Official Logitech Harmony 900 thread - Page 79

I hear you...makes perfect sense - thank you!

Where did you buy the y-splitter from and are you using a 3rd logitech blaster or 3rd party? Is there a way to check compatibility with blaster and my Samsung TV or is trial/error...?

Again, many thanks!

I don't use a splitter, I use two Main Blasters, one for the equipment in the room that I am in and one in the room behind my TV, also I do not use the Mini Blasters

Thank you rehaz1.

Has anyone used a splitter and mini blaster successfully in a similar scenario?

I use 2 splitters for items on different sides of a built-in entertainment unit.

I have 3 mini blasters and one direct wire into the back of my receiver.

Other than occasional RF issues (main blaster not responding), it works great.

For what it's worth, I use a single RF blaster with one IR blaster plugged into it, which then goes to a Sewell dual-band IR repeater with 8 discrete IR emitters for my individual components. There are a lot of ways to configure something like this.

Thank you! I'll buy the Y-splitter from Monoprice.

What do you suggest as a reliable brand for IR Emitters or blasters? I don't recognize any of them

my dual band IR repeater (Sewell from amazon) came with 8 discrete emitters, so I just use those. There are some really nice newer discrete emitters out now, too. very small "pro" ones that are barely visible if you want them hidden.

I would love to find a very small/barely visable emitter...how do i find out which emitters are compatable with which components...specifically my Samsung TV - trial and error?

there is a link to the small pro emitters on one of the last 2 pages or so of this thread. As for compatibility, any IR emitter should work, just make sure it has the right plug.. 2.5mm for the Harminy 900 blaster, or 3.5mm for nearly everything else on Earth.

Forgive me if this is already been covered.

I'm trying to program a Pioneer Elite 55 receiver with the Harmony 900. The problem is the time it takes for the receiver to turn on and change the input. I tried adjusting the delays with various different times however nothing works when the receiver is first turned on and input change is required.

Thoughts?

Is the input change not occurring? Have you tried changing the order of which device is powered on first. Put the receiver first to give it time to be ready to receive an input change command.

What did you set the power on delay to? You can try dramatically increasing that, if it works you can start scaling the delay back until it doesn't so you can figure out the ideal delay.

I did move the receiver up as the first item to power on but it didn't help. I've used all kind of random time delays but none seems to matter.

The issue only arises when first turning on everything and the "activity" is different than the one that was used when last turned off.

Is there a way to turn on the receiver, then the TV, set an additional delay and THEN program the input change last?

Maybe this is all obvious but I'm surely missing something simple here...

Thanks for the help!

What did you set the power on delay to?

I was having the same issue. You will need to add a time delay and then set the input again. The following are the instructions I gave to someone with my same projector, but it will work with your receiver too. Just substitute the word "projector" with "receiver".

1. On the Activities tab, click the Settings button on the activity that you want the input delay (you will have to repeat this for each activity that requires an input change).
2. Select the Review the settings for this Activity option and press the NEXT > button.
3. Select the Yes, but I want to add more control of options and devices for this Activity. option and press the NEXT > button.
4. Click the SAVE button.
5. Select the input you require and press the NEXT > button.
6. If you have a receiver that switched inputs, select the correct input and press the NEXT > button.
7. This is where it gets fun...in the "enter this Activity" table on the top, it will say, "Add action for" and then a drop-down menu. Select the Projector from the menu. Then click the Add> button.
8. Change the "Send this infrared delay:" drop-down menu to "10 seconds" and press the NEXT > button.
9. You should now see the "The remote pauses for 10000 milliseconds" action at the bottom of the table on top.
10. Make sure the projector is still selected from the drop-down menu and click the Add> button again.
11. This time, change the "Set it to this input:" drop-down menu to the input you require and select the NEXT > button.
12. You should now see an additional entry for changing the input on the projector. Click the SAVE > button.
13. Review everything finalize.

If you need more time, you can always add more pause entries to the table. The only problem is that every time you switch between activities (even if your projector is already on) you'll have to wait until all of the IR has been sent before you can use the remote for anything else. Small price to pay for having it all work correctly.

Thanks for the help folks. It was indeed the power delay that did the trick.

Works great now.

Thanks again.

I have a question about this unit. I have an open two-shelf TV/component stand. The TV is on the top shelf sitting on a riser so my center channel speaker can sit underneath it. The lower shelf (close to the floor) is where my receiver, SAT/CABLE box, and blu-ray player are sitting. Everything is in full view.

I want this unit mainly so I don't have to bother pointing directly at the components, in addition to having an all-in-one controller. From what I'm seeing it looks like I need to have some sort of translating unit positioned so it can fire IR at all the components. So the question is...where would I place the translater? It seems to me it would have to be somewhere out in front of everything so it can "see" all the individual component sensors (or am I missing something here?). Remember...I am not dealing with a closed cabinet type issue.

Thanks

The RF Extender that comes with the 900 translates to IR which can be transmitted to your components by wires that are terminated with a very small IR emitter. If your devices have IR inputs you can connect those to your RF Extender directly. In either case the RF Extender doesn't need to be in your line of site. It could be at the back of your shelve system and out of sight. If you're careful about how you set up the IR emitters, no one will notice that they are there.

When you set up your 900 just select the RF Extender to control all of you components including the TV. You will need to attach an IR emitter over the location, on each device, of the IR receiver for that device. I'm doing something similar with the 1100 model.

Actually the extender that comes with the 900 is different from the one for the 1100.

The 900's extender is a blaster, then it has 2 mini blasters. So one, or both of the mini blasters need to be line of site to the equipment if you hide the main blaster.

You can adapt some regular IR emitters to the extender but that would mean getting a 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapter because the ports for this extender are 2.5mm. Unfortunately the extender only has 2 ports, so it severely limits what you can control this way.

Thanks for pointing that out. Can the 900 handle more than one extender? Does Logitec sell additional extenders?

I set up my nephew's 900 when they first came out. His components are in a closet and I recall at least one IR emitter is pasted on top of a component's IR receiver. I don't recall buying an adapter. So much for my memory.

The thing is that he has four components in that closet and no room for line of site mini blasters unless they are working by reflecting off the walls of the closet. I may have to go to his house and refresh my memory.

Yes, you can use more than one extender with the 900 and yes you can get additional extenders from Logitech.

In fact, additional mini blasters are really affordable 2 bucks a pair and you can use a 2.5 mm splitter to be able to add 2 mini blasters to the existing extender.

Here is a link with info about the extender/blaster. It says you can pair up to four extenders.

http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Harmon...ls/td-p/369482

This is a link for the mini blasters. Last item on the page.

http://buy.logitech.com/store/logib2...oryid.28076200

If your buying a whole extender kit, it will be significantly pricier.

http://www.logitech.com/en-us/remote...s/devices/6228

I can see a mini blaster being attached as emitter, so maybe that what you did?

All of my components are in the closet and I have located the IR Blaster on the same shelf as the components. It is firing the IR signal into the opposite wall inside the closet and I guess the wall is bouncing the signal back to the components with no problem. I am not using any IR mini blasters and everything works like a champ. Guess I just got lucky and the IR blaster included with the product is really strong.

In my own 1100 setup the Extender is just shooting IR out into the room (right at book shelves on an opposite wall) that somehow controls our Denon 3806. the other devces are all controlled by a single IR emitter on each shelf. I've never figured out how the IR get to the AVR, but as long as it does I'm not complaining.

Ok so I have a lot of windows in my living room theater. I have the harmony 900 and have gotten it to control some Lutron dimmers. Has anyone installed Lutron (or other brand) shades and integrated control with the harmony 900? If so, which products did you use?

I was thinking of getting a 900 but have heard stories that it doesn't work well with macs. Anybody using a mac with the 900?

Yep. Works fine. You just have to boot it up as 32 bit.

After an extensive search of this thread I realize this has been covered ad nauseum but I have been trying to figure out how to get the 900 to turn on and control the Zone 2 on my Marantz SR6006. I've done a search of Logitech's Support forum and discovered that the "Zone 2" button on the receiver's remote is basically a "Toggle" that tells the remote where to focus the commands, it does not send out an IR signal. Is there any way to get this Zone 2 "Toggle" to work in an Activity on the Harmony 900 and have the 900 control Zone 2 while that activity is active? I tried setting up the device as a "Marantz SR-6006(Zone2)" (as suggested on the Logitech forum) but the database did not recognize that as a device. There doesn't seem to be a command in the database for the Zone 2 button on the original remote. I only use Zone 2 to feed output from the SR6006 to a pair of outdoor speakers but it would be nice if I could use the "Universal Remote" to control Zone 2 as it does for everything else. If this has been answered some where I could not find it.

Thanks!

Why don't you just toggle the original remote to zone 2 then learn all of the necessary commands using the harmony software?

Thanks for the reply tmaschm.

I have had no luck getting the 900 to learn any commands from any of my remotes using the Harmony software. I really don't know what I'm doing wrong but I keep getting timed out due to a low IR signal (or what ever the software calls it, I can't remember right now) no matter how far apart I hold the remotes. Anyway, I believe all the commands are the same for the main zone, zone 2 and zone3. The key is to have the remote toggled to the correct zone so it knows where to focus the commands. I can use the original remote to toggle to zone 2 but the 900 will remain focused on the main zone. I suppose I can use the original remote to control zone 2 but I was hoping the 900 would eliminate the need for any of my remotes. I was also hoping that someone has been through this exact situation with the SR6006. I am fairly new to all of this. My whole system is only a couple of months old and I'm still feeling my way around all the settings and nuances.

Thanks!

Be sure that when teaching commands from your original remote, that you point the original remote at the bottom IR window of the 900 (by battery cover) and not at the top of the 900

Yep.....I did figure that out, but still couldn't get the 900 to learn any commands.