Adjusting the Speed Settings, Custom Activities

From there, click Customize the Device, Sound, and Picture commands for this TV. At the top of the next window, you will see a Learn Missing Commands button. Click it, and you will see a grid of commands already represented in the database. If you scroll to the bottom of the page, you will see a Learn a New Command window. There you can name the function you are going to add. Click Learn New Command, then point your TV remote at the base of the Harmony 880 remote, as shown on the diagram on the Web page, and push the button you would like your Harmony to learn. After completing the process, you can assign the command to any button on the remote control, including those next to the color LCD.

8.4 Adjusting the Speed Settings

Devices respond to signals at different speeds. The Harmony remote allows users to tweak the speed settings of the various sequences it can send out. For example, for someone who wants to fine tune the speed in which signals are sent

to the television – very few users do – they could do so by adjusting four different specs:

-Power On Delay: How long the device takes to warm up and respond to any more signals after Power.

-Inter-key Delay: How long the device needs to accept one signal and be ready for the next.

-Input Delay: How long the device takes to respond to input signals. Sometimes TVs take a second or two for certain input switches, and to be ready for the next.

-Inter-Device Delay: Some devices get confused when infrared signals sent to it are followed closely by signals sent to other devices. Increasing this setting provides a buffer between those signals.

8.5Custom Activities

We all like to do things a bit differently. The Harmony remote’s programmability gives people the opportunity to take control of anything that has an infrared receiver. Here are some examples of custom activities that most people wouldn’t think about, but are possible using the Harmony remote.

Have it Both Ways: TV and Music The playoffs are on, but you have company over and your spouse wants to turn on some music. No problem. You can set up a custom activity – call it Background TV – where you can have the television on (without audio) and music playing.

From the home page, select Add an

Activity, then Add one Activity.

Then choose the primary activity

The Logitech Harmony 880 Remote Reviewer’s Guide

Summer 2005

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