Getting Started with Harmony 650
Walk through our setup tutorial: adding your home entertainment devices, setting up one-touch Activities and learning more about the usage of your remote. Already set up and something's not working? Our troubleshooters and support articles will help set things right.
Lets get started.
Understanding how Harmony works
Your Harmony 650 allows you merge the remotes of up to 8 of your home entertainment devices into one so you can, and should! keep those other remotes out of sight.
The Harmony software will guide you through entering the manufacturer and model numbers of your home devices so Harmony understands how to control them. It then helps you create Activities (or scenes) so you're only one-button away from watching television or playing a game.
What's in the box
Harmony 650 remote
Harmony 650 remote enables one-touch Activity based control of your home entertainment system.
Two AA batteries
Two AA batteries come included with your Harmony 650. Remove the back battery cover and insert the two AA batteries into the remote.
USB cable
Your new remote is configured by connecting your Harmony 650 to your laptop or desktop computer using the supplied USB cable, and signing in to the Harmony software.
Adding Devices and Activities
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Download and install the Harmony software .
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If this is your first Harmony remote, create a new account.
If you already have a MyHarmony account then you may sign in and add this new remote to your account.
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Ensure you've installed the two AA batteries into the back of your remote.
Using the supplied USB cable connect Harmony 200 to your computer.
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If this is your first remote then you'll be prompted to enter the manufacturer and model for each of your home entertainment devices.
Learn more about finding your device's model number .
Are you upgrading an existing Harmony remote? You may also choose to import your previous remote settings .
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Once all your devices have been entered, the Harmony software will prompt you to create a Watch TV Activity.
You'll be asked what input each of your devices have to be on in order for you to see video and hear sound. Follow the on-screen instructions, or learn more about creating a Harmony Activity .
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That's it! Click the Sync button to transfer these settings to your remote.
Product features
Customize your Harmony
Setting up Favorite ChannelsAdd up to 23 Favorite Channels to your screen, with icons or station names. Learn more about Adding Favorite Channels .
Adjust and tweak each of your buttons.Create as many Activities as you'd like and tweak what each button does or which commands appear on the screen .
Using your Harmony
Understanding ActivitiesUnlike other universal remotes that may control devices individually, Harmony controls an Activity such as Watching TV or Playing a Game. You don't need to choose which device you want to control. Start your Watch TV Activity and your volume will automatically control the stereo, and channels will automatically change your TV or cable/satellite box. Watch this video to learn more .
Keep your devices in syncTo help keep your Harmony in sync with your devices, avoid turning your television, cable/satellite box and other devices on and off manually or by using their original remote control. If something didn't turn on then use the help feature .
Additional support resources
If one of your devices didn't power on or change to the correct input, then we recommend using our Activity troubleshooter to help narrow down the problem and find a solution.
Troubleshooting
- The Harmony remote isn't being detected by the computer Did your Activity not turn on correctly, or is a device not being properly controlled?
- Adding a device that's not found in the Harmony database The Harmony database is aware of over 270,000 devices and is being added to each day; however it may still be possible that on ...
- Using the Harmony Help feature to fix a problem with your Activity Your Harmony has a Help feature which can assist in correcting problems when starting or stopping an Activity.
- Harmony fails to sync Here are some troubleshooting steps for resolving Harmony remote sync errors.
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Do more with your Harmony 650 remote
- Properly pointing your Harmony 650 remote Harmony controls your devices using infrared (IR) light meaning that there must be a direct line of sight between the ...
- Customizing physical buttons on your remote Harmony allows you to customize what each of the physical buttons on your remote do, and each of these customizations ...
- Customizing buttons on your remote's screen Harmony allows you to customize which commands appears on the screen of your remote, and each of these customizations ...
- Adding Favorite Channels to your Harmony 650 Harmony allows you to assign your Favorite Channel number to a button on your remote so you may easily tune to that ...
- Send additional commands when an Activity starts or stops Harmony allows you to configure additional commands to send when an Activity starts or stops. For example, you may wa..
- Changing when a device powers on or off By default, Harmony turns off devices that are not being used as part of the current Activity. Harmony gives you the flexib..
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Have more questions or suggestions?
Download the setup software
You can set up and configure Harmony using the Harmony software.
DownloadHarmony community forums
Post a question to the Harmony forums. Our Harmony product managers also actively participate and provide technical advise.
ExploreContact the Harmony Team
Harmony comes with a period of free email and phone support. You also have unlimited access to our online support community.
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