Manual Logitech Harmony 900

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    User Manual V ersion 1 .0 User Manual Harmon y 900 English V ersion 1 .0 ...

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    Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 6 Getting to know y our remote ............................................................................................... 6 How y our Harmony 900 w orks ............................................. ...

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    5 RF Controls Behind Closed Doors ................................................................................... 1 9 Why do I need t hese pieces? What to expect when setting up y our RF Syst em ................. 1 9 1 Setting up your Blast er and Mini Blast ers ........................................................................ 20 2 Assig ...

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    T eaching Y our Harmon y 900 New Commands ................................................................. 35 When do I need t o teac h new commands to m y Harmony 900? ....................................... 35 T eaching y our Harmon y 900 new commands using your old r emot e ................................. 35 Naming a new command y our remot e ...

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    My devices don’t work t he wa y I want .............................................................................. 44 I want t o add impro ved v ersion of my device in t he Logitec h database ............................. 44 My device r esponds too slo wly to butt on presses .............................................................. 44 Whe ...

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    6 The Harmony 900 Univ ersal R emot e is your answ er to effortless home entertainment. The Activities butt on puts control of all y our devices in one convenient location. Y ou can go from wat ching TV to wat ching a D VD t o list ening to music with t he touc h of a button. Y ou no longer need t o type in codes to get y our remot e w orking with ...

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    7 How y our RF Syst em works Y our RF Sys tem allows y ou to contr ol devices that ar e behind closed doors. R emote contr ols generally use infrar ed (IR) commands to communicat e with y our devices. These IR commands need a direct line of sight betw een the r emot e and the device t o work. Y our Harmon y 900 also sends radio frequency (RF) signa ...

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    8 The butt ons on your Harmon y 900 The syst em of f button tur ns of f all the devices in the curr ent Activity . The arro w keys help y ou page thr ough items on the t ouch screen. The function buttons ar e dynamic and select different functions on the remot e or the Activity . The Activities butt on returns you t o your list of A ctivities. The ...

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    9 The lights on your Blast er The lights on your Blast er pr ovide the f ollowing inf ormation: A S tatus Indicat es that your Blast er is sending commands B Pow er Indicat es that y our Blast er is pow ered b y either A C or USB Power St at us ...

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    10 Be sure y ou hav e gather ed your de vice information using t he Device W orksheet befor e you st ar t. When you insert the Harmon y remot e CD, the guided online setup launc hes. Follow t he easy setup instructions t o install the Harmony R emot e Software. Af t er the software installs, y our Harmon y Remot e Software will start, check f or up ...

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    11 Char ging your r emot e Collecting your model numbers Y ou will want t o collect all of your de vice model and manufacturer numbers bef ore y ou set up your user account. During account set up, y ou will ent er these numbers so that we can find your de vices in our database and transf er all of the important information, lik e command butt ons, ...

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    12 Collecting the inputs f or y our devices Y ou will want t o collect inf ormation about how your de vices are connect ed t o each other - in other wor ds, your syst em’s inputs. Inputs ar e how the devices in y our ent er tainment syst em are connect ed. For example, y our DVD or cable box is connect ed t o your TV through an input. If y ou use ...

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    13 When you st ar t the Harmon y Remot e Software f or the first time, y ou must creat e y our user account. F rom the Harmon y R emot e Sof twar e: Click 1 . Create Ne w Account . Complet e the r equired account inf ormation. 2. Follo w the instructions in the Harmon y R emote Softwar e. 3. Af t er you cr eat e your user account, t he Harmony R e ...

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    14 2 Setting Up the De vices y ou W ant to Control The guided online setup asks you t o ent er your de vice information. Ent er the inf ormation f or all the ent er tainment components y ou want to contr ol with y our Harmony 900. Y ou should use t he Device W orksheet to g ather all y our device information bef or e star ting the setup pr ocess. S ...

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    15 Which input do I ha ve? For mor e help on inputs, go t o Figuring out which type of input control y ou hav e . 3 Creating One T ouch Activities What is an Activity? Activities ar e the basis f or how the Harmon y 900 works. With A ctivities, the Harmon y 900 eliminat es the need t o use multiple remot es f or simple tasks. Just select the A ctiv ...

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    16 Selecting devices f or each of y our Activities When you set up A ctivities, the software asks questions about t he function of each device. For ex ample, if you set up the W at ch TV Activity , y ou’re ask ed which de vice changes the c hannels (T V or sat ellite/cable bo x). If you only ha ve one device t hat is capable of doing something, t ...

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    17 Selecting inputs When you begin t o add an Activity , the Harmon y Remot e Software will pr ovide y ou with a list of inputs f or your devices t hat use them, such as y our T V or A V R eceiver . The sof twar e will pro vide you a list of t he inputs that it has on recor d as mat ching with y our device. This list, how ever , may not mat ch ex a ...

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    18 4 Update Y our Remot e and T est Once you’v e added your de vices and your Activities, it’s time t o updat e the inf ormation t o your r emot e. 1 . Make sur e your r emot e is connected t o y our computer . 2. Go t o your Activities page. 3. Select the Updat e Remot e butt on in the t op right hand corner of the page. If an Activity doesn? ...

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    19 Why do I need t hese pieces? What to expect when setting up y our RF Syst em 5 RF Controls Behind Closed Doors Y our RF Syst em ext ends the range of y our Harmony r emot e so that y ou can control devices that are not in plain vie w . F or example, you can put t he devices of your ent ertainment syst em inside a cabinet, close the door and stil ...

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    20 1 Setting up your Blast er and Mini Blasters Y our Blast er receiv es RF signals from y our remot e and flashes IR commands t o your de vices. Y our Mini Blast ers add extra cov erage b y flashing devices that y our Blast er can’t reach. T o set up y our Blaster and Mini Blast ers: Plug the 1 . Blaster int o the wall. Place it on a shelf in ...

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    21 3 T esting your r emot e af t er you ha ve set up y our RF Syst em Y our r emote will w alk you thr ough st eps to t est y our syst em af t er you hav e set up your RF Sy stem. If your Blast ers ar en’t placed properly or y ou hav e not assigned your devices corr ectly , your r emot e’s screen will w alk you thr ough st eps to corr ect any i ...

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    22 Activities The Activities scr een is your starting point on the Harmon y 900. F rom this scr een, you can select y our Activities. Devices When you pr ess the De vices button, the Har mony 900’s scr een displays a list of your de vices. Fr om this scr een, you can contr ol individual devices. Commands common to y our Activity When you select a ...

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    23 Na vigating Around The arro w k eys help y ou page through eac h menu. The arro w k eys illuminat e only if ther e are multiple pages. The page numbers appear at the t op left hand side of your r emot e’s screen. My Activities 1/2 pages 4:51 Options Devices W atch TV W atch a DVD Listen to Music Off My Activities 1/2 pages Off Options Devices ...

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    24 Char ging your r emot e Using the sleep timer Y our Harmon y 900 allows y ou to set a time f or your r emot e to aut omatically turn off. For ex ample, if you want t o wat ch t he news bef ore y ou nod of f t o sleep, you can set the sleep timer so that y our remot e will turn y our syst em of f af t er the length of time y ou hav e chosen. T o ...

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    25 Cleaning the scr een Y our r emote scr een can be lock ed so that y ou are able t o clean the scr een without sending commands t o your syst em. T o turn the Cleaning Loc k on: Press 1 . Options on your r emot e’s My Activities scr een. Press 2. Cleaning Lock. T o unlock y our remot e’s scr een, press an y hard butt on on y our remot e. Clea ...

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    26 Selecting Activities Y our One T ouch A ctivities Swit ching betw een Activities T o select a new A ctivity: Press t he 1 . Activities butt on. Select the A ctivity you want t o enjoy . 2. The Harmony 900 will t ak e care of pow ering on the needed devices, and po wering off the ones not needed. The Activities scr een displays the A ctivities yo ...

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    27 How butt ons work in an A ctivity The butt ons on your Harmon y 900 can change their contr ol depending on which Activity y ou’re in and how y ou have set up y our Activities in y our Harmony R emot e Software user account. For ex ample, if you ent er that y ou list en to sound using y our A V R eceiver when y ou W atch a D VD , then the v olu ...

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    28 The Harmony 900’s R emot e Assistant guides y ou through starting Activities. It also giv es you more inf ormation about the st atus of your r emote and t he Activity y ou selected. For ex ample, when you select the W atch T V Activity , the Remot e Assistant asks y ou if the T V is on and if the other de vices in the Activity ar e configured ...

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    29 Because obstacles or distance can int erfer e with the signals the Har mony 900 sends when it starts an Activity (f or example, someone walks betw een your Har mony 900 and the TV when you press W atch T V , or you’r e v er y far away fr om the syst em when you st ar t an Activity), y our Harmony 900 can become “out of sync” with y our dev ...

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    30 Y our Devices Controlling y our devices individually In some cases, you ma y need to contr ol a device individually . Y ou can use the device f eatur e of the Harmon y 900 to contr ol devices one-by-one. When you pr ess the De vice button, the Har mony 900’s scr een displays a list of your de vices. Select the device y ou wish to contr ol. Af ...

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    31 Hard buttons on y our remot e ar e all of the butt ons that are not on the scr een. Most of these butt ons can be changed t o work the w ay you w ant them t o. For ex ample you may not use t he Recor d butt on on your r emote and w ould rather ha ve the Aspect command appear in its place. Y ou can change this in your Har mony R emot e Sof twar e ...

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    32 Y ou can easily chang e the order in whic h your A ctivities appear on your r emote’s scr een. R earranging the or der of the Activities allo ws you t o hav e the Activities y ou use most often appear at the t op of the list. F rom y our account in the Harmony R emot e Software: Select the 1 . Activities tab. Click 2. Re-or der Activities . Us ...

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    33 If you w ant a button t o do something specific, or ther e’s a function on your de vice’s original remot e that’s not on the Har mony 900, y ou can creat e your o wn buttons t hat appear on the Harmony 900’s screen. Y ou can also change t he name of buttons on y our remot e’s scr een to help mak e them easier to find. Adding command ...

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    34 Adding icons t o y our Activity commands Icons can be added t o your Activity commands so t hat they stand out on your Har mony 900 r emote’s scr een. T o add an icon t o a command an Activity go t o your account in the Har mony R emote Softwar e: Select the 1 . Activities tab. Select 2. Customize Buttons . Select 3. Soft Buttons. Select the 4 ...

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    35 When do I need t o t each new commands t o my Harmon y 900? T eaching Y our Harmon y 900 Ne w Commands It’s possible that a device’s commands ma y not be recognized. Maybe y ou hav e a very rare device? Or a new one? Although w e updat e our device list regularly , ther e are alwa ys new devices in the mark et. T o r emedy this, you can t ea ...

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    36 Naming a new command y our r emot e learned When you t each y our Harmon y a new command, you need t o give t he command a name. This way , you can r ef er to t he command by name in various locations in t he Harmony R emot e Sof twar e. W e recommend y ou use the default names list ed on the Learn IR pag e. By using the default names, you minim ...

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    37 Making More Chang es T urning button sounds off Here ar e a f ew more w ays y ou can mak e your Harmon y 900 personal to y ou. Simply mak e these changes dir ectly from y our Harmony 900. Setting the bac klight timing Y our Harmon y 900 senses when you pick it up, and lights up t he display and buttons. T o set the brightness and t he length of ...

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    38 Y ou can add a new A ctivity at any time b y logging into y our Harmony R emot e Sof twar e user account. T o add a device: Select the 1 . Activities tab. Click 2. Add Activity . Follo w the instructions t o add a new Activity t o your r emot e. 3. Adding a ne w device Changing Y our Set Up Adding to y our remote There ar e many r easons wh y yo ...

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    39 Af t er you add y our device t o your Harmon y R emote Softwar e account and update, y ou can add it to your RF Sy stem. Y ou can do this directly fr om your r emot e. F rom y our Harmony 900 r emot e’s screen: Press t he 1 . Options butt on on the bottom left hand corner of your r emot e’s My Activities screen. Press 2. RF System Settings. ...

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    40 Moving y our devices ar ound Mo ving par ts in y our RF Syst em Y ou may need t o mov e some of your de vices around in your ent ertainment syst em. First, you need t o mak e sure y our Blast ers are placed pr operly for t he devices t o receiv e signals from t hem. For mor e help, go to Mo ving your Blast er and Mini Blast ers around. If you ha ...

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    41 Finding Answ ers - T roubleshooting I’v e only just got started - Getting Help with y our setup W e’ve put t ogether some of t he more commonly f ound challenges among users when setting up their syst em t o mak e it easier for y ou to find answ ers to t he questions you ha ve about setting up and using your Har mony 900. Y ou can also fin ...

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    42 T r y adjusting the po wer settings from y our Harmon y Remot e Software account. Y ou can also tr y t o teac h a command from y our old remot e t o your Harmon y remot e. Find out how t o do this in T eaching y our Harmony 900 ne w commands My T V does not turn on with Help The T V doesn’t turn on when star ting an Activity but Help fix es i ...

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    43 My T V does not go to t he correct in put without Help when swit ching betw een Activities Using the Harmon y Remot e Sof tware, c heck your A ctivity to ensur e the A ctivity is set up to use the corr ect input your TV needs to be set on t o get a picture. N ext, check that t he inputs are in the corr ect order f or the Harmon y 900 t o know ho ...

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    44 My devices don’t w ork the wa y I want It’s possible that a device’s commands ar e not recognized. Ma ybe you hav e a very rare device? Or a new one? Although w e updat e our device list regularly , ther e are alwa ys new devices in the mark et. Y ou can add an impr ov ed version of y our device’s remot e t o our database from your Har m ...

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    45 When pr essing buttons in an A ctivity , the remot e sends t he command twice T r y low ering the r epeats for the de vice that is receiving t he command. Y ou can do this b y using the tr oubleshoot option in the Harmony R emot e Software. Y ou can map the command t o any unused butt on on the Harmon y 900 or on the r emote’s scr een. The com ...

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    46 My RF Sy stem is not working t he wa y I want I mov ed m y Blast er and/or Mini Blasters and m y r emot e stopped w orking If you ha ve mo ved pieces in y our RF Syst em and are having pr oblems, see our section on Moving pieces in y our RF Syst em. My devices got mo ved ar ound and now the y’re not w orking. If you ha ve mo ved pieces in y ou ...

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    47 I hav e two devices t hat are ex actly the same. When pr ess a command on one device, it sends t o other as well. T o assign a device t o a specific port on the Blaster fr om your Harmon y R emote Softwar e home page: Click the 1 . Remot e Settings tab. Click 2. Manage R emotes . In the Manage R emot es page, click 3. Control Devices . In the C ...

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    48 If your de vice doesn’t react t o a command from the Har mony 900, it may be because t he delay setting needs t o be adjusted. By default, diff erent devices tak e dif fer ent amounts of time t o react t o a command from a r emot e control. T o accommodate these diff erences in y our devices, the Harmon y 900 uses sever al types of delays, or ...

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    49 Inter -Device Dela y The Int er -Device Delay is t he amount of time between commands f or dif f erent devices when y ou start an Activity . The Int er -Device Delay is also the time betw een the next sequence of commands that ar e sent to ot her devices within an Activity . Exam ple: My DVD pla yer doesn’t alwa ys turn on when I start the Act ...

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    50 T roubleshooting y our inputs One of the most important par ts t o creating y our Activities f or your Harmon y 900 is deter mining which inputs y our syst em uses for eac h device. This chapt er gives y ou some suggestions on how t o figure out whic h inputs your ent ertainment syst em uses if you’r e not sure. Inputs ar e how the devices in ...

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    51 Option 3 — Select the input from an on-scr een menu In this case, y our device uses an on-screen menu fr om which y ou can select the input you w ant. When you pr ess the sour ce button, t he menu appears on your TV screen. Then, y ou use another button on the r emot e to choose t he input you w ant, and then a thir d button t o select the inp ...

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    52 S t ep 2 — W at ch the TV In this st ep, you must use y our T V’s original remot e contr ol to swit ch betw een inputs. Using your TV’s original remot e, select each input one-at-a-time. 1 . For eac h input, not e which device appears t o be connected t o that input. 2. For ex ample, if you swit ch to VIDEO 1 and see y our DVD pla ying, y ...

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    53 Getting help with y our Harmon y remote If you’r e experiencing problems and can’t find t he solution, our cour t eous and exper t prof essionals can assist! F rom y our home page, click the Support button locat ed in t he Tip Center and then select the Contact Us tab. Contacting Cust omer Suppor t Y ou can access our online help t o search ...

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    54 When one or more of y our devices don’t pow er on or of f, or when the y don’t switc h inputs correctly , you can use t he Help button on t he remot e f or simple troubleshooting. Answer t he questions on your Har mony r emote t o r e-synchronize it with y our ent er tainment syst em. See Using the Help butt on . Using the On-R emot e Help Y ...

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    55 On most entertainment components, the model number is usually found on a label located on the front, back or bottom. Tip Center How to Find Model Numbers If you cannot find the model number on the component itself, the user manual that came with your component should list the manufacturer and model number . Device T ype Manufacturer Model Number ...

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    56 Appendix B - Glossar y Amplifier Anamorphic views Aspect ratio A/V switch DLP® (Digital Light Processing) D VD recorder (D VR) HDT V (High Definition T elevision) Light controller Mini-syst em NTSC (National T elevision Syst em(s) Committee) Output Device A st ereo component t hat outputs to speak ers, and incr eases the gain or lev el of an ...

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    57 P AL (Phase Alternating Line) Passthrough Personal Video Recor der (PVR) Pre-amplifier Pre-amp Sound Processing Receiv er RF (Radio F req uency) SA CD (Super Audio CD) Satellite R adio SDT V Standar d Definition T elevision A video f ormat that is used in the UK, and parts of Europe and Asia. A device that r out es video or audio from one devi ...

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    58 Ster eo receiver T uner Pow er strip Also ref err ed t o as a tuner or a receiv er . A st ereo r eceiver is an y component that r eceives or tunes, br oadcast signals, or AM/FM radio. T ypically r efers t o the single component t hat includes a preamplifier , surround pr ocessor , multi-channel amplifier , and AM/FM tuner . Also ref err ed t o ...

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    59 Appendix C - Product Specification L CD Size 2.2" Diagonal L CD R esolution 340 x 240 (QVGA+) L CD Scr een 262,000 Color T ouch Scr een T ec hnology Capacitive Pow er Source R echar geable Pow er T ype Lithium Ion Brands Supported 5,000+ Devices Supported 200,000+ Maximum number of devices per account 15 Backlit k eypad Y es Backlight Colo ...

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