzbwmYDf3hXYfBoZ0P6SOL5A5

Is the Harmony software ever going to support HD DVD/Blu Ray? I don't like having to set it up as a DVD player and add buttons for certain functions.

Is the Harmony software ever going to support HD DVD/Blu Ray? I don't like having to set it up as a DVD player and add buttons for certain functions.

Hmm - I added the Toshiba HD-DVD player from the database and that worked fine.

Is the Harmony software ever going to support HD DVD/Blu Ray? I don't like having to set it up as a DVD player and add buttons for certain functions.

Works fine with my Blu-ray and HD-DVD players...

Is the Harmony software ever going to support HD DVD/Blu Ray? I don't like having to set it up as a DVD player and add buttons for certain functions.

worked perfectly with the sammy 1400 br i used to have.

Sorry should've been more specific, mine works fine but in the menus of the desktop software I have to select DVD player instead of Blu Ray player or HD DVD player.

Sorry should've been more specific, mine works fine but in the menus of the desktop software I have to select DVD player instead of Blu Ray player or HD DVD player.

You can change the name of the activity to anything you want it to say.

It would be nice if they would update it so it showed either the Blu Ray logo, or HD DVD logo instead of the DVD logo, but it isn't that big of a deal to me.

It would be nice if they would update it so it showed either the Blu Ray logo, or HD DVD logo instead of the DVD logo, but it isn't that big of a deal to me.

It would be nicer if the icons on the 880 showed HD-DVD or BR but I am not sure there is a way to change those icons

Thanks for the long explaination I was able to setup everything to turn on/off the way the should, but....

Can someone with a Charter cable MOXI box please help me out. I searched but couldn't get much info. Most buttons work fine even though they lag somewhat, but the DIRECTION buttons just don't work right at all. They either don't response or once they do they keep on going. I tried adjusting the repeats and also the inter delay times but nothing work.

Rocky,

I think this is a misunderstanding about the way this remote works. The "Off" button at the top is not an on/off button. It's an off button only. The "on" button is the softkey next to the activity you select. Just to give you a sense of how it should work, try this (note that if you have an 880, the remote should be pointed at your devices; if you have an 890, make sure the IR bug is in an appropriate location in relation to the IR receiver on the front of your various devices):

--Mav

Hey guys I'm might buy the harmony 880 but I'm wondering if it does work with x10 automation system and rf ps3. I've heard every time you change the setup (i.e. watch a movie to play cd) it will turn everything off and turn everything back on it's that true. I have 1 tv, 2 dvd players, 1 ps3, 1 hd-dvd player, 1 cd player, 1 a/v receiver, 1 hd-pvr and 14 x10 devices to deal with. is the harmony 880 a right pick for me

Hey guys I'm might buy the harmony 880 but I'm wondering if it does work with x10 automation system and rf ps3. I've heard every time you change the setup (i.e. watch a movie to play cd) it will turn everything off and turn everything back on it's that true. I have 1 tv, 2 dvd players, 1 ps3, 1 hd-dvd player, 1 cd player, 1 a/v receiver, 1 hd-pvr and 14 x10 devices to deal with. is the harmony 880 a right pick for me

I don't know anything about an x10.

The 880 is an IR based device, so it will not control the PS3 out of the box.

The 880 will not turn all devices off and then back on when switching to another activity unless you program it that way.

By default, it keeps track of the on/off status of each of your devices. When switching to a different activity, it only turns off the devices that are not used in the new activity.

I don't know anything about an x10.

The 880 is an IR based device, so it will not control the PS3 out of the box.

The 880 will not turn all devices off and then back on when switching to another activity unless you program it that way.

By default, it keeps track of the on/off status of each of your devices. When switching to a different activity, it only turns off the devices that are not used in the new activity.

The Harmony 880 and the Harmony One both control X-10 devices beautifully. All commands are in the Logitech database. You will need an Infra-red tranceiver such as this one http://www.smarthome.com/4040.html

Burt

Ok I have to switch my RF x10 to IR...
The harmony 890-1000 are way too expensive and you have to buy an RF transmitter.
I wish there was a way to switch a logitech 880 or smaller models to RF. I actually own an OVNI shaped RF extender with a transmitter that replace 1 AA or AAA battery that fits my super-bad one for all piece of crap remote that can do near to nothing and have huge problem with compatibility.

My big issue is I need an RF controller because all my components (receiver, hd-pvr, dvd player, dvr, cd player, ps3 (another one I'd like to use with an universal remote), and hd-dvd player) are underneath my tv and the coffe table (wich is essential to me) is blocking the IR.
Right now I could buy a harmony 880 for 175$ but to get the 890 and the extender kit (that should be include for the price asked) would be 300$ (remote) + 125 $ (RF extender)
Am I screwed-up here? Is it possible to get a decent universal IR-RF remote for less 500$

As far as I know the 890 comes with the RF reciever, the you only have to buy the reciever seperately if you get the 890 Pro. The 890 Pro will control Zwave devices, and can be set up to work in different rooms, if you don't need those functions the regular 890 will work fine.

As far as I know the 890 comes with the RF reciever, the you only have to buy the reciever seperately if you get the 890 Pro. The 890 Pro will control Zwave devices, and can be set up to work in different rooms, if you don't need those functions the regular 890 will work fine.

And does the 890 it works with the ps3?
Are you sure it comes with the RF receiver?

The 890 definitely comes with the extender.

The PS3 uses Bluetooth, so the 890 won't work with it directly. Here are links to some options for getting PS3 to respond to an IR remote.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=946674
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=761809
http://www.remotecentral.com/article..._ir_remote.htm

The 890 definitely comes with the extender. ...
Just to add, the 890 Pro does not.

And does the 890 it works with the ps3?

No. The PS3 is neither IR nor RF. It is Bluetooth. You need to purchase an IR receiver for the PS3 like the Nyko product (http://www.nyko.com/nyko/products/?i=113) (which also comes with a remote that you would just stuff in a drawer) or there is another product that has been mentioned in the forums that is only the IR receiver.

I could get this remote (Nyko BW) for 26.23 shipped @ wireless hut. Does anyone know if I could rely on these guys? I just saw the harmony one wich have way better buttons location on the remote does anyone know if an IR-RF model will show up anytime soon?

I could get this remote (Nyko BW) for 26.23 shipped @ wireless hut. ...

Another take at $19.17 shipped. http://www.buy.com/prod/intec-ps3-blu-ray-remote-control-g7721/q/loc/108/204954437.html

Or the one I have:
http://www.schmartz.com/main.sc

Another take at $19.17 shipped. http://www.buy.com/prod/intec-ps3-blu-ray-remote-control-g7721/q/loc/108/204954437.html

Or the one I have:
http://www.schmartz.com/main.sc

Does this device (schmartz) have the same capabilities of the blue-tooth "Audio" button?
This button allows you to cycle through the different audio codecs. Not all BD will use PCM or HBR as default. IF you first use the select (display) button, it will show which audio codec is being used, you can then use the Audio button to cycle through to the desired one.

Thanks,
JayMan

$13.99 at Amazon with free shipping

http://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-3-Blu-Wave-Remote/dp/B000R5H7KE******pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1203457724&sr=8-3

This thread made me think about how folks are programming their 880's with the Nyko,

For me I just found the Nyko in the Harmony database. That worked okay to a certain point but I found some customising of the buttons really made the 880 and Nyko work better together. For example

In the activity for play PS3 I did the following

1. Reassigned the triangle key to the Menu button. This is because the triangle key more often than not brings up a menu. In fact if you have the disc logo showing in the PS3 display and press Menu, you can choose to eject the disc whereas there is no dedicated eject key on the Nyko

2. Reassigned the Exit key to be circle. Most times pressing the circle button on the 6-axis controller is an exit function so that works well

3. Reassigned the OK key on the 880 to X (which is Enter)

4. Reassigned the E key (botton right key) to be Select - this allows you to press a button and see bit rate etc. of the video you're watching.

Note that most of these buttons are soft buttons on the 880 while reassigning them to the hard buttons makes it easier to use

Works for me anyway.

In the activity for play PS3 I did the following

4. Reassigned the E key (botton right key) to be Select - this allows you to press a button and see bit rate etc. of the video you're watching.



-Or maybe use the Info button.;)

-Or maybe use the Info button.;)

Good idea - some more programming tonight :)

Does this device (schmartz) have the same capabilities of the blue-tooth "Audio" button?
This button allows you to cycle through the different audio codecs. Not all BD will use PCM or HBR as default. IF you first use the select (display) button, it will show which audio codec is being used, you can then use the Audio button to cycle through to the desired one. ...
JayMan,

The enabled IR commands are identical to those on the PS controller - less the PS button (Pwr On/Off) on the earlier schmartz dongles. (His current model includes pwr On/Off.)
That said, you can enter the PS3's Menu's with the IR dongle and change any setting you wish.

In the activity for play PS3 I did the following

I did all of those except, as someone else pointed out, I used the Info button for Select.

I'm rarely happy with the way the 880 sets up the buttons out of the gate. It's usually okay, but not optimal for how I like to use it.

Is there any way I can clear my current customizations and reset my 880 back to all the factory default settings without connecting it to a PC and using the software?


I'd like to know this also. I just picked up one of these from a co-worker. He had it for a few weeks and didn't like it. I'd like to reset it if possible and start over with my components.

I'd like to know this also. I just picked up one of these from a co-worker. He had it for a few weeks and didn't like it. I'd like to reset it if possible and start over with my components.
You are going to have to connect it to a PC to customize it. Why would you "need" to reset it without a PC? :rolleyes:

Can someone with this remote, try the following:
As the backlight is dimming to off, try hitting any button.
Nothing on mine will work while dimming.
When light is off (or on,) all is fine.
It's just as the light is in the process of going off that the unit
does nothing. . .

Thanks,

Eneg

Is there anyway to backup the harmony 880 remote without having to login to their servers?

Ive been able to login in but I cant right now.......im wondering if their server is down.

Why do they require us to login anyway? To look at all the components people like to use?

I'd like to know this also. I just picked up one of these from a co-worker. He had it for a few weeks and didn't like it. I'd like to reset it if possible and start over with my components.

Delete all of your activities and all of your devices. Voila. Back to square 1.

--Mav

P.S. To the guy who was having problems with the remote sending commands while the LCD is dimming: Me too; been a problem since Day 1; not a major issue, but certainly annoying.

Hi ! ..

I need expert help here.

I have an
Harmony 880 latest soft.
Grafik Eye grx-3104

I'm trying to add sequence for play pause and stop.

Play will close all light
pause will set scene3
and stop will scene 2

to activities, preference, and add sequence.. but it's not working :(

notting append when i'm pressing pause or stop. Well the player react but not the lights.

Anyone know the correct input settings to get my 880 to switch to hdmi3 directly on my Samsung hl-t5687s? It will go to hdmi1 and hdmi2 fine, but not hdmi3. I have renamed the ports on the tv, but that has not made a difference on the first 2 hdmi inputs. Also, is there any way to make the tv switch to an input where the device is not on? Just in case I have not turned it on before hitting the activity?

Can anyone help on this?

Can anyone help on this?

Have you tried all of the Input command while in Device Mode for your TV to see if any of the commands work? If you find a command that takes you to HDMI3 directly note its name and then use this command in your setup. If you do not find a command that takes you directly to HDMI3 then find a command that takes you to the closest input to HDMI3 then add a Next Input command to your startup Activity

Hi ! ..

I need expert help here.

I have an
Harmony 880 latest soft.
Grafik Eye grx-3104

I'm trying to add sequence for play pause and stop.

Play will close all light
pause will set scene3
and stop will scene 2

to activities, preference, and add sequence.. but it's not working :(

notting append when i'm pressing pause or stop. Well the player react but not the lights.

I found my problem.
Yes you need to add sequence .. but at the preference screen you need to change the pull down menu of play to sequence play instead of dvd play.

I found my problem.
Yes you need to add sequence .. but at the preference screen you need to change the pull down menu of play to sequence play instead of dvd play.
I don't understand your answer. I would like to do what you've set up on my 890 Pro but I don't understand what you've done. You have created a sequence called 'sequence pause' that would pause the DVD and bring up the lights? Then you re-map the Play key to the 'Sequence Play" sequence?

yeah.. that's what i've done.

first time that i've done it.. i forgot to remap the play key. so it wasn't working.

I have done sequence for Play - all light off pause - scene 6 (light over the seat and on the rack behind the seat) stop- scene 7 (same as 6 but also turn light on at the screen.

I'm hoping some of you have the Pioneer 6010FD and this remote.

Since I just got a new receiver and I am running all video to my 6010 via a single HDMI cable I need to have a way to set the aspect ratio (4:3, zoom, full, etc) and the picture (standard, user, game, etc) based on different sources. When I had a separate connection for each source the 6010 took care of it automatically.

I am thinking of purchasing the Harmony 880 and I am wondering if there are discrete codes for these two things.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

yeah.. that's what i've done.
When I try to create a sequence button I do not see the option to include Scenes or Lights. For example under "Watch DVD" when I go to create a sequence, I only see the DVD player, the TV, and the Receiver... no option to include a scene. :confused:

You are going to have to connect it to a PC to customize it. Why would you "need" to reset it without a PC? :rolleyes:

I didn't mean I wanted to reset it without my PC (even thought the post I quoted said that). Of course I can use my PC to configure it :confused:. I just thought that the remote might have an option like "restore factory defaults" as many devices do these days.



Delete all of your activities and all of your devices. Voila. Back to square 1.

--Mav

P.S. To the guy who was having problems with the remote sending commands while the LCD is dimming: Me too; been a problem since Day 1; not a major issue, but certainly annoying.

Mav, Thanks for the answer. I was hoping there was an option to change it all in one shot, but if not I can do it the long way. Thanks for your help.

When I try to create a sequence button I do not see the option to include Scenes or Lights. For example under "Watch DVD" when I go to create a sequence, I only see the DVD player, the TV, and the Receiver... no option to include a scene. :confused:

Be sure to add the light device to the activitity.

Is there a way to change the order in which Devices Turn off? I know one can adjust the order they turn On.

Can anyone help on this?
I had the same problem with the Vizio VO47L. The Harmony could only switch between HDMI1 and HDMI2, even though there are four HDMI inputs. I called Logitech tech support and they did some programming on the fly. Then I synced the remote and it worked perfectly. I'm sure they can do the same for you.

Hask

Be sure to add the light device to the activitity.
The activity (Watch DVD) already turns the lights off at start. Lights are not listed among devices.

The activity (Watch DVD) already turns the lights off at start. Lights are not listed among devices.

I don't see how this is being done either VR6_MTL. How did you get your lighting to show up in the selection for devices? I'm with Saltidawg on this one as lighting does not come up as an option on my remote software either. Can you please give us a specific step-by-step VR6_MTL?

here's print screen .. sorry they are in french.


Be sure that the Grafik eye is include with the activity.
http://www.mrsmotorsport.com/carl/mainscreen4.jpg

Grafik eye is there
http://www.mrsmotorsport.com/carl/mainscreen.jpg

Next Step .. ad sequence. Did 3 play stop and pause.
be sure to add 2 line.. DVD - and grafik eye.
http://www.mrsmotorsport.com/carl/mainscreen2.jpg

Then substitute the key for the sequence.
http://www.mrsmotorsport.com/carl/mainscreen3.jpg

[QUOTE=
Mav, Thanks for the answer. I was hoping there was an option to change it all in one shot, but if not I can do it the long way. Thanks for your help.[/QUOTE]
You shouldn't need to delete all your devices and activities.

Just create a separate account under a different userid. As long as you don't add any devices or activities to the new one, you should be able to re-set the remote with no problems.

This way you don't lose all of the settings you have made under your original userid.

here's print screen .. sorry they are in french.


Be sure that the Grafik eye is include with the activity. ...

Ah, your Grafik Eye grx-3104 is an IR controlled device. alpnut and I are trying to control Zwave (RF) controlled lights with an 890 PRO.

sorry ..

Thanks for the info VR6_MTL. It looks like Z-wave acting behind the scenes is my real issue.

I have a Scientific Atlantic COX DVR/Cable box and using an onkyo universal I was able to get the box to turn off/on and get the channels to work but no matter what I did the DVR forward, reverse, play and pause buttons wouldn't program. The remote was supposed to be able to learn these commands but it just wouldn't.
Will the 880 be able to work on the SA Cox DVR? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

I am sure it can. I haven't heard of a single cable box that it won't work with.

Have you tried all of the Input command while in Device Mode for your TV to see if any of the commands work? If you find a command that takes you to HDMI3 directly note its name and then use this command in your setup. If you do not find a command that takes you directly to HDMI3 then find a command that takes you to the closest input to HDMI3 then add a Next Input command to your startup Activity

I am sorry, I do not know what device mode is. Can you please explain?

I had the same problem with the Vizio VO47L. The Harmony could only switch between HDMI1 and HDMI2, even though there are four HDMI inputs. I called Logitech tech support and they did some programming on the fly. Then I synced the remote and it worked perfectly. I'm sure they can do the same for you.

Hask

I tried that, nothing they did allowed for the direct change.

Thank you for taking the time to help.

I am sorry, I do not know what device mode is. Can you please explain?


Device mode is jsut pushing the Device button on the Harmony. The LCD screen will then show you all of your devices and you can pick the specific device that you want to adjust. When you pick the device the LCD buttons and all the other buttons will now become buttons for controlling just that device. The "page" button will take you through all the screens of buttons that there are for the device. When you're through, just hit the Device button again and it will take you back to the Activity that you were originally in.

I'd like to know this also. I just picked up one of these from a co-worker. He had it for a few weeks and didn't like it. I'd like to reset it if possible and start over with my components.


How long does it take to download updates for this remote? After getting some new components hooked up this afternoon, I began installing the Harmony software. After installing the software, it said there were upgrades that needed to be made. That was over 3 hours ago and it's still not finished. Am I doing something wrong?

How long does it take to download updates for this remote? After getting some new components hooked up this afternoon, I began installing the Harmony software. After installing the software, it said there were upgrades that needed to be made. That was over 3 hours ago and it's still not finished. Am I doing something wrong?

Yeah - shouldnt take that long. takes several minutes on mine.

How long does it take to download updates for this remote? After getting some new components hooked up this afternoon, I began installing the Harmony software. After installing the software, it said there were upgrades that needed to be made. That was over 3 hours ago and it's still not finished. Am I doing something wrong?
If you are trying to update using the software that came on a CD with the remote, this often doesn't work. At least it didn't with mine.

Go to the members.harmonyremote.com WEB site, create an account, and try downloading the software from there.

anyone, know how to get that HARMONYREMOTE.EXE service to stop running when booted up?! i plan on working with the remote and computer verry little once it works, but i don't want to have to uninstall the program also!

anyone, know how to get that HARMONYREMOTE.EXE service to stop running when booted up?! i plan on working with the remote and computer verry little once it works, but i don't want to have to uninstall the program also!

start, run, msconfig
check the services and/or startup tabs
uncheck it, then when yu want to use again, re-enable it the same way

Need some help folks:

I have a brand new LG 42 LCD HD TV. I took a floor model which the store has lost the remote for. The store is offering a Harmony either 880 or 670 or such as a replacemnt as they cannot find the original remote. Is this a good deal or should I take the TV back and go elsewhere for a tv with the original remote? Will I be able to do everything that the TV's original remote can do?

I do have other electronics that might be nice to clean up all the remotes, no question, but I don't want to get stuck not being able to change some settings or what ever.

Thanks for your help

I took a floor model which the store has lost the remote for. The store is offering a Harmony either 880 or 670 or such as a replacement as they cannot find the original remote. Is this a good deal or should I take the TV back and go elsewhere for a tv with the original remote? Will I be able to do everything that the TV's original remote can do?Allow them to give you an 880. It will control your TV and all your other components. I have 5 or 6 remotes in my closet which have never been used since the day I got my 880. Not kidding.

Need some help folks:

I have a brand new LG 42 LCD HD TV. I took a floor model which the store has lost the remote for. The store is offering a Harmony either 880 or 670 or such as a replacemnt as they cannot find the original remote. Is this a good deal or should I take the TV back and go elsewhere for a tv with the original remote? Will I be able to do everything that the TV's original remote can do?

I do have other electronics that might be nice to clean up all the remotes, no question, but I don't want to get stuck not being able to change some settings or what ever.

Thanks for your help

That is a terrific offer. Take the 880. Sooner or later you're going to want to buy one anyway.

That is a terrific offer. Take the 880. Sooner or later you're going to want to buy one anyway.

I agree. Take the 880 and run.

The 880 will most likely do MORE than the original remote. Discrete codes!
Get the 880!

I'm planning on purchasing the Harmony 880. I have one question. Does this remote let me turn on and off single items. Example if I want to just watch TV can I hit the tv button to turn on/off HDTV and then hit button to turn on/off HD DVR. I read some posts but I getting confused. Thanks for any answers.

I'm planning on purchasing the Harmony 880. I have one question. Does this remote let me turn on and off single items. Example if I want to just watch TV can I hit the tv button to turn on/off HDTV and then hit button to turn on/off HD DVR. I read some posts but I getting confused. Thanks for any answers.

Yes, you can do what you want, although the procedure isn't quite what you describe. If you look at a picture of an 880, at the Logitech website or elsewhere online or in a box at a store you won't see a TV button nor a DVR button. You're used to seeing those buttons on traditioanl remotes, but the Harmony takes a different approach.

The Harmony deals with "Activities", so if you want to watch TV via your cable or satellite box, you'll press an Activity button that says something like "Watch TV" and the Harmony will turn on all the necessary devices and set them to the proper input - all with one touch of a button. If you change Activities the Harmony will turn off unnecessary devices and turn on others, again with the touch of one button.

BUT, if you ever do want to explicitly control a specific device you can do that too. You press the "Device" button on the Harmony and then it will let you choose among all of the devices in your system and then let you control just that device. It is rarely necessary to do that. If there is something about a device that you might want to do regularly within an Activity, you can set up a button to make that function available from the main Activity screen on the 880's screen.

Bernie

I'm considering buying either the 880 or 890. Is there a site that lists the devices that will work "out of the box" w/the remote? I have a rather obscure amplifier, so I'd like to check first.

Also, I know I can have the Harmony learn the commands from my amp remote if necessary, I have no problem doing that. But if I do have to do it that way, will the volume "Punch Through" still work? That's a must, gotta have that vol punch thru.

Thanks,
Harold

Also, I know I can have the Harmony learn the commands from my amp remote if necessary, I have no problem doing that. But if I do have to do it that way, will the volume "Punch Through" still work?

I don't know that there is a site other than the Harmony one. You used to be able to set up a 'demo' account and configure a remote without actually having the remote to see if your devices are listed.

The Harmony doesn't care whether a command is in the database or learned. You can use learned commands for anything you can use one that came from the database.

I'm considering buying either the 880 or 890. Is there a site that lists the devices that will work "out of the box" w/the remote? I have a rather obscure amplifier, so I'd like to check first.

Also, I know I can have the Harmony learn the commands from my amp remote if necessary, I have no problem doing that. But if I do have to do it that way, will the volume "Punch Through" still work? That's a must, gotta have that vol punch thru.

Thanks,
Harold

Post the amp here, you may find someone that knows.

what is "Punch thu" ?

what is "Punch thu" ?

On my old Universal Remote (brand name) They used the term "Punch Through" to describe how the remote controls the volume on a device (TV, AVR) while the remote is controlling a different device (DVR, STB, DVD,etc...)

The Harmony does this, but much more simpler by just selecting the device that controls your volume in the Harmony software.

Sharp, Model# SD-HX500. If someone can look it up or post a link to the website where I can do it myself, I'd appreciate it muchly.

Harold

"Punch thru" means my amp will control the volume whether I'm surfing channels on my cable box or watching a movie on my dvd player. Perhaps Harmony refers to it as something else, but I don't see how anyone w/a home theater system could do w/o it.

H

"Punch thru" means my amp will control the volume whether I'm surfing channels on my cable box or watching a movie on my dvd player. Perhaps Harmony refers to it as something else, but I don't see how anyone w/a home theater system could do w/o it.

H
When setting up the Harmony, for each activity it will ask you which device you want to use to control the volume. In your case you would simply tell it to use your amplifier to control the volume.

Sure, I understand that. What I was asking about was, if there was no "code", or whatever the Harmony uses, for my amp, then I would just use learning mode from the amp remote to the Harmony and assign that to the "amp" device button. I want to be sure that doing it that way, punch-thru will still work. I ask because I had a remote where it did not work that way. It was a cheapie, to be sure, but just learning commands from the amp remote, w/o using any kind of code at all, the punch-thru did not work and therefore the universal remote was totally useless to me.

Thanks,
Harold

Sharp, Model# SD-HX500. If someone can look it up or post a link to the website where I can do it myself, I'd appreciate it muchly.

Harold

It seems that this device is already in Logitech Harmony database. I`ve added it without any problem to my devices. See attachment.

Ah! Excellent! Thanks Benny!

H

hcour - you are thinking in device mode for "punch-through". The Harmony uses an activity based system and for each activity you pick what does what and the remote remembers, so when watching a DVD if you want the TV sound to be used, you tell it when programming and it will use the TV for sound. If your Play CD activity uses the Receiver/Amp for volume control, you'll tell it to use that when setting it up.

Just hit Play CD and the remote will know what device you told it to use to control volume. It can use different devices for different activities and it will use them appropriately.

It's a different way of thinking, so it's tough to grasp until you've used it. After you get over the "device mode" way of thinking, Activity mode makes much more sense and becomes so much more intuitive.

hcour - you are thinking in device mode for "punch-through". The Harmony uses an activity based system and for each activity you pick what does what and the remote remembers, so when watching a DVD if you want the TV sound to be used, you tell it when programming and it will use the TV for sound. If your Play CD activity uses the Receiver/Amp for volume control, you'll tell it to use that when setting it up.

Just hit Play CD and the remote will know what device you told it to use to control volume. It can use different devices for different activities and it will use them appropriately.

It's a different way of thinking, so it's tough to grasp until you've used it. After you get over the "device mode" way of thinking, Activity mode makes much more sense and becomes so much more intuitive.

So true. Having originally come from an MX-500, the Harmony way was a learning curve, but ultimately more powerful for my way of doing thing. I haven't looked back...

Sounds intriguing, guys. Looking forward to getting one of these bad boys.

H

Sounds intriguing, guys. Looking forward to getting one of these bad boys.

H

You may also want to check out the new Harmony One as a consideration. I have both the 880 and One. Gotta love the One. Esecially with squareeye's icons.

Just go my 880 up and running and man is this thing great. Went from 4 remotes to one. Can't beat that. And the wife loves it. No more complaining about all the different remotes.

Now one question: When I hit the power off button to turn everything off, how do I make the digital cable box stay on and turn all other components off?

Just go my 880 up and running and man is this thing great. Went from 4 remotes to one. Can't beat that. And the wife loves it. No more complaining about all the different remotes.

Now one question: When I hit the power off button to turn everything off, how do I make the digital cable box stay on and turn all other components off?


Find your cable box in the devices list.
Click on more options
click on adjust power settings
Click on I want to leave this device on all the time
follow the rest of the questions and update your remote.

(edit, these directions are for the web based software, if you are using the downloaded version it may be slightly different, but you should be able to figure it out).

Thanks Beerstalker, worked like a charm! This remote is so cool!

You may also want to check out the new Harmony One as a consideration. I have both the 880 and One. Gotta love the One. Esecially with squareeye's icons.

Squareye's Harmony One Icons also work perfectly with the 880 and 890 without changing anything to the Icons

Squareye's Harmony One Icons also work perfectly with the 880 and 890 without changing anything to the Icons
Not really, I've done it to to test. They're a little off, areas get cut off, see CNN Headline News as a good example. Randy is planning on redoing them. Also they look NOTHING like they look on the One. Night & Day. That extra res and better LCD is what it's all about, let alone the vastly improved keyboard and backlight. Yes I know it's more, there have been sales, that can help.

a couple of questions for some of the folks with far more knoledge than me:

this is a question for the folks running a harmony880 with sony's dg-910 receiver. i've got the 880, and when i first put the 910 into the rig, and changed the harmony settings from my old sony de-925 to the new dg-910's, i got a sh!t-ton of new pages of custom buttons in my screen, but it seems like a LOT of them do nothing. especially things that i'd LOVE to have be something closer to a one-button command, like the "night mode" button. anyone know how to get buttons like that to work, rather than have to go digging thru all the pages of the OSD?

also, when i first set up the activities for the 910, i noticed that the codes that i downloaded from harmony must be someone's custom code, because things weren't listed as "hdmi3" but rather "wii" and the like. which has made the set-up confusing and slow for me. and since i don't know how to get the non-custom codes, or even a different set of cistom codes, i've just kida had to play "stab-in-the-dark" until i got it working (95%) correctly. can someone tell me how/where to get other sets of codes (if that is what i need) for the receiver onto my harmony?

also, since changing the receiver assignment in the harmony, i no longer seem to have as much control over my sirius radio. i used to be able to FF, REW, change bands and other things from the harmony, but now: no dice. any ideas on what might've done this?
and it has always had custom "station saves" listed under media, but i've NEVER been able to get them to work, even before the new troubles. anyone got any tips on that one, either?

I'm having a problem in regards to my Harmony 880 and my Xbox 360. All the controls work fine for it except for the power on/off. Whenever I select an action that involves powering on/off the Xbox 360, it never seems to work. I have to use the help assistant to get it to work.

Does anyone have a suggestion for what I can do within those activities to solve this problem? Thanks!

Hello, this is the first time I am visiting and posting in this thread. I am thinking about getting a universal remote and have narrowed it down to either the Logitech Harmony 880 (or 880pro) and the Harmony One. My question: Does anyone know if the newer H1 infra red transmitter is just as strong as the older 880 model? I read a user review on Amazon.com about the model One was weaker than the 880. I want a remote that has a strong infra red signal so that I can just about point it in any reasonably wide angle direction from my equipment and it would still work. (I hate weak remotes that you have to point straight at the devices to receive the command signals and am hoping that these Harmony remotes are'nt like that).
Anyone compared the range of these remotes? I am also wondering about the Harmony 720 remote's range if anyone has experienced or compared them first hand. Thanks for any info on this aspect of the remotes.

The 880 and One are both strong for me.

The 880 and One are both strong for me.

Thanks for your info Gary. I was wondering if you own both of them if you could verify whether or not they have the same "angle" of operation range.
They may be identical strength if both are used when pointing at the device, but one may have a wider range of angle operation. If you don't mind, and have a chance, could you please test this to see if the One has a narrower angle of operating range than the 880? Thank You!

The 880 and One are both strong for me.

Ditto. Both work well for me.

I'm having a problem in regards to my Harmony 880 and my Xbox 360.

Does anyone have a suggestion for what I can do within those activities to solve this problem?

I use my 880 to control my 360 and do not have a power on/off problem. The only thing I can think of is a timing issue. You might want to check the timings for the 360 device to make sure they are correct. Mine are set to the defaults.

The 880 and One are both strong for me.
Ditto. Both work well for me.
Well, thanks for answering this for me. I am now swaying back to getting the Harmony One then even though it is more expensive. Is there any preference from those that own both 880 and One models? Is it worth the extra price to get the One then? I am about to pull the trigger on one of these and really want the less quirky and more powerful of the two. Thanks!

Well, thanks for answering this for me. I am now swaying back to getting the Harmony One then even though it is more expensive. Is there any preference from those that own both 880 and One models? Is it worth the extra price to get the One then? I am about to pull the trigger on one of these and really want the less quirky and more powerful of the two. Thanks!

I have a 676 two 880s and a One. By far it's the One. It's just so much better, yto me it's not even close. I like and will continue to use the 880s but If I have to buy one now, it's the One. The 880s are starting to be cleared. Magnolia has dropped the price to 150 and they almost never discount!

Well, thanks for answering this for me. I am now swaying back to getting the Harmony One then even though it is more expensive. Is there any preference from those that own both 880 and One models? Is it worth the extra price to get the One then? I am about to pull the trigger on one of these and really want the less quirky and more powerful of the two. Thanks!

I have the 880 but have read the complete one thread, since that will be my next remote.

There are issues with some ones and their lack of omni-directional control, which the 880 has. My 880 can be pointed away from my projector and still controls it.

Some ones would not. When they were returned, the replacements worked just like the 880. So, if you get a one that is very directional, return it. It is not supposed to act that way.

For a new remote, it has few issues. Were I in your shoes, I would buy the one. Most who have both consider the one a major step up.

I'm having a problem in regards to my Harmony 880 and my Xbox 360. All the controls work fine for it except for the power on/off. Whenever I select an action that involves powering on/off the Xbox 360, it never seems to work. I have to use the help assistant to get it to work.

Does anyone have a suggestion for what I can do within those activities to solve this problem? Thanks!

I randomly have this problem and figured it was due to the 360s IR window being recessed, so the angle it can accept an IR signal is very narrow. Too high and it won't work too far off to the side and it won't work. Whenever I turn on my 360 with the remote, I just point it right at it and wait until it powers on, the rest of my devices don't seem to mind.

I randomly have this problem and figured it was due to the 360s IR window being recessed, so the angle it can accept an IR signal is very narrow. Too high and it won't work too far off to the side and it won't work. Whenever I turn on my 360 with the remote, I just point it right at it and wait until it powers on, the rest of my devices don't seem to mind.
My Xbox 360 is off to the right in my entertainment center, and inside of a "shelf", so the IR angle is certainly not ideal. I'll try aiming the 880 directly at the 360 to see if that makes a difference moving forward. Thanks!

I'm having a problem in regards to my Harmony 880 and my Xbox 360. All the controls work fine for it except for the power on/off. Whenever I select an action that involves powering on/off the Xbox 360, it never seems to work. I have to use the help assistant to get it to work.

Does anyone have a suggestion for what I can do within those activities to solve this problem? Thanks!

Works without a hitch for me. These are my settings: The Device I chose is:
"Microsoft Game Console (with DVD)"

In the 'Devices' section, I have the "Power On Delay" set to 1500

When I select the "Play Xbox" Activity the Game Console is turned on before everything else.

Try the delay setting and see if that works for you.

I have a 676 two 880s and a One. By far it's the One. It's just so much better, yto me it's not even close. I like and will continue to use the 880s but If I have to buy one now, it's the One. The 880s are starting to be cleared. Magnolia has dropped the price to 150 and they almost never discount!

I have the 880 but have read the complete one thread, since that will be my next remote.

There are issues with some ones and their lack of omni-directional control, which the 880 has. My 880 can be pointed away from my projector and still controls it.

Some ones would not. When they were returned, the replacements worked just like the 880. So, if you get a one that is very directional, return it. It is not supposed to act that way.

For a new remote, it has few issues. Were I in your shoes, I would buy the one. Most who have both consider the one a major step up.

Thank You all that responded to my questions. Seems that everyone is favoring the One. So that's the one I decided to order. Hope I don't get a weak defective One. Hopefully by now, they have removed the bad early production batch from the marketplace (we hope). I was going to by it at a slightly more discounted price on eBay, but decided buy it for a little bit more on Amazon.com due to the mention of defective batches out on the market and might need to have a hassle free return or exchange.

Thank You all that responded to my questions. Seems that everyone is favoring the One. So that's the one I decided to order. Hope I don't get a weak defective One. Hopefully by now, they have removed the bad early production batch from the marketplace (we hope). I was going to by it at a slightly more discounted price on eBay, but decided buy it for a little bit more on Amazon.com due to the mention of defective batches out on the market and might need to have a hassle free return or exchange.

Also Harmony support is excellent on replacing defective units. They've had plenty of practice with 880 charge stands!

Long-time lurker, first-time poster...

I ordered a 880 and it'll be in the mailbox in a few days. I'd like it to control a couple lights with dimmers. Can anyone point me in the right direction for tutorials, or pointers on additional hardware I'd need?

Yes, use the search funtion with this thread and you will find plenty of people controlling dimmers.

Long-time lurker, first-time poster...

I ordered a 880 and it'll be in the mailbox in a few days. I'd like it to control a couple lights with dimmers. Can anyone point me in the right direction for tutorials, or pointers on additional hardware I'd need?

I use X10 products from both X10.com and Smarthome.com for several years and they work great. you will need an IR543 controller to convert IR signals to the Power Line where X10 sends it signal to control X10 units

My 880 works well for the most part but I do think the "canned" nature of the programming limits the functionality of the remote.

I did read the first 10 pages of this thread and gave up so please excuse me if this has been covered.

My primary gripe is I am not able to reliably download updates to my 880. SOmetimes it takes 20 attempts. I get a null error. The other day after trying 20 to 30 times I broke down and called CS and was on hold for a while when inexplicably the update downloaded.

Disabling my anti virus does not help. Sometimes I get the "null" error immediately and sometimes it updates through 9% before the error occurs.

Any thoughts on this?

The next issue has to do with my light control (Lutron). I want the lutron as a device within several activities but I don;t want the remote to turn it on as the lights are already on and then are turned out. Any way of including it as a device without having a "turn-on" command?

Bomber

The next issue has to do with my light control (Lutron). I want the lutron as a device within several activities but I don;t want the remote to turn it on as the lights are already on and then are turned out. Any way of including it as a device without having a "turn-on" command?

Bomber

Go to the device screen and click on more options next to your Lutron device.
Click on Adjust Power Settings
Click on There are no power buttons on my current remote for my Lutron MIR-600 Light Controller.
Hit next and it will update all of your activities.
Click on Done
Update your remote.

Now it will no longer try to control the lights when you start an activity or shut everything off. You can however add the light commands into each of your activities as needed.

When setting up the Harmony, for each activity it will ask you which device you want to use to control the volume. In your case you would simply tell it to use your amplifier to control the volume.

Bernie when u set this up like u said, can u control your volume in any device that u r in? Because I can't. I can only control my volume when I am at my device menu page or my denon page, but I can't control it in my sat , dvd or my cable. I called harmmony tech support and they said I can't do what I want. Any ideas for me?

Maybe this is a dumb question, but how do I access the favorite channels that I just set up? The Logitech site says to make sure you are on the right activity (watch TV) and push the media button. I do that but nothing happens.

Bernie when u set this up like u said, can u control your volume in any device that u r in? Because I can't. I can only control my volume when I am at my device menu page or my denon page, but I can't control it in my sat , dvd or my cable. I called harmmony tech support and they said I can't do what I want. Any ideas for me?

Cepet1, are you coming from a MX or other universal device based remote? The Harmony is,,,you may have read this word here,,,an activity based remote. That said, it means when you set up your devices you create activities to use them in. It assumes one device to watch, a TV, one to change channels, a DVR or such, and a source for sound, an amp. If you have a need to control more than one devices sound during an activity, you can trick the Harmony into controlling the sound of the other device by learning the volume +/- and mute into one of the primary devices. Then you can assign them, most likely to, the LCD buttons. Then you can be in an activity where the amp is the primary sound controller but you can still control the sound from the TV. Or any other combination you can think of.
Is this what you mean?

Go to the device screen and click on more options next to your Lutron device.
Click on Adjust Power Settings
Click on There are no power buttons on my current remote for my Lutron MIR-600 Light Controller.
Hit next and it will update all of your activities.
Click on Done
Update your remote.

Now it will no longer try to control the lights when you start an activity or shut everything off. You can however add the light commands into each of your activities as needed.

Thanks! I finally found this answer just about the same time you wrote your post! Thank you none the less! Any ideas on the bigger problem?

Bomber

Bernie when u set this up like u said, can u control your volume in any device that u r in? Because I can't. I can only control my volume when I am at my device menu page or my denon page, but I can't control it in my sat , dvd or my cable. I called harmmony tech support and they said I can't do what I want. Any ideas for me?

Joe221 may have answered your question, or maybe we don't understand what you're trying to do.

On my Harmony I have an activity called Watch DVR, which is our normal method of watching TV. I have another activity called Watch DVD. Both use my audio system to control the volume, using the volume control on the Harmony. When setting up each of those activities I simply told the Harmony software that the audio system controls the volume for those activities.

I also have an activity called Watch TV which uses the cablecard inside my TV, and for that I want to sue the audio system built into the TV. And I have a Wii connected to the TV and I use the TV sound system for the Wii. When setting up those two activities I told the software that the TV should control the volume.

In all of those situations it was easy to set up and required no learning of codes since they were all already in the database.

If none of these comments help please let us know exactly what you are trying to do and someone here should be able to help. Sounds like there was also some misunderstanding when you spoke to Logitech Customer support, because they're very good.

Cepet1, are you coming from a MX or other universal device based remote? The Harmony is,,,you may have read this word here,,,an activity based remote. That said, it means when you set up your devices you create activities to use them in. It assumes one device to watch, a TV, one to change channels, a DVR or such, and a source for sound, an amp. If you have a need to control more than one devices sound during an activity, you can trick the Harmony into controlling the sound of the other device by learning the volume +/- and mute into one of the primary devices. Then you can assign them, most likely to, the LCD buttons. Then you can be in an activity where the amp is the primary sound controller but you can still control the sound from the TV. Or any other combination you can think of.
Is this what you mean?
Hey Joe, Yes I have an old mx-800 with the "punch through" feature in it, and yes that is what I want to do if possible.

Maybe this is a dumb question, but how do I access the favorite channels that I just set up? The Logitech site says to make sure you are on the right activity (watch TV) and push the media button. I do that but nothing happens.

Just to be sure we're talking about the same thing, you chose an Activity, chose Settings, and selected the button to define a set of favorite channels for the first page of favorite channels. You gave them channel numbers and labels (or graphic icons). You also had the option of doing that for a second page of favorites. Then you told it you were Done and updated your remote.

Having done that, when you press the Media button the the LCD should show the favorites that you set up. Pressing a soft button should change your TV or DVR or set-top box to to the corresponding channel. Pressing the page forward button should take you to the second page of favorites if you set that up.

If you've done all that and it isn't working that way you should call customer support.

Hey Joe, Yes I have an old mx-800 with the "punch through" feature in it, and yes that is what I want to do if possible.
The Harmony "punches through" by default. It asks you what controls the sound, that device is set to volume +/- and mute. You have run the Wizard, right?

Just to be sure we're talking about the same thing, you chose an Activity, chose Settings, and selected the button to define a set of favorite channels for the first page of favorite channels. You gave them channel numbers and labels (or graphic icons). You also had the option of doing that for a second page of favorites. Then you told it you were Done and updated your remote.

Having done that, when you press the Media button the the LCD should show the favorites that you set up. Pressing a soft button should change your TV or DVR or set-top box to to the corresponding channel. Pressing the page forward button should take you to the second page of favorites if you set that up.

If you've done all that and it isn't working that way you should call customer support.


Yep I got it all set up. The buttons just don't work. Called customer service and they think the remote is bad (I could have told them that). They are supposed to call me back with some options.

I spent almost an hour rearranging the Additional Buttons for my Yamaha receiver as it was programmed by default with 13 pages of buttons, 6 of which were usable.

So I went through and deleted all the unnecessary buttons which left a ton of blank spots. I thought maybe it would somehow auto-arrange what was left but it looked like I was left with almost 35 minutes of clicking & scrolling one button at a time, one line at a time.

I clicked save occasionally but on the last leg of the exercise I moved everything in place and probably went over 5 minutes. I clicked Done and I get kicked out to the login screen. The LOGIN screen. Why the hell do I have to login to program my remote? I am aware it has always been like this, but why? It's stupid, it's pretty much just a web browser that sucks.

I couldn't just click back, so I had to start all over. I went back and did it all again and now I have like 7 extra pages, all of which are blank. Why are they still there? I don't know. Why can't I delete them? I don't know.

Arrrgg I am so frustrated right now... anyone have any suggestions?

The Harmony "punches through" by default. It asks you what controls the sound, that device is set to volume +/- and mute. You have run the Wizard, right?

I think so, I know that I went through and set up Activitiesthen downloaded them into the remote. Let me go into again and see.

The Harmony "punches through" by default. It asks you what controls the sound, that device is set to volume +/- and mute. You have run the Wizard, right?

No, I can't find the wizzard in the Harmony remote software :confused:

No, I can't find the wizzard in the Harmony remote software :confused:

the whole thing is essentially a wizard. When you add devices, activities or confirm it walks you through a series of questions. Go into an activity and review the settings. See that everything sounds like it's right.

the whole thing is essentially a wizard. When you add devices, activities or confirm it walks you through a series of questions. Go into an activity and review the settings. See that everything sounds like it's right.

Ok Joe, thanks for all the help. I will test tomorrow and I will let u know what happens.
CJ

Bernie when u set this up like u said, can u control your volume in any device that u r in? Because I can't. I can only control my volume when I am at my device menu page or my denon page, but I can't control it in my sat , dvd or my cable. I called harmmony tech support and they said I can't do what I want. Any ideas for me?
When in device mode the Harmony acts as the original remote for that device and will only control that device. You should set up and use Activities Device mode should only be used for testing purposes Once you set up Activities you will be asked what device you want to control your volume and that device will be mapped to your volume buttons. You can also map any commands you need for any of the devices used in that activity to the LDC buttons

This has to be one of the greatest inventions of all time. It took me minutes to setup and now my wife can even turn on/off the components. I love this remote!

When in device mode the Harmony acts as the original remote for that device and will only control that device. You should set up and use Activities Device mode should only be used for testing purposes Once you set up Activities you will be asked what device you want to control your volume and that device will be mapped to your volume buttons. You can also map any commands you need for any of the devices used in that activity to the LDC buttons

I GOT IT!! :D
The Problem was that I was not downloading the files from the site. Finnally got on the phone with someone who knew how to trouble shoot things at Harmony. Her name was Tania, and she knew her S**t. Anyway the problem was that somehow I was not able to download the files from their site through the desktop program, so I had to do it from their website directly. Also she sent my file to me in my email and I downloaded it from their and it worked also. As far as the Vol, it works great. Just had to add 2 Activities and all is good. Thanks for all the help guys.
CJ

I hope I'm not breaking any rules, the 880 is on sale at Amazon, new not refurb. The coupon is on slickdeals.net (yes .net). Run don't walk if you want one, this may be the beginning of the end.
As of 10AM Pac time.

I've owned a Harmony 520 for about a year now and it's does everything I need it to do. The build quality on the 520 isn't very good, but it has it's high points. I reviewed it on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000BDG3HU******cm_cr_dp_synop?%5Fencoding=UTF8&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#RGFR2PAFYLEQD) if you want to know how I really feel. The latest Harmony 500-series is the 550 -- I'm not sure, but I have a feeling the 550 may have addressed some of my issues with the 520.

My question is this: Is the 880 really worth almost double (or more) the cost of a 550?

By my research, there are 3 differences between the 550 and the 880 (beyond the shape):

Color LCD screen
4 extra LCD buttons
Recharging base + battery indicator

To me, that's not worth nearly double the money (or more). Can anyone praise the 880 beyond those 3 differences?

It allows for more devices and more activities if you need them.

Am posting this here too as it seems the 880 and 720 are very similar and a lot more people seem to own an 880

Well hope there are still some people reading this thread who can answer my questions...I have read 20 pages of this thread so far and have not found anwer i am looking for...

Just got a 720 as a gift and took me aobut 3 hours to setup and customize, pretty amazed by it and love it. Am running into two problems:

1. Have an older Toshiba RPTV with several source inputs, there are 2 ways to select an input:


either i use the source input button and it cycles through every input always starting at video 1 by default (even though nothing is connected)



or press select/OK on the navigational pad and it brings up a list of channels and source inputs but if i am at channel 25 i need to scroll down or up all the way to channel 1 get to source inputs

So basically need quite a few button presses to get where i want (one situation where 6 (source input default to video 1 - select-down-down-down-select) presses would be needed and others only 1 (source down)or 3 (select-up-select) presses if that makes any sense)



Video 1
Video 2
Video 3
Component 1
Component 2
Memory Card Reader
PC


I only use component 1 and 2, the rest i run through my Onkyo AVR

Now if i want to watch a DVD it does not select the right input on tv and for the life of me i can't figure out how to get this right. I have tried many setting in the web based interface, i even saw a Toshiba TV option that mentions the issue but it it just cycles one down on which ever channel or input i'm on

Did anyone figure this out?

2. Second issue Sattelite power off delay

For some reason switching on is no problem but during activity when i want to switch everything off, my sat needs you you to hold the power off button just a second longer to switch off. Before i used my onkyo remote to learn this and it worked without problem but with the activity it doesn't work.

I have seen the power on delay options on the web interface and have double that in time but it didn't seem to work, maybe because its power on delay...

Any ideas how to fix this

Appreciate any help i can get

For your first issue, I'd look for other Toshiba TV models and try using one of them, there may be discreet codes for those inputs that your existing remotes just weren't capable of.

For the second issue, I'd use the help feature on the remote and see if it can resolve your issue.

For your first issue, I'd look for other Toshiba TV models and try using one of them, there may be discreet codes for those inputs that your existing remotes just weren't capable of.

For the second issue, I'd use the help feature on the remote and see if it can resolve your issue.

Thanks for ur reply

Anyone have any idea where i could find a list of Toshiba RPTV's, i've tried the Toshiba website and there are tons of TV's on there...have seen some of the manuals but none with a dedicated input/source button for component 1 and 2...any other ideas?

For the second issue i have tried the help button but it also does not send a long enough IR command and will not switch off this way

Thanks for ur reply

Anyone have any idea where i could find a list of Toshiba RPTV's, i've tried the Toshiba website and there are tons of TV's on there...have seen some of the manuals but none with a dedicated input/source button for component 1 and 2...any other ideas?

For the second issue i have tried the help button but it also does not send a long enough IR command and will not switch off this way

This may have nothing to do with your set-up, but usually the wizard asks if you want component one or two, HDMI one or two, etc. if those features are on your set. Both my sets had those questions in the wizard.

You can set up to go to specific channels on startup. I once did that but found it was nicer just to go to last channel.

As far as a longer off signal, I do not know, but you could add a power off button on the display and use it first then the All-Off button. Sort of defeats the nice feature of the all-off button, but keeps from having to cycle through help. You might have to make the display button a sequence of off signals.

Curious, have you tried keeping the harmony pointed at the unit when you hit the all-off button? That has solved occasional delay problems I encountered, especially when shifting from one TV feed to another which included turning on and off units.

1. Have an older Toshiba RPTV with several source inputs, there are 2 ways to select an input:


either i use the source input button and it cycles through every input always starting at video 1 by default (even though nothing is connected)



or press select/OK on the navigational pad and it brings up a list of channels and source inputs but if i am at channel 25 i need to scroll down or up all the way to channel 1 get to source inputs

So basically need quite a few button presses to get where i want (one situation where 6 (source input default to video 1 - select-down-down-down-select) presses would be needed and others only 1 (source down)or 3 (select-up-select) presses if that makes any sense)



Video 1
Video 2
Video 3
Component 1
Component 2
Memory Card Reader
PC


I only use component 1 and 2, the rest i run through my Onkyo AVR

Now if i want to watch a DVD it does not select the right input on tv and for the life of me i can't figure out how to get this right. I have tried many setting in the web based interface, i even saw a Toshiba TV option that mentions the issue but it it just cycles one down on which ever channel or input i'm on

Did anyone figure this out?



I have a recent model Toshiba RPTV (57HM167). If you press input, for that model, you can either keep pressing input to cycle through or you can select the number assigned to the input. Press Input - Press 1 = Video 1, Press Input = Press 2 = Video 2, etc...

Thanks for ur reply

Anyone have any idea where i could find a list of Toshiba RPTV's, i've tried the Toshiba website and there are tons of TV's on there...have seen some of the manuals but none with a dedicated input/source button for component 1 and 2...any other ideas?

For the second issue i have tried the help button but it also does not send a long enough IR command and will not switch off this way

Try re-learning the "Off" command in RAW...select custom on the learning page.
Hold down the button as long as needed tp turn it off when teaching.

Also, don't be afraid to call tech support for your input issues. They can get it working for you.

Equipment

Samsung 5687W DLP
Toshiba HD-A3
XBOX 360 Elite
Onkyo TX-SR605 Receiver
Onkyo 6 Disc changer


I see the prices are falling on this remote. It is available for $100 now. Would this be a wise purchase? I have about 4 different remotes laying around!

Equipment

Samsung 5687W DLP
Toshiba HD-A3
XBOX 360 Elite
Onkyo TX-SR605 Receiver
Onkyo 6 Disc changer


I see the prices are falling on this remote. It is available for $100 now. Would this be a wise purchase? I have about 4 different remotes laying around!
yes

Equipment

Samsung 5687W DLP
Toshiba HD-A3
XBOX 360 Elite
Onkyo TX-SR605 Receiver
Onkyo 6 Disc changer


I see the prices are falling on this remote. It is available for $100 now. Would this be a wise purchase? I have about 4 different remotes laying around!

Nearly the same setup I have. I never hooked up the DVD carousel though, I use the A2 as an upconverting DVD player.

The remote works great for my setup.

Nearly the same setup I have. I never hooked up the DVD carousel though, I use the A2 as an upconverting DVD player.

The remote works great for my setup.
Yeah I was in the market for a good upconverting DVD player because I moved my OPPO 970 to my bedroom and paired it with my 37" Vizio. When I came across the A3 at the unbelievable price, I could not resist. Now I get the bonus of snatching up HD movies and still watching my SD collection and they look wonderful.

Thanks for the info.

...I see the prices are falling on this remote. It is available for $100 now. Would this be a wise purchase? I have about 4 different remotes laying around!

best remote I've ever had, kids and wife love it too

best remote I've ever had, kids and wife love it too
Thankyou

Is there a way to send a sequnce of commands via IR leaning to the harmony 880? I need to send a 6 button command from my Pioneer Elite receiver remote to the 880. Then I'd like to put that command sequence to a LCD macro button. Thanks.

Users have reported being able to learn a macro from another remote as a single button on a Harmony (with varying degrees of success) by learning the macro in raw mode.

I have another sequence question. Just how to you edit a sequence without restarting from the beginning? I put the sequence in but it didn't work correctly, so I want to add one step at a time. I keep getting lost in the crazy Harmony web-page web. I go in to deep at it won't let me back-up.

Amazon is selling the Logitech Harmony 880 for $149.99. Enter code GXWCVCLQ at checkout for a $50 discount, making the final price $99.99.

Link (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00093IIRA)

I have the same TV, I also do not see Just Scan as a direct input.

Does anyone know if an answer to this question was ever found? The OP was looking for a discreet code to set the aspect to "Just Scan" in a Samsung 40 series LCD.

Just bought the 880 and wondering if anyone can save me from myself on setting it up. Tips, techniques, warnings would be appreciated. Don't have much gear:

Samsung HLT-5087S
Onkyo TX-SR501
Toshiba HD A3
Motorola DCT6416 Phase III - Silver Remote
Comcast Cable

Thanks in advance for the help if I need it.

Just bought the 880 and wondering if anyone can save me from myself on setting it up. Tips, techniques, warnings would be appreciated. Don't have much gear:

Samsung HLT-5087S
Onkyo TX-SR501
Toshiba HD A3
Motorola DCT6416 Phase III - Silver Remote
Comcast Cable

Thanks in advance for the help if I need it.

First list all of your devices using the exact model numbers including - if any then setup Activities adding any device needed for that activity If you set up your Watch TV activity and are including your cable box and Amp the Wizard will ask how you change your channels check off your cable box then how you control your volume and check off your receiver. For your Toshiba DVD player, I have the same model number, when setting up how you power on and off check opition 2 I have one button for On and one button for Off on the next screen check I do not have the original remote but I know what command turns on the device and from the drop down list choose Play, the nex screen for Power Off do the same and from the drop down list choose PowerOff In device mode there was a PowerOn and it did not work there was also a On & Off and those did not work. hope this helps

Hey guys. I'm having problems getting the inputs to my cable box responding quickly enough. Changing channels using the number keys of accessing the guide and moving around in it seems slow. Any ideas on how to adjust the speed settings to make it work right. Or maybe I need to adjust something else. I just don't know.
Here are my components:
Samsung HP-T5054 50" Plasma set
Motorola DCT-2244/1161/ACDEFG Digital Cable Box
Sony RDR-GX355 DVD Recorder
Sony STR-DG510 A/V Receiver
Sony SS-MSP2/SS-CNP2/SA-WMSP4 Surround Speakers & Powered Sub
Logitech Harmony 880 Universal Remote
Phillips HDMI Cables
1 Ethereal Component Cable (from Digital Cable Box. It has no HDMI port)

Now the respond time settings for each device:
Samsung HP-T5054 50" Plasma set:
Power on delay: 20000 ms
Inter-key delay: 100 ms
Input delay: 500 ms
Inter-device delay: 500 ms

Motorola DCT-2244/1161/ACDEFG Digital Cable Box:
Power on delay: 1500 ms
Inter-key delay: 0 ms
Inter-device delay: 500 ms

Sony STR-DG510 A/V Receiver:
Power on delay: 1500 ms
Inter-key delay: 500 ms
Input delay: 1000 ms
Inter-device delay: 500 ms

Anybody got any suggestions as to which setting to change to speed up the response time for the cable box? Please let me know. Thanks

Anybody got any suggestions as to which setting to change to speed up the response time for the cable box? Please let me know. Thanks

Add leading zeros.

Add leading zeros.

Hay Gary, what do you mean? Add leading zeros to which settings? How will that help?

Hay Gary, what do you mean? Add leading zeros to which settings? How will that help?

If your cable box accepts, say, 4 numbers, for channel 5 enter 0005.

My cable box will change channels just by entering the number and nothing else, like this: for channel 5, I just push 5 and it goes to it. For 20, I enter 20 and it goes to it. But not with this remote. I can push the channel numbers many times before it finally accepts a number. And I have to push them hard to get them to work. The page up and down buttons have to be pushed hard to get them to work, and some times they still don't work. The previous channel button doesn't work at all. Never. And a couple of the small buttons next to the LCD screen on the bottom right hand side have to be push really hard several times before they work. Should I take the thing apart and clean the contacts as I have read some have done?

When you push 5 your cable box still has to wait to see if there are going to be any more presses before it goes with 5, right? Anyway it sounds like you have a defective remote. You should not have to be pressing hard or multiple times. You should call Harmony tech support about this.

Yep it's the remote. I popped it apart and each of the buttons work by pushing the contacts. I'm not sure how to get the keypad to make good contact though.

My cable box will change channels just by entering the number and nothing else, like this: for channel 5, I just push 5 and it goes to it. For 20, I enter 20 and it goes to it. But not with this remote. I can push the channel numbers many times before it finally accepts a number. And I have to push them hard to get them to work. The page up and down buttons have to be pushed hard to get them to work, and some times they still don't work. The previous channel button doesn't work at all. Never. And a couple of the small buttons next to the LCD screen on the bottom right hand side have to be push really hard several times before they work. Should I take the thing apart and clean the contacts as I have read some have done?

When he said "add leading zeroes", he was suggesting that you avoid the delay that while your tuner waits to see if you meant channel 5, or if you were going to enter, for example, channel 57, or channel 573, or 5764. By adding leading zeroes, such as 0005, you eliminate the need for a wait.

BUT, regardless of that, you should never have to press the buttons on the 880 HARD. Now, some DVR's take a while to respond and some DVR's only sometimes take a while to respond, but you'd probably notice that. Assuming the problem isn't just a delay in your DVR responding, you should call Logitech. If you have to press buttons on the remote hard or multiple times to get them to work there is something wrong with your remote.

Bernie

Thanks for the explaination bernie33, I just wasn't thinking. I think this remote is defective so I'm getting my money back on it tomorrow and I guess I'll be hunting for another. Should I get another 880 or go for the new Harmoney One?

why is there a limit to how much each IR module can handle.. it seems the Max is like 8 devices, do I need a another IR mod to contole more then 8?

Thanks for the explaination bernie33, I just wasn't thinking. I think this remote is defective so I'm getting my money back on it tomorrow and I guess I'll be hunting for another. Should I get another 880 or go for the new Harmoney One?

Go for the Harmony One. Check the Harmony one thread and most all former 880 owners are enthusiastic about it.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=967841

My cable box will change channels just by entering the number and nothing else, like this: for channel 5, I just push 5 and it goes to it. For 20, I enter 20 and it goes to it. But not with this remote. I can push the channel numbers many times before it finally accepts a number. And I have to push them hard to get them to work. The page up and down buttons have to be pushed hard to get them to work, and some times they still don't work. The previous channel button doesn't work at all. Never. And a couple of the small buttons next to the LCD screen on the bottom right hand side have to be push really hard several times before they work. Should I take the thing apart and clean the contacts as I have read some have done?

You shouldn't have to push any harder than normal to register a press. Is this true of all devices? My old 676 is starting to act like this, but this is after 5 years of hard use!
Might be defective.

Go for the Harmony One. Check the Harmony one thread and most all former 880 owners are enthusiastic about it.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=967841


Harmony One it is. I should be able to keep all of my set up info, right. Isn't there an option to upgrade the remote in the software?

Harmony One it is. I should be able to keep all of my set up info, right. Isn't there an option to upgrade the remote in the software?

There is an option to keep your settings. Your best bet is to call Logitech tech support and tell them to clone your 880 to the One. Unfortunately, you will lose all your custom settings and sequences, but the basic information will be kept.

In spite of the loss of custom info, I would go for the One all over again without hesitation. It's that much better.

Enjoy,

Burt

There is an option to keep your settings. Your best bet is to call Logitech tech support and tell them to clone your 880 to the One. Unfortunately, you will lose all your custom settings and sequences, but the basic information will be kept.

In spite of the loss of custom info, I would go for the One all over again without hesitation. It's that much better.

Enjoy,

Burt

Ditto. It took quite a bit to get everything back to perfect, but boy howdy! On top of that you get to use squareeyes' icons!
:D

This may have nothing to do with your set-up, but usually the wizard asks if you want component one or two, HDMI one or two, etc. if those features are on your set. Both my sets had those questions in the wizard.

You can set up to go to specific channels on startup. I once did that but found it was nicer just to go to last channel.

As far as a longer off signal, I do not know, but you could add a power off button on the display and use it first then the All-Off button. Sort of defeats the nice feature of the all-off button, but keeps from having to cycle through help. You might have to make the display button a sequence of off signals.

Curious, have you tried keeping the harmony pointed at the unit when you hit the all-off button? That has solved occasional delay problems I encountered, especially when shifting from one TV feed to another which included turning on and off units.


Thank you for all the advice unfortunately i have had to throw in the towel and am kind of disappointed by the harmony remote. It really is a lot of work to set up, and i normally love these things, guess if you have the perfect devices it could be great

This is my first ever all in one remote and was expecting a much more precise way of being able to control my system

After trying out every suggested option and skimming through all the forums for over a week now i've come to the conclusion that it might be a great remote but it all depends on how evolved the rest of your set up is.

My TV simply does not have a dedicated button for Component 1 and after having tried to make it skip to the right input with every time delay i could think of, i gave up on that all together. It never got it right, sometimes the one before or sometimes the one after. I also don't have access to a pronto so i can upload my own hex codes to try out so no luck with that either

The other thing that really disappoints me is the activities: if all of your setup has dedicated buttons for on and off this might be great....but in my case absolutely none of my machines have that option so if i choose to switch activities i either need to switch everything off or go into every single device menu to get to the settings, Also (which is not necessarily a bad thing) you need to tailor make ur device menu, for e.g. my Onkyo 604 AVR i needed to get to some things like surround toggle and input switching but moving it up or down 14 remote pages

Then third there are no dedicated soft buttons within an activity, only for the device that is playing, so if i want to enable switch to DTS within watching-DVD-activity i need to go to devices choose onkyo and find the page with surround toggle and then go back to activity to be able to pause or stop my DVD

FYI

Toshiba 46in RPTV
Onkyo 604 AVR
LG 1080i upscaling DVD
Helios Media Center - also DVD
Xsat sattelite receiver
UTStarcom IPTV receiver box
Nintendo Wii

I ran a couple of things over my onkyo remote and was left with 4 remotes on the table and to be honest it was a lot better and precise then this

Thanks for all the input anyway, unfortunately i can't return the thing so i have a very good looking remote extra

This may have nothing to do with your set-up, but usually the wizard asks if you want component one or two, HDMI one or two, etc. if those features are on your set. Both my sets had those questions in the wizard.

You can set up to go to specific channels on startup. I once did that but found it was nicer just to go to last channel.

As far as a longer off signal, I do not know, but you could add a power off button on the display and use it first then the All-Off button. Sort of defeats the nice feature of the all-off button, but keeps from having to cycle through help. You might have to make the display button a sequence of off signals.

Curious, have you tried keeping the harmony pointed at the unit when you hit the all-off button? That has solved occasional delay problems I encountered, especially when shifting from one TV feed to another which included turning on and off units.


Thank you for all the advice unfortunately i have had to throw in the towel and am kind of disappointed by the harmony remote. It really is a lot of work to set up, and i normally love these things, guess if you have the perfect devices it could be great

This is my first ever all in one remote and was expecting a much more precise way of being able to control my system

After trying out every suggested option and skimming through all the forums for over a week now i've come to the conclusion that it might be a great remote but it all depends on how evolved the rest of your set up is.

My TV simply does not have a dedicated button for Component 1 and after having tried to make it skip to the right input with every time delay i could think of, i gave up on that all together. It never got it right, sometimes the one before or sometimes the one after. I also don't have access to a pronto so i can upload my own hex codes to try out so no luck with that either

The other thing that really disappoints me is the activities: if all of your setup has dedicated buttons for on and off this might be great....but in my case absolutely none of my machines have that option so if i choose to switch activities i either need to switch everything off or go into every single device menu to get to the settings, Also (which is not necessarily a bad thing) you need to tailor make ur device menu, for e.g. my Onkyo 604 AVR i needed to get to some things like surround toggle and input switching but moving it up or down 14 remote pages

Then third there are no dedicated soft buttons within an activity, only for the device that is playing, so if i want to enable switch to DTS within watching-DVD-activity i need to go to devices choose onkyo and find the page with surround toggle and then go back to activity to be able to pause or stop my DVD

FYI

Toshiba 46in RPTV
Onkyo 604 AVR
LG 1080i upscaling DVD
Helios Media Center - also DVD
Xsat sattelite receiver
UTStarcom IPTV receiver box
Nintendo Wii

I ran a couple of things over my onkyo remote and was left with 4 remotes on the table and to be honest it was a lot better and precise then this

Thanks for all the input anyway, unfortunately i can't return the thing so i have a very good looking remote extra

Sorry that you are giving up. I found that it took a bit for me to figure out most of what is needed to make it work just the way I wanted.

I can switch activities and the Harmony does just what it is supposed to do, which is switch off those things that should be off, turn on anything that is off and leave those things on that should be on, but change their settings to conform to that activity. One button does it all.

I am surprised that there is no setting during the setup wizard for your Toshiba to tell it which input to go to on start-up. All my TVs had that question and selection. It even asked which HDMI or component input to select (1 or 2) since my Vizio has two of each.

I can count on one hand the number of times in a year that I have used an OEM remote for some function not on my Harmony. When i encounter them, I put them on it.

Have you given Harmony a call. I had some issues with my setup when I first got the remote, and they walked me through my difficulties with no fuss.

I found, after my initial setup, that many of the lcd screen buttons (additional buttons) were not what I wanted for some devices, plus there were some commands that were not in the database, so I had to teach the remote those commands.

There is also a nice mod for Firefox (Harmony mod) that does make moving the additional buttons around much easier.

I have owned mine for three years and still marvel at all it can do. I still learn of more features and way to do things from this forum and from using it. I still move commands around and add and delete commands as I find better ways to do what I want. I changed a function yesterday, setting one of my DVDRs input to my TV to HDMI one instead of component one because I reconfigured the DVDR. Took about three minutes.

I would not give up so quickly, at least until you give Harmony a call.

....
My TV simply does not have a dedicated button for Component 1 and after having tried to make it skip to the right input with every time delay i could think of, i gave up on that all together. ...
Just out of curiosity, did you ever call Logitech's Technical Support? (There are ways to get to specific inputs when there are not discretes available.)

I am surprised that there is no setting during the setup wizard for your Toshiba to tell it which input to go to on start-up. All my TVs had that question and selection. It even asked which HDMI or component input to select (1 or 2) since my Vizio has two of each.
...
And of course Celso would have been asked this. It seems from his post that he doesn't understand what the Harmony is capable of.

Then third there are no dedicated soft buttons within an activity, only for the device that is playing, so if i want to enable switch to DTS within watching-DVD-activity i need to go to devices choose onkyo and find the page with surround toggle and then go back to activity to be able to pause or stop my DVD


This is quite simple to accomplish by changing the behavior of the buttons within the activity. The soft buttons can be added or changed to send any command from any device. It's just a matter of going to the "Change Behavior of Buttons" option (within the activity) and then to the "addtional buttons" tab to make those changes. You can also arrange the commands to appear on your screen in any order that youwould like.

My "First Page" of soft buttons on my "Watch TV" activity has commands for my TV, STB, and AVR.

You should add the command to switch you 604 to DTS mode to your soft keys.

Just out of curiosity, did you ever call Logitech's Technical Support? (There are ways to get to specific inputs when there are not discretes available.)

Very good follow up question... and the answer is????

Is anyone else having problems using the online web setup pages (myremotesetup.com or members.harmonyremote.com)?
I've always used the web page to setup my remote but I can't update my remote there any more I keep getting a Java error & the customer service guy from India says those sites are down from time to time & they are not for customers to use anyway, we should use the desktop software.

The desktop software does work but I've always used the web page in the past.
So is it something in my computer or is everyone else having problems accessing the web page setup too?

The website worked fine for me last night when I was working on my 880.

However, I haven't gotten the desktop software to work since I did the last update. I get to the page where it confirms that your remote is connected, and it will go through the whole process of checking the connection and everything until it says finished. But, the bar stays at 0% complete, and the next button never lights up to go to the page where it actually updates the remote.

I also don't have access to a pronto so i can upload my own hex codes to try out so no luck with that either

You don't need access to a pronto. Just go to philips and download the software, then go to remotecentral.com and look for .ccf files that contain discrete codes for your device(s). Once you have them, email them to Logitech support and ask them to be added to your profile. It's not as convenient as if the Harmony software allowed you to import the codes directly, but it works.

if i choose to switch activities i either need to switch everything off or go into every single device menu to get to the settings

Huh? This is a strength of the Harmony. It tracks the state of your devices so if you switch from Watch TV to Watch DVD it knows your TV is already on and doesn't try to turn it on again.[/quote]

Also (which is not necessarily a bad thing) you need to tailor make ur device menu, for e.g. my Onkyo 604 AVR i needed to get to some things like surround toggle and input switching but moving it up or down 14 remote pages

Well of course you have to tailor your device (and activity for that matter) pages. Unfortunately no device created yet has telepathy as a feature. It doesn't know how you want your devices and activities configured. It makes a guess. If you don't like the way it guessed, change it.

Then third there are no dedicated soft buttons within an activity, only for the device that is playing, so if i want to enable switch to DTS within watching-DVD-activity i need to go to devices choose onkyo and find the page with surround toggle and then go back to activity to be able to pause or stop my DVD

Completely wrong. Change behavior of buttons, Additional buttons. Allows you to configure the buttons for an activity the same way you configure the buttons for a device.

The biggest problem people seem to have with this remote is one of expectations. They seem to think that they can plug in all their devices and the remote will immediately be customized to exactly how they want to use it. It won't. If you're lucky it'll be 80% of the way there. After that you need to learn to use the software and the features. It's like buying a new car and complaining the acceleration is lousy because you can't be bothered to figure out how to release the emergency brake.

IOW, take some time to learn the software.

I have been using 880 for about 2 yrs now but recently I bought a 52XBR and the TV does not have a specific button to get "wide screen" or "Full Mode". I would like to know if I can configure 880 to set "watch TV/TIVo" to wide screen and "Watch HD" to Full mode ??

Also, on a similar line, xbr remote also does not have discrete codes for picture modes (standard/cinema/custom/vivid). I like to watch HD content in cinema mode while SD content in Standard mode. Any way to achieve this at the start of an activity?

I have been using 880 for about 2 yrs now but recently I bought a 52XBR and the TV does not have a specific button to get "wide screen" or "Full Mode". I would like to know if I can configure 880 to set "watch TV/TIVo" to wide screen and "Watch HD" to Full mode ??

Also, on a similar line, xbr remote also does not have discrete codes for picture modes (standard/cinema/custom/vivid). I like to watch HD content in cinema mode while SD content in Standard mode. Any way to achieve this at the start of an activity?

I'm puzzled. I thought all recent XBRs had a zoom button that allowed you to switch among several wide-16:9 and 4:3 modes. If your XBR has such a button, you should be able to program a "sequence" to do what you want.

Burt

If anyone knows how to get codes to adjust the backlight for any Sony Bravia tvs (V,W,XBR) I'd love to hear it. I find that the backlight controls are the only picture controls I come back to repeatedly (depending on the ambient room light)

Rather than disturb my wife during a movie, I wonder if its possible just to hit a backlight down/up key (kinda like raising/lowering volume) without navigating that Xross Media Bar.

First off, this is a great remote. I've been successful setting it up to work just as I want, including the addition of learned commands, etc(swap tuner, 30 second skip). I had some trouble with the add sequence section, till I figured out that the saved sequence shows up under "device". With that figured out, what can't you do with this thing? Only had it four days, and the original four remotes are in the drawer. What is the experience of the forum with charging? Keep it in the charger all the time, or, let it run down then charge. Has a magnet connection or something. How long can I expect it to run with "normal" use? That blue led is bright too, any way to tone that down short of unplugging or turning charger upside down? Are the custom logos from remote central compatable with the 880? Thx for any of your insights.

What is the experience of the forum with charging? Keep it in the charger all the time, or, let it run down then charge. Has a magnet connection or something. How long can I expect it to run with "normal" use?
- I usually only charge it when it goes down to one power bar. The 880 uses a Li-Ion battery, so you can recharge it as often as you want.

I originally had the backlight on for 10 seconds and I found that I could only use it for 3-4 days of heavy DVR use. I switched it to 5 seconds and I usually only charge it once a week.

- I usually only charge it when it goes down to one power bar. The 880 uses a Li-Ion battery, so you can recharge it as often as you want.

I originally had the backlight on for 10 seconds and I found that I could only use it for 3-4 days of heavy DVR use. I switched it to 5 seconds and I usually only charge it once a week.

Mine has been on the charger since Sept 2006 except when in use. Haven't noticed any issues. Gets used 8-10 hours a week during movie watching.

I had some trouble with the add sequence section, till I figured out that the saved sequence shows up under "device".

You might also check the last screen of the activity (if that is where you entered the sequence) for the sequence. That is what happened to me when I made a couple. There were in one place in my additional button list at the site, but at the last of the activities screens on the Harmony.

Thanks all for the tips, they really do save time and trouble. I'm like a kid in a candy store, now, if I can just get it to start my car...

I have my Watch TV activity set up with only the TV on using the cable input. I have my Watch PVR activity set up with audio from my Yamaha 1800 receiver, which receives the audio and video from my Cox Motorola PVR via HDMI, and then sends it to the video to my Mits 40134 LCD TV via the HDMI1 input. When I switch from the Watch TV activity to the Watch PVR activity, everything switches correctly. However, when I turn on the Watch PVR activity when everything has been off, the TV displays the video from the cable input until I press the Help button, which corrects the video to HDMI1. Is this something I can correct on the remote by changing a delay setting?

You may have to increase the power on delay for your TV or if that doesn't work try increasing the inter-device delay for the TV

I have an issue that hopefully somebody can help me with. I actually have an 890 but it won't make a difference.

I have my 890 setup for a Directv HR20. Now I have an activity setup for listening to XM Radio (as part of the Directv channels). For that activity I have set up for turning off the TV. Now I have favorites also added. Problem is that the screensaver for directv comes on and if somebody picks up the remote and presses the favorite for The 70's it won't work becasue you need to press any button to first turn off the screen saver. Basically you can press the exit button before you press a favorite and that is fine, but it is not the right way. I would like it to work the right way.

Now what I did for a work around is to setup the HR20 device for selecting channels as the 4th option which is 1, 2, 3, or 4 digits with no enter. Now XM Cafe is channel 832 so in my favorites I set up 0832. The 0 will actually get rid of the screen saver and the 832 would go to channel 832. Problem is that for some reason the harmony will not do the last digit even if the screen saver is not on. So for example, I hit the favorite for the loft (without screen saver on) and it shows 083 and directv tries to goto channel 83. If I do it while screensaver is on it hits 0 which takes of the screen saver and then only 83 shows up. If I manually press 0832, directv has no problem with it so I know it is a harmony issue.

What am I doing wrong? When I had the favorites set up as 3 digits (832 instead of 0832) it works except for of course when the screen saver is on. Or is there another work around? Is there a way for the harmony to say send the "exit" key before selecting the channels if I go back to the 3 digit method?

Thanks for any help.

NOTE: After typing this long post I have an update. Appartantly is has something to do with the RF. If I have the remote closer to the RF, it takes all 4 digits. If I am further away, that 4th digit is an issue for whatever reason. Interesting thing is that if I am still at the further away point and I manually hit the 4 digits, it takes it. The speed is about the same as if I manually do it or the harmony does it.

Hi Everyone,

I am a new 880 owner. After 3 years owning a Pronto Pro, I got tired of all that was involved with programming it. Now I wish I had tried a Harmony sooner! Anyway the 880 has locked up on me the last two days. The signal sent icon stays on the screeen and the remote stops working. I have to take the battery out to fix the situation. Before anyone gets mad, I did do a search, but had no luck.
Any help would be appreciated.

OOPS, Nevermind, I figured out the problem. I remembered that yesterday I was messing with the inter-key delay for my dvd player. No problems after I reset it to the default.

Can I add my Cambridge Soundworks P500 subwoofer as a device? I didn't any appropriate category during setup.

There is an option to keep your settings. Your best bet is to call Logitech tech support and tell them to clone your 880 to the One. Unfortunately, you will lose all your custom settings and sequences, but the basic information will be kept.

In spite of the loss of custom info, I would go for the One all over again without hesitation. It's that much better.

Enjoy,

Burt

Took the wife to Best Buy to check out the Harmony One and all they had was the display. They were sold out. But we did get to mess with one they were using there in the store. I like this one a lot and so did she. Now if I could just sell all of my components that I just replaced in my home theater set-up, I'd be good to go. Anyone know how the classifieds work here? What are the credits you have to have to sell?

Has anyone figured out how to add motorized drapes as a device? I'd like to be able to close and open my drapes.

Thanks,
David

How are your motorized drapes controlled? it the remote is IR then the Harmony can control it. If it is RF then No

How are your motorized drapes controlled? it the remote is IR then the Harmony can control it. If it is RF then No
Yes, they are controlled by an IR remote. How do you set it up in the software?

Use Utility device and learn the codes.

Hey guys,

don't really want to go through all 142 pages of this thread( shame on me :) )

But I just got my Harmony 880 Friday, and I have a question.

My setup
Sharp L42D64U
YSP-4000
HD Cable Box

everything works fine when selecting watch tv activity. the problem comes when I press the Off button. The TV turns off, the YSP turns off, then the YSP turns ON again before the Cable Box shuts down...Has anyone experienced this, If yes How did you correct that problem?

Thanks in advance
David

Use Utility device and learn the codes.
I don't see a category for utility device. I see a "More Device Types" category, but the only device types listed below that are "Tape Deck", "Minidisc Player", and "DAT". Under "Home Automation" there is "Light Controller", "Climate Control", and "Home Appliance". Maybe one of those? Do I just select something random?

I'm running v7.4.3. Any ideas?

Thanks,
David

Anything. Don't be afraid. Cancel and delete device is a click away.

Hey guys,

don't really want to go through all 142 pages of this thread( shame on me :) )

But I just got my Harmony 880 Friday, and I have a question.

My setup
Sharp L42D64U
YSP-4000
HD Cable Box

everything works fine when selecting watch tv activity. the problem comes when I press the Off button. The TV turns off, the YSP turns off, then the YSP turns ON again before the Cable Box shuts down...Has anyone experienced this, If yes How did you correct that problem?

Thanks in advance
David

David, I do not know what a YSP-4000 is but I have the same problem with my Onkyo 905 AVR. The IR signals being sent to shut down my projector seem to be close enough to the Onkyo's codes that it confuses it for a while... as in the Onkyo loses its audio for around 8 seconds while the projector is shutting down and then comes back on, during this confusion the Onkyo misses it's own shut-down command.

I tried a bunch of things with tech support -- none of which were successful, so I wound up just going in and adding an additional shut-down command at the end of the command string... and that fixed the problem.

David, I do not know what a YSP-4000 is but I have the same problem with my Onkyo 905 AVR. The IR signals being sent to shut down my projector seem to be close enough to the Onkyo's codes that it confuses it for a while... as in the Onkyo loses its audio for around 8 seconds while the projector is shutting down and then comes back on, during this confusion the Onkyo misses it's own shut-down command.

I tried a bunch of things with tech support -- none of which were successful, so I wound up just going in and adding an additional shut-down command at the end of the command string... and that fixed the problem.

thanks i'll try that should fix the problem.

A YSP-4000 is a sound projector from Yamaha it basically emulates a 5.1 system using only a soundbar in front of you.

for the device turning back on, adjust the order of the devices and ensure you are using discreet on/off commands. My Onkyo Receiver doesn't have this issue, but I've experienced something a little random with my HD-DVD player and had to move the device power on/off order to fix it. If you place the device having the issue at the end of the sequence, it should receive the last off command and be done.

For learning the IR codes for the drapes, there is a learn new device (or something similar) function. I used this to teach my remote a triple press of FF for TiVo. Now one press gives me triple fast forward for commercial skip =]

I'm at work and can't check it out right now, but I remember it being obvious when I went looking for it.

I just ordered one of these from Amazon for $99 shipped (just add coupon code GXWCVCLQ at checkout for $50 off). It's replacing a broken Harmony 520 (which I broke by accident...no fault of the 520). Since I paid almost $100 for my 520 way back when, I figured it would be a good upgrade. Plus, I won't have to change batteries any longer thanks to the charging dock. Can't wait to get it and try it out.

I just ordered one of these from Amazon for $99 shipped (just add coupon code GXWCVCLQ at checkout for $50 off). It's replacing a broken Harmony 520 (which I broke by accident...no fault of the 520). Since I paid almost $100 for my 520 way back when, I figured it would be a good upgrade. Plus, I won't have to change batteries any longer thanks to the charging dock. Can't wait to get it and try it out.
Thanks for the coupon code. I saw this about a week ago for $100 and passed. Just ordered it for $99 like you. Again, thanks.

Please help

I recently bought the 880 and have an HR20-700. I set up an activity to turn on my TV, receiver, and HR20-700. Everything turns on properly, but when the remote has completed issuing the commands, the LCD only has List and one other item (I don't have it in front of me right now). When I got to Devices and select the HR20-700, it has all of the soft key buttons (like blue, green, etc).

I've tried setting up the HR20 as a Sat. and as a PVR and I've tried setting up the activity several different ways.

Is there something special I need to do?

I also have an HR10-250 that I set up on the 880 and it is working just fine (i.e. it has the Tivo, Live TV, etc. soft keys).

Thanks.

You need to go to the activity and within the activity, select the "Change Behavior of Buttons" option.

I've been trying to find out where to do so, but haven't been able.

Where do you find the command string for the Off Button? I mean how do you add or change the order of the device for the OFF button?

how do you also change the on/off discreet command?