Easy Internet Setup with Web Wizard

6. Easy Internet Setup with Web Wizard

The Harmony remote control setup is a five-step process, estimated to take approximately 20-30 minutes the first time. First, install the software and drivers from the CD, and follow the on- screen instructions. The software will connect you with the Harmony Web site, at which point it will ask you to set up an account. The progress of your setup process will be shown on screen intermittently throughout the setup process in the form of a grey and green status bar (see below).

Step 1: Creating a Harmony

Account

At the end of software installation, you will be taken automatically to the Harmony Web site (if not, please visit www.logitech.com/harmony and click

on New User Login). You will be asked to create a User ID and a password, which you will be able to use to log in each time you want to update your Harmony remote control.

Step 2: Testing the Connection

At this point, the Web interface will ask you to plug in the Harmony 880 remote with the provided mini-USB cable into the computer’s USB port. This is simply to make certain the hardware is functioning properly, and is able to upload and download information.

Step 3: Setting Up the Devices During this step, the wizard helps identify the various entertainment components you wish to control with the Harmony 880 remote. First, you be asked to select the kinds of components you are using and brand names in pull- down menus. After making your selections, press Next. The following screen asks for the specific model numbers of the components you

selected. The model numbers provided are then compared with the component information stored in the Harmony database. At this point, the Harmony database will move all of the matching information into your online account, and make it ready for download (Step 5). If there is no record of your particular component models in the database, the wizard will launch the Device Tutor.

The Device Tutor will ask you to point the original component remote toward the back of the Harmony 880 remote, where there is a infrared receiver in the Learning Port. You will be instructed to press a few

buttons. This process allows the Harmony remote control to learn the exact kinds of codes needed to control the component. These codes are then uploaded into your account, where it is stored before being downloaded at the end of the process.

The Logitech Harmony 880 Remote Reviewer’s Guide

Summer 2005

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