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Why is my CEC not working?
Where HDMI-CEC isn’t working properly, you need to turn everything off at the plug and remove all HDMI cables from your TV. Next, turn your TV on first. Then, if you have any external sound devices (soundbar or AV amp), you need to plug these into an HDMI port on your TV first, and then power them on.
How do I fix HDMI-CEC?
Troubleshooting
- Disconnect all HDMI devices from your TV and the audio system.
- Perform a power reset or restart of the TV.
- Connect the HDMI cable from HDMI output on your audio system to the HDMI input on your TV.
- Make sure the HDMI Control settings on the audio system is set to On.
Do I want HDMI-CEC on or off?
If you want to watch device 1, 2 or 3, always use your source device’s remote control to power ON (or press play button) the device. The source device will send a HDMI-CEC signal to your TV and to our soundbar to automatically power ON. When finished watching the movie, always use the TV remote control to power OFF.
Does HDMI cable affect CEC?
Whether CEC works, however, does not always depend on the HDMI cable, but on the device itself. Although the CEC standard has existed since the introduction of HDMI, it was by no means immediately installed in all devices.
Why do AV receivers need to use HDMI-CEC?
In any case, these devices seems so inelegant compared to the HDMI-CEC solution – why should the remote control have to preserve the state indicating which device’s IR codes should be sent? With the CEC approach, the AV receiver knows which source is active and it should send the command to.
Why is my HDMI arc and CEC not working?
If you had HDMI-CEC disabled on any devices, then this could be your problem. However, if the setting was enabled on everything (or you enabled the settings) and HDMI-CEC isn’t working, then you need to jump to step 2. 2. Replug everything
How does the CEC client get the active source?
The user may select a device to view via the TV user interface. In contrast to the message (which is sent by the current active source to the TV), the is sent by the TV to the source device to request it to broadcast its path using an message. [. . .]
What to do if your HDMI is not working?
Where HDMI-CEC isn’t working properly, you need to turn everything off at the plug and remove all HDMI cables from your TV. Next, turn your TV on first. Then, if you have any external sound devices (soundbar or AV amp), you need to plug these into an HDMI port on your TV first, and then power them on.