HDMI-CEC compatibility issues?

I’m trying to determine two things:

1-if my TV actually has HDMI-CEC capability, and 2-if so, how to make it work properly.


Background:

TV: Sanyo DP55D33, from 2013, has HDMI but manuals don’t specify HDMI-CEC and no settings on tv seem to be related. Google isn’t answering the basic questions on this model.

ATV4K: brand new, bought yesterday. Haven’t unplugged or reset it yet.

HDMI cable...don’t know how old it is. Not sure if it’s 1.0, 1.4, 2.0 etc.


The reason I think it may possibly be HDMI-CEC compliant is in the remote settings on ATV4K the “Turn on Your TV with your remote” is available, not grayed out. I can choose “on” and “off”. What I’ve seen on other websites says if your TV is not HDMI-CEC compatible the ATV will know not to allow this option and gray the field. Maybe that info is misleading...


TV volume controls work but I realize that’s probably working over IR.


Could an outdated HDMI cable be the issue? Am I trying to make this TV do something it just can’t? Any recommendations for an alternative solution??


My last resort will be to get a slideclick or similar so I can power on/off from “one” remote but I would really prefer to have things work together as one item (without dropping the cash on a new TV if we don’t absolutely need one).


Thanks for any advice you have!

Posted on Oct 19, 2017 8:23 AM

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Oct 19, 2017 4:45 PM in response to schadar

For good measure I went out and bought a new HDMI cable just in case (besides I’m sure I’ll need them for something else at some point). Didn’t fix my issue but now I know it’s not the cord and that we have a decent connection.


New cord is GE HDMI 24201. Says certified for 4K, 3D ready, two-way communication etc.


I guess the option doesn’t apply to my TV. Now that I’m looking at it, it says “Control TVs and Receivers” (now that I added my receiver volume via IR, which is not HDMI ready) it does not say turn your tv on with...” like I thought. :/


Thanks for the help. Hopefully my experiment will help someone else too.

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