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Adding more Activities, Custom Activities

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Logitech Harmony Ultimate One Adding more Activities When you have completed adding your Watch TV Activity, you can add the other Activities that you want your Harmony Ultimate One to control. The types of Activities that MyHarmony offers you depends on the types of devices you have added. You can add multiple Activities based on each type of Activity offered, such as Watch TV, Watch Movie, or Play Game. For example, it is recommended that you use the Watch Movie Activity for watching a movie on your DVD player, and you can create a second Watch a Movie Activity to stream Netflix from your SmartTV or PlayStation 3. You will be prompted to provide a unique name for each Activity. The setup process for these other Activities is similar to Watch TV. Depending on the devices you're using, additional questions may be asked during the setup process. Although the Custom Activity type is always offered as an option, it is an advanced feature and should only be used if you are setting up unusual devices and Activities such as light controllers, fans, home appliances, climate control devices, etc. Refer to Custom Activities for more information. Adding a Watch Movie Activity 1. Click Add Activity. 2. Select Watch a Movie. 3. Click Next. 4. Choose the devices you want to use in your Activity. MyHarmony will recommend the devices you have added based on their typical use. You can include or exclude devices from the Activity at this stage. Select or deselect devices if appropriate and click Next. 5. Choose the device you use to control volume. The recommended device is pre-­‐selected. 6. Select the input your television must be set to when you are watching a movie. 7. If you have additional devices configured for this Activity, you are prompted to choose their input settings. 8. Answer any additional questions that MyHarmony asks. The questions you are asked depends on the specific devices you added. 9. Confirm that the devices and inputs are correct for your Watch a Movie Activity and click Done. Custom Activities Most Activities should fit into one of the Activity types offered. The Custom Activity type is recommended only for home appliances such as light controllers, fans, climate control devices, etc. The Custom Activity does not provide optimized defaults such as button customizations, Activity icons, and Favorite Channels as the other predefined Activity types do. These may be configured manually from MyHarmony once setup is complete. Refer to How to map buttons to your remote for additional information 19

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Adding more Activities
When you have completed adding your Watch TV Activity, you can add the other Activities that you want your
Harmony Ultimate One to control. The types of Activities that MyHarmony offers you depends on the types of
devices you have added. You can add multiple Activities based on each type of Activity offered, such as Watch TV,
Watch Movie, or Play Game. For example, it is recommended that you use the Watch Movie Activity for watching a
movie on your DVD player, and you can create a second Watch a Movie Activity to stream Netflix from your
SmartTV or PlayStation 3. You will be prompted to provide a unique name for each Activity. The setup process for
these other Activities is similar to Watch TV. Depending on the devices you’re using, additional questions may be
asked during the setup process.
Although the Custom Activity type is always offered as an option, it is an advanced feature and should only be used
if you are setting up unusual devices and Activities such as light controllers, fans, home appliances, climate control
devices, etc. Refer to
Custom Activities
for more information.
Adding a Watch Movie Activity
1.
Click
Add Activity
.
2.
Select
Watch a Movie
.
3.
Click
Next
.
4.
Choose the devices you want to use in your Activity. MyHarmony will recommend the devices you have
added based on their typical use. You can include or exclude devices from the Activity at this stage.
Select or deselect devices if appropriate and click
Next
.
5.
Choose the device you use to control volume. The recommended device is pre°selected.
6.
Select the input your television must be set to when you are watching a movie.
7.
If you have additional devices configured for this Activity, you are prompted to choose their input
settings.
8.
Answer any additional questions that MyHarmony asks. The questions you are asked depends on the
specific devices you added.
9.
Confirm that the devices and inputs are correct for your Watch a Movie Activity and click
Done
.
Custom Activities
Most Activities should fit into one of the Activity types offered. The Custom Activity type is recommended only for
home appliances such as light controllers, fans, climate control devices, etc. The Custom Activity does not provide
optimized defaults such as button customizations, Activity icons, and Favorite Channels as the other predefined
Activity types do. These may be configured manually from MyHarmony once setup is complete. Refer to
How to
map buttons to your remote
for additional information.