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Paul1977

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#151724 3-Sep-2014 09:23

I'm not sure if this belongs here or in the gaming forum.

I recently purchased a PS4, and as many of you probably know Sony haven't released a blu-ray remote for it.

I have had some success using Viera Link (CEC) with my TV (Panasonic VT50) to control the PS4 with my universal remote using commands for the TV.

This works OK for basic functionality (play, pause, stop, next chapter, etc), but I haven't been able to find an equivalent to a "menu" button to bring up the Blu-Ray menu while watching the movie. Using the TV's menu command brings up the TV menu, not the Blu-Rays one.

Has anyone had better success than me using CEC to control their PS4?

Thanks

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Paul1977

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#1122348 5-Sep-2014 09:52

After many hours of messing about have finally got this working great, and I couldn't be happier.

I ran into some strange things with my combination of components, but I now have it working so PS4 powers on and off when it should, and commands like directions, OK (mapped as X), Return (mapped as O), Play, Pause, Stop, FF, RW, Next Ch, Prev Ch, Popup Menu, and Top Menu all work.

Don't know if this will assist anyone else as this may only work like this with my specific components, but my working setup is as follows:

PS4 (CEC enabled) --> Yamaha HTR-3065 (CEC enabled) --> Panasonic TV TH-P55VT50Z (CEC enabled, and digital audio from TV tuner passing back to receiver via ARC).

I use TV remote IR commands to control PS4; except for Top Menu and Popup Menu which I use Yamaha IR commands.

I use a Logitech Harmony Ultimate as the only remote control.

All other components (PS3, WDTV Live) go through Yamaha as well, but I don't use CEC for these as Harmony supports them natively.

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