mk802, g-82

[Brian Cluff]

I think you mean CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) compatible TV 
instead of MHL (Mobile High-Definition Link) which is the interface to 
convert the USB on your phone into an HDMI port that understands CEC.
In that video they are actually demonstrating CEC when they are showing 
off the remove controlling the phone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_High-Definition_Link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Control#CEC

Brian Cluff

On 10/20/2012 10:03 AM, Joseph Sinclair wrote:
> Inline:
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> On 10/19/2012 11:16 PM, der.hans wrote:
>> Am 19. Oct, 2012 schwätzte Joseph Sinclair so:
>>
> <<SNIP>>
>> MHL means one remote controls both TV and the plugin device? Do you have
>> to switch back in forth like TV/Sat/DVD/AUX or can you just change
>> channels or change volume and the correct thing happens?
> With the MHL connection, the device has no remote control of it's own, everything is controlled by the host device; that includes volume.
>
>>
>> Finally found a video showing a remote with a TV to control a phone over
>> MHL.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmuvzfkyP78
>>
>> I don't see him changing volume, but I would think the TV could be kept at
>> constant volume and changing the phone volume would be sufficient.
> No, The phone volume has no effect as the output stream is a straight digital content stream.  The TV controls volume.
>
>>
>> What about for the roku stick?
> Same, the TV does volume, the stick just provides an A/V data stream.
>
>>
>> What about integration with an OTA receiver? Can Roku handle that as a
>> channel?
> No, He would switch to (e.g.) HDMI-3 for the Roku, and HDMI-1 for the OTA.  Most TV remotes can make this a single button for each source.
>
>>
>> I need simple. While the person is intelligent, whatever I set up might be
>> a brand new interface to learn multiple times a day on the bad days.
> Simple is good, and I have gotten some absolutely technophobic persons to use Roku just fine (as long as I turn on the system; I have a complex turn-on sequence due to having 5 non-integrated devices, something you'll want to avoid), and switching (via single-button) from Roku to OTA is not a problem when I provide a small instruction sheet (3 sentences [for Watch TV, Watch Movies, Turn Off], fits on a 3X5 in 16pt Courier).
>
> I should mention that some of the newer "Smart" TV sets have built-in streaming video capability (including viewing any DLNA content on the local net), and that can be made fairly simple to use as well with a bit of remote-control programming.
>
>>
>> ciao,
>>
>> der.hans
> <<SNIP>>
>
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