Why should you use an HDMI CEC adapter for your TV and other devices?

HDMI CEC can greatly simplify all your tasks and is one of the oldest ways to connect all your devices with HDMI. HDMI CEC adapter allows up to 15 devices to communicate with each other and share the settings of all compatible devices into one remote while creating a seamless home theater experience. It supports video as well as surround sound and eliminates the need for an extra set of audio cables. From personal computers to Android phones and HDTV, it has become extremely common in all fields to support HDMI port.

Intel NUC HDMI-CEC Adapter - Broadwell Series (5th Gen)

Intel NUC HDMI-CEC Adapter - Broadwell Series (5th Gen)


However, for unique device features you may still have to keep using device remotely but if we talk about most of the core features of devices can be easily supported by HDMI CEC.

HDMI CEC in simple terms:


CEC enables devices connected via HDMI to communicate simple commands that made automation of home theatre easy. In many ways, it is helping to eliminate the need for multiple remote controls on a basic home theatre set-up. 

What are the features of HDMI CEC?


As mentioned above, HDMI CEC can provide most of the core features that any remote control can provide. Any information for power, audio, playback, and menu selection can all be transmitted through HDMI CEC.

With this, you no more need to switch between devices on a universal remote. Although it can be tedious to set it up, once done it makes switching between devices a breeze. You can easily control all of your devices with one device remote.

Although it is very important to note that this is not the same technology as a universal remote. A universal remote is programmed with the wireless signal patterns of hundreds of consumer products. 
Most of the time, HDMI CEC allows operations such as auto-on, auto-off, and system volume control. Also, other features as well such as device menu control and even remote control pass-through are likely to cause issues unless all your devices are the same brand.

Although it is necessary that you know about HDMI-CEC so that you can enable it yourself. Consider doing it on a new TV set and device so that you don’t end up wasting your time and efforts knowing later that it doesn’t support it. Other advanced features, like controlling attached devices with your TV’s remote control, may or may not work depending on how the TV manufacturer and device manufacturer implemented HDMI-CEC. Either way, the input switching alone makes the HDMI CEC adapter worth enabling.

Enable HDMI-CEC on Your TV


You can easily find the ‘HDMI’ option in your TV’s menu or settings. You will also have to consider your TV’s instruction manual or just try performing a web search for the model of your TV and enable HDMI-CEC.

Enable HDMI-CEC on your Devices


Some phones don’t have HDMI-CEC enabled by default, so you may want to check each device’s settings. 

What HDMI-CEC provides that you don’t already have?


The USB HDMI CEC allows you to turn your TV and other attached equipment on and off only if they support HDMI, you can adjust the volume or eject the disk from a drive.

Want to know more perks of using a CEC adapter? It also allows you to record your screen on your display device. With a CEC adapter, you don’t have to go through a recording device to display the device, it’s all connected.

You could be using two or more devices at once when it comes to using it in home theaters! Usually, it used to be that you would have to power each device up individually when you wanted to use them and power them off individually when you were done. With CEC, the system standby features allow your standby or power button to put off your devices in standby mode.

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