The replacement Onkyo TX-NR696 totally solved all those problems. But the fact that 1) it didn’t have HDMI-CEC 2) it fell asleep at the drop of a hat made it an easy choice. I have a feeling that, somehow, via some kind of sound-nerd specs, the Anthem was technically the nicer receiver. This swapping of receivers felt a smidge unfortunate because I’m pretty sure the Anthem receiver was a 3✕ or more expensive receiver. The Anthem receiver did not have HDMI-CEC, so it was the thing that needed replacing. I think I still need to use the HDMI ARC input on my TV for this to work? I thought this is what HDMI ARC was, but I guess not? I’m still foggy on a lot of this. With HDMI-CEC active on all the parts of this system, it means that, for example, the AppleTV can issue a sleep command, sleeping itself, and also shut off the receiver, and also shut off the TV. The whole point of it is enabling communication between equipment, such that the need for a universal remote is reduced or removed. The CEC part is “Consumer Electronics Control”, which I had never heard of until this little journey. All the parts of this system connect via HDMI cables. I’m going to make the answer very large and green: This is all possible! Through some help on Twitter, I was able to track down the clutch feature. Ideally we use the AppleTV remote for everything: powering the system on, making sure it’s on the right input, controlling the volume, and powering the system off. What I wanted is to keep using the AppleTV remote, because while it has its own annoyances (too small), it’s very useful and no other remote can do what it can do. I realize this is a very first-world problem if it qualifies as a problem at all, but hey, I wanted to improve the system. This meant that day-to-day usage meant using the universal remote to turn the system on, then use the AppleTV for everything else, then back to the universal remote to shut things down. The AppleTV remote could not power on or off the system.It goes to sleep seconds after interacting with it, and the AppleTV wasn’t capable of waking it up. Kicker: The Anthem receiver is never awake. But only worked when the Anthem receiver was “awake”. Technically the AppleTV remote could control the volume on the Anthem receiver, by AppleTV’s own feature of “learning” other remotes.No other special controls, like the fancy screen button that is useful for app switching. The universal remote could control the AppleTV, but poorly.
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