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faulknasty_75
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5 years ago
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Remote won’t work with Vizio tv

This remote stopped controlling my Vizio tv volume, power and Mute . getting close to switching my stream providers.. this is getting ridiculous hopfully someone sees this I’ve tried entering differe...
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  • DBDukes's avatar
    DBDukes
    5 years ago

    faulknasty_75 

    Did you ever configure your Remote for Vizio? Or did it just work? I suspect the latter.

    If so, that means it has been controlling via CEC. As an owner of multiple Vizio TVs, I consider their implementation of CEC to be problematic. Sometimes, it doesn't work right. And that's not with Roku devices. I have Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, and Chromecast. Vizio CEC sometimes goes wonky with them all, and then suddenly works.

    An option is to use the menu system to configure the remote to work with your TV. To my understanding, that will allow the remote to send IR signals rather than communicate via CEC for those functions. Perhaps Tivoburkee, atc98092, makaiguy, or renojim can correct me. But follow the suggestions of Tivoburkee and see if that resolves it.

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DBDukes
Community Streaming Expert
5 years ago

faulknasty_75 

Did you ever configure your Remote for Vizio? Or did it just work? I suspect the latter.

If so, that means it has been controlling via CEC. As an owner of multiple Vizio TVs, I consider their implementation of CEC to be problematic. Sometimes, it doesn't work right. And that's not with Roku devices. I have Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, and Chromecast. Vizio CEC sometimes goes wonky with them all, and then suddenly works.

An option is to use the menu system to configure the remote to work with your TV. To my understanding, that will allow the remote to send IR signals rather than communicate via CEC for those functions. Perhaps Tivoburkee, atc98092, makaiguy, or renojim can correct me. But follow the suggestions of Tivoburkee and see if that resolves it.

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atc98092
Community Streaming Expert
5 years ago

I have two Vizio TVs with Roku players attached, one an Ultra 4670 and one a Premiere 3920. The Premiere came with an IR remote, which has no TV controls. I added a WiFi Direct remote to that player, and for both it and the Ultra I never specifically programmed either remote to control the TV. But in both cases the remotes will control the TV power and volume. So I am assuming it is via CEC. They both worked "out of the box" with no need for me to check any settings in either the Roku or the TV.