roll - gybe;342099 Wrote: > The harmony is convoluted and complicated. They try to force you to use > "activities" which work great when you start from scratch, but if you > want to go from watching a DVD to listening to SB or something like > going from listening to SB to watching cable TV, you are pretty > screwed. > Why? I do this all the time. The Harmony looks at the state you're in, the state you're going to, and works out the steps needed. One button press to switch between radically different configurations, couldn't be easier. My wife loves it.
> > The harmony only lets you do this when you are in "activity" mode. > You should only ever be in "Activity mode" (there really is no other mode). When you go through the activity setup menu you tell it what device controls volume and it sets it up. > > So... on the harmony, i reprogrammed certain functions with "ir learn" > to control things in normal "device mode" the way i want them > controlled. > You're doing it wrong. Forget the device button even exists, do everything via activities and your life will be _much_ easier. > > Another note - on the harmony, why are things like "power toggle" for > the SB on page 3 of the LCD? > Because you should never be using it so it doesn't matter where it is. You have an activity "Squeezebox" which turns on the SB3, and the amp, switches the inputs correctly and turns everything else off. If you then switch to the TV activity it turns off the SB, turns on the TV, and flips the amp input. Why do you need the power toggle button? You do need to be strict in not using any other remote alongisde the harmony - the whole thing falls down if it can't reliably know what state your devices are in. I put all my other remotes in a box a long time ago! If you can't get your head around activities (or if you want to use any other remote alongside it) then the Harmony is entirely the wrong remote for you. To me, any other remote (Pronto included) just seems too crude precisely because they don't have activities and the dynamic state transitions. -- radish ------------------------------------------------------------------------ radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52757 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
