Logitech 700 manual

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 ........................................................................................................ 4 How y our Harmon y 700 works .......................[...]

Changing y our setup ...................................................................................................................... 1 6 Adding and c hanging your A ctivities ................................................................................. 1 6 R enaming an Activity ............................................................[...]

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. The guided online setup walks y ou thr ough the[...]

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. F or more information, see Getting help with your Har mony [...]

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 . For ex ample, if you’r e wat ching a [...]

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. The upper right corner of the scr een shows which page is being shown, and ho w many t otal pages ther e are for t he opti[...]

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 W atch T V , or you’r e very far away fr om the syst em when you start an Activity), your Harmon y 700 can become “out of sync” with y our devic[...]

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. Using the arr ow butt ons and[...]

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 . Next t o Glow Timing, select the number of seconds bef ore t he backlight turns of[...]

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 . Follow t he instructions to do wnload the Harmony R emote Softwar e. Af t er the sof twar e instal[...]

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 . 2. On the Check Connection pag e, the software confirms t hat the Harmony[...]

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. When you set up A[...]

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. For specific details about t esting your setup, see[...]

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. If you run int o specific issues while testing[...]

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. Changing y our setup T o add or chang e a device in your Har mony 700’s set up, use t he Harmony R emot e Sof [...]

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. In these examples, t he DVD[...]

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 . For exam ple, when you select t he W atch TV Activity , the v olume button on t he Harmony 700 c hanges the volume on t he dev[...]

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. For ex ample, when you select t he Wat ch T V Activity , the Remot e Assistant asks you if the TV is on and if the other de vices in the A ctivity are configur 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. T o remedy t his, you can t each your Harmon y how to contr ol this device by using t[...]

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. T o accommodat e these dif f erences in your de vices, the Harmony 70[...]

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. F or more inf ormation on which delay y ou need to [...]

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. Generally , when you connect y our remot e to [...]

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 . The T V doesn’t turn on when starting an Acti[...]

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 . If we’re missing t he command, the Harmon y 700 can learn it from your original r[...]

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. Inputs ar e how [...]

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. 2. For ex ample, if you swit ch to VIDEO 1 and see y our DVD pla ying, you [...]

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. Contacting Cust omer Suppor t Y ou can access our online help t o search [...]

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. See Using the Help button . Using the On-R emot e Help Y ou can[...]

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 . Device T ype Manufacturer Model Numbe[...]

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-syst em NTSC (National T elevision Syst em(s) Committee) A st ereo component that outputs t o speakers, and incr eases the gain or lev el of an audio 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. A video f ormat that is used[...]

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 . Also ref err ed to as[...]

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+ Devices Supported 200,000+ Maximum number of devices per account 6 Backlit k eypad Y es Backlight Color Whit e IR Learning Y es (Up t o 200 Khz) Learnin[...]

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