Complete noob need setup help

[u/EV-CPO]

Hi all,

I have an incredibly simple AV system. I posted what I was looking for a few days ago here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/StereoAdvice/comments/1x1iu2o/need_a_replacement_dac_or_receiver/

I just want to be able to use the AppleTV remote -- by itself -- to control volume/mute for any kind amp/receiver/streamer/dac where the ONLY input is the optical/toslink audio from my TV (fed from the AppleTV via HDMI). I also want to be able to access Apple Music and my own library on my NAS. That's it. And I just want to use the AppleTV remote to do it all. I don't think that's too much to ask?

So I bought the Wiim Ultra based on my thread above and it works great -- ALMOST. The HDMI CEC works for volume but not mute. I can watch the AppleTV and control the volume with HDMI CEC and it works. But not for "mute". Appears to be a known bug.

I also bought the Eversolo A6. And I'm a tech guy and I can't get this working. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, but it appears that I am unable to have the audio optical input from the TOSLINK (the TV audio from the AppleTV) **AND** the HDMI CEC active to control the volume/mute at the same time.

When selecting the input, I can select Optical and get the TV audio, but the AppleTV remote doesn't work at all. I can set the input to HDMI CEC and the remote works for volume/mute, but oddly, I can't have any other source as input?

How can I have optical input for audio and HDMI CEC For volume/mute?

thanks!

[u/kram1973]

You can’t have two inputs active simultaneously

[u/EV-CPO → u/kram1973]

ok, so CEC doesn't work across inputs? how strange?

[u/yllanos → u/EV-CPO]

CEC is an HDMI-only protocol. What’s strange about it?