Harmony Remotes - Programming

[toddncat1]

And it keeps telling me I have no devices that can change channels, Duh, yes I do.  The TV and Cable Box/PVR can obviously change channels.  What do I do?

[WannabeActuary · Accepted solution]

add activity...select MANUAL at the first choice, then watch tv, watch non-tivo pvr and you'll be good to go

[WannabeActuary]

PS - LOGITECH...yet another instance where we need the automatic method removed...I'm tempted to start 'tagging' all these threads as such

[DaneHarmony]

Then my feature request submission on your behalf will wait until the 'tagging' begins

[hhatkin]

I'm sure others at Logi caught on to OUR request for this long ago!

[WannabeActuary]

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DaneHarmony wrote:
Then my feature request submission on your behalf will wait until the 'tagging' begins

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I've tagged a bunch as "manual_setup"

other 'power users' please join me in tagging any older and new threads in the same fashion...maybe we can get logitech to change it

[Automator]

OK. I'm new here and a new Harmony user, so it's possible I don't know what I'm talking about. I went through the same problem as the OP. Throught trial and error, I figured out the solution. I too found that automatic mode as so often happens made things more difficult. But why can't the cable box/PVR's in the database be tagged as being able to change channels? Wouldn't that save a lot of headaches?

[rhachey]

That's not the problem as all satellite receivers and DVRs and all cable receivers and DVRs can change channels.  The problem is there is a bug in the Automatic setup of Activities that gives you the error message that there are no devices that can change channels.  The error message also can show up with only a TV listed in the automatic setup method.  Unless the TV is only a monitor (has no tuner) then it can change channels.