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Need help getting HDMI ARC to work with a fairly new LG OLED TV

Cut-Throat

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I have owned a Loxjie A40 Integrated Amplifier for a couple years and recently put it to use as TV sound System with a couple speakers.
I have hooked up an HDMI cable from the TV's HDMI ARC input to the A40 and got the Sound working just fine.

The one thing I would like it to do is to Power On the A40 with the TV remote and control the Volume of the A40 also.
I have the TV set to ARC output as well.
Is this possible?
 
If HDMI-CEC is enabled in the TV's menu and the Amp does not react to the TV remote, then it simply does not support CEC.

Loxjie do not advertise CEC support anywhere, so that would be check out.
 
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OK, Thanks. I was thinking that ARC by itself might do this....
No - it's a protocol from the TV just carried through HDMI.

Do these amps have firmware upgrades available?

The cable needs to be HDMI 1.2a or more recent for CEC, but that spec is 20 years old, so unlikely your cable is wrong.
 
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No - it's a protocol from the TV just carried through HDMI.

Do these amps have firmware upgrades available?

The cable needs to be HDMI 1.2a or more recent for CEC, but that spec is 20 years old, so unlikely your cable is wrong.
Understand that the TV has CEC support. It's the amplifier that has HDMI-ARC, but not CEC. And there are no firmware updates available at this time. I checked the Loxjie Web Site under support http://loxjie-audio.com/
 
Understand that the TV has CEC support. It's the amplifier that has HDMI-ARC, but not CEC. And there are no firmware updates available at this time. I checked the Loxjie Web Site under support http://loxjie-audio.com/
Then to have all the good features, look at getting a newer streamer.
 
Understand, it's just an Integrated Amp, currently used for TV Sound. It's not a 'streamer', And it works fine.
Sorry I thought "Need help getting HDMI ARC to work with a fairly new LG OLED TV" was the issue - if it's sorted, everyone's happy.
 
ARC is dependent on HDMI-CEC and would not work otherwise. But, that does not mean all of the HDMI-CEC features are supported by a given device which seems to be the case here.
 
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