Getting Started with Harmony Hub Walk through our setup tutorial: adding your home entertainment devices, home control 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. What's in the box Harmony Hub is the center of your home entertainment and home control solution. Placed near your television, set-top box, game console and other equipment, it uses Infrared (IR), Bluetooth and Wi‑Fi to control your various devices. Connect a power adapter to your Harmony hub. It takes 30 seconds for the hub to power on. The IR mini blasters connect to the back of the hub and helps extend the coverage area for IR controlled devices.Use this if your entertainment system has closed cabinets and you have devices behind cabinet doors.Use of the IR mini blaster may or may not be required, depending on your setup. If your mobile device doesn't support Bluetooth LE technology, the USB cable can connect Harmony Hub to your computer so your homes Wi‑Fi credentials may be saved to the hub.
Harmony Hub uses Wi‑Fi to communicate with the Harmony mobile app which is used for both setup and additional control.Use of the USB cable may or may not be required, depending on your setup. Position Harmony Hub on top of your cabinet, or on a large, open shelf that's unobstructed. IR signals sent from the hub will reflect off of walls and other surfaces before reaching your devices. Direct line of sight is generally not required. Position Harmony Hub inside the cabinet, on or beside the majority of your devices. IR signals sent from the hub will reflect off of walls, cabinet interiors and other surfaces before reaching your devices. Plug the IR mini blaster into the back of the hub and position it on top of your cabinet so it may send IR signals to your television. Powering on Harmony Hub Plug the supplied power adapter into Harmony Hub. The hub takes 30 seconds to power on. Downloading the Harmony app and Wi‑Fi setup Visit the iTunes App Store or Google Play and search for the Harmony app.
Launch the app and select Set Up New Hub. iPhone 4, iPad 2 or iPod Touch 5 and earlier require that you first set up your Harmony hub using a computer. Download the Harmony desktop software, create an account, connect your hub and proceed with Wi‑Fi setup. Once complete, setup will continue using your phone or tablet. Continue through the various screens following the instructions: Ensure Bluetooth is enabled on your iPhone. Ensure your phone is connected to your home's Wi‑Fi network. Ensure Harmony Hub is powered on. The Harmony app should find your hub after several seconds. Try disabling and re-enabling Bluetooth on your phone. View our support article:The Harmony app is unable to discover Harmony Hub. Once your phone and hub have paired over Bluetooth you will be asked to enter your Wi‑Fi credentials. Adding Devices, Activities and Home Control If you already have a Harmony account, sign in. Otherwise, select CREATE ACCOUNT.
You'll be guided through several screens explaining how Harmony Hub works. If you have a previous Harmony remote and would like to import its devices and Activities, you will be able to copy them over to your new Harmony Hub. If you do not have a previous Harmony remote, select No, Set Up New. Harmony will first try to detect some of your connected devices such as Sonos, Roku and Philips hue. Press the Add Device button at the bottom of your screen to add additional home entertainment and home automation devices. If required, Harmony will ask you to enter the username and password for some of your services so we may communicate with them. Having trouble finding your model number? This article may help: Finding your device's model number Harmony will either automatically create Activities or guide you through creating them based on the devices discovered to help set up your one-touch experience. If you'd like to further modify any of these Activities by adding additional commands, please take a look at our article regarding adding commands to your Activities.
You'll now be able to configure up to 50 Favorite TV Channels. Enter your zip code to help find local service providers, then select from a pre-populated list of channels. Add up to 50 Favorite Channels to the Harmony mobile app. Learn more about Adding Favorite Channels. Unlike 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 set-top box. Watch this video to learn more. To help keep your Harmony in sync with your devices, avoid turning your television, set-top 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 available from within the Harmony mobile app. 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.
Have more questions or suggestions?Want to tell us more? Was this page helpful? Explaining what you're looking for helps us improve our site. This is not a support form.Visit our contact us page if you'd like to contact a support specialist. Thank you for being a Harmony customer We appreciate your help We're constantly improving our database. The more information you provide, the more likely we will be able to fix the issue.This is not a support form. Our Activity troubleshooter can fix most problems We recommend visiting our Harmony Activity troubleshooter to help narrow down the specific problem and find instructions on how to correct it. Device not turning on? Switching to the wrong input? Or, you may want to visit our community forums. Harmony product managers actively participate and provide help. Thank you for being a Harmony customerIN Western culture, interior designers attempt to create a happy and harmonious environment by careful selection and pleasing arrangement of the elements within the home.
They usually start with a functional furniture arrangement. They then add decorative elements -- color, texture, effective lighting and accessories -- to create a satisfying or dramatic atmosphere. Function and esthetics are the primary guidelines in Western interior design.In Eastern countries, designers are primarily concerned with harnessing the forces in the land and the cosmos to create a harmonious environment. This approach to design and arrangement is known as feng shui, also known as Chinese geomancy. Feng shui means wind and water, and it represents all the forces that can change a landscape or affect human fortune. A place that has the correct combination of forces is said to have good feng shui.In the West, many people dismiss feng shui as an elaborate form of fortune telling; but in China feng shui is taken seriously as an art and a science. It is believed that a person's fate can be determined by how favorably his dwelling is laid out in its surroundings. Individuals and even large corporations would not think of building any structure, be it a home or an office building, without consulting a geomancer skilled in the practice of feng shui.
Feng shui experts believe that the earth and everything on it is composed of one or more of the five basic elements: water, wood, fire, earth and metal. They are represented by the colors: black, green, red, yellow and white. These elements will create harmony if grouped in a positive, creative sequence. Thus water nourishes wood, wood feeds fire, fire burns to make earth and from earth comes metal. Bad feng shui results when the elements exist in a destructive arrangement. Water, for example, destroys fire so it would be bad feng shui to have these elements next to each other. Metal and fire, or earth and wood are also undesirable combinations. The feng shui consultant examines the house, both inside and out, for possible relationships between conflicting elements and tries to correct them. Of course it is not necessary to have the actual elements in the house. No one has a pile of earth in the living room or a fire in the bathroom, but the elements may still be there symbolically.
A yellow or brown sofa would be an earth element. In some cases the symbolism is more obvious: the kitchen stove is a fire element, the sink water.Fire and water are conflicting elements, so having the stove and sink side by side would be bad feng shui. Does this mean that you have to remodel your kitchen if you have this arrangement? You could hang an earth symbol, a green pot holder for example, between the two to create tranquility. Disharmony among the elements can occur if your bathroom walls are red or pink. These are the colors of fire. The sink, tub and toilet are all water elements and the attached spigots and handles are metal elements. Now water and metal are compatible, but fire is not. To establish harmony you have to introduce earth and wood. You can do this by adding something yellow or brown (earth) and green or light blue (wood) to the room.The elements are not the only factors that control the environment. There are also invisible forces at work. Chinese geomancers believe that everything in the universe, including planetary movements, the Earth's magnetic fields and human health is subject to the natural forces of yin and yang.
Yin is negative (negative as the opposite of positive, not evil) force and yang is the positive.When these two forces are in balance, they produce a vital creative energy called ch'i, the life breath. An abundance of ch'i around the home will insure the health and good fortune of the inhabitants. Should the ch'i escape it will be replaced by a destructive energy, sha (also called sha-ch'i). Using the principles of feng shui the geomancer attempts contain the ch'i in and around the house while repelling the sha.He starts by carefully inspecting the site to determine if the building is in correct alignment with the landscape. Ideally there should be hills behind the house to the north. The hills will shield the site from negative influences. The house should have a southern view and look out on water, a lake or stream if possible.Using a loupan (also spelled lo-p'an) the geomancer determines whether the house and its contents are properly aligned to the points of the compass. The loupan is basically an ordinary compass surrounded by as many as thirty-six rings (some have as few as four rings).