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Types of delays or speed settings
If your device doesn’t react to a command from the Harmony 700, it may be because the delay
setting needs to be adjusted. By default, different devices take different amounts of time to react
to a command from a remote control. To accommodate these differences in your devices, the
Harmony 700 uses several types of delays, or speed settings, to control your devices.
Power On Delay
The Power On Delay is the amount of time that a device needs to “warm up” before receiving
another command. For instance, when you turned on a device, you may notice that the device
needs a certain amount of time before it can receive another command from the remote.
Example: Every time I turn on my system with an Activity, my TV powers on but doesn’t go to
the correct input. However, it does go to the correct input when switching between Activities when
the TV is already on. The Help button fixes it each time, but I don’t want to use the Help button
every time.
Inter-key Delay
The Inter-Key Delay is the amount of time allotted for commands to be sent between button
presses.
Example: Any time I press volume up multiple times in a row, for my AV Receiver it takes a long time
to increase the volume. I would like my devices to respond quicker to these presses.
Input Delay
The Input Delay is the amount of time that the remote takes when switching between inputs.
Many devices need a certain amount of time before changing to the next input in the input list.
Example: My TV doesn’t always go to the correct input when switching between Activities and
I have already verified that the input list is correct.
Inter-Device Delay
The Inter-Device Delay is the amount of time between commands for different devices when you
start an Activity. The Inter-Device Delay is also the time between the next sequence of commands
that are sent to other devices within an Activity.
Example: My DVD player doesn’t always turn on when I start the Activity. I can get the DVD player
to turn on by using the Help button however I don’t want to use Help every time.
Start infrared commands that select inputs (for example, on a stereo receiver) with the prefix •
“Input”.
Don’t name the input based on what you’ve connected to your device, rather name it •
based on what it’s called on the front of the device, or on the remote control (for example,
InputAux, InputVideo1, InputTape, InputDVD).