Thanks for the prompt reply.

Tried that with no success. Went through and answered all questions about how I select AV channels etc. Loewe makes you bring up menu, navigate to input, select item. Fair enough. When you turn it off it comes back on at the same input. However, harmony doesn't know what that input is. This causes problems.
Have referred matter to Harmony Help and they are in the process of writing macros to alleviate the problems (couple of days). Hoped that someone with a Loewe and a Harmony 880 had already solved the problem, so I know whether to get my hopes up or not.

Cheers