Switching between HDMI 1 and Roku
The question is how to do the switch. My Sony TV remote has an "input" button that allows me to switch inputs, but the Roku set up disabled the Sony remote, and the Roku remote does not have such a f...
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Anonymous, I've heard of universal remotes. What I hadn't heard of is a TV remote being disabled by a device connected to the TV.
Although I could see where someone could be confused by 1-touch play.
I'm not talking about my TV remote being disabled. I'm talking about specific buttons being reassigned to Roku functions. In the OP's case it's the input button. In my case it's the info button. The info button normally shows the current screen resolution, hdr status, framerate, date & time. When a Roku is connected to an HDMI port and detected for the first time, the TV remote has specific buttons mapped to Roku functions. The info button no longer works. I have no idea what Roku function it's supposed to perform. I hit the tv remote "source" button, see that the port that the roku is connected to is now labeled "ROKU" and scroll through the rest of my source options until I reach "universal remote". I select that, see that it's assigned roku functions, delete that, and the "ROKU" source label is removed and my tv remote button functions are restored. Everything remains that way, unless I were to, e.g., decide I need to unplug hdmi cables and power down devices because CEC stopped working. Then I'd most likely see the hdmi device detection start over again.
The OP may state that the tv remote is disabled, but I read it as the tv remote input button is disabled, because of what I just described. I know that the Roku doesn't have an input function so there's no reason to reassign that button, but it also has no info function and I have yet to determine what that button is supposed to do once the tv universal remote is in roku mode.
If the OP's TV remote is completely disabled, please correct me.
Well I just went by what the OP said, and they have a different brand of TV, so I’m not so sure that anything your TV does applies. In your case, you might want to consider disabling CEC in your TV as it seems kind of messed up from your description.
I would hope no TV maker would be dumb enough to reassign their input select function to be something other than selecting inputs, because input selection is such as fundamental feature of a TV.
I have a Samsung too, and I originally had CEC enabled, and introducing a Roku didn’t do anything to its remote. I just say that to point out that not even all Samsung TVs have that feature/bug.
As I mentioned, I have Roku players connected to Samsung, LG and Vizio TVs. None of them has altered the remote buttons on any of the TV remotes. And I have CEC enabled on all my Rokus and TVs.
@atc9809 Irrelevant.
CEC turns off 5 devices with one button press, and switches inputs depending on the remote used, so I think I'll keep it on. I've had problems in the distant past and have had to unplug cables, power down, and reconnect to have devices discovered again to get it working, and that's how I know that the universal remote will also remap buttons when the Roku is discovered. But CEC problems were resolved long ago, basically back to the day an hdmi switch failed and was removed from the chain. But thanks for the suggestion anyway.
