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Topic: | Harmony 620 devices and hard button functions This thread has 10 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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Post 1 made on Tuesday December 30, 2008 at 11:20 |
grimey1 Lurking Member |
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as a newbe, i need some help mapping/assigning/learing specific hard key funtions, such as volume up/down and channel up down, to a specific device, such as DVD player. said another way; when i am in the DVD device mode, i want the volume up and down to work accordingly. right now, i must select main AV receiver to adjust the volume on the hard keys. make sense? if possible, can someone walk me through the steps please.
Last edited by grimey1
on December 30, 2008 11:52.
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Post 2 made on Tuesday December 30, 2008 at 14:57 |
akirby Super Member |
Joined: Posts: | March 2004 4,640 |
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That's easy - stay out of Device mode. Device mode should only be used for rarely used commands or troubleshooting.
Set up and use activities. E.g. your watch DVD activity will turn on the DVD player, Receiver and TV and set them to the appropriate inputs. Then you can customize the buttons in the Activity so the transport buttons control the DVD player, volume controls the AV receiver and others control the TV. In activity mode you have access to all commands from all devices simultaneously.
Each activity and each device has it's own button layout.
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OP | Post 3 made on Tuesday December 30, 2008 at 15:51 |
grimey1 Lurking Member |
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thank you for the reply. I will assume it is not possible then. I just thought I could use the learning function to assign a specific hard button like volume or channel within a device mode.
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Post 4 made on Tuesday December 30, 2008 at 16:12 |
jlet Super Member |
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Yes, it's possible, but why complicate your life? If you insist, you can teach any command from any device (by using its original remote) to any other device.
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OP | Post 5 made on Tuesday December 30, 2008 at 16:40 |
grimey1 Lurking Member |
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I must insist for now until I get this thing figure out. How would one do that ? I am able to teach the function ( from the orig remote) into the database, but how do I get it from the database to a specific hard button on the Harmony?
p.s. it also has to do with the seperate remote for zone 2 and 3 including both video and audio that I am trying to program.
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Post 6 made on Tuesday December 30, 2008 at 18:14 |
akirby Super Member |
Joined: Posts: | March 2004 4,640 |
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You learn the command for the DVD player device using the AV Receiver remote (don't forget to assign it a new label). Then you go into the Device options and customize buttons and you can map the new command to any button (hard or soft).
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Post 7 made on Tuesday December 30, 2008 at 18:15 |
jlet Super Member |
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Activity > Customize Buttons Device > Settings > Customize Buttons
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OP | Post 8 made on Tuesday December 30, 2008 at 20:07 |
grimey1 Lurking Member |
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thank you very much. that was easy. Now to tackle zone 2 set up. I have 2 yamaha receivers rxv1600 and rxv 995 and the harmony is operating both.
any ideas on how to keep them seperate?
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Post 9 made on Wednesday December 31, 2008 at 14:41 |
Guy Palmer Active Member |
Joined: Posts: | June 2008 648 |
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Just set them up as two different devices.
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Post 10 made on Wednesday December 31, 2008 at 15:13 |
jlet Super Member |
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I think he means both AV Receivers share the same IR dataset. If that is the case, then check (in its manual) if one of the 2 AV Receivers support an alternate IR address. If so, then set that AV Receiver and its original remote to its alternate IR address. Then on the Harmony user interface, do a Device > Settings > Confirm infrared commands (for that AVR device). It will ask you to send a few commands from the original remote to find the alternate IR dataset, or ask you the teach it the alternate set of commands.
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OP | Post 11 made on Wednesday December 31, 2008 at 16:24 |
grimey1 Lurking Member |
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correct jlet. thank you, I will try it tonight... well maybe not :) I may just end up using another amp (other than a yamaha) for zone 2 and 3.
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