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670 Several Questions (Pic/Sound, X10, Volume etc)
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Post 1 made on Friday January 26, 2007 at 08:41
Michael F
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I have several questions that I am hoping people can help with. Some are specific to the 670, others are just general "how do you do that" questions.

1) PICTURE & SOUND: On the 670, do the Picture and Sound buttons do anything? I can't find a way to program them, and they never do anything for me

2) CHANNELS: I know the 670 does not have the media button, but is there a way to program channels? This is a real low priority to me, but figured I would check to see if there is a trick.

3) TV VOLUME: I send my video from my DVD player to my TV, but the sound through an optical cable to my receiver. To avoid an echo, I don't want any sound coming from the TV. If I mute the TV I get a mute icon on the screen. Turning the volume down to level 1 does the trick, but there is no way to program for this. I have a device where I do use the TV volume, so the TV volume could be at a variety of sound level when I start watching a DVD. Any tricks for this? The TV is a Vizio.

4) X10: I want to have two buttons on the LCD screen that say "bright" and "dim". As you would guess I want it to control the X10 switch for the room. Is there a way to have a LCD button, send the correct signal to set to light#1, and then send the bright signal? I did this on my old MX-500 using the M1 and M2 buttons. My thought that remote was thirsty, so it no longer works therefore I can not learn the IR signal.

Thanks in advance.

FYI - I switched from the 880 to the 670 and am much happier. It just feels like a better built remote. Only drawback is the transport keys are a bit tough to read without the glow button.
Post 2 made on Friday January 26, 2007 at 09:07
menom
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Re: Sound on TV - Maybe i'm missing something here, why bother running an audio cable to your TV. No audio signal will keep it quiet.

Picture and Sound buttons are like Device buttons for the video/audio devices that you are using for the current activity. Some people load all of the DSP sound options into the Sound button so that it does not clutter the LCD for the normal activity. You can program these buttons by editing any activity->Change Behaviour of Buttons. There are 3 command buttons at the top, Activity. Sound, and Picture. The default is Activity so you may not have noticed the other buttons.
OP | Post 3 made on Friday January 26, 2007 at 14:11
Michael F
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On January 26, 2007 at 09:07, menom said...
Re: Sound on TV - Maybe i'm missing something here, why
bother running an audio cable to your TV. No audio signal
will keep it quiet.

The sound is sent through the HDMI cable. One cable is carrying both sound and video.

I will try again on programing. I did see the Sound and Picture tabs. I must have not looked correctly. I expected just to have a "Sound" and a "Picture" button that I could select the correct IR code for (like any other button on the remote)

Thank you.
Post 4 made on Friday January 26, 2007 at 21:31
dponeill
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You should have an option in on the DVD player setup where you can tell it not to use HDMI for sound.
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Post 5 made on Monday January 29, 2007 at 21:17
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The Sound and Picture buttons are accessed from the 'Customize Buttons' menu on the Harmony software. You can use all of the harmony buttons in each mode, essentially giving you 3X the amount of programmable buttons to use.

Programming Channels on the internet is done by 'Set Up Favorite Channels' and on the software, with 'Settings' 'Favorite Channels'.

As for the Vizio, Call Vizio Customer Care? Other than that, mute would've been my suggestion. And with the X-10, if it is IR, why not try to learn the commands? Can't hurt.
Post 6 made on Tuesday January 30, 2007 at 12:56
nlowhor
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I currently have an 880 but am interested in the 670. You said that with the sound, picture, and activity buttons you get 3x the amount of programmable buttons. That said, if I start in an activity, hit the Picture button to activate that set of commands, how do you get back to the regular set of activity buttons?

The 670 sound like it has some features and button layout that I might prefer over the 880.
Post 7 made on Tuesday January 30, 2007 at 13:04
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Just hit the "Picture" button again and it will toggle back to the Activity mode. Same with the "Sound" button.
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Post 8 made on Tuesday January 30, 2007 at 14:12
Packy
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On January 30, 2007 at 13:04, jlet said...
Just hit the "Picture" button again and it will toggle
back to the Activity mode. Same with the "Sound" button.

Yup, they work the same as if you're in an Activity, click Device and change over for a bit, and then hit Device two times to get back to your current Activity.

I had a 550 and went with the 670 because of the great button layout. Perfect for Tivo/PVRs. I like the peanut design, too.
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