Hmmm…I can check. I suspect that I can change the time interval, but I don’t believe that it can be turned off completely. There’s no way to turn off the Roku unit, either. It just times out.
Maybe you could try a new HDMI cable? Not all cables support the latest protocols. Also, the cable could be in the wrong tv output?
That’s a sharp lookin’ amp! Hope you get it figured out.
Do all the AVR’s inputs pass HDMI signal through? Have you tried plugging the Roku into other inputs to see if they function differently?
I had a similar setup to yours years ago and I think I ended up using a smart power strip like @OldGuy suggested, if not for the TV, for some other component that wouldn’t respond properly.
I owned an older model Roku, and it simply did not ever turn off. It seemed that it expected you to just turn off the TV or switch inputs. It seemed to me to be something they did to keep costs down. (The thing was quite cheap.)
I don’t think the power strip mentioned above would help. It would be great as a way to cut power to other devices when you turn off the TV, but, if the Roku just uses a Screensaver and doesn’t turn off, then you cant have it turn the TV off. And, even if the Roku does turn it off, you’d have to have the Roku on to turn the TV back on. The same would also rule out using some sort of smart-socket that you could turn off with your phone.
But something that I could see working, if nothing else, would be some sort of smart A/V switch that you could put between the Roku and whatever it is connected to. You’d just leave at least one set blank. You could then switch to the blank input with your phone, allowing the TV to switch off. (You could also get one with a remote, but that’s one more remote.)
I was suggesting that the TV be plugged into the power strip’s switched outlet and the AVR into the controlling outlet. The Roku gets plugged into an always-on outlet.
When the AVR is powered off, the smart strip turns off the TV.
Yes, it seems that way. In fact, I’ve had the receiver switch from the cable box to the Roku because I woke up the Roku accidentally using the wrong remote. In other words, the receiver automatically switched to the most recent live HDMI input. I moved the inputs around and this still happened.
The receiver is smart, but not smart in the way I would like it to be.
Thanks. I wanted to replace my 12 YO receiver with another one for fairly minor reasons: better display on the receiver, OSD, better BT and networking, and “smart HDMI” controls.
I’d say I scored 50% in my desire to improve. Trying to figure out the “smart HDMI” and have it do what I expected has been a huge bust. Overall, a waste of my money.
But I already gave away my old receiver.
Have you tried going to AVSforum.com? They have threads for most models (or model series) of AV hardware, so there’s almost certainly threads for your receiver and TV. Search them or ask people there about your problem, and you might find the answer.
And I assume you’ve RTFM for the receiver?
I’ve been prowling several forums since the problem arose, including present company, of course. The consensus does not seem favorable to my desires. The simplest solution is, of course, to just get used to turning off the TV separately. But…faith endures. I continue to experiment. I’ve already spent additional $$$ for other remotes. I have a bunch of options and am working to find the least worst.
The manual is not very helpful, as it concentrates mostly on using HDMI control to control devices that have inputs to the AVR. I’m trying to control (turn on/off) the device (TV) connected to the HDMI output. The manual for the TV is much more challenging. It, too, assumes that you want to control a cable box, streaming box, player, or some similar device directly through the four HDMI inputs it has. I can control the AVR volume and some other functions using the TV remote, which is nice but totally unwanted.
I’m certainly getting by. It’s not like my TV has to be on all night. I just expected to be able to use the AVR remote to turn the TV on and off, preferably automatically when I turn the AVR on and off.
Saving the cost of a power switch was one issue. More important is that the Roku does things like downloading software updates and uploading logs, which are best done while the device is idle, not while the user is watching TV. If the user always turned off the Roku after using it, it would never get a chance to do those background activities.