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Using Your Harmony Remote 

Please read this section before using your Harmony remote for the first time. 

Selecting an Activity 

The Harmony remote gives you dedicated buttons for selecting activities.  

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Press any one of the Activity buttons to jump directly to your favorite activities, or press the 

More Activities

 button to display other activities in the LCD. Select the activity you want by 

pressing the adjacent button. 

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Since every home has different entertainment devices, your activities will be unique--your 
Harmony will let you choose the activities that are relevant to you. 

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As soon as you select an activity, the Harmony remote will send all the appropriate commands 
to your entertainment system so that it is configured for that activity. 
For example, in a 

Watch Television 

Activity,

 

if you have a television and a satellite receiver, 

the Harmony remote will turn on your television, turn on your satellite receiver, and set your 
television to the correct input. 

Switching Between Activities 

To change to a different activity: 

1.   Press any one of the Activity buttons to jump directly to one of your favorite activities, or press 

the 

More Activities

 button to see other activities in the LCD. 

2.   Select the activity you want to switch to by pressing the button next to it, or press 

More 

Activities

Resynchronizing Your Harmony Remote 

From time to time when you select an activity, the activity may not work. This can happen when the 
Harmony remote sends many infrared commands to set up all your devices for an activity, but one or 
more devices are not receiving some commands. The Harmony remote is then "out of sync" with your 
devices (e.g. it thinks one of your devices is on, but it is turned off). Some of the reasons the Harmony 
remote can become "out of sync" with your system are:  

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Someone walks between the Harmony remote and your entertainment system while the status 
light is on. 

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You point your Harmony remote away from your system while the status light is on. 

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There is an object blocking the line-of-sight between your Harmony remote and the system. 

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You are very far away from your entertainment system. 

Summary of Contents for HARMONY REMOTE 600 Series

Page 1: ...ion and instructions on the web site Select a topic from the following list to learn more about your Harmony remote INTRODUCTION Getting to Know Your Harmony Remote SETTING UP YOUR HARMONY REMOTE Befo...

Page 2: ...tton to send a command to more than one device at a time Adding Custom Labeled Buttons To add custom labeled buttons To add a custom labeled button for an Activity Add a custom labeled button to send...

Page 3: ...e web wizard will learn about your device and add it to your configuration At the end of the setup process you will have your own configuration loaded in your Harmony remote and your own personal Harm...

Page 4: ...n to display more commands LCD Displays help infrared IR commands and media listings Device Lists all your devices in the LCD and allows you to select and fully control any device directly Guide Media...

Page 5: ...derside of your Harmony remote Insert the four AAA batteries as indicated on the bottom of the battery compartment Close the battery compartment Note Be sure to slide on off the cover of the battery c...

Page 6: ...ac Users The minimum recommended Macintosh system configuration requirements are Mac with USB plug and play support Mac OS X operating system 10 MB free hard drive space Internet connection e g dial u...

Page 7: ...web site 2 Check Connection Ensures your computer and your Harmony remote are communicating properly 3 Set up Devices Helps you set up a description of your personal audio visual system 4 Set up acti...

Page 8: ...te controls 2 Use the Activity buttons on your Harmony remote to choose an activity you would like to try 3 If your Harmony remote did not turn on the correct devices for the activity or if an input o...

Page 9: ...orrect input Switching Between Activities To change to a different activity 1 Press any one of the Activity buttons to jump directly to one of your favorite activities or press the More Activities but...

Page 10: ...buttons This is known as the Activity mode Within each activity you can change how the Harmony remote behaves by switching into one of 3 alternative modes Sound Mode Sound mode focuses on controlling...

Page 11: ...ustomizing your activities For example you can put commands on the LCD or customize specific buttons for the commands See Customizing Your Harmony Remote At any time press the DEVICE button to switch...

Page 12: ...both a cable converter and a satellite receiver you can add a second Watch Television Activity click Add an Activity When you re done rename the activities to help you distinguish between them e g For...

Page 13: ...any activity to change the behavior of buttons To change the behavior of buttons 1 Go to your Harmony home page 2 Click Customize next to the appropriate activity 3 Click Change the Behavior of Button...

Page 14: ...the LCD 2 Select a command from the drop down list in the appropriate device column next to the name of the button you want to set 3 Click Picture or Sound to view and add custom buttons within the S...

Page 15: ...on to the Harmony Remote web site 3 The web site will try to find a matching pattern for the infrared signal 4 If no pattern is found the signal will be stored as is in its original format 5 If a patt...

Page 16: ...ords e g NextDisc ModeDigital Start the command name with its main function e g VolumeRearUp VolumeRearDown VolumeFrontUp VolumeFrontDown This helps group related commands in lists For infrared comman...

Page 17: ...ny web site available in print and online formats The User Manual explains the concept of your Harmony Remote and provides information about configuring and using the remote Help link Harmony web site...

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