topic Re: Soundbox turn on automatically with Q in Sky Q

Soundbox turn on automatically with Q

Mikey106 — Mon, 01 May 2023 19:00:49 GMT

I had my soundbox set up so when I press to turn on my Q box my sound box automatically turns on as well. I have just got a new TV and had to pair my remote to the new TV. Since doing this my soundbox no longer turns on automatically and I have to press the power button on the top of the soundbox to turn this on. Does anyone one know how I can get the soundbox to turn on automatically when the Q box is turned on?

Re: Soundbox turn on automatically with Q

nigea99 — Mon, 01 May 2023 19:07:27 GMT

hi @Mikey106

you probably need to set the CEC control to on on your TV's HDMI settings

The CEC control can be called various things according to the manufacturer - Viera link forPanasonic & I think Bravia Sync on Sony

Re: Soundbox turn on automatically with Q

Rainey19 — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:54:50 GMT

I had the same issue when I disconnected my TV, Sky Q box and Sky Devialet speaker and moved them to another room.
When I connected everything back up in the other room, I had to switch each of them on independently like you described.
Turns out I needed to use the Sky HDMI lead (pink and black ends) to connect the speaker to the Sky Q box.
I had been using another standard HDMI lead but when I replaced it with the Sky one (same ports) it worked 😀

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Re: Soundbox turn on automatically with Q

Chodley — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 18:14:40 GMT

That should make no difference. Every hdmi lead has the wire which carries CEC comms.

Re: Soundbox turn on automatically with Q

Rainey19 — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 18:43:54 GMT

It shouldn't but it did....

To test it I just put the old

lead back and it stopped working again.

Same ports, only thing I changed was the HDMI lead. Go figure as they say across the pond....

Re: Soundbox turn on automatically with Q

Chodley — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 01:28:52 GMT

Bizarre. Cable must be faulty. Can't believe they would have left a wire out.