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Click the 'Add a missing command' radio button and name the command.

If you're adding an audio-only device you may want to choose your AV receiver or home theater system instead. I chose my Panasonic TV since I know it needs to be on to watch TV via a Roku. Choose a device you know will be active (powered on) during the new activity you'll create to associate with the phantom device you're adding.

Click 'Your devices' and choose an existing device to 'piggy-back' the new 'phantom' device you want to add.

Log onto your account and select your remote.

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Connect your remote to your PC using a USB cable.That's because those two don't support multiple activities. Unfortunately it won't work (nearly as well) for the now-discontinued other Harmonys that controlled even fewer devices, namely the 200 and 300.

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The following steps utilize the Web site and my 650, but the concept is the same if you use the company's standalone software (compatible with older models) or other activity-based Harmony remotes. If you were thinking of getting an affordable Harmony remote but were held back by the device limit, this hack could save you serious cash over stepping up to another Harmony. I'm in the process of reviewing the Touch right now, and suffice it to say that from a usability perspective, I can't wait to go back to my 650. And now that Logitech has pared down its line to only three remotes - the $56 Harmony 650, the $200 Harmony Touch, and the $325 Harmony 1100 - the 650 is in my book the only one worth recommending to the non-rich. My wife and I have been using my 'hacked' 650 to control six devices for the last year or so, and it works flawlessly. The Harmony software sees it as one device, but it actually controls two. The commands to control my Roku would 'piggy-back' atop that existing device, such as my TV, as a sort of 'phantom device.' Just imagine a TV remote and Roku remote taped together. I could create a new 'Watch Roku' activity using commands learned from the Roku remote and tacked on to one of the five devices. The workaround depends on the fact that those commands don't necessarily have to come from the just one remote. Harmony's learning function is designed to allow you to customize a device by adding new commands from the original device's remote control. The activity system is the main reason Harmony remotes are so intuitive to use. An activity, for example 'Watch TV,' is just a sequence of commands the remote sends ('turn on devices x, y, z switch input on x') combined with particular button associations and screen layouts (Volume keys control the AV receiver, Channel +/- keys control the cable box, etc.). With Harmony remotes you have a limited number of devices but a basically unlimited number of so-called activities.

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The slideshow below has the full instructions and screenshots (which are repeated at the end of this article in full for reference). Once you go universal, having to resort back to multiple clickers is a hassle akin to suddenly needing a second steering wheel to drive.ДЄfter a bit of thought, it occurred to me that, thanks to the Harmony's ability to 'learn' additional commands from the original remote controls, there's an easy workaround that would allow me to add a sixth and potentially even more devices.

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I already had five devices - a TV, an AV receiver, a Fios DVR, a PS3 (via an IR-to-BT controller), and a Moxi Mate - so I figured I'd have to 'go manual' and use the Roku's remote in conjunction with my beloved 650. I hit that limit last year when I wanted to add a Roku to my system to access HBO Go. As the first line of The Bad from our review says, it can only control up to five different devices. I love my Harmony 650 universal remote, but it has one major flaw.

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