Quick comment about the power thing since it's come up in a couple of posts now. Nearly all devices support a "discrete on" and "discrete off" code as well as a "toggle power" code. So the trick is to tell your remote about these. That way when it wants to turn something ON it sends an ON code, not a TOGGLE POWER code. If the device is already on, then nothing happens.
The basic rule of activity-based remotes being poor choices for people who use manual controls still holds, though. If anyone is interested in learning more about remotes, there's a *ton* of information over at <http://www.remotecentral.com/>. - Jeff On 11/14/2008 3:57 PM, Glen Farney wrote: > > > I got the 520, it's ok, but not as good as I thought it would be. > > I concur though that you need to hide all the other remotes, and never > touch > a power button on the device. The reason is the remote remembers the > current state of the device it controls, that is if the power is on or off, > which input, and so forth. So, if you're watching TV, and use a separate > receiver, when you turn the power on, it turns both on, and off, again, > same > thing. However, if you had the stereo on manually, and then tried to watch > TV, it would turn the stereo off. It gives you ways to fix it, but now it's > no longer convenient, just annoying. > > Also, regards to Tivo, the buttons are not as well laid out, and there is a > noticeable pause or delay between pushing the button and the actual signal > being sent, which throws my timing all out of whack when it comes to fast > forwarding through commercials. Also, since it lacks the Tivo specific > buttons, you have to program those into other buttons that may say > something > else, so anyone who's not quick to pick up on little things like that won't > have a good time of it. > > I got one as a backup to my Sony S1 remote, which are almost impossible to > find, used ones often go for $75 or more on ebay, and of course if you > loose > the remote, you got nothing with a tivo, so I got the Harmony as a backup, > just in case the remote quit or got lost. > > Otherwise, it can do a nice job of turning on the power to the correct > devices, setting the inputs and options properly, and being ready to do > what > ever it was you wanted to do. Set up is not difficult, but it's tedious, > since you can program individual keystrokes for various functions (like > "now > playing" is "tivo-tivo"). > > Glen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeremy Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:jersully%40yahoo.com>> > To: <[email protected] <mailto:tivocentral%40yahoogroups.com>> > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 1:02 PM > Subject: [TiVo Central] Logitech Harmony > > I want to buy a Logitech Harmony remote but I'm unsure of which one. Any > thoughts from you guys, especially as pertains to TiVo? > > Other devices: > Onkyo receiver > Samsung DVD > Insignia LCD > Sony CD > Secondary Sony receiver > > Thanks. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > >
