The Roku Stick, and many phones, use MHL-compatible ports; CEC is the remote-control interface for MHL, but it's the MHL port that is required for a Roku stick. As far as I can tell, all MHL compatible host devices (e.g. TVs) also support CEC. On 10/20/2012 10:34 AM, Brian Cluff wrote: > I think you mean CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) compatible TV instead of MHL (Mobile High-Definition Link) which is the interface to convert the USB on your phone into an HDMI port that understands CEC. > In that video they are actually demonstrating CEC when they are showing off the remove controlling the phone. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_High-Definition_Link > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Control#CEC > > Brian Cluff > > On 10/20/2012 10:03 AM, Joseph Sinclair wrote: >> Inline: >> >> On 10/19/2012 11:16 PM, der.hans wrote: >>> Am 19. Oct, 2012 schw�tzte Joseph Sinclair so: >>> >> <> >>> MHL means one remote controls both TV and the plugin device? Do you have >>> to switch back in forth like TV/Sat/DVD/AUX or can you just change >>> channels or change volume and the correct thing happens? >> With the MHL connection, the device has no remote control of it's own, everything is controlled by the host device; that includes volume. >> >>> >>> Finally found a video showing a remote with a TV to control a phone over >>> MHL. >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmuvzfkyP78 >>> >>> I don't see him changing volume, but I would think the TV could be kept at >>> constant volume and changing the phone volume would be sufficient. >> No, The phone volume has no effect as the output stream is a straight digital content stream. The TV controls volume. >> >>> >>> What about for the roku stick? >> Same, the TV does volume, the stick just provides an A/V data stream. >> >>> >>> What about integration with an OTA receiver? Can Roku handle that as a >>> channel? >> No, He would switch to (e.g.) HDMI-3 for the Roku, and HDMI-1 for the OTA. Most TV remotes can make this a single button for each source. >> >>> >>> I need simple. While the person is intelligent, whatever I set up might be >>> a brand new interface to learn multiple times a day on the bad days. >> Simple is good, and I have gotten some absolutely technophobic persons to use Roku just fine (as long as I turn on the system; I have a complex turn-on sequence due to having 5 non-integrated devices, something you'll want to avoid), and switching (via single-button) from Roku to OTA is not a problem when I provide a small instruction sheet (3 sentences [for Watch TV, Watch Movies, Turn Off], fits on a 3X5 in 16pt Courier). >> >> I should mention that some of the newer "Smart" TV sets have built-in streaming video capability (including viewing any DLNA content on the local net), and that can be made fairly simple to use as well with a bit of remote-control programming. >> >>> >>> ciao, >>> >>> der.hans >> <> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >