USB - CEC Adapter

if you own a htpc running windows media center or xbmc then this is a must buy. but make sure your tv has Consumer Electronics Control. (cec. control for hdmi). My set up was htpc connected via hdmi to tv with the cec adapter located between tv and pc. im running a ati hd 7550 witch has dual hdmi out in clone mode. the second hdmi is connected to my amp. which gives me my 5.1 sound. after download the sofware, installing hardware and software. nothing worked software wouldn't run. so managed to find a beta software ([...]) with the new software installed every thing was up and running.plus points. auto switches tv and amp to the right inputs when pc boots. can still use my dual display setup without any problems with the audio side of things. auto powers amp off when pc switches off. xbmc on windows doesn't need any drivers or software.negative points tv doesn't auto switch back to tv when pc switches off.anyway was so impressed i decided to get another one for the bedroom pc but didnt check the spec of the tv no cec. on the bedroom tv. returned to amazon but purchased a raspberry pi installed xbmc using openelec software and to my surprise the raspberry pi has cec built in. top work pulse eight and xbmc.

This device is excellent. It lets me control my TV media PC with my LG TV remote rather than having to use a separate keyboard/remote. Works flawlessly with XBMC 12 (frodo). I had to contact their support team because it originally didnt work as expected (kept disconnecting and i had to restart the PC to get it working again). Their tech support guy was very good and found what the problem was after a couple of emails. Once i had updated the firmware/drivers it worked perfectly.

An almost complete waste of time. I had no issues with CEC with OpenELEC 4.0.7 on a Raspberry Pi. I bought this item to use with OpenELEC 4.0.7 on a Zotac ZBOX NANO ID18. My experiences to date1. Vendor did not use correct delivery name and address2. Needs separate power USB connection to work3. Reported ejected device, Open Elec locked up4. SSH to Zotac ZBOX, try to reboot, but no response5. Power cycle Zotac ZBOX, which then will not boot due to boot drive corruption6. Fresh install of OpenELEC 4.0.77. Switch off screen, but it gets switched back on a few minutes later8. Use power save feature to try and avoid screen being switched back on9. Problems using AVR volume10. OK, I give up, please refund

I got this to allow Home Assistant on my Linux box to change the channel, volume, and share the remote with Kodi.Didn't really work out. It goes through libcec, pycec, then into Home Assistant, and HA is full of errors about selected device. Doesn't seem to work with that Samsung telly.

As expected, it allows me to control xbmc with the smarttv remote control.I use linux and no extra drivers required.

I first learned about CEC by chance - I had a Raspberry Pi with Kodi on it with its own remote control. One day I picked up the TV remote by mistake - and it all worked perfectly. Convinced that the TV couldn't be using telepathy - I learnt about CEC.Wasn't sure how this CEC adaptor would work, but it is very simple - it has three ports - two of which simply intercept the HDMI signal and third port being USB that plugs into the PC.This will only work with TVs that have CEC - unfortunately every manufacturer has given it a different name, for example Samsung's is Anynet+. If you do a web search for "HDMI-CEC Trade Names" to find out the name that your TV's manufacturer has given it and then check that your particular TV has it.Now I can use my Samsung TV remote on Kodi (XBMC) running on an Ubuntu PC. I think it worked straight out of the box, although it is possible I installed the Pulse-Eight CEC add-on from within Kodi. I can't remember - so it must have been very easy!This adapter did seem quite expensive for what it does, but in effect you're paying NOT to have yet another remote!!

It does work but I have a few complaints.- Expensive, this cannot be worth £30+- Software is awful, the settings do not stay put, no matter how many times I hit save.It does work though, and is the only solution at the moment to control XBMC from my TV remote.