Official Logitech Harmony One thread - Page 342

I had the AVR347 and it worked fine for me. You could try changing your model # to that one. After you update the model go into devices in the software and change the buttons to "Direction Up" & "Direction Down". For some unknown reason Logitech has the buttons on AV Receivers default to "Tune UP' & "Tune Down". (stupid)

Thats about what I was gonna say

Thanks for the reply. Tried it and still no work. Oh well, it isn't like I go into the OSD very much anyway.

Again, thanks for the suggestions.

thanks that fixed it. I only see 4 screens for favorites but don't see how to add anymore. got more channels i would like to shortcut

Sorry, that's the max (4x6=24). If you want a similar remote with more, the Xsight Touch has 72 and uses the same icons as harmony. It also has unlimited macro steps instead of only 5 and RF, all for half the price.

However, I think the idea behind limiting it to 4 screens is that by the time you navigate to a 5th page, you have more button presses than just entering the channel number, hence defeating the purpose of quick access to a few channels.

The widely used workaround is to set up another activity named something like "Watch Sports" in addition to your existing "Watch TV" activity. Then you have 24 more channels available for favorites.

yup this worked out fine. thanks

Hoping someone has a creative solution for me here:

My girlfriend washed our Harmony One and after some rice and drying out everything works...except one crucial piece...the off button. I took the remote apart and tried to clean the contacts etc but it appears the liquid shorted the button or something as it doesn't even attempt to send an IR signal (no icon on screen on button press). To try and get around this I created a button sequence called All Off for each activity however it doesn't "exit" the activity when it shuts everything off. Of course this confuses the remote and next time you try and start an activity it thinks it just needs to switch input on the AVR, etc. For now I have been using Help to get past it but would love if there was some way to either force it to exit the activity with the button sequence or have it turn everything on every time. Ideas? Thanks in advance.

Getting ready to order and need an IR Repeater system to use with my H1. Was going to pre-wire front of room with a Cat6 cable then add in a system. What are IR systems are you using with your H1's? My distance will be about 65-75ft.

I've read through some of the threads here in regards to the Harmony One remote and I'm starting to think I have a defective remote. I downloaded the software to update and program my remote on three different computers and continue to get the same results. So as far as it being related to a pc issue, I don't think it is. I login to the harmony remote software which has been updated to 7.7.0. I have my remote connected via the provided USB cable. On the screen of my remote it says USB Connected which tells me the cable is good. I click next and it takes me to the Check Connection screen. Every time I've tried this on multiple computers, it never gets past 0%. I've been trying the last 4 days with no luck. No antivirus software running to block connection that I know of. I've attached a couple pics to show my issue. Any suggestions?


Edited by JewDaddy - 9/27/12 at 8:47am

Mine does that if I have the remote too close to my laptop when I'm trying to sync it. May be a long shot, but it's worth a try.

I've had issues with the Logitech servers being busy before. Has this happened on numerous occasions?

I went to the store I bought it from and they swapped it out. It synced up fine to Laptop and got it all updated and programmed with my four devices. Which now brings me to my next question. In the Logitech software on the computer, it shows that I currently have four devices setup on the remote. My PS3, AVR, TV and DVR. I even setup some activities besides watch tv. Now when I disconnect the remote from my laptop and go to use it, I only see my TV as a device. Luckily, it controls it as it should, but theres no other devices showing up. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for the help.

When do you see "TV" as a Device? In normal use you should never see any Devices at all.

The Harmony is different than other remotes. You will always choose an Activity, never a device. When you choose the "Watch TV" Activity, for instance, the Harmony will turn on the TV for you and set it to the proper input. If appropriate for your setup it will also turn on your audio system and set it properly, and it will do the same for your cable box. The volume control on the Harmony will automatically know that it should use you AV system to control the volume and it will know which device to use to change channels.

Bernie

If you set up your "Watch TV" activity such that only one device (your TV) is involved in this activity (e.g., turn TV on/off, change channels, TV volume up/down), then your TV is the only device that will show up on the H1 display while you're in the "Watch TV" activity.

One thing you can do, is to add a device that you do not have, then create an activity that only contains that device. When you start that activity, it will turn off all of your devices not used in that activity. You can rename that activity to anything that you want, as "All Off"

Does anyone know if there is a way to have buttons for separate picture modes for a Panasonic 65VT50? I would love to be able to switch modes with one button.

^^^

If there is a combination of keys that you can press on the original remote to switch modes, then these commands can be defined in a sequence and assigned to a soft key. If it takes more than five commands, you will have to "learn" multiple keys to a command, but you will have to do some research on this point.

Nobody using an IR repeater with their H1?

Xantech is typically the go-to for that type of application. The DL-85K (there are other kits with different style IR receivers) is a prepackaged kit including IR receiver, distribution block and emitters. We use them all the time in commercial applications, often extending the cable between the receiver and block 100'-200'. They are not particularly inexpensive ($113 @ Amazon), but they work well.

At home I have been using a less expensive ($45) Cables-to-Go clone of the Xantech system, The CtG website recommends a maximum of 25' extension of the IR receiver to the distribution block... I have not needed to test that so you would be on your own as far as running it longer distances. The CtG receiver is not as resistant to plasma, LCD and CFL interference as the Xantech is, but with careful placement I have not had any problems with either plasma or LCD TVs nearby to it.

I read an article on the new replacement from Harmony. They really changed the layout. Moving more towards touch screen with scrolling.

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Check out the thread. http://www.avsforum.com/t/1431592/new-logitech-harmony-touch/0_40

In early September, I bought the "Logitech 915-000139 Harmony IR Extender System" from Amazon.. It works fine and it's pretty inexpensive at ~$55.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that device primarily intended to get you past closed cabinet doors to equipment still in the same general vicinity? The OP was looking for something to extend IR to equipment ~75' away.

I have a question on this remote's capability.

I have a TV, Comcast Box, Blu Ray, Apple TV and a Processor.

Say I want to watch either BD, Apple TV or Comcast, But I want to use the TV's speakers? Can I program one touch for those?

And , can I program a "seperate" one touch that will let me listen via the processor and turns down the volume of the tv with one touch?

I don't know if you understand what I'm trying to say...

So basically in one scenario, I want to be able to watch either of these 3 sources with one touch while listening to the TV speakers, AND I want to also have the one touch option and listen through the processor?

Thank you

Very common scenario. I do the same myself. You make an activity for each case (all 6 unfortunately). For the one that turns down the volume, that can get tricky. There are a couple of ways to do it, but here's what worked best for me. First, raw learn a long vol- command and test it. It should send vol- for a couple of seconds, lowering your vol several clicks. Just call it HoldVol- or something like that. Now go into your activity setup and pick "add more control", go thru the wizard, accepting all the defaults until you get to the end. At that point you can add some additional commands of your own. So pick your held vol- command and add as many as you need.

Of course lots of remotes can do this, not just harmony. In fact it's easier on some models because you can specify a hold time, hence no need for a raw learn and multiple commands. But you can make harmony work just fine. You may also want to check out the new Harmony Touch model, which is essentially the replacement for the One.

just bought a sony smp-n200 streamer and trying to add it to my h1, I am using the harmony member web site to program the h1. when i put the sony model 3 in it comes up as media center pc. I have added an activity consisting of watching the sony streamer with my tv, but as i progress thru the steps basic questions are NOT asked like what device controls the volume, so when i choose my activity on the h1 the streamer, my tv and my dvd player show up????? but i can't increase volume unless i go to devices first and select tv. Is the a better choice for this streamer rather than the h1 thinking it is a media center pc?

Just edit the button assignments for the activity so that the correct device/command is assigned to the volume buttons.

Yeah. It's a little confusing. That's why there are ten thousand posts here. But when you embrace the activity idea it will fall into place.

Quick question!

I have setup my Harmony 1 with activity to watch TV, Play 360, Play Bluray, etc. I was wondering, since the device is activity based, once I set the main physical buttons on say the watch TV activity, it will control the DVR box. So up, down, left, right controls the DVR. I have setup extra pages on the lcd screen to get to the AVR menu, sounds, etc. Is there a way to say that when you are on the watch TV activity and pg over to the AVR menu, can the remote be progammed to know that at that point, to remap the physical buttons for say up, down, left, right to control the AVR? I don't think that is possible, but just thought I'd ask.

I had to pretty much add the AVR directions on the lcd as well to control the AVR menu that way. I know that if you setup your activity correctly, you shouldn't really need to get into the AVR menu. Of course, the other alternative is to just click 'Device' and select the AVR that way so then the physical buttons are controlling the AVR. Then when I'm done, I'll just click the Activities button and it was once again control the main device on that activity I was on.

Just wondering how others have this setup. I think I already have it setup correctly and probably was just asking to see other opinions. This just saves me a few clicks, so I thought I'd mention it, but I don't think it's possible b/c if it were, that would be one smart arse remote

Thanks!