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Harmony One : activity straight after another
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Post 1 made on Monday September 22, 2008 at 01:07
Dolby2000
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Hi,

Just wondering if there is a work around for the following scenario :

I walk to thr TV (all equipment is off), sit down and press 'watch TV'. Everything comes on and I watch happily for an hour. Now my brother comes along to play Xbox.

Do I need to turn everything off again, so that he can press 'play Xbox'?

If I DON'T switch off and he just presses 'play Xbox' its going to assume equipment is off and try turn it on ... so its going to turn off :/

Basically - before every activity you'll need to start with everything off in.

Or as an alternate, he'll need to go to devices and switch inputs manually.

MY assumption right?
Post 2 made on Monday September 22, 2008 at 07:56
amorenod
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No, if you start the Xbox activity after the TV activity, the Harmony will not send any power command to the TV, because it "knows" is already on. As for inputs, it will select the correct input automatically.
Post 3 made on Monday September 22, 2008 at 08:06
hhatkin
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Have you actually set up these activities?
If you have you will know that when you switch between them, all the powering off and on and all the input settings are done automatically.
OP | Post 4 made on Monday September 22, 2008 at 09:48
Dolby2000
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On September 22, 2008 at 08:06, hhatkin said...
Have you actually set up these activities?
If you have you will know that when you switch between
them, all the powering off and on and all the input settings
are done automatically.

Nope - only got my unit yesterday and planning things while I'm sitting at work ... itching to get home and 'play' ;)

Intelligent remote if it knows my TV is on! Thanks!
Post 5 made on Monday September 22, 2008 at 11:21
akirby
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Clarification - it doesn't really know if the TV is on or not. What it does know is that it sent the commands to turn the TV on so the TV *should* be on. It keeps track of the power and input state for all of the devices based on what it controls. If you manually change something (turn the TV off e.g.) it will still think it's on, but if that happens you can use the HELP button to resync the remote and fix the configuration.
Post 6 made on Monday September 22, 2008 at 18:28
hhatkin
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On September 22, 2008 at 09:48, Dolby2000 said...
Intelligent remote if it knows my TV is on! Thanks!

OK - have fun with it!

In a word - it "knows" what IT has done - turned things on or off, set them to one input or another - and acts accordingly when you change Activities.


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