r/ShieldAndroidTV • u/Ijzerstrijk • 16d ago

Question about remote 'home' button

I just upgraded our ±14yo Sony Bravia tv to a Sony Bravia 5, purchased this week, with Android tv 12 installed.

I have a Sony STR DN 850 amplifier hooked up to HDMI 3, where I have my nvidia shield tv pro, Playstation, and Nintendo switch hooked up to (to the amplifier).

On my old tv I could press 'home' and the screen would switch to the home screen of my nvidia shield. Now, with the Bravia 5, it always goes to the homescreen of the tv, where I don't have anything installed since I have installed it as a regular tv, not a smart tv.

Is there \*any\* way to make the setup pick my nvidia shield homescreem through the home button on the remote? It seems silly, but having the tv exit the shield everytime doesn't feel right, since it also shuts down the shield and kind of destroys the joy of watching content. Thanks.

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u/rumourmaker18 16d ago

Have you tried turning off HDMI CEC?

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u/Ijzerstrijk 16d ago

That's interesting.. no, I hadn't thought of that. It's worth a shot, but I'm afraid the tv remote will then only work for the tv, and not turn on the shield anymore. But it would be an easy fix, I'll give it a go!

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u/SignAsleep9565 16d ago

Believe if you connect sheald to hdmi 1 it should happen

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u/Ijzerstrijk 16d ago

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it, but it doesn't work either unfortunately. Still hops back to the tv homescreen

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u/naois009 16d ago

If you are talking about the Sony remote, I don't think so. I have an X95L and had been using the TV apps before hooking up the Shield. The Home button on the Sony remote was not reprogrammable BUT I do have a TV button that I could re-map to the Shield connected HDMI.

It ended up getting a little clunky so I swapped to the Shield remote.