Harmony experience with Philips Smart TVs

It's compatible with all Harmony products

Setup

Set up your Philips Smart TV: Set up your Philips Smart TV and install the apps you'd like to use (e.g., Netflix, Hulu+, Plex).
Connect Harmony to Philips Smart TV: Once connected, you may use Harmony to control your Philips Smart TV and trigger Activities in which your Smart TV is included.

Add Philips TV to your Harmony setup

Mobile Desktop

Launch the Harmony app and connect to your Harmony hub.
Select MENU, then Harmony Setup > Add/Edit Devices & Activities > DEVICES.

Select the ADD DEVICE button at the bottom of the screen.
Select ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE and enter manufacturer Philips followed by your Smart TV model number.
Once added, Harmony will prompt you to create an Activity. Select Yes.
Continue through the series of questions to build your Watch Smart TV Activity.

Launch the MyHarmony desktop software and sign into your account.
Select your Harmony product from the Remote Gallery screen.
Select the Devices tab on the left side of the screen.

Select the Scan for devices button near the center of the page.

You will be prompted to connect your Harmony to your computer with the provided USB cable. Harmony will scan your home Wi‑Fi network for devices. Ensure both your Philips Smart TV and Harmony Hub are on the same Wi‑Fi network.

Select the Add device button.
Enter the manufacturer Philips and enter your model number.

Launch the Harmony app and sign into your account.
Select your Harmony remote, followed by DEVICES > ADD DEVICE.
Enter manufacturer Philips and model number for the smart TV you're adding.
Finally, select the sync icon in the upper right corner of the settings menu, followed by SYNC NOW.

Control

Using your Philips Smart TV

Below are some tips on using Harmony with your Philips Smart TV. Once you've added your TV to Harmony and setup is complete, we recommend setting up a Smart TV Activity.

Harmony hub‑based products can control select Philips Smart TVs, and also add additional capabilities. Using the Harmony app:

Control icon lists commonly used Philips Smart TV buttons.
Gestures allows you to control your Activity using simple swipe gestures over your phone screen. For example, swiping up/down will change your volume.
Favorites will display all your Philips Smart TV channels for easy switching.
Voiceand Text entry allows you to control your Philips Smart TV using your mobile device's keyboard and/or microphone.

Supported apps

Netflix

Direction Pad Navigation will navigate the Netflix app.

Media Keys such as Play, Pause, Stop, FastForward and Rewind commands work. Netflix allows you to move a frame forward or backward using the direction left and right arrows.

Text entry is possible using the Harmony app.

Hulu

Direction Pad Navigation will navigate the Hulu app.

Media Keys such as Play, Pause, Stop, FastForward and Rewind commands work.

The Hulu app has an on screen keyboard you navigate using direction keys and does not accept keyboard text entry.

YouTube

Direction Pad Navigation will navigate the YouTube app.

Media Keys such as Play, Pause, Stop, FastForward and Rewind commands work. YouTube allows you to navigate between videos using the Skip Forward and Skip Backwards commands.

The YouTube app has an on screen keyboard you navigate using direction keys and does not accept keyboard text entry.

Amazon

Direction Pad Navigation will navigate the Amazon app.

Media Keys such as Play, Pause, Stop, FastForward and Rewind commands work. Amazon allows you to move a frame forward or backward using the direction left and right arrows.

Text entry is possible using the Harmony app.

Plex

Direction Pad Navigation will navigate the Plex app.

Media Keys such as Play, Pause, Stop, FastForward and Rewind commands work. Plex allows you to move a frame forward or backward using the direction left and right arrows.

Text entry is possible using the Harmony app.

Browser

Direction Pad Navigation will navigate the Browser app.

Media Keys are not used within the Browser app.

Text entry is possible using Harmony Smart Keyboard or Harmony app.

Mouse/Cursor control is possible using Harmony Smart Keyboard.

Other apps

The behavior of other apps may vary depending on its design.

Some apps may require the use of the original Philips Smart TV remote. These are typically apps that make use of motion control.

Customize

Adjust the physical buttons on your remote

Harmony has already optimized the buttons on your remote; however you can further customize these buttons depending on your preference.

Add, remove or rename commands on your remotes screen

Harmony automatically imports your Philips Smart TV channels and displays them under the favorites section on your Harmony remote. Commands specific to your Watch Smart TV Activity are also displayed for which you can add, remove or rename them.

Customize Harmony app buttons

You can view common Philips Smart TV commands on your phone or tablet screen. You can add, remove or rearrange these commands.

Set your own swipe gestures

By default, swiping up or down on the gestures screen will change volume. There are 22 gestures in total, view and customize them from the app.

Setup

Adding Philips Smart TV to your Harmony setup

Launch the Harmony Express app and tap Edit Setup.
Next, tap + to perform a Wi‑Fi scan, and select your device.
- If your device isn't found, ensure it's on the same Wi-Fi network as Harmony Express.
- If you still have issues, reboot your device and router then try again.
Tap Continue and follow the on-screen prompts.

Control

Voice

You can use your voice to send commands such as turn on, turn off, and more. Tap What to say in the Harmony Express app to see sample commands for your device. Launching apps using your voice is not supported for this device.

For more information on how to use your voice with Harmony Express, see: Voice commands on Harmony Express

Remote

Although Harmony has already mapped default commands to your remote buttons, you have the ability to assign custom commands to them. For more information, see: Customizing physical buttons on your remote