Hey All,

I've been using the 676 for a few days now, and have programmed all my buttons to do what I want. However, in the change button activity area of the website, the "sound" and "pic" buttons don't show up so you can tag them with something to do. Any advice on the function of these?

Batmanda

They take you to a customized device mode for the display and sound devices used by the current application. These dedicated buttons cannot be assigned another function, but the Display and Sound modes can be configured from your Harmony home page.

Think of it as a shortcut to different button layout that you can customize to control your A/V receiver (sound) or display (picture). You can also teach other IR commands from other devices to your receiver or display device and use them from the sound or picture mode. When you go into customize buttons for the activity, look at the tabs on the web page. The current tab should say Activity but you should also see tabs for Sound and Picture.

I think I understand, but please confirm. I went into the website and selected my receiver. I went to the "sound" button at the top and then went down to the custom buttons and added some tasks. I'm assuming that these newly added tasks will only be visable on the remote after I push the "sound" button. Does that sound right?

Then I can do the same for the "pic" button. I'm guessing I can even change a task that's already assigned something. For example, if button "A" controls the page-up while using the DVR, if I assign a different task under the "pic" section, once I push "pic" on the remote, button "A" will perform the second (new) task. How am I doing here?

If I'm totally off base, can you provide me with a real world example of these 2 buttons features?

Thanks

Batmanda, your understanding is correct. Note that there are 2 ways to access the customization of the "Sound" and "Picture" buttons. Through the Device (like you did) and through the Activity (as mentioned my Akirby). Through the Activity method is preferred when you have more than one "Sound" and/or "Picture" device. The activity method will show the proper device used by that activity (no guessing).