Hi all, I currently have the Pronto 1000 LCD remote that im not too fond of and Im looking at the Logitech Harmony 880. I know my Yamaha receiver has discrete codes for on and off. Will the 880 learn these codes like the Pronto? Also can I program the 880 like the Pronto as far as what turns on in order?

The harmony is able to handle equipment that DOESN"T have discrete codes because it remembers the state of non-discrete power and input selections. This is probably the biggest benefit to a Harmony along with the one button activity model. It's also a learning remote. Chances are the discrete codes for your Yamaha are already in the harmony database. If not, you can easily learn them from the yamaha remote or your pronto. Worst case you can send support your pronto hex codes and they'll add them to your account.

With the harmony remotes you don't do macros to turn equipment on and off and select inputs. You tell it how each device handles power and input selection and how long it takes to power up, select an input, etc. Then you setup an activity that includes the components you need (tv, receiver, dvd player for watching a DVD) and which input is used (if applicable). Then you select that activity and the harmony dynamically figures out what it needs to turn on (or off) and automatically selects the right inputs. It uses the power on delays to figure out what to start first (to minimize overall startup time). If you have a specific requirement (for HDMI handshake e.g.) support can fix the starting order for you.

The 880 will either know the discrete codes from it's internet download or you can teach them to it.

The 880 has an activity-based functional strategy. You can NOT program it as precisely as you can a Pronto, but in the long run you probably won't need to. During set-up it prompt you to tell it what devices you own. I think there are 15 devices allowed. You then set up activities and tell it which of those devices are used in each activity. It generally tries to use discrete codes wherever it can, but also tracks the state of ON/OFF and INPUTs for each device for devices that don't use discretes.

I highly recommend the 880, and own two. I'm a former Pronto user.

Thanks so much for helping me out