mk802, g-82

[Joseph Sinclair]

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On 10/19/2012 11:16 PM, der.hans wrote:
> Am 19. Oct, 2012 schwätzte Joseph Sinclair so:
> 
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> 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
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