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Patch possible? Deactivate CEC overlay

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 5:57 pm
by TOMillr
Just a random thought: When you connect a AVR to your Samsung tv via HDMI, the two devices can communicate some basic commands over the CEC protocol. For example, you can use the regular Samsung tv remote to change the volume of the AVR.

However, when the tv sends the "change volume" command to the AVR, the tv also displays an annoying, animated graphic on the screen - which blocks view of the actual AVR gui that is being displayed underneath the Samsung UI.

Is there a way to somehow deactivate this CEC overlay on the tv? Maybe with a patch or a setting in the service menu?

Re: Patch possible? Deactivate CEC overlay

Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 1:31 pm
by sectroyer
TOMillr wrote:Just a random thought: When you connect a AVR to your Samsung tv via HDMI, the two devices can communicate some basic commands over the CEC protocol. For example, you can use the regular Samsung tv remote to change the volume of the AVR.

However, when the tv sends the "change volume" command to the AVR, the tv also displays an annoying, animated graphic on the screen - which blocks view of the actual AVR gui that is being displayed underneath the Samsung UI.

Is there a way to somehow deactivate this CEC overlay on the tv? Maybe with a patch or a setting in the service menu?
You would have to make a photo :) I don't exeprience this issue :)

Re: Patch possible? Deactivate CEC overlay

Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 12:43 pm
by super5
I was able to disable the avr volume display. Not your best solution but its better than both coming up