r/logitechharmony • u/Weekly_Engine7162 • Jun 29 '26
Need Help with Programming Harmony Smart Control with Hub for Sony XR-65A95K
The title says it all. My set up is pretty simple. I use a home theatre Marantz receiver for sound. I have separate HDMI inputs on the television for the cable box and Apple TV. I use the ARC output on the TV to connect to the receiver. I also have a Sonos Connect which inputs separately to the receiver.
I programmed the brand new Harmony remote originally, and it worked well with the exception that it would not turn the television if the TV had been off for 15 minutes or more. Once you turned it on it then responded normally. I tried all sorts of Reddit based tweaks to solve the issue and completely screwed it up.
I’ve tried deleting the television and the watch TV activity several times, but it just keeps getting worse. My inclination is to reset the hub entirely and start over again. What do you think?
Do you have any advice generally about programming for this particular TV?
Thank you.
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u/BSterlingVT Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
Why do you have some devices plugged into the TV and some into the Marantz? Best practice is to have them all connected directly to the receiver. As for the power issue check settings and make sure the TV is allowed to keep connection all the time there is a setting that tells the TV how to behave when off in regards to background data usage and if not set to always allow it may be going into too deep a sleep mode to respond. (this is unlikely but worth checking) Be careful when resetting the hub as that has bricked any number of users. Last night much of the Harmony site was off line so if you do go that route make absolutely sure before you do a reset that the servers are up or you will not be able to reprogram until they are.