Interfering with Hdmi CEC Consumer Electronics Control
 

For those that do not know what it is:
Consumer Electronics Control is a feature of HDMI designed to allow users to command and control devices connected through HDMI by using only one remote control. For example, by using the remote control of a television set to control a set-top box and/or DVD player. Up to 15 devices can be controlled. Wikipedia

How it works on cisco 71xx series and lower set top boxes:

Switch TV to hdmi 2
(with optic stb on it) the surround sound amplifier switches itself automatically to the correct sound input.

Turn TV off :
The surround sound box and everything else gets turned off same time.

Switch to bluray dvd, or simply put a disc into it, everything else gets ready to play its sound and video.

It's been around for over 10 years, why is telus letting cisco or Microsoft do this?

It's under many names depending on mfg:
LG calls it Simlink or Simple link
Yamaha calls it Anynet
Samsung calls it ....

Every mfg has it, they are all cross compatible. However 1 device without it, will/could cause interference . The only solution is to out that device on a hdmi switch .

Not a elegant solution, clunky, pita

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