Lindy HDMI CEC Less Adapter Type A Male to Type A Female, Remove CEC Line Termination Pin 13 Compatibility Fix Problem Solver EasyLink SimpleLink Anynet+ BRAVIA Sync HDMI-CEC

The product appears to be good quality and does what it is supposed to do, thus I consider it as value for money.5 stars given for "remote control" is to give a full a full 5 star review but isn't really applicable to this product, unless you consider its purpose is to block remote commands over HDMI.Picture quality shows no degradation, I wouldn't expect it to, but in my case it was only being used on a 1080p connection.It certainly solved my problem which was as follows:My television has 3 HDMI ports.Originally port 1 was connected to a Chromecast and port 2 was connected to an AV receiver with a Blue-Ray player connected to it.When the AV receiver and / or Blue-Ray player were turned on the television would automatically switch to the correct HDMI input and I could control the AV receiver and Blue-Ray player using the television's remote control via the HDMI link, thus avoiding me needing to use all the individual dedicated remotes.I connected a device to the third HDMI port and the previous functionality ceased - the television no longer automatically switched to the AV receiver / Blue-Ray player and I could no longer control them via the televisions' remote control.Hence I suspected that either the new device, a security recorder, which obviously needs to be on 24/7, might be sending CEC commands that were preventing the AV receiver and Blue-Ray player establishing a CEC link or that the lengthy 15m HDMI cable to it was picking up interference and causing a similar issue.I fitted the CEC blocker at the television in the connection from the security recorder and problem solved.I am a little disappointed in those that designed my television as even if you manually forced it to switch to the correct HDMI input it would still not give priority to CEC commands from that source.

I have a HUMAX Freeview box (Aura) that, when it does an overnight update, switches the TV and soundbar on. So at some ungodly hour of the night the TV is on and blaring away meaning getting up ro turn everything off. Unfortunately, the HUMAX doesn't turn everything off after an update, it turns itself off again but not anything else.Adding this stops this happening. The ONLY downside is that you have to turn the TV on and then something else. I have an LG TV, an Amazon Fire Cube, a JBL Sound Bar and a Sony BluRay player fed into the HDMI ports. If I turn the TV on I have to press the Humax on button on the remote. If I turn the Fire Cube on, it turns everything on, including the Humax. Can't be bothered to try and recable everything again (been doing that for a year to stop the Humax bug). The gizmo WORKS and we have had NO disturbed sleep since fitting it. Best money I've spent recently.According to HUMAX, it's all working as it should (meaning it doesn't turn everything off after an update but DOES turn everything off if you use the remote. Go figure that logic).

HDMI CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) implementation on our Humax freeview recorder was causing issues upstream where sometimes after playing a music source on our sonos soundbar the tv no longer saw the sonos as a HDMI ARC device. Turns out it's an issue with the Humax, namely it's CEC, which we don't use anyway so blocking it was the answer.This little adaptor plugs into a HDMI port and blocks the CEC signal simply by not having the relevant pin connected. Keep in mind it makes the HDMI connection stick out more, so consider this if you've got a tight space.I've used Lindy cables & adaptors before and have always found they do what they say, I find them well made and they tend to be my go-to company when I need something like this.

I recently bought this device to cure a problem between my Sony Bravia TV, Sony BluRay/Surround Sound and a Microsoft Surface Dock. I have the dock (which uses a mini display port) connected to the TV via a minidisplay - HDMI adapter. However, I found that whenever I had everything connected up in this fashion, the TV stopped recognising and using the Surround sound system via Bravia Sync. It was like the Surround sound was broken or invisible to the TV even though still plugged in. This was happening even with the Surface Dock switched off completely. As long as it was connected to the TV, then the Bravia Sync stopped working.After some searching on the net, it appears that mini display ports use a particular pin on an HDMI cable and that messes with the Bravia TV Sync facility. This particular adapter removes that pin, which doesn't affect HDMI in any other way. So, with this adapter fitted between my Surface Dock and the TV, this problem instantly disappeared, so now I can have all devices plugged in and working as expected.So this device worked great for me in curing the Sony Bravia Sync issue caused by mini display port from the Surface Dock. I knocked a star off as I thought it was a little expensive at just under £10. Does the trick though!

Use this nearly on every job that uses hdmi over cat cables. Cuts call backs by 60% so well worth putting in.

I'd previously bought one of these Lindy adapters from Amazon about 6 years ago and that one works perfectly (currently connected to my Nvdia Shield). As my Fire TV Stick has suddenly started having HDMI CEC issues after the recent update, I thought the easiest solution would be to buy another adapter. I should have spotted that it was being sold by a third party seller (although fulfilled by Amazon) as the price was suspiciously low at £3.99 compared to the direct from Amazon price of £8.70. When the adapter arrived, I plugged it in and it made no difference. Clearly pin 13 isn't isolated and it's a cheap Chinese knock-off being sold as a Lindy adapter (I've never had any issue with Lindy stuff in the past as it's always good quality). I contacted Amazon who immediately offered a refund and I've now ordered the more expensive one supplied directly from Amazon.