CEC

CEC stands for Consumer Electronics Control. Since the Frodo release XBMC comes with the new libcec 2.02 which allows control of the XBMC interface over the standard TV remote that comes with your TV. As buttons are pressed the remote command is sent via the HDMI cable to your XBMC device. CEC allows for control of devices over the HDMI port, which allows for things like:

• Controlling XBMC from the TV's remote control
• Automatically switch to the right TV input device
• letting the HTPC control what mode your audio receiver is on when the TV switches on
• Turning all devices off with one remote
• and a lot more!

The CEC function allows you to control up to 15 CEC-enabled devices.

Settings

Settings for your CEC devices can be found in:

System -> Settings -> System -> Input Devices -> Peripherals

Devices Known to work

With different TV's and devices comes different compatibility. Here is a list of TV's which are know to be working with CEC and XBMC:

Tv's

• LG LM620T
• LG 37LG6000
• Panasonic TXL-47DT50
• Panasonic Viera ST50
• Panasonic Viera GT30
• Samsung ES6800
• Samsung UE50EH5300
• Sony Bravia KDL46-HX800

Home Cinema Systems

• Onkyo HT-R390 Amplifier

XBMC Devices

Most HDMI ports on computers (onboard or via GPU) do not have the CEC feature, but can use a CEC adapter such as this one from Pulse-Eight: http://www.pulse-eight.com/store/products/104-usb-hdmi-cec-adapter.aspx

• Raspberry Pi

Branding of CEC

Different brands will call CEC a different name on their products, the list below will show what the branding of CEC:

• Samsung - AnyNet+
• Sharp - Aquos Link
• Sony - BRAVIA Link and BRAVIA Sync
• Hitachi - HDMI-CEC
• AOC - E-Link
• Pioneer - Kuro Link
• Toshiba - CE-Link and Regza Link
• Onkyo - RIHD (Remote Interactive over HDMI)
• LG - SimpLink
• Panosonic - HDAVI Control, EZ-Sync, VIERA Link
• Phillips - EasyLink