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On 10/19/2012 11:16 PM, der.hans wrote:
Am 19. Oct, 2012 schw�tzte 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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