Problems with CEC on TV, receiver, and Firestick..

[Ozark01]

STR DN 1070 Receiver
K65XR80 Sony TV
4K Firestick

I have the equipment above and want it to work the way it worked when I had a Samsung TV. The Sony TV is the new piece of equipment.

The Firestick is plugged into the Game HDMI port on the receiver and the HDMI output of the receiver is plugged into HDMI 3 ARC input on the TV.

I want the Firestick remote to control the TV, the receiver, and the Firestick. With the old Samsung TV when I pressed the power button on the Firestick remote the TV came on to the correct input on the receiver and the TV.

With the new Sony TV when I press the power button on the Firestick remote the TV comes on but it defaults to HDMI 1. ( I have the TV setup to come on to the Last Input used but it does not seem to matter). I have the TV button on the Sony TV remote set for HDMI 3 so the TV changes to HDMI 3 when it is pressed. This puts me at the setup screen on the receiver where I have to select the Game input to use the Firestick. The Firestick then appears and can be used as log as the Home button on the Firestick remote is not pressed.

At this point when I press the home button on the Firestick remote the TV switches to HDMI 1 and of course the Firestick does not work any longer.

I have tried every combination of CEC control on the three devices and the best I have gotten is that the Firestick remote will power the TV on/off and control the volume on the receiver. Once again if I press the Home button on the Firestick remote the TV goes to HDMI 1. I have yet to get the TV to default to the HDMI 3 input using the Firestick remote.

Any ideas would be appreciated as to how to setup the CEC controls on these three devices.

 

[TLS Guy]

STR DN 1070 Receiver
K65XR80 Sony TV
4K Firestick

I have the equipment above and want it to work the way it worked when I had a Samsung TV. The Sony TV is the new piece of equipment.

The Firestick is plugged into the Game HDMI port on the receiver and the HDMI output of the receiver is plugged into HDMI 3 ARC input on the TV.

I want the Firestick remote to control the TV, the receiver, and the Firestick. With the old Samsung TV when I pressed the power button on the Firestick remote the TV came on to the correct input on the receiver and the TV.

With the new Sony TV when I press the power button on the Firestick remote the TV comes on but it defaults to HDMI 1. ( I have the TV setup to come on to the Last Input used but it does not seem to matter). I have the TV button on the Sony TV remote set for HDMI 3 so the TV changes to HDMI 3 when it is pressed. This puts me at the setup screen on the receiver where I have to select the Game input to use the Firestick. The Firestick then appears and can be used as log as the Home button on the Firestick remote is not pressed.

At this point when I press the home button on the Firestick remote the TV switches to HDMI 1 and of course the Firestick does not work any longer.

I have tried every combination of CEC control on the three devices and the best I have gotten is that the Firestick remote will power the TV on/off and control the volume on the receiver. Once again if I press the Home button on the Firestick remote the TV goes to HDMI 1. I have yet to get the TV to default to the HDMI 3 input using the Firestick remote.

Any ideas would be appreciated as to how to setup the CEC controls on these three devices.

CEC is a total cluster "you know what." Turn it off and make sure it stays off, and just turn your units on as you need them.

 

[-Jim-]

CEC is a total cluster "you know what." Turn it off and make sure it stays off, and just turn your units on as you need them.

Sadly @TLS Guy is correct. CEC is a mess, and in my opinion worse with Sony gear, as they've taken HDMI Handshaking to a new level of frustration and CEC along with it. I have two Sony receivers, a couple of their Blu-ray Players, and a 4K one as well => all on various HT systems (I have 4 of them. Yes I know I have a problem.) I have found that the sequence devices turn on affect operational success and many times lead to failure.

All you can do is try different configurations like plugging the Firestick into the TV and relying on eArc to get the signal to the receiver. By the way, it wouldn't hurt to check the HDMI Cables all work well and meet the specifications needed for all the devices connected.

But as suggested, you may have to just turn CEC off and live with pushing an extra button or two on a remote.

I know life is Tough!