topic Re: option button not working in HDMI mode in Android TV

option button not working in HDMI mode

Lee005 — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 19:30:14 GMT

ive just got my sony KDL50W706 and everything seems fine except when i push the options button on the remote to edit picture sound ect while in HDMI is selected nothing happens, if i change the input to TV the option button works ?

Re: option button not working in HDMI mode

Lee005 — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:02:46 GMT

fixed it myself i had it plugged into the HDMI MHL connection

Re: option button not working in HDMI mode

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:42:46 GMT

Glad you figured it out. For me, I find it a little self-satisfying when I work it out. And then its the case of if I post my problem, 2 minutes later, it all 'clicks into place'

Re: option button not working in HDMI mode

syedrakib — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 13:24:45 GMT

Hi, i am still having this problem. How do i indentify whether my HDMI port is MHL?

My R352C has 2 HDMI ports:

HDMI 1 / ARC
HDMI 2

As you can see, there is no particular HDMI which is labelled as MHL.

The OPTIONS key in my remote works fine in the TV mode. The OPTIONS also works fine for the HDMI ports when i plug in my laptop via HDMI cable. But the OPTIONS key doesn't work when i plug in my Chromecast dongle. What's going on?

Re: option button not working in HDMI mode

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 16:46:13 GMT

Hi there

Can you please confirm the full model number of your TV, as I dont recognise that model?

Cheers

Re: option button not working in HDMI mode

syedrakib — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 20:28:15 GMT

I solved the problem by setting the BRAVIA Sync > Device Control Keys to None.

Due to the BRAVIA Sync being On, when i was pressing the OPTIONS key in my TV's remote, instead of hitting the OPTIONS feature of the TV, it was hitting the OPTIONS feature of the connected HDMI device (in my case, the connected chromecast dongle). However, the chromecast doesn't have any OPTIONS feature and, hence, it was irrelevant. Thus, after setting the BRAVIA Sync > Device Control Keys to None, the remote control's OPTIONS button started hitting the TV's OPTIONS feature instead of the connected HDMI device's OPTIONS feaature anymore.

P.S. i actually turned off the whole BRAVIA Sync feature later on as i didn't need it anyways.

Re: option button not working in HDMI mode

geoff333 — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:25:35 GMT

Thanks Skydrakib, A 20 minute conversation with the Sony help line couldn't solve this promlem, (I may just as well have asked the cat!), they passed the blame to Sky!

Re: option button not working in HDMI mode

syedrakib — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 19:54:02 GMT

Do you mean, turning off BRAVIA Sync (as posted in my reply) has worked for
you?