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post #31 of 39
1/29/10 at 9:00pm
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Originally Posted by kcicc77 View Post

Has anyone had any luck sorting out this issue of limited range? I too have the same problem and I am currently at a loss of whats up. Any posts to possible solutions?

RF interference, Broken RF transmitter in the remote, SW, FW, ??

Okay. So I answered my own question. After racking my brain on this for days, buying a new RF extender, loading software, playing with the configurations, searching for interference (baby monitor off)and anything else I could think of trying...I figured it out. My neighbor has a new baby at home too. My monitor, no problems...Their monitor = major interference. I guess I should buy them a new monitor like mine. Hopefully this will help someone who stumbles onto this post like I did.
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post #32 of 39
7/5/10 at 1:46pm
I wanted to echo the previous poster. Had some problems with the 890 Pro after 4+ years of no issues.

For me it turned out to be the baby monitor. We recently had a power outage, and in the process of turning it back on, we accidentally shifted the channel on the monitor from it's default. Wreaked havoc with the Harmony RF.

Reset the monitor .. everything back to normal. RF interference is the culprit for me in my problem, which I would describe exactly the same as the OP.
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post #33 of 39
2/10/11 at 10:07pm
I'm having trouble getting my Xbox 360 to turn on with the remote. Any tricks to it?
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post #34 of 39
2/11/11 at 4:55am
I had issues as well with the 360 power so I just programmed an extra ON at then end of the Play Xbox activity. Since it is a discrete ON command sending it again if it was already on doesn't do anything, such as turn it off.
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post #35 of 39
2/11/11 at 5:26am
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Originally Posted by bryansj View Post

I had issues as well with the 360 power so I just programmed an extra ON at then end of the Play Xbox activity. Since it is a discrete ON command sending it again if it was already on doesn't do anything, such as turn it off.

Thanks for the reply. So you essentially have two on commands for this activity? One at the top of the list and one at the bottom? I tried using the xbox remote (not controller) to make it learn the command too but no luck. How did you add the extra command?
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post #36 of 39
2/11/11 at 8:22am
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Originally Posted by markmathers View Post

Thanks for the reply. So you essentially have two on commands for this activity? One at the top of the list and one at the bottom? I tried using the xbox remote (not controller) to make it learn the command too but no luck. How did you add the extra command?

There is an option in the activities to add additional commands. Also, learning the XBox remote's command isn't a good idea since that is a Power Toggle and not a Power On. The online database has the Power On and Power Off discrete commands. Also, you can use a Media Center Remote device profile instead of the XBox. I'd make sure that the two power commands are on the softkeys of the device page and then manually select them there and make sure it is working. You may have a problem where the IR emitter is attached to the 360 and that would help you locate the sweet spot.
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post #37 of 39
2/11/11 at 9:23am
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Originally Posted by bryansj View Post


There is an option in the activities to add additional commands. Also, learning the XBox remote's command isn't a good idea since that is a Power Toggle and not a Power On. The online database has the Power On and Power Off discrete commands. Also, you can use a Media Center Remote device profile instead of the XBox. I'd make sure that the two power commands are on the softkeys of the device page and then manually select them there and make sure it is working. You may have a problem where the IR emitter is attached to the 360 and that would help you locate the sweet spot.

Thanks a lot for answers. I ended up adding another command but then called the support line. I guess they had to reset the command to make it able to use RF. Once I hooked up the emitter to the Xbox it was cool
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post #38 of 39
11/29/12 at 12:31pm
Bingo. This was exactly it.

Been using the 890 and extender since mid 2007 with no problems, in fact it works better than expected. Until about a week ago when it stopped working.

We have a 2 channel Video/Audio baby monitor, which has been installed for 2 years. My wife changed it from channel1 to channel2 about a week ago, which I wasn't aware of to try and clear up a bit of image snow. Within 12 inches the remote to RF extender would work. Unplugged the baby monitor, and back to normal. Moved back to channel1, still a-ok.

Silly baby monitor.
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post #39 of 39
3/4/13 at 9:42am
I don't believe that the problem is associated only with harmony remotes. I believe that all the remotes which uses rf waves can be disturbed by the interferences. I had the same problem as you with my remote. So I look through the house and disconnected all equipment that may disturb my logitech 890. I finally discovered that it was the baby monitor. I definitely corrected the problem by changing the channel on the monitor. Since it works great !!
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