Sony Bravia and Apple TV

Out of the blu my Sony Bravia remote stopped controlling the ATV. Few days ago I was able to browse through atv apps and turning it on and off. Looks like HDMI Arc isn’t sending any input anymore.

No luck with the Settings → Channels & Inputs → HDMI Settings → Device List → Enable procedure on the television. Apple TV is not listed there.

Apple TV HD
version: tvOS 16.1
Sony BRAVIA4KVH2
version: Android TV OS 10 (release and installed on April 2022, and this issue started 10 days ago)

Please help.

BRAVIA4KVH2,

Posted on Nov 20, 2022 10:25 AM

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DexterHol

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Posted on Dec 29, 2022 7:08 AM

I actually figured out what my issue was and it had to do with Sony’s CEC (Bravia Sync as they call it), rather than Apple.

As per Sony’s support page (https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/articles/00030813):

“Make sure your connected devices do not exceed the HDMI-CEC standard that supports a combination of the following devices:

1 - TV
1 - Audio system
Up to 3 - Playback devices
Up to 3 - Recording devices
Up to 4 - Tuner devices

Note: If the devices connected exceed the maximum supported in a device category (if you have four playback devices for example), then errors in operation will occur.”

So my issue was totally unrelated with me updating to tvOS, as at the same time I installed an HDMI Switch to be able to connect all 6 of my devices to the 4 HDMI ports that my TV has. 4 of those devices were playback devices which exceeded the limit of 3, hence why the feature (Volume Control over CEC) was not able to function anymore. Removing 1 of the playback devices from the chain fixed my issue.

Thank you everyone for your time once more and have a Happy New Year!

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