I have sruggled with Tivo/Harmony, so I am interested in your solution. But I am not sure I understand it from your description. Here are a couple of simple examples. Can you fill in what you press on Harmony for me to compare?

Situation A: While watching a recorded program I want to fast forward through ads.
On Tivo remote I press: Fast Forward
On your Harmony you press: ??

Situation B: Near the end of a show I want to stop watching and delete the show.
On Tivo remote I press: Left arrow to get menu, then down arrow twice to highlight "Delete", then select, then select again to confirm delete.
On your Harmony you press: ??

Thanks in advance for the clarification.

Keith