3
Maintaining your Harmony 555
............................................................................................. 23
Upgrading your Harmony 555 firmware ............................................................................... 23
Upgrading to a new Harmony remote ................................................................................. 23
Testing your remote settings after a software upgrade .......................................................... 23
Troubleshooting problems with your Harmony 555
.............................................................. 24
Figuring out which inputs your system uses
.......................................................................... 26
Figuring out which type of input control you have ................................................................ 26
Step 1— Turn on all your devices ......................................................................................... 27
Step 2 — Watch the TV ..................................................................................................... 28
Step 3 — Listen to the sound .............................................................................................. 28
Getting help with your Harmony 555
.................................................................................... 29
Contacting Customer Support ............................................................................................ 29
Getting help with your online setup .................................................................................... 29
Finding answers to questions ............................................................................................. 29
Using the On-Remote Help ................................................................................................ 30
Logitech’s Harmony Remote user forums ............................................................................. 30
Appendix A - Device Information
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Appendix B - Glossary
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Appendix C - Product Specification
........................................................................................ 35
Contents
Introduction
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Getting to know your remote
.................................................................................................. 4
How your Harmony 555 works
........................................................................................ 4
Activities, devices, and inputs
......................................................................................... 4
The buttons on your Harmony 555
................................................................................. 5
What’s on the Harmony 555 screen ...................................................................................... 6
Using your Harmony 555
......................................................................................................... 7
Selecting an Activity ........................................................................................................... 7
Turning off your devices ...................................................................................................... 7
Switching between Activities ................................................................................................ 7
Using the
Help
button ........................................................................................................ 8
Controlling your devices individually ...................................................................................... 9
Setting the backlight timing ................................................................................................. 9
Using the Coloured Buttons (Teletext).................................................................................... 9
Using the Glow Button ........................................................................................................ 9
Setting up your Harmony 525 for the first time
......................................................................10
Overview of the setup process ............................................................................................10
1. Creating your user account ............................................................................................. 11
2. Connecting your Harmony 525 to your computer .............................................................. 11
3. Setting up the devices you want to control .......................................................................12
4. Setting up Activities for your Harmony 555........................................................................12
5. Updating the remote .....................................................................................................13
Testing your setup
..................................................................................................................14
Adding an extra device (passthrough) to an Activity ...............................................................15
Changing how buttons work in an Activity ............................................................................16
Customizing the on-remote help .........................................................................................16
Changing your setup
..............................................................................................................17
Adding and changing your Activities ....................................................................................17
Renaming an Activity .........................................................................................................17
Adding and changing your devices ......................................................................................17
Controlling the Remote Assistant .........................................................................................18
Personalizing your Harmony 555
............................................................................................18
Adding custom-labeled buttons to an Activity .......................................................................18
Changing the order of Activities on your Harmony 555 screen .................................................18
Adding additional features to your Harmony 555
...................................................................19
Teaching your Harmony 555 new commands using your old remote ........................................19
Naming a new command your remote learned ..................................................................... 20
Types of delays or speed settings .........................................................................................21
Adjusting the delay between IR commands (speed settings) ................................................... 22