Has anyone used this for connection to a LCD monitor instead of a normal TV?. Specifically, I'm wondering if the chromecast could autoselect the HDMI input whenever casting was turned onto it. So the default input would be VGA/DVI from my PC, and then when activated, the monitor would switch to the HDMI input from Chromecast, and once done, back to the PC. From what I've read, the Chromecast uses HDMI CEC to do this with normal TVs, but not finding a lot of information as to whether or not it would work with a monitor. If I need to test myself, I understand - just curious if someone else has ever tried to do the same thing and had personal experience.
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I have one TV in my house (Toshiba 55HT1U) that keeps getting turned on by the Chromecast. I turn the TV off, and then with a few minutes, the TV will be back on again. Unplug the Chromecast, and the TV stays off. I have tried multiple Chromecasts with the same results, I disabled Regza Link (Toshiba's HDMI-CEC), and it still keeps happening. This also happens whether the Chromecast is connected to my TV or to the receiver which is then connected to the TV. I have read where this particular TV suffers from this issue with other devices, but I wish there was a way to turn it off from the Chromecast end.
Right now, my solution is to go and unplug the Chromecast when I am not using it...hardly an elegant solution.
Have you check the manufacture website of your TV. I know some TV within the last few years, if it have a USB hook up, you can typically update the TV Firmware it may solve your problem. Just a shot in the dark. Also Chromecast is also getting an update.
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I have one TV in my house (Toshiba 55HT1U) that keeps getting turned on by the Chromecast. I turn the TV off, and then with a few minutes, the TV will be back on again. Unplug the Chromecast, and the TV stays off. I have tried multiple Chromecasts with the same results, I disabled Regza Link (Toshiba's HDMI-CEC), and it still keeps happening. This also happens whether the Chromecast is connected to my TV or to the receiver which is then connected to the TV. I have read where this particular TV suffers from this issue with other devices, but I wish there was a way to turn it off from the Chromecast end.
Right now, my solution is to go and unplug the Chromecast when I am not using it...hardly an elegant solution.
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Have you check the manufacture website of your TV. I know some TV within the last few years, if it have a USB hook up, you can typically update the TV Firmware it may solve your problem. Just a shot in the dark. Also Chromecast is also getting an update.
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I have seen where some people have tried the update and it made no difference, but I will definitely try this when I get home tonight.
Find your HDMI-CEC options (whatever Toshiba calls it) and turn on HDMI-CEC but turn off Auto power. That will allow HDMI-CEC to switch to the right input but will not allow the HDMI-CEC to auto power the TV.
I have the exact same problem with a Toshiba 46G300U1 so let me know if you find a solution. It seems like a bunch of the Toshiba's all have this problem and I doubt Toshiba is going to fix it. I've tried various different kinds of options (connecting the Chromecast through a cable, a HDMI switch etc.). As long as the Chromecast is switched on and connected to the TV it always turns on automatically. Obviously disabling HDMI-CEC doesnt seem to help. I suspect there is a bug in the Toshiba that still keeps acting on HDMI-CEC signalsI am planning to file a support case with Chromecast as they are more likely to fix the problem (maybe an option to disable CEC on the Chromecast) than Toshiba. But since that is unlikely I am thinking maybe I can try a cable that doesnt properly support HDMI-CEC. It seems CEC is a separate wire and there are lots of people online complaining about cables that don't support CEC.
Try not powering your device via USB from the TV. (If you are) My LG TV seems to have issues with CEC from devices that get power from it via USB. Does weird stuff like this
So I tried updating the firmware on my TV...they said just put the new firmware on a USB stick, then plug the stick into the TV and it will automatically prompt you to start the install. Well, it didn't. I tried 2 different USB sticks with no success.
My "fix" was to just power the Chromecast WITH the USB port on the TV. That way the Chromecast is off when the TV is, so it won't try to turn it back on.
Great idea. I am connecting my USB cable to the TV's USB port for now. I might try connecting the Chromecast via my audio receiver later on. FWIW the firmware update did nothing to solve the issue on my TV.
I don't want to disable CEC on my TV, because I'd still like to have the CEC capability to turn on/off my home theatre automatically along with the TV. I can use USB power from the TV to power my Chromecast, but once the TV is on, my home theatre mutes automatically because it gives up control of CEC to chromecast. It's an unfortunate software decision made by Sony, the maker of my home theatre. I want the home theatre speakers to stay active, but Sony has programmed it to mute when another device on the same HDMI bus takes CEC control.
If you don't want your Chromecast to be a CEC-control device, meaning you don't want it turning your set on at all, or you don't want it overriding other CEC devices, just order lindy-usa.com part number 711110-1, which is a HDMI CEC Less Adapter, Female to Male, and put it inline with your Chromecast. It disables the CEC sense line from your Chromecast to your TV. Problem solved. Neall
It's well known that the Chromecast can control enabled TVs through HDMI CEC. All of the information I see regarding this only ever talk about turning on the TV and changing the input. You should be able to do more than that with the CEC protocol, correct? Could the CC be used to turn the TV OFF or control TV volume or other basic functions through CEC? Has anybody explored this?
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It's well known that the Chromecast can control enabled TVs through HDMI CEC. All of the information I see regarding this only ever talk about turning on the TV and changing the input. You should be able to do more than that with the CEC protocol, correct? Could the CC be used to turn the TV OFF or control TV volume or other basic functions through CEC? Has anybody explored this?
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Power Off in the CEC protocol is usually done via the power off routine. Since the CCast never power's off , well you get the picture....
However there is no reason why it shouldn't be possible to send any CEC command to the system via the CCast.
(Also no reason why the CCast couldn't take command from a TV IR Remote via CEC as well but it's a bit more difficult)
The best way to implement this would be if Google added CEC Remote functionality to the Default Screen(and an App to go with it) or someone made a Player App that could be loaded from a CEC Remote App in Android.
It would be 10,000 times better if Google would make CEC control part of the OS so it was always available to run your system.
My chromecast is hooked up to hdmi1 on my panasonic st50. When I try to cast to the tv it does not change to the correct hdmi input. If I'm watching tv and try to cast, it stays on the input, but the screen goes black. Anyone know a solution to this?
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My chromecast is hooked up to hdmi1 on my panasonic st50. When I try to cast to the tv it does not change to the correct hdmi input. If I'm watching tv and try to cast, it stays on the input, but the screen goes black. Anyone know a solution to this?
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Two things it could be...
1 - Your TV is older and does not support HDMI-CEC
2 - It does support it but is not turned on in settings.
I will note that there have been times where the CCast would lose CEC connection requiring a reboot of the CCast to get it back.
Try that first then see if the TV has CEC disabled.
And note it may be configurable for each input so be thorough...
How do you turn off your TV when you turn it on using your Chromecast ?
Here in France & Europe, many of us are using 3play boxes (Internet/TV/phone) to watch TV, these are connected to TVs using (another) HDMI port
Many (if not all) of those boxes are able to turn on/off TVs using their remotes, OR THEIR IOS/ANDROID EMULATED TV REMOTES
So now, when I want to turn off my TV turned on using my Chromecast, I use an android emulated TV remote to do that...
A Chromecast developer told me he saw nothing (documented) inside the Chromecast SDK code to send the appropriate HDMI CEC signal to the HDMI TV port in order to shutdown ; OK,but who will develop a widget button to do this using orders sent by boxes ?
Google will not like...
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PS : other possibility ? Please, Mr Google, give us the proper SDK code to do it, we ensure you we will continue to watch the nice pics / even ads if any... sometimes
Thats cause there is no CEC support to turn off the TV!
Is there any command to shutdown Chromecast?
I'm thinking that the TV maybe shutdown when it looses its HDMI signal?
/Marco
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Thats cause there is no CEC support to turn off the TV!
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Do you mean that chromecast hardware/software can not do it? Because as far as CEC commands, I believe there is such support.
In fact, my xbmc media player shuts down my TV (and also my AVR) when I shut it down (these are xbmc’s configuration options for libcec: http://imgur.com/Yrss7lw,nVrqyny ).
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Do you mean that chromecast hardware/software can not do it? Because as far as CEC commands, I believe there is such support.
In fact, my xbmc media player shuts down my TV (and also my AVR) when I shut it down (these are xbmc’s configuration options for libcec: http://imgur.com/Yrss7lw,nVrqyny ).
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Most devices do not support turning off a TV via CEC with the exception of AVRs.
And many AVRs choose not to do it using the TV as a Menu and info display instead.
Only powering off the AVR will trigger a TV off in those cases.
The CEC commands on the CCast are minimal at best....
Change the input and turn on the TV if it is off.
CCast would not turn off a TV cause it can not assume you are done streaming to it from the CCast. If that were the case every time the default screen loaded up the TV would go off. So it needs to be done via the CCast receiver/player and if you switch to another source the other source should determine if the monitor is needed or not so no need for the CCast to make that decision.
What really needs to be added to the CEC commands is the ability to use the TV or AVR remote to control playback.
But again thats something the Developer Receiver/Player on the CCast has to do the device itself can't really do that for them.
In regards to your XBMC, XBMC assumes it is the only device connected to the TV, It even expects you will watch your live TV through that and that no other device is connected to the TV but XBMC.
Buy a Belkin Wemo or a smart plug... easy peezy.
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Buy a Belkin Wemo or a smart plug... easy peezy.
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OR Hope Google creates some functionality on the Default screen to control the device, change inputs and turn off a TV if needed. But it would require leaving whatever app you were using and loading another app designed to access the default screen control layer.
Basically the device is capable of doing a lot of things it's just that the way it would have to happen is not all that much different than looking for the TV remote and doing it that way!
CCast is considered a "Source" device...Most Source devices are not meant to control power it is assumes the Source Selector device (or Router, in this case an AVR) will handle and determine if and when the TV is needed and shut it down appropriately.
This is why if you have an AVR you should be plugging the CCast into the AVR not the TV.
Only if the TV is acting as the router for sources should the CCast be plugged into it directly. If you have an AVR all your sources should go through that!
In fact it's already started as many AVRs already have the ability to network and play networked sourced content like Pandora and Sirius.
I suspect it won't be long before some type of CCast like capability is built into them that you can control from a mobile OR via the AVR Remote.
Of not AndroidTV then perhaps Amazon Fire or Roku support.
I would like to be able to connect my Chromecast to an older 4:3 monitor. I already have the hdmi -> VGA adapter, and have used it on a 1080p tv, but I'm curious if there is a way to force non widescreen HDMI modes on the chromecast if it's already rooted, maybe by manipulating some files to force that? Any idea where to start looking?
I know the different HDMI modes are listed in a Raspberry pi wiki and the settings I used for that with the adapter for a 1280x1024 monitor were:
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=35
from here: http://elinux.org/RPiconfig
I know they are different, but thought I'd ask.
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Those modes you found are specific to rpi.
The output mode for a display connector, like HDMI, should be determined by the EDID that the display device returns when queried. Analog VGA devices tend to be very flakey when it comes to EDID. Sometimes they sent back something incorrect, sometimes they sent back nothing at all.
I suggest sticking with digital displays.
Note that it is also possible that the chromecase simply can't support certain display modes, due to UI considerations. Keep in mind what the thing is meant for.