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Made the plunge and ordered the Harmony 680 to replace the (xmas gift) Harmony 360.

Terrific [url=http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin/mboard/rc-harmony/thread.cgi?4251]t... about harmony remotes here (very clear pictures and summaries of features and timeline).

The 680 will (hopefully) fit the bill since I'm very MCE-centered.  It even has "the green button" which is used a lot in MCE.

Made the plunge and ordered the Harmony 680 to replace the (xmas gift) Harmony 360.

Terrific [url=http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin/mboard/rc-harmony/thread.cgi?4251]t... about harmony remotes here (very clear pictures and summaries of features and timeline).

The 680 will (hopefully) fit the bill since I'm very MCE-centered.  It even has "the green button" which is used a lot in MCE.

If you'd like to launch your 360 MCE Extender into MCE directly (instead of going to the dashboard and then hitting the media center/green button) OR if you are having issues where when your 360 starts up you can't control it with the remote for a while (1-10 seconds) - try hitting "Play" twice on the remote.

For me, this seems to flush the 360 and make it respond to remote commands.

If you'd like to launch your 360 MCE Extender into MCE directly (instead of going to the dashboard and then hitting the media center/green button) OR if you are having issues where when your 360 starts up you can't control it with the remote for a while (1-10 seconds) - try hitting "Play" twice on the remote.

For me, this seems to flush the 360 and make it respond to remote commands.

On the wireless controller front .. haven't received a callback from Xbox support yet regarding the wireless controller "escalation".  They said 24 hrs if things aren't too busy, 48hrs otherwise.  That gives them monday until about noon.

Then I call again.  :)

This is so stupid.  They should either publish that their new accessories don't work with their old accessories, or just replace the old accessories and apologize.

On the wireless controller front .. haven't received a callback from Xbox support yet regarding the wireless controller "escalation".  They said 24 hrs if things aren't too busy, 48hrs otherwise.  That gives them monday until about noon.

Then I call again.  :)

This is so stupid.  They should either publish that their new accessories don't work with their old accessories, or just replace the old accessories and apologize.

This guy demonstrates EXACTLY the problem I've had (I'm late to the party I guess):

Link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpVuoKn-DOA&eurl=

Embedded:

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This guy demonstrates EXACTLY the problem I've had (I'm late to the party I guess):

Link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpVuoKn-DOA&eurl=

Embedded:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpVuoKn-DOA&eurl=[/youtube]

In case I can ever help anyone in the future (god knows I've needed enough of it) I'll give some background on things I'm interested in/good at.

In case I can ever help anyone in the future (god knows I've needed enough of it) I'll give some background on things I'm interested in/good at.