Pre-Harmony, I had two Sony universal remotes (VL-900s). We have one at one side of the room near two chairs, and the other on the other side of the room near the couch.

Since you were not choosing activities with the Sonys, the remotes volume and mute controls were always set to control the receiver, regardless of what "activity" the other remote user had chosen. If you wanted to actually control the device (say, DVR or DVD player) one quick tap of the device key would allow both remote controls to control the devices.

Is there anyway with the Harmony (lets say you have two H1s, for example) where if one Harmony has selected an activity, you could press a key on the other to effectively join an activity "already in progress," or someway to keep the volume and mute buttons always functioning, even if the last event was to turn everything off?

Would this require setting up duplicate activities that basically select the appropriate device, but don't reset power or inputs?

Thanks,

John