Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product HARMONY 700 Logitech
Go to page of 36
User Manual V ersion 1 .0 User Manual English V ersion 1 .0 Logit ec h ® Harmon y ® 700 R emot e Logit ec h ® Harmon y ® 700 R emot e.
Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 4 Getting to know y our remot e ............................................................
Changing y our setup ...................................................................................................................... 1 6 Adding and c hanging your A ctivities .....................................................................
4 Activities, de vices, and inputs The Logit ech Harmony 700 Univ ersal Remot e is your answ er to effortless home ent er tainment. The Activities butt ons puts you in control of all y our devices. Y ou can go from w at ching T V to wat ching a D VD to list ening to music with t he touc h of a button.
5 The butt ons on your Har mony 700 The All Off button turns off all the devices in the curr ent Activity . The Activity butt ons star t the appropriat e Activity . The More Activities button opens a list of all A ctivities on the remot e screen. The Help button starts the on-r emote help.
6 Activities When you pr ess an Activity butt on – W atch T V , Wat ch a Movie , or Listen to Music -- t he Activity starts and the commands f or that Activity appear on t he screen. The commands t hat appear are r elated t o the A ctivity , and apply to all of t he devices that you use f or that Activity .
7 The arro w buttons help y ou mov e through each pag e of options, while the side butt ons allows you t o choose a command or function. The cent er button lets you c hoose devices or Activities, or lets y ou back out of pages.
8 Because obstacles or distance can int er fer e with the signals the Har mony 700 sends when it starts an Activity (f or example, someone walks betw een your Harmon y 700 and the T V when you pr ess .
9 Controlling y our devices individually In some cases, you ma y want t o control a device individually . Y ou can use the de vice f eature of t he Harmony 700 t o control devices one-b y-one. When you ar e in an Activity or on the Mor e Activities screen, pr essing the cent er button shows you a list of y our devices.
10 The Harmony 700 senses when y ou pick it up, and lights up the display and butt ons. T o set the lengt h of time the backlight stays on, f ollow these st eps: F rom your Harmon y Remot e Sof twar e: Select the 1 . Remot e Settings tab. Click 2. Displa y Settings .
11 The Harmony R emot e Sof tware leads y ou through a setup pr ocess and allows y ou to chang e your setup lat er if you wish. T o begin, connect y our remot e t o your comput er using the USB cable pro vided and go to www .logitec h.com/myharmon y .
12 2. Connecting your Har mony 700 t o your comput er T o connect y our Harmony 700 t o your PC, use the USB cable pr ovided. Connect the smaller end of the cable t o the USB port on your remot e. 1 . Connect the wider end of the USB cable t o a USB por t on your comput er .
13 4. Setting up Activities f or your Harmon y 700 T o set up Activities, y ou use the Add A ctivities page to ent er the infor mation relat ed t o the Activities you will be using on y our Harmony 700. The Harmon y Remot e Sof twar e shows y ou a selection of recommended A ctivities based on the device inf ormation you pr ovided.
14 5. Updating the r emote Af t er you ent er your device and A ctivity infor mation, the software sav es your inf ormation and shows the Finish Setup page. It also transf ers the inf ormation to y our Harmony 700. Aft er the sof twar e updat es your remot e, you’r e ready t o test y our setup.
15 T esting y our setup Every time you updat e your Harmon y 700, you should t est your r emote t o ensure it’s w orking the wa y you expect. This chapt er gives y ou the inf ormation you need t o t est your remot e. It also has some suggestions on what t o check while you’r e testing y our setup.
16 Whether y ou get a new device or want t o change the behavior of some butt ons, you may need t o mak e changes to y our Harmony 700’s setup. The f ollowing sections pro vide you wit h the inf ormation t o help you wit h these tasks.
17 No picture? No sound? No pr oblem! A passthr ough device is a device that y ou add to y our system t hat a signal passes thr ough unalt ered. For ex ample, if you use y our DVD r ecorder (or VCR) t o recor d shows fr om your sat ellite or set t op box, y ou may need to add y our DVD r ecorder as a passt hrough device.
18 When you select an A ctivity , your Harmon y 700 turns on all the r equired ent er tainment devices, sets up the device inputs cor rectly , and sets up the r emot e’s buttons t o control the de vices in the A ctivity .
19 The Harmony 700’s R emot e Assistant guides you thr ough starting Activities. It also gives y ou more inf ormation about the status of y our remot e and the Activity y ou select ed.
20 Adding additional f eatures to y our Harmon y 700 It’s possible that a device’s commands ar e not recognized. Maybe y ou have a v er y rare device? Or a new one? Although w e update our device list r egularly , there ar e always ne w devices in the mark et.
21 T ypes of delays or speed settings If your de vice doesn’t react t o a command from the Harmon y 700, it may be because the delay setting needs t o be adjust ed. By default, differ ent devices tak e dif f erent amounts of time t o react t o a command from a r emote contr ol.
22 Adjusting t he delay between IR commands If you find t he delay between IR commands is t oo long, especially when changing channels on your TV , you can change t he delay time f or a device that is reacting t oo slowly . The Harmony 700 uses se veral differ ent delays to contr ol your devices.
23 Maintaining y our Harmon y 700 Y our Harmon y 700 contains int ernal sof twar e, called firmwar e . The remot e’s firmware is similar t o your comput er’s operating syst em. Logit ech updates t he firmware f or your r emote t o ensure you’r e always getting t he most from your Har mony 700.
24 T roubleshooting pr oblems with your Har mon y 700 In this section, y ou’ll find some commonly reported issues and the sugg est ed solutions. These solutions may help y ou fix problems y ou’re experiencing. If y ou still cannot fix the problem, ref er to Getting help wit h your Harmony 700 .
25 The On Demand command isn’t on the Harmon y 700 for the W atch T V Activity . Y ou can map the command t o any unused butt on on the Harmony 700 or on • the r emote’s scr een. The command is likely in our database, but w asn’t mapped t o the Activity .
26 Figuring out which in puts your sy stem uses One of the most important par ts to cr eating your A ctivities for y our Harmony 700 is det ermining which inputs y our system uses f or each device. This chapt er gives y ou some suggestions on how t o figure out whic h inputs your ent er tainment syst em uses if you’r e not sure.
27 Option 3 — Select the input from an on-scr een menu In this case, y our device uses an on-screen menu from which y ou can select the input you want. When you pr ess the source butt on, the menu appears on your TV screen. Then, y ou use another butt on on the remot e to choose the input y ou want, and then a thir d butt on to select t he input.
28 S tep 2 — W atc h the T V In this st ep, you must use y our T V’s original remot e control t o switc h between 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 to be connect ed to that input.
29 Getting help with y our Harmon y 700 If you’r e experiencing problems and can’t find the solution, our courteous and expert prof essionals can assist! F rom your home page, clic k the More Suppor t butt on located in the Tip Cent er and then select the Contact Us tab.
30 When one or more of y our devices don’t pow er on or of f, or when they don’t swit ch inputs corr ectly , you can use t he Help button on the r emote f or simple troubleshooting. Answer t he questions on your Har mony 700 t o re-synchr onize it with your ent er tainment syst em.
On most entertainment components, the model number is usually f ound on a label located on t he front, back or bott om. 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 t he manufacturer and model number .
32 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) In sync Light controller Mini-s.
33 Output Device P AL (Phase Alternating Line) Passthrough Personal Video Recor der (PVR) Pre-amplifier Pre-amp Sound Processing Receiv er RF (Radio F requency) SA CD (Super Audio CD) Satellite R adio SDT V Standar d Definition T elevision A device that pr oduces the sound or picture, f or example, a T V or speak ers.
34 Ster eo receiv er T uner Pow er strip Also ref err ed to as a tuner or a r eceiver . a ster eo receiv er is any component that r eceives or tunes, broadcast signals, or AM/FM radio. T ypically r ef ers to the single component t hat includes a preamplifier , surround pr ocessor , multi-channel amplifier , and AM/FM tuner .
35 Appendix C - Product Specification L CD Size 1 .5" Diagonal L CD R esolution 1 28 x 1 28 L CD Screen 65,000 Color Pow er Source R echar geable Pow er T ype NiMH A A Brands Supported 5,000+ De.
36 © 2009 Logit ech Inc. All rights reserv ed. Logitech's tr ademarks are eit her regist ered trademarks or trademarks of Logit ech in the US and other countries.
An important point after buying a device Logitech HARMONY 700 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Logitech HARMONY 700 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Logitech HARMONY 700 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Logitech HARMONY 700 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Logitech HARMONY 700 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Logitech HARMONY 700, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Logitech HARMONY 700.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Logitech HARMONY 700. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Logitech HARMONY 700 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
