B&O and CEC over HDMI

PhilLondon — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:38:04 GMT

I am wondering if B&O has implemented CEC in their latest TV.

CEC is part of the HDMI standard but is not compusory and allow the TV to pass commands to the external device, but also to display the device menu as well.

The is the equivalent of AVL that B&O has implemented on the SCART plug.

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Wikipedia Extract:

Consumer Electronics Control channel

The Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) channel wiring is mandatory although implementation of CEC in a product is optional.^[63] The CEC channel uses the industry standard AV Link protocol, is used for remote control functions, is a one-wire bidirectional serial bus, and was defined in HDMI Specification 1.0 and updated in HDMI 1.2, HDMI 1.2a, and HDMI 1.3a (added timer and audio commands).^[64]^[65]^[66]^[67]

The CEC feature is used to allow the user to command and control multiple CEC-enabled boxes with one remote control and for individual CEC-enabled boxes to command and control each other without user intervention. An example of the latter is to allow the DVD player, when the drawer closes with a disk, to command the TV and the intervening A/V receiver (all with CEC) to power-up, select the appropriate HDMI ports, and auto-negotiate the proper video mode and audio mode. No remote control command is needed. Similarly, this type of equipment can be programmed to return to sleep mode when the movie ends, perhaps by checking the real-time clock. If it is later than 11:00 p.m., for example, and the user does not specifically command the systems with the remote control, the systems turn off on command from the DVD player.

Alternative names for CEC are Anynet (Samsung), Aquos Link (Sharp), BRAVIA Theatre Sync (Sony), Kuro Link (Pioneer), Regza Link (Toshiba), RIHD (Onkyo), Simplink (LG), Viera Link/EZ-Sync (Panasonic/JVC), Easylink (Philips) and NetCommand for HDMI (Mitsubishi).

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