Hi,

My comment "It's not quite one button, but is is two button for TV/home theater and four button for stereo (to select a local station from the remote's screen)." was made as we do the following:

For TV/990 operation as a home theater:
Push "Main"
Push "TV/990" pushbutton at the screen.

For 990 operation for AM/FM:
Push "Main"
Push "Radio" pushbutton at the screen
Push "Page"
Push "98.1" pushbutton at the screen (or whichever local station you want to listen to)


Alan

Another very happy Harmony user here (model 720).

I have used a USB-to-serial adapater for years. It generally works well but I have noticed that the adapter I used seems to be very inconsistent in picking COM ports (at least it was under Windows XP). The MX-700 software (which as I recall is very close to or the same as the MX-850 software) wants you to configure the COM port (Com 1 2 3 or 4). I find that every time I connect to my laptop, I need to adjust this setting to establish the link. I also recall having to go into Control Panel's devices to adjust the ports. Once it works, it stays connected as long as the remote is connected. I have not tested since I upgraded to Windows 7.

Thanks gonk. Found an adapter on Amazon so problem will be solved (hopefully)

Alan

I understand now. Don't know why but I wasn't counting pushing "Main" as a step which it obviously is. For example if I am watching via the Sat box I need to push "Main" and then the button I have labeled "BD MAIN". I've considered putting a Macro on the TV/Sat menu that would allow me to go straigh to the disc player without hitting Main but haven't gotten around to it yet.

As 99% of the time there is only one radio station I listen to with the tuner (usually use SB for radio stations, much better reception) so when I go to "radio" it is set to my usual station.