Apple TV HDMI on Yamaha AVR volume control

I figured it out. Albeit, with assist from Apple Care+

Go to Remotes and Devices on Apple TV. Turn Controls TVs and Receivers “off”.

Then go to Volume Control and choose the learn option. But, here is the confusing part!

Put your Siri remote down! Continue the learning part with your main remote (in my case, since Cube controls CEC, I used the Amazon remote but you may use the AVR remote.) So I pressed up volume and down volume on the Cube remote to learn IR on the Apple TV prefs and now the Siri remote, finally, controls volume!

Note: My AVR has no BT but, if it did or if yours does, this learning part might be easier or more automatic. But, since I don't have BT, I dunno. Good luck.

I know you are level 10 and super smart but, this is a forum for Apple TV and my question is about the Siri remote. Not Logitech. Which I am well aware of but, is not an Apple product. :-)

Yes, as in your photo, if I had the Apple TV controlling the receiver, as you do, it works. But, as I wrote, Echo voice and its overall HDMI management is too important for me to give up.

Quite simply, I want the Custom via IR with the Control TVs and Receivers “off”.

If that is “on” then I loose my whole setup.

I just want to control volume (which happens on the AVR) using the Siri remote button when I am using Apple TV but not give HDMI control to Apple TV.

It turns out the advice from Apple Support does not solve the problem. It just goes back to the wrong setting no matter how you do the configuration.

I do not think it is possible to have an AVR or other HDMI device controlling CEC let the Apple Siri Remote at least also control the AVR volume.

There also seems to be no way to remove the “Solved” from the above reply I made! Why not Apple?