Logitech Harmony woes with your Xbox

[EricCamper]

Hey guys....I just bought the Logitech Harmony 880 and if you have not seen this, then you need to check it out......Kickbutt remote control with Color LCD.

http://reviews.designtechnica.com/review3147.html#

Anyway...they have buttons for everything and I was wondering...It has a Play Game button that you can program to turn on tv, receiver, switch av modes and ....YES....turn on your game system....ahhh...the catch......Can I DO THAT?? Is there something I can get and solder, plugin or whatever to have it turn on my xbox remotely...Is this even possible? I guess I would have to have the remote also, but the remote will not do that...Any suggestions.....Just anoither thing to keep my lazy ass on the sofa and watch por...uhh I mean play Burnout Revenge...lol


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[kosmiq]

Long story short:
you must add an IR port yourself to the xbox so that it can connect to something.

here are a few tuts on how to do different remote power on/off mods:

http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/smartswitch.php
http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/controller-boot.php
http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/power-button-controller.php
http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/easy-xbox-onoff.php
http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/rf-power.php
http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/xir.php

hope that one of them will give you what you need... :)

[Quall999]

I think that's a little bit overkill lol.

[prollfin]

Yeah it is... but who would buy some remote to switch on and off the xbox which costs as much as the box itself anyway???

I got a harmony 655 but I have never thought about using it on the xbox...

[Quall999]

I just put a power button on my controller for that.

[EricCamper]

haha....Well...I am not buying the remore FOR the xbox...It is just a plus.....
And my buddy is in the home theater business and I got the 880 for $110, which is killer.....I since then Got HDTV and DVR in the house and that added another remote, so I have my projector, receiver, dvd player, xm radio, cable, vcr, theater pc and xbox that all have remote controls...AHHHHHHHH....hehe....So it's a toy just like anything else.....I probably still would have got it, but I would hate my self in the morning....lol

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