topic Sky remote won't activate HDMI automatically in Other TVs

Sky remote won't activate HDMI automatically

64jonesy — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:47:31 GMT

I have recently purchased a kdl50w656 tv, I have put my sky+ HD box into the HDMI 1 connection. I have programmed my sky controls so that I can operate my tv using them, all of a sudden I am unable to activate my sky automatically through the sky controls, I have to select the HDMI option via the tv remote. Please can you help me to solve this problem.

Re: Sky remote won't activate HDMI automatically

Chesterflaps — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:59:35 GMT

What are you pressing on the Sky remote? I press "help".

Rif.: Sky remote won't activate HDMI automatically

jan2011 — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 00:24:49 GMT

Hi
If you want, that when you turn on Sky+ HD box, turns on automatically and in HDMI Mode your TV, I think till now, is not possible (with about all TVs!).
The reason is that Sky+ HD boxes (all?, quite all?) have HDMI 1.1 and not CEC compliant!
http://storage.sky.com/prod/helpcentre/manuals/skyboxes/10431SkyplusHDR3v1SinglePagesv5AW%20LR.pdf
It’s possible only with Scart connections!

Jannis
PS
“CEC
Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) is an HDMI feature designed to allow the user to command and control up-to 15 CEC-enabled devices, that are connected through HDMI, by using only one of their remote controls (for example by controlling a television set, set-top box, and DVD player using only the remote control of the TV). CEC also allows for individual CEC-enabled devices to command and control each other without user intervention”

“CEC has been in the HDMI specification since version 1.0, but only began to be used in consumer electronics products with HDMI version 1.3a”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Control#Version_1.0_to_1.2