Lindy HDMI CEC Less Adapter, Female to Male (41232)

After literally years of frustration with HDMI audio control of my Sony Bravia TV and Sony HTG700 soundbar and Amazon Firestick where the system would insist on reverting back to the TV’s internal speakers regardless of the settings on any of the devices, this adapter totally resolved the issue. I simply plugged it into the 4K HDMI jack on the TV and plugged my Firestick (or other device such as Apple TV module or a gaming system) into it and, Voila! It transparently works as it should, directing the sound format through the Sound Bar without hesitation, glitch or warning on the screen. And it allows me to use all the advanced audio features of the sound bar and TV.

Use this to isolate a cable TV box that interferes with your HDMI CEC

Recently, my Sony Bravia Oled TV was switching my home theatre to its internal speakers automatically. I tried everything, and it didn't work. This HDMI CEC Adapter did resolve the issue. It is absolutely awesome. My PS5, Xbox series, and Nintendo Switch Oled all connected, and I am not encountering any issues any more. The reason I gave 4 star is because it is not fully compatible with Apple 4K TV. I get only the surround sound. Nothing is coming out of the sound bar. Which is not a big deal because very often I watch movies after midnight, and I always use my airpods. Generally, I am very satisfied with this product.

My Sonos home theater speakers would not work on TV unless I disconnected cable box first.Had to complete this process each time tv was turned off and then back on. Such a hassle to complete. But at least I was able to figure this out myself as Sonos techs had no clue how to resolve. Finally on a chat site someone suggested this adapter. I am so happy to report the adapter fixed the issue. After years of hassling with back of tv's and cable boxes this like adapter finally fixed my issue.

I got this adaptor because I have an LG C7 with a new Samsung HWN950 Atmos sound bar. The only way for the two of them to be hooked up is through ARC. Unfortunately with the LG if you turn off CEC it turns off the ARC connection. I got this because I have a Harmony remote and I was hoping that the adaptor would turn off the CEC while still leaving the ARC connection intact. It did not. As soon as I put it in line on either side the Samsung's ARC connection breaks. I really wish this would work. It would solve a lot of problems. If there is a fix I would love to hear it. I don't want to give it a bad review but it just doesn't work for my situation.

I have a system with 3 sources (Tivo, Roku, DVD player) switched by an Onkyo AV receiver, which in turn sends its output to a 70” Samsung TV. for months I’ve tried to turn on the tv and have it activate the receiver, and it seemed itched to whatever input I was last using. When I turned off the tv, it turned off the receiver, which then turned back on again. After reading dozens of forums, how-to’s and articles, all I learned was that Samsung’s implementation of CEC is somewhat flaky, that Onkyo uniquely uses different signals for on and off, and that both sometimes lose their minds (receiver would turn off with the tv, the turn itself back on 30 seconds later; turning off the DVD player made the tv switch to the empty “tv” input, which I could only change by re-learning Samsung’s world-class-awful remote). But in time I learned a critical lesson: input sources that NEVER TURN OFF can fool CEC circuits (mine anyway) into thinking a whole new input source has just been activated, and they try to switch to that source, with the results noted above. Both Tivo and Roku units never turn off, and neither has a power switch. They only turn off if you unplug their power supplies, or smash them with a brick. So they have a constant “live” signal, if it’s only a screensaver, and don’t respond to CEC commands.This little doodad was the fix. After placing one in each HDMI line from the always-on devices to the receiver, the tv and receiver started playing footsie only with each other, turning on and off in near-lockstep while the Tivo and Roku play on!

My MiSTer completey broke the CEC on my TV when plugged in. Channels renamed themselves, my sound bar literally wouldn't work at all.. it was bedlam until I figured out the MiSTer was the cause. Sure I could unplug the thing every single time I was done using it or if I wanted the change the channel, but why?This plug solved literally all my problems and now I don't have to constantly be putting stress on HDMI ports. Maybe a little pricey, but I literally couldn't find anything else that advertised itself as an HDMI CEC stripper (no clue why this is so rare), so it was this or nothing. I guess regardless of the price it worked exactly as described. I'd absolutely buy another if I needed to.

I got rid of all my old Bose surround sound system..and went to a Sonos Arc sound bar system with rear speakers and Sub. The Sonos Arc requires you to use the HDMI E-ARC input for it to work properly. Now...IF you have a cable box set-up....usually you will be required to put it in the E-ARC HDMI slot. Well...that was already filled with the input for the Sonos Arc sound bar. When I would connect to a non-ARC HDMI, I would get picture...but no sound. When i received this adapter, I plugged it directly to a standard HDMI slot...and then the HDMI cable in to the adapter...and BINGO-PRESTO...the sound started working. Apparently, they remove one pin in the HDMI connector that corrects this problem. I dont know all the tech stuff....but installing this upfront would have prevented me from spending hours on the phone with Sonos, LG, Samsung and my cable provider. They were ALL stumped.