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What do you do about components that don't have discreet on/off codes if you are programing a macro to turn the whole system on/off?

Luckily....it looks like I have all the discrete codes that I need.

If you do not have discrete codes for the functions that you need...then you are kind of up the creek.

You buy a Harmony remote with their SmartState technology.. It keeps track of how it set things so it can always do what it needs to. (Which works great as long as you don't use any other remote to change the 'state' it knows about.)

The Harmony remotes cost a little more, but have a great WAF, and sure makes things easy.

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It keeps track of how it set things so it can always do what it needs to.

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That is a great feature!

Great feature. But what if the device for some reason missed a code?

A lot of devices have discrete codes now that are not published.

So maybe I can't get the harmony remote to stand up, twirl around, do some dance steps, and lay on the table again, but what is the harmony missing beyond the level of customization the mx700 gives. It seems like we are looking at Harmony (ease of setup and use) vs. mx700 (most functionality)

Is this a fair assessment?

I don't know much about the Harmony. Is it customizable? I know you load it from the internet, and the tasks are pre-defined. Can you program more tasks or change them?

You can pretty much customize the Harmony anyway you want, other than making macros. (Their high end remotes can do macros, but you don't need them for most things.)

You can setup lots of activities.

If a device misses a signal, you can just hit the help button, and it will help you get everything back in sync. (Not that I have that happen very often if ever.)

You can program in codes they don't already have in their database, but they have most everything.

Any idea where to find the unpublished codes?

Zarak, in all honesty, the MX-700is very easy to set up.

As far as the "unpublished codes", the discrete codes are usually findable in the files section at Remote Central.