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Android box turning my TV off.
I've setup my new Android box and I'm having some issues with the HDMI CEC integration. I'm not always using my android box has i have an android tv and prefer using it for things like Netflix and ...
My remote was controlling the Optik box and TV power.
I just tried these instructions from Telus and now the remote only controls the Optik Box:
Unpairing your TELUS remote
If you would no longer like your TELUS Remote to control your TV’s volume and power, you can unpair your remote.
Press and hold the Input and Back buttons for 3 seconds until the LED on your TELUS remote lights up solid green
Press OK and wait for the LED to flash green twice (the remote has now been unpaired from your TV)
The TELUS Remote will now control only the TELUS TV Digital Box, and not your TV’s volume and power.
Hopefully that will do what you want.
Tried that just now, and nope. Telus remote is still turning my TV off when I only want the Telus Android box to turn off...
I think I messed up during the initial setup wizard... that's the only thing I did differently when I received this replacement. Unfortunately, I didn't find a way to go through the wizard again besides "factory" reset the box...
- FuzzyLogic
Community Power User
Can you disable CEC on your TV? That seems like it should do what you want.
I could be then I couldn't use my CEC for what I really want it to do... it does control my sound system among other things.
I just don't want my Telus box's CEC to control everything else, just my TV's.
- FuzzyLogic
I think the issue is not CEC but the Telus remote itself. There is an option during setup to bypass the remote controlling the TV. See the section Pairing and upairing your remote to control your TV on this page:
Set up your TELUS TV Digital Box Remote | TELUS Support
Unfortunately you will lose the ability to control the TV volume with the Telus remote if you do this.
