Even though you can still configure everything manually later, it’s hard to figure out how to get out of the wizard and fix the mistake, so before you start follow their advice and get the brand and model number of all of the devices you want to control and enter them carefully.
Believe them! If, for instance, your little scroll-y mouse wheel changes the contents of a drop-down just before you click okay, you can’t back up to change it. The wizard tells you that you should be sure your choices are correct before you push the button. The wizard is really simple and easy to use, but a bit of a warning is necessary here. Once plug-and-play recognizes it, the remote fires off a setup wizard to let you set up the devices you use.
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You need to install the Harmony software on a PC (or Mac) with an internet connection, and then you hook up your remote. In the box with the Harmony 688 there was a USB cable and a CD. What I needed, I discovered, was a Harmony remote. And lighted so we could use it while watching movies in the darkened room. Oh, and it would be nice if it was easy to program. What I needed was a universal remote that was easy enough to use that my family would use it, sufficiently programmable to support all of the critical features for multiple gadgets, and didn’t gobble batteries like candy.
No matter which one you need, that’s the one you can’t find, despite the fact that a couple of them are HUGE. The DVD player is supposed to control the TV, but I’ve never gotten that to work right, and the stereo’s remote won’t talk to anyone but the stereo. The PVR remote can turn the TV on and off and control the volume, but not control the stereo or the DVD player. My TV remote can control some of the functions of the DVD player, and a few of the functions of the stereo, but none of the PVRs. They’re all critical, since even if you want to cross the room and poke buttons on the device, there are functions that are difficult to find by navigating menus, and some simply can only be accessed from the remote. In the living room I’ve got one for the TV, one for the DVD player, one for the stereo, and one for the PVR/satellite receiver.
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