topic Re: Chromecast sleep timer no longer works in Streaming

Chromecast sleep timer no longer works

pgriggy — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 18:01:52 GMT

I used to be able to issue a command via the Home app such as "Turn off TV in 10 minutes" and the Chromecast would turn off my TV in 10 minutes as expected.

I'm not sure what has happened lately but this no longer works. The app seems to recognize the command, but the device does not turn off the TV.

So far I've tried the following (all unsuccessful):

Updating Chromecast to latest software
Removing and adding Chromecast from Home group
Renaming Chromecast device
Deleting and re-creating Home group
Factory resetting Chromecast

Other commands work just fine, I just can't get it to turn itself off after x number of minutes anymore.

Any ideas on what the potential issue/solution could be?

Thanks!

Re: Chromecast sleep timer no longer works

djtetei — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 18:29:56 GMT

Check that both the TV and the Chromecast device have HDMI CEC enabled. Set the Chromecast remote power button to TV CEC.

Also check the Chromecast device energy saving settings.

Re: Chromecast sleep timer no longer works

pgriggy — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 18:53:45 GMT

Thanks, setting the remote from Auto to manually selecting CEC seems to have resolved this (even though Auto was showing CEC has being the current selection)

Re: Chromecast sleep timer no longer works

djtetei — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 18:57:20 GMT

The "Auto" setting is supposed to try to take control any device connected through HDMI, but the Chromecast device can actually control only one device via CEC protocol.

Re: Chromecast sleep timer no longer works

Jeran — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 18:52:34 GMT

Hey there!

It looks like pgriggy accepted djtetei's answer, and it's been a few days, so I'm locking the thread. As always, feel free to make a new thread if you have any more questions or concerns.

Thank you for your help, djtetei!

Best regards,
Jeran