This is a post to the Logitech Forums using the above original thread topic. Can any Logitech Harmony 700 users shed some light on why this absolutely frustrating issue is happening?
I have same problem - Harmony 700. Have a MediaCtr TV customized activity and MC is set to TV, and it goes to recorded TV. So I added an input to MCE named LiveTV, picked the LiveTV command, and then set the activity to use the LiveTV command when I press the MediaCtr TV activity - it STILL only goes to LiveTV if I do the acvitivity TWICE or RANDOMLY depending where I might be in Media Center! If im in any other media center activity, and press LiveTV, it goes right to LiveTV! **bleep** this is frustrating. Another irritant is my MediaCtr Videos activity which explicitly says to use the Videos input of the MCE does NOTHING! BUT, if I press Videos from within ANY Media Center activity, it goes right to my video listings. GRRRRRR Logitech!
Mike
Win7 Ultimate x32 SP1, Harmony 700, Comcast Houston (cable co), Cooler Master Elite 360 Mini Tower case on it's side, ASUS M4A87TD-USB3 MB, AMD Phenom II 555 Black DualCore, 4G RAM, PNY GT440 1gb DDR5, 1TGB SATA II (OS) - AHCI, 2TB SATA III (DATA) - AHCI, LG GGC-H20LK Combo drive, TMT3, 2 ea.Ceton InfiniTV 4s - PCI-e, Onkyo TX-SR608, Samsung PN50C550
You might want to look at this. It has worked for me. I want my TV in the den to start up in recorded tv when I go to the media center activity (Harmony One remote). This is apparently the default and that's good. I wanted the TV in the bedroom to start up in Live TV. The link below has a startup program that changes MCE start up to Live TV, Give it a try and see if it solves your problem. Mike, the author, is a great source of info if it doesn't work.
www.missingremote.com/.../change-windows-media-center-startup-media-center-valve
Good Luck!
Bob