HDMI Cable (HDMI Control) Question

leaskovski · 20 Jan 2010 at 22:55

Ok,

The Mrs has got a new Pioneer sound system that has got HDMI Control implemented in it.

Basically, I am trying to source a HDMI cable that I can use to connect it up to the TV so she can get away with using just one of the remotes. So doing a bit of reading, it looks like not all HDMI cables have the cable required for CEC (or so the Wikipedia says). Is this the case?

Has anyone on here played with HDMI Control? Can you use any spec of HDMI cable? or does it have to be 1.3 or 1.4 or what??

Cheers

Broken Hope · 21 Jan 2010 at 00:41

Any cable should do, can't say I've ever found a cable that didn't support CEC.

kylew · 21 Jan 2010 at 13:35

If it's part of the HDMI spec, then any cable will do.

There won't be a special "wire" inside a special HDMI cable that would enable this, it'd simply use the available bandwith of an HDMI cable to send signals back and forth.

Cheapest HDMI cable you can get should be fine.

Snax · 21 Jan 2010 at 13:38

Beware CEC

All the stupid manufacturers have named their implementation of CEC. In my experience, it is entirely hit and miss whether it actually functions, even though it is meant to be a universal standard.

You are probably better using a programmable remote control to sort it all out.

Syph · 21 Jan 2010 at 17:00

It don't know if I'm just lucky, but I can get by pretty much for most functions on my Panasonic TV remote for controlling my Samsung DVD HT and even my PS3 Slim in the XMB/Blu Ray and some features of PlayTV (also on the PS3). My telly also happily turns on the surround for DVDs and for digital in (when I want the surround on) and the PS3.

james.miller · 21 Jan 2010 at 17:04

Syph said:
It don't know if I'm just lucky, but I can get by pretty much for most functions on my Panasonic TV remote for controlling my Samsung DVD HT and even my PS3 Slim in the XMB/Blu Ray and some features of PlayTV (also on the PS3). My telly also happily turns on the surround for DVDs and for digital in (when I want the surround on) and the PS3.

yeah my onkyo av amp, ps3 and panasonic tv all play together with CEC, but the onkyo (or the tv, i cant work out which) get's confused and the tv seems to randomly switch to a hdmi input that has nothing plugged in to it when you change source on the amp lol

leaskovski · 22 Jan 2010 at 21:26

Cheers guys!