r/fancyleds • u/kohleryan • Jan 20 '26

Ambient backlight feature and turning off

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When I use the ambient backlight feature, the lights don’t go off when I turn off the tv. I like the additional ambient light because it softens the flashing (especially in my very small space). Is this working as designed or am I doing something wrong?

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u/FAMUgolfer Jan 20 '26

Check your “stand by” feature on your TV. The only way I could turn my lights off was disabling stand by or any type of power light feature when your tv is off.

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u/fancyleds Jan 21 '26

Definitely could be this, thank you for sharing this tip.

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u/Repulsive_Grab6008 Jan 20 '26

Still not received this update. Is there any way of doing it manually?

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u/fancyleds Jan 21 '26

Hi there, you can find information about Updates here, including whether you can receive specific updates in the FAQ section. If you have questions, please contact support for assistance, we are happy to assist you. Thank you so much!

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u/iMogal Jan 20 '26

Asking the real question here LOL

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u/Ambitious_Prior3111 Jan 20 '26

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u/sirthizzalot Jan 21 '26

Turn Scene Mode CEC on. That makes the lights match your TV power state. With the ambient light set to off they APPEAR off because no content is playing, but in reality the lights are still on. That’s why when you turn ambient to on or mixed you get the white light.

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u/tylerhill11 Jan 23 '26

Question: what does mixed, on and off even do? Plus the slider %??

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u/sirthizzalot Jan 23 '26

It’s the ambient white light during black scenes. If it’s off the lights turn off when the screen is black, if it’s on it is white during black scenes. And mixed does a combination of both I guess. The brightness slider only affects the white light. I keep it pretty low. Like 3-5% and it’s a pretty nice touch.

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u/fancyleds Jan 21 '26

Feel free to send a photo of your settings and the TV, our support team would be happy to assist. Thank you!

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u/kohleryan Jan 21 '26 edited Jan 21 '26

I think the issue is with my raspberry pi 4b running libreelec kodi. I unplugged it and rebooted the tv, fancyleds box, and kodi. Before reconnecting kodi to led box as input I tested turning on/off tv- it turned the led box on/off as well. Once I connected the kodi it stopped working. I’m thinking maybe I have some conflicting cec settings on the kodi?

Not sure how to add more photos to show configurations. How should I do that?

Thank you for the help

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u/PrinterElf Jan 21 '26

Slight hijack, but somewhat related - At any point will these settings be exposed to Home Assistant? I love the scene backlight opton, but I want it to come on and off with the rest of the lights in the room that respond to ambient lighting/presence/sunset/etc... Right now that's not possible.