How do you turn off the auto-detect HDMI feature? Sometimes my Apple TV comes on and then the TV automatically turns on as well but I don't want the TV to do so. How do you turn off this feature?
First of all, this thread is marked as solved. Does anyone posting here consider this solved?
In my case I have a Chromecast dongle attached to HDMI3. The thing is, it doesn't actually turn on until I change the input to HDMI3, so if the TV has decided to remove HDMI3 from my menu then that causes a "chicken and egg" problem.
Another problem is that my digital cable box is attached to HDMI2. The TV keeps asking me to set up TV on HDMI2. Why? I don't need it set up.
What I want to do is set up my inputs and lock them. I don't want the TV to change them, or keep asking me to set them up. Is that too much to ask?
Not completely solved, I shouldn't have to leave CEC off, but as long as I'm willing to do that it no longer changes sources when I turn on a source I'm not watching.
But now, even with CEC off on both the TV and my streamer, if I turn the TV off while set to my streamer, when I turn the TV on it also turns on the streamer. It's a minor pain because the streamer takes a while to boot before I can turn it back off. But I realize that's a different issue than this thread was intended to address...
Possibly slightly off-topic, but not much. I made the mistake of upgrading my ageing Samsung soundbar to a new 4k compatable Samsung soundbar. That has now demonstrated that it has the same problems (different TV). With Anynet+ turned OFF it behaves immaculately, turn Anynet+ ON and we get random changes of source resulting in the TV defaulting to Internal Speakers, which kind of defeats the object of having a soundbar. Other times it will Mute or Power Down without any user input whatsoever. Still waiting for a reaction from Samsung but my uneducated opinion it seems like they have a basic problem with Anynet+ across all of their products that use it. In the meantime a response to my support request would be gratefully received
Samsung is a complete disappointment for me. I decided to sell this TV and never get involved with this company. The function that constantly resets the name of the xdmi port has caused many problems. The Nintendo Switch which is connected to the TV constantly resets the name.
For gaming systems like the ps4 within their respected settings there is a way to disable hdmi link. Example ps4 in settings>system>enable hdmi link>checkmark for on, unchecked for off.
Not sure if apple tv or other devices have these settings.
This setting is OFF on my PS4, and the Anynet+ option is OFF on my TV. FYI, if you put the PS4 into rest mode, and then turn it back on within 4 hours (I think that is the time before it goes into a deeper sleep), it will not cause the TV to change inputs. It does do it when the PS4 has been fully turned off, or asleep a long time (ie. no power to PS4 methinks).
As I mentioned before, it has been confirmed by Samsung (to me) that is a feature of 2016 TVs. It is independent of ANY setting on either the TV or any other device that enables any kind of HDMI link. And this feature cannot currently be turned off.
What we are pushing for is a firmware update to enable the user to turn this feature off.
I just got a 2016 Samsung TV and also found this issue. My wife was watching TV in the living room and I turned on the PS4 to engage in remote play in the bedroom - lo and behold the tv switched to the PS4 in the middle of her show because the ps4 was turned on even though I wasn't even planning to play on the tv in the living room! Toggling the HDMI CEC option on the tv settings and the HDMI CEC option in the PS4 settings to OFF does NOT solve this issue as others have reported as well. I have an old hdmi switch I could use, but why should I? My 10 year old Samsung TV does NOT do this and I am very glad for that!
