Official Logitech Harmony One thread - Page 333

The packaging of the harmony one on this video looks diff than the one i bought last summer at bestbuy

Mine was white & green and a lot bigger

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKUpdFJz66c

Did they update the remote ? Hardware ?

I haven't followed this thread for quite a while. Is there a new functionality to add self-made icons? (Other than the TV stations)

unfortunately no.

I sold one of my two Harmony One remotes on eBay and have replaced it with a Harmony 900. The upgrade doesn't amount to anything for me but I wanted a new toy. I lost $70 on my One based on the price I paid for the One, ignoring the 900 price, so even if I thought the 900 was a big improvement, I wouldn't repace the second one. Right now with three systems in the house, one has a Harmony 880, one has a One, and the Home Theater uses a 900. My back up is the Harmony 650, the best value of any of them in my opinion. I will say the battery for the 880/One/900 is pretty remarkable, even though I have purchased back up batteries, none have ever gone bad after over three years on two of them. Admittedly with only two humans living in the house and only one of the two able to operate the various systems, nothing is worked very hard but I thought lithium ion batteries would die after a couple of years.

Maybe you guys can help me out with an issue...

I've got two Activities set up. One to watch TV and the other to play PS3. When I'm watching TV and hit the "off" button, it turns everything off. However, it turns the PS3 on!

Can the remote be programmed so that the "off" button does not power on the PS3? I've looked at all the options and can not figure it out.

Thanks in advance!

When the remote turns off the PS3 it takes longer to do so than it does for most other devices. If you've ever manually turned off the PS3 with the game controller I'm sure you've noticed the multiple steps you have to go through, the harmony has to do this as well. When you press the 'all off' button look at the top right of the screen for a symbol that resembles a wifi signal bar, these appears when the remote is "thinking". Make sure the remote has line of sight to the PS3 transmitter until this icon goes away.

Oh I think you misunderstood... I'm not trying to turn off the PS3, I'm trying to keep it from turning ON when I hit the "all off" button.

When I hit the "all off" button when the PS3 is not on, it will power it up. It's just annoying when I have to hang around for the PS3 to fully boot up so that I can walk up there and shut it down.



EDIT: Nevermind, figured it out. I didn't realize Logitech had programmed a PowerOff button into the adapter.

Guys,

I really like this remote, but have an issue. How do I program only Nextflix to turn on and turn on the TV and speaker bar at the same time. When I hit the nextflix button on my Sharp remote it works. Baiscally, I would like to hit nexflix on my Harmony One remote to turn on TV to nextflix and power up my speaker bar. Also, how do you change the location of your devices on your remote. I want to move them around but cant. Thanks.

Could you create a "Netflix" activity? Sounds like you are within another activity.

@cjre1: As NickTheGreat said you should create a "Watch Netflix" activity. The One and the other Harmony remotes are activity-based, not device-based remotes.

Agree with the others on setting up the Netflix activity.

Regarding the reordering of devices... you can't. They actually change dynamically according to your current activity, with devices used in that activity always listed at the top. There really should not be any great need to worry about it as you should (almost) never need to be in device mode. Any command you find yourself regularly needing to access in device mode should be added to the activity.

I guess I said it wrong. There is no Netflix activity, but I create a utility activity to try to turn on the TV, sound bar and go to neflix app on my Sharp Aquos TV. Can we do that?

How can I create a "Watch Netflix" activity on my remote? I got it close, but not good enough becasue I then need to go into the device itself and select nexflix.
I dont see anything that state "Watch Nexflix" or even Nexflix at all.

Do not use a utility activity... for a TV based app I would set up another "watch TV" activity (you can rename it anything you want).

The activity setup details depend on how you enter the Netflix app on the TV. Is it a single button that provides direct access to Netflix (that would be best case scenario) or do you have to negotiate a series of menus to get there?

Thank you. I appreciate your help. I will delete the utlilty activity tonight.
On my Sharp remote it is a single button that states Netflix. When the TV is on, I hit this button and it goes right into my nexflix account.

How can I get the Harmony One remote do this? Thanks.

IMO, the best way would be to add Netflix as an input by editing the input list for the TV in its device setup (Device/Settings/Adjust Inputs). Then when you set up your new Watch TV (Netflix) activity, just answer select Netflix when asked what input the TV should be on. If that does not work with your TV for some reason, then the second choice would be to set up the activity to use any other input, then add the the Netflix command to the activity startup list (Activity/Settings/Review Settings/Add more control/several Saves & OKs/Custom Actions/Add when activity starts). All of the above assumes you are using the "real" Harmony software 7.7, not the worthless MyHarmony website.

Thank you. I will try this tonight when I get home. I hope it works. Looks like it will. I am using the CD, upgraded version software. 7.7, I never use the website. I also updated the remotes firmware so I am set in that area.

One thing I neglected mention last night is that my suggestion to add Netflix as an input will only work if your input setup is configured for Method 2 (Discrete input selection), which it should be anyway as long as your TV supports discrete input commands. If its configured for one of the methods that cycles through inputs, it will not work because your TV won't cycle through the extra pseudo-input.

If you can't use Method 2, then you will have to use my second suggestion. The net result should be the same but the first suggestion is just a little cleaner.

I set up a "watch Apple TV" Activity and the remote does not control the AV reciever only in this activity. I just want it to control the volume/mute on the hard keys when this activity is on. The remote also does not control the Apple TV. Do I need to just teach the remote the individual IR commands?
Thanks in advance for any help in this area.

If you go into the settings of this activity in the software and choose the customize buttons option. Then you can tell it to have the hardware buttons control the volume on the receiver. You can also tell it to control functions of he Apple TV with the other buttons.

The remote is different. I bought a 2012 model and directly compared it to my 2009 model. The screen resolution on the 2009 model is significantly more sharp and clear than the 2012 model. The new model screen appears to be 'fuzzy'.
Maybe I got a bad one?

This is a known issue with Direct TV DVR's. It's not a problem with the remote. D* has informed me they are working on an update to fix the problem. But it seems like it is taking months to get the fix out.

Problem is they've been working on a fix for 5 years. It's never going to happen.

Another option on the Netflix thing would be to learn the command from the dedicated Netflix button on the Sharp remote into the One (assuming there isn't one there; check carefully in the Harmony software). Then, you can insert that command into virtually any activity; you can even set it to delay itself so your TV has time to power up.

Hello guys,

I have a question, is there any possibility to get the Harmony One go back to the Activities Screen (The main screen) when you put it on the Charging dock?

I usually set a sleep timer on the TV, so, when I wake up, the Harmony One is out of sync with the TV, and still thinks the TV is On. I have to trick the Harmony pointing the device in a place out of range, and press the Off button on it, that way it gets in sync again.

Regards

No. But to get it back in sync in a situation like that, I would just hold my hand over the front of the remote and press the OFF switch.

Thanks for answering. Well, yes, that's what I usually try to do, that or put the controller under the sheets.

Hope they release something to allow you to select whether you want it to stay as it was or go to main screen when placed on the dock.

That will never happen. The One is very near the end of its life, and the 7.7 software has been replaced with myharmony in the One+.

I just set up my new Harmony One yesterday. Overall I'm very happy with set up. I have a few small bugs I'm trying to fix.

I've got a Direct TV DVR, Yamaha AVR RX-V671 and a Samsung 55" 7000. When I press the activity button to watch TV everything works fine for a few seconds, but then the Yamaha decides to switch on its own from the HDMI input to AV4. If I press help on Harmony it fixes the problem, but I have to do this each time I select activity to watch TV. I have the TV and AVR HDMI running through the ARC, would this cause this issue? I also have this same issue when choosing DVD activity.

Other bug is with the Yamaha AVR. When I select the power off button on the Harmony, everything turns off, but after a second the Yamaha turns itself on again.

It's the ARC. I have a Yamaha A2000 and a Samsung A750. Samsung and Yamaha do NOT play nice together with ARC. The Samsung is setting the Yamaha to AV4. It is the default input for a TV (factory set at Yamaha). There is no reason for the ARC if you are using a One.