TCL TV with Google TV Streamer/Google Chromecast

smacster — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:02:49 GMT

Hi,

I have a reasonably recent TCL TV. (C635 released 2022).

It worked OK with my Chromecast 4k a year or so back, but then Power Off on the Chromecast remote stopped working. (Chromecast turned off but TV stayed on.) Power On continued to work as expected.

I recently upgraded to the new Google TV Streamer and had the same problem, except that now trying to choose Input (via the * button) also fails.

So...

I figured why have Android TV running on the TCL when it only slows down the boot? I'll factory reset the TV , crank it up in TV -only mode (no Android TV) and have it just work as a monitor with all control functions handled by the TV streamer.

Nice plan. Unfortunately I now have to use the TCL remote to turn on the TV and select the HDMI Input before I can view the Streamer screen.

And my wife is never going to work this out.

One thing is clear: this is a TCL problem, not a Google problem. I'm writing here because the possibility of finding a solution in this forum is small but infinitely larger than via TCL. Literally.

While Google could turn up with an IR code-set specific to my TV, the fact remains that if TCL were running a valid vanilla CEC implementation there would be no issue.

I've read most of the threads (here, Reddit, etc.) and tried all the obvious. No &^%$# luck!!

So, has anyone figured a workaround? A few years back and on a 2k Chromecast I pretended to a Roku TV and that did the trick, but that hack no longer flies.

Thanks in advance.

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