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One pleasant surprise that I had with my new receiver that I hadn't realized: Modern HDMI has a control bus that will replicate commands like powering on, chang
by crusso 9y ago
One pleasant surprise that I had with my new receiver that I hadn't realized: Modern HDMI has a control bus that will replicate commands like powering on, changing channels, changing volumes, etc. along the bus and other compliant components will play along.
That means that with my receiver and TV, my Xfinity remote is able to control everything I need it to in my entertainment center.
I was getting kind of bummed about the sad state of Logitech Harmony remotes as my old one was failing on me - but it turns out that it no longer matters.
- piquadrat 9y agoAlso known as HDMI CEC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Control https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Control
- tallanvor 9y agoWhich can be a pain in the rear. I was having a problem with my TV turning on randomly. It turned out that when my Amazon fire was waking up (no clue why it needed to), my TV registered the signal and turned on automatically. Luckily you can disable the CEC stuff on the TV, which solved the problem.
- danesparza 9y ago"Luckily you can disable the CEC stuff on the TV, which solved the problem." ...But then totally defeats the purpose.
- laumars 9y agoSome TVs you can disable the power on feature specifically without disabling CEC completely. I have the option to do so on both my Samsung TVs and my LG one too.
- strictnein 9y agoYeah, the Nintendo Switch takes advantage of that. If it's on and you drop it in its cradle it'll turn on your TV and switch to its HDMI input.