So I just got a GoogleTV television since TCL’s updated 6 series that has 2.1 and 4K 120hz is a GoogleTV but I’m new to this interface coming from Roku.

I was trying to get eARC to work for my sound bar so it would turn on/off and volume automatically from my TV remote and saw that I would need to enable the CEC option.

But enabling that option enables it for all of my inputs, including my PlayStation 5. It’s listed under the CEC option, with no option to include or remove it from the setting.

So now my sound bar works perfectly with the tv remote. Except what happens now, is if I go to settings - inputs, and switch to HDMI 2 (which is what the PS5 is plugged into) it’ll switch to the PS5, and I can see it and use the controller. But the second I try to click or hold on the “home” button on the controller (ie the button that literally looks like the PlayStation logo), the TV instantly switches to this input titled “PlayStation 5” and says “no input found.”

If I go back into HDMI 2 I can switch back to the PlayStation, but the home button is essential for getting to the control panel, switching or closing apps, turning the device off. What the heck is happening and how can I change it? So far, I can use my PlayStation WITHOUT the sound bar, or I can use my tv and sound bar but not with the PlayStation. I am wildly confused.

**also if anyone has any tips for some good websites to get used to the GoogleTV settings and how to customize all the picture and stuff to your desire let me know cause what I’m seeing from settings doesn’t feel satisfactory.