ps56k

I noticed that our new slim Xbox 360 with HDMI
works a little different than our blu ray player
with respect to the HDMI feature set.

When I turn on our blu ray player
that is connected to our Samsung HDTV
the TV auto-detects the poweron
and switches the input to the blu ray player.

When I turn on the Xbox, none of this happens...

Is this due to different levels of support of the HDMI 1.xx protocol
standard ?

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ps56k

"ps56k" <pschuman_nospam_me@interserv.com> wrote in message
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>I noticed that our new slim Xbox 360 with HDMI
> works a little different than our blu ray player
> with respect to the HDMI feature set.
>
> When I turn on our blu ray player
> that is connected to our Samsung HDTV
> the TV auto-detects the poweron
> and switches the input to the blu ray player.
>
> When I turn on the Xbox, none of this happens...
>
> Is this due to different levels of support of the HDMI 1.xx protocol
> standard ?
>
here's some technical info on the HDMI interface
and the CEC protocol -

http://www.quantumdata.com/pdf/CEC_white_paper.pdf

Mike Yetto

ps56k <pschuman_nospam_me@interserv.com> writes and having writ moves on.
>I noticed that our new slim Xbox 360 with HDMI
>works a little different than our blu ray player
>with respect to the HDMI feature set.

>When I turn on our blu ray player
>that is connected to our Samsung HDTV
>the TV auto-detects the poweron
>and switches the input to the blu ray player.

My guess is that you have a Samsung blu ray player. Samsung
devices connect with a system called Anynet+. You can control
devices connected to the TV with the TV remote. Turning on the
blu ray player or home theater to play a disc will turn on your
TV and set it to the proper input. Turning off you TV turns off
the blu ray/home theater.

>When I turn on the Xbox, none of this happens...

The Xbox is not a Samsung Anynet+ device.

>Is this due to different levels of support of the HDMI 1.xx protocol
>standard ?

No, different manufactures of your connected equipment.

Mike "doesn't dim the lights either" Yetto
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In practice they are not.

ps56k

"Mike Yetto" <myetto1@nycap.invalid> wrote in message
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> ps56k <pschuman_nospam_me@interserv.com> writes and having writ moves on.
>>I noticed that our new slim Xbox 360 with HDMI
>>works a little different than our blu ray player
>>with respect to the HDMI feature set.
>
>>When I turn on our blu ray player
>>that is connected to our Samsung HDTV
>>the TV auto-detects the poweron
>>and switches the input to the blu ray player.
>
> My guess is that you have a Samsung blu ray player. Samsung
> devices connect with a system called Anynet+. You can control
> devices connected to the TV with the TV remote. Turning on the
> blu ray player or home theater to play a disc will turn on your
> TV and set it to the proper input. Turning off you TV turns off
> the blu ray/home theater.
>
>>When I turn on the Xbox, none of this happens...
>
> The Xbox is not a Samsung Anynet+ device.
>
>>Is this due to different levels of support of the HDMI 1.xx protocol
>>standard ?
>
> No, different manufactures of your connected equipment.
>
> Mike "doesn't dim the lights either" Yetto
> --

actually - the Blu-ray is Panasonic and the HDTV is Samsung.
But - as I posted above - the HDMI interface uses pin 13 for CEC control
signals.

If the respective products don't have the firmware to process the CEC
protocol,
then none of the added CEC features will happen....

SO - it's up to each HDMI implementation to install CEC hardware and
firmware,
or in the case of the latest slimline black xbox 360 - not -