Anyone had luck with training the remote to control volume through the IR? I learned a new device for volume control but when I do to use it, doesn't change a thing. Using a Phillips receiver here. When I train it it is receiving the IR signal from the receivers original remote so I'm baffled.
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After training volume buttons, remote won't change volume
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Same here as well with a Samsung Soundbar... says it's learned, but doesn't actually do anything afterward.
That's what you get for using Samsung products...
Just kidding, but it works fine with my Onkyo receiver.
Is your receiver hooked up through hdmi? It's possible that the Apple TV is controlling it through hdmi, something to do with cec, not through ir. I wonder if anyone has been able to control their receiver not through hdmi.
It is, but it doesn't have CEC, and it didn't control the volume until I trained it using the original receiver remote.
I'm having the same problem. My receiver (Pioneer VSX 821-K) supposedly has CEC but that doesn't work.
When I put the ATV to sleep it DOES turn off the receiver but volume does nothing.
So I used my receiver remote to train the IR. The ATV remote will only adjust the volume if I click the button repeatedly. And only then sporadically.
When I put the ATV to sleep it DOES turn off the receiver but volume does nothing.
So I used my receiver remote to train the IR. The ATV remote will only adjust the volume if I click the button repeatedly. And only then sporadically.
After trying to set up the Siri remote to control the volume of my Pioneer VSX-521-K via IR it also does not work. I don't want to control it via CEC.
My Samsung Sound Bar connected via HDMI (return something) supports CEC. My TV is VIZIO 4K 70" so pretty new. But when I control the Sound Bar via the TV Remote it does not work well until I power off the sound bar and back on. BUT, with the new SIRI Remote it auto detected the Sound Bar and works perfect. Now if I can just get everything on the ATV 4 and drop my CABLE DVR I will be golden.
I wonder what's going on? Can you try pushing the volume up/down buttons repeatedly and see if it works sometimes? The IR signal should either be there or not. I don't get it.
The Apple TV acts like it is learning the commands from my receiver remote. However, after saving the setting, the volume buttons on the Siri remote simply don't control the receiver volume.
Pretty stupid that at launch the $79 Siri remote cannot learn IR and a 5 dollar remote from the cable company can.
You are right it does respond but VERY poorly. I will troubleshoot some more and let you know of any success.
By very poorly I mean once in 20 presses there will be an indication that the receiver is receiving a volume command, however it just shows the volume level for a second and MAYBE adjusts it by one level
I can't get a response on the volume at all. This is very botched. My xbox one controls volume easily.
I turned on HDMI Control on the Pioneer receiver. This changed the "Control TVs and Receivers" line item on the "Remotes and Devices" settings screen from greyed out to ON. I changed volume control to Auto instead of IR.
Turning the Apple TV off using the Siri remote also turned off the receiver. Worked also with turning both devices back on. Volume control apparently still doesn't work even using CEC.
Yeah. That's pretty much my experience. Since the on/off works you would assume the volume should as well.
Power turns my lg tv on and off which is prob done through cec. I use my lg tv as my volume output to my receiver using optical, and whatever hdmi input I choose on the tv, the tv outputs the sound from that hdmi to the receiver through optical. I think there is only one hdmi connection on my receiver, which is an output to the tv for DVDs, but maybe I'll tinker and see if there is other options. But I doubt my receiver is cec, cause it's a nice sound system but only $200, you can get decent sound for cheap these days.
The question I think here is is it a Siri remote issue or an atv issue. A thought I had is maybe a lot of Siri remotes have faulty IR sensors. Or maybe the atv says its learned the commands but isn't sending them to the remote, software issue. I notice when I hit the volume buttons, the led on the atv blinks but that could simply be the remote over Bluetooth making it blink, not like it's receiving actual ir commands from the remote to the atv sensor.
What's so odd to me is on every previous atv, it could learn any remote and would work flawlessly. I'm close to saying this could be one of apples biggest debut flops, among the other issues with no remote app, the severe limitations with Siri, no Bluetooth keyboard support and beta App Store.
The question I think here is is it a Siri remote issue or an atv issue. A thought I had is maybe a lot of Siri remotes have faulty IR sensors. Or maybe the atv says its learned the commands but isn't sending them to the remote, software issue. I notice when I hit the volume buttons, the led on the atv blinks but that could simply be the remote over Bluetooth making it blink, not like it's receiving actual ir commands from the remote to the atv sensor.
What's so odd to me is on every previous atv, it could learn any remote and would work flawlessly. I'm close to saying this could be one of apples biggest debut flops, among the other issues with no remote app, the severe limitations with Siri, no Bluetooth keyboard support and beta App Store.
Same issue here with the same Pioneer receiver (VSX-821-K). I manually trained the Apple TV using the receiver remote. If I repeatedly press the volume up/down button on the Apple remote, it does eventually change the volume on the receiver one notch. Hopefully Apple can fix the issue with a software update.