Hi All,

My set up consists of a Google TV with Chromecast, a Samsung Frame TV, and a JBL 9.1 Soundbar. I'm using the Google remote to control everything with CEC. I like using the CEC commands so that I can use Google Home Hubs and Home Assistant be able to control the TV/GoogleTV/Soundbar in a way that is consistent with the remote. Also, we have the Frame TV set to turn off for power savings, but turn on to Art Mode once motion is detected.

The problem we have is that when the Art Mode turns on, sometimes everything else turns on with it. This does not happen every time, but enough to make it weird when we get home and the TV is just on the main menu.

I thought if I could set it up so that the TV can receive CEC commands from other devices, but not send the commands itself, that it would help solve the issue, but I'm not seeing any such method to do that.

I'm wondering if anyone else has dealt with this scenario and found a way to 'fix' it? Or should I just dig up my old Harmony remote (the only reason I have hesitated to do that is losing voice commands from the Google TV remote).