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Controlling your nexus player using your TV remote control.

Today I have coincidentally discovered that I can control my nexus player with my Hisense LTDN50K220 TV remote control. It has full functionality of nexus remote. Anyone also experienced this with another TV?

Yes. It is called "HDMI-CEC".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#CEC

I have a Panasonic that automatically turns on and switches to the correct HDMI input any time I send a cast from my phone to the NP or anytime I push a button on my NP remote. And I can also control the NP with my TV remote as well. HDMI-CEC is pretty damn cool

Is it possible to change the CEC device type in Android TV?

I've run into a CEC limitation with my home theater setup that I have too many "player" type devices. I have a PS3, PS4, Apple TV 4, and the Shield TV. While the Shield TV mostly does everything the ATV does, I still have some use for it and would rather not ditch it to get this working.
Is there a way to change the device type the shield identifies itself as? If I could change it to "recorder" type, there shouldn't be any issue. I'm currently using a Pulse-Eight CEC USB module on my PC and that identifies itself as a recorder, so I guess in theory the shield should work as well.
Any help would be appreciated!

Help with Nvidia Shield TV Pro 2017 IR blaster

I have the Shield TV Pro 2017 model for a week now and aside from being a great product, I'm trying to put my TV and my Marantz amp on sleep mode when I put my Shield TV on sleep mode (and also wake them when I woke up my box). After many tries, I think that the IR commands doesn't come from the box's IR blaster but from the controller (not the remote) itself ! So that if the controller is not in front of the devices, the commands aren't captured by them.
Am I right ? Do I miss something here, like an option to switch from controller's IR blaster to box's ? Thanks in advance for your help and maybe tips & tricks around that useful feature

I was under the impression the box only had a receiver.

I have the 16gb version 2017 and the remote that ships has an IR blaster built in. Which is basically just for switching off tv and receiver.
The new controller also has IR blaster. But the shield TV doesn't have a receiver. It also can't shutdown, just sleep or restart. (technically you can through settings, but you can only turn it back on by reconnecting the power cord.
Maybe the IR (receiver?) is only on the pro version to turn it back on when shutdown? And that it doesn't transmit? Else you should try facing the shield tv toward the receiver to test if it transmits. But to be honest it wouldn't really make sense, it isn't in direct line of sight probably most of the times.

That AVR of yours does it support HDMI? If so, and seeing how it's an AVR wouldn't also not support CEC (Power I/O)? Alas you have to dig into the Settings of everything in the Link Shield TV, AVR, TV etc..) and, make sure CEC is turned on.
Otherwise I would humbly suggest scouring Fleebay for a used Harmony 900 with Bluetooth Hub, which when compared to what it was when it came out like 10 years ago is almost being given away now. As you can set that remote to either turn on a chain of Devices, or off again with just the One Button. In case you don't have full CEC throughout.

Help me to setup TV and receiver power managment

When I try to setup TV and receiver power managment Shield allows me to choose only one.
It is ok if you deaf or blind but I'm not and I'd like to power on and off TV and receiver simultaniously with shield.
Are there any life hack for it?
Is there a voice command to send Shield to Sleep mode?

Const_RU said:
When I try to setup TV and receiver power managment Shield allows me to choose only one.
It is ok if you deaf or blind but I'm not and I'd like to power on and off TV and receiver simultaniously with shield.
Are there any life hack for it?
Is there a voice command to send Shield to Sleep mode?
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Wasn't this what they created CEC for? Assuming of course your TV was either new, or spec'ed up enough to have CEC where you could send the Power on signal to or from the attached Device. That also supports CEC Power On / Off.
At the moment I'm not aware of any Device specific voice commands. But, perhaps now would be the time to use that part of the Shield Settings to request such features. As this is something that would seem (to me...), to be reasonable. Once the nVIDIA Spot lands, and Google Home gets switched on. But this hasn't been released yet, and it may well be a long while before it actually lands.

Ichijoe said:
Wasn't this what they created CEC for? Assuming of course your TV was either new, or spec'ed up enough to have CEC where you could send the Power on signal to or from the attached Device. That also supports CEC Power On / Off.
Receiver is old and without HDMI.
I have found that the only way I can manage power for all 3 is to turn CEC support off on Shield and setup two different IR commands for TV and receiver.
This far not perfect. TV starts first then it looks for Shield than Shield shows errors that never happen with CEC but it works.
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Const_RU said:
Ichijoe said:
Wasn't this what they created CEC for? Assuming of course your TV was either new, or spec'ed up enough to have CEC where you could send the Power on signal to or from the attached Device. That also supports CEC Power On / Off.
Receiver is old and without HDMI.
I have found that the only way I can manage power for all 3 is to turn CEC support off on Shield and setup two different IR commands for TV and receiver.
This far not perfect. TV starts first then it looks for Shield than Shield shows errors that never happen with CEC but it works.
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In that case... You should probably invest the $60-ish or so Dollars on FleeBay for either a Logitech Harmony One, or barring that the Harmony 900, and set that up as your daily driver.
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Const_RU said:
Ichijoe said:
Wasn't this what they created CEC for? Assuming of course your TV was either new, or spec'ed up enough to have CEC where you could send the Power on signal to or from the attached Device. That also supports CEC Power On / Off.
Receiver is old and without HDMI.
I have found that the only way I can manage power for all 3 is to turn CEC support off on Shield and setup two different IR commands for TV and receiver.
This far not perfect. TV starts first then it looks for Shield than Shield shows errors that never happen with CEC but it works.
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So basically what you mean is, you can only select CEC or IR, which is correct. But both are able to control tv and receiver, just not CEC and IR mixed together.
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mr-tee said:
Const_RU said:
So basically what you mean is, you can only select CEC or IR, which is correct. But both are able to control tv and receiver, just not CEC and IR mixed together.
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To be fair I haven't had much use for CEC. I find my Logitech Harmony Remote gets the job done nicely. Since everything in my chain has IR it's not a problem. In short I could set up a single Button that powers my TV, AVR, and say the Shield all in that order. And back off again with the Power Off Button.
CEC on the other hand would allow you to control your Devices from the TV, directing the input (usually IR), though the TV then out again via the HDMI Cable, to the other CEC enabled Devices in the chain. Or so I understand​ it. So it to would be a single Remote. But I wouldn't know how discriminating it would be. Assuming there are just some days you don't feel the need to use the Shield.
Of course for me thia also means that if the TV wants to do a Channel / Firmware search at 03.00h, and in doing so wakes up the Shield, Wich in turn wakes up the TV. Which in turn makes me upset as I only live in a One Room Apartment. So IMHO: TO HELL WITH CEC Auto Power!
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Samsung TV remote with Fire Stick

My Samsung TV remote (model RMCSPK1AP1) used to be able to control the Fire Stick. A couple weeks ago this functionality stopped and I am no longer able to control the Fire Stick with the Samsung remote. How can I pair these two back up?

shobuddy said:
My Samsung TV remote (model RMCSPK1AP1) used to be able to control the Fire Stick. A couple weeks ago this functionality stopped and I am no longer able to control the Fire Stick with the Samsung remote. How can I pair these two back up?
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The remote description says it's IR, so it must have been controlling the FireStick via CEC. Go into you Samsung TV settings & the FireStick settings, and make sure CEC control is enabled on both.

Finnzz, thanks for the reply. I have CEC turn on on both the TV and the Firestick.

If you already have full CEC input enabled then my only other advice is generic troubleshooting.
Power off the TV and Stick completely, including unplugging them for at least 10sec. Move the Stick to a different HDMI input.
Maybe there is a problem with the I2C bus handling the CEC communication. Following the steps above cover a couple possibilities.
If that doesn't help, you might want to give more information about your setup so others have a better chance of helping.
What is the FireTV Stick model and firmware version? What is the Samsung TV model?