CEC deck controls fail with tv sets from LG

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Connect Chromecast to a tv set from LG, which supports CEC (or Simplink)
2. Play a YouTube-Video or Google Music on your Chromecast
3. Try to pause the video

* What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Nothing happen, even though the lg supports CEC

* What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

LG 42LS560S and a Chromecast with firmware 27946

* Please provide any additional information below.

This is a follow up on 
https://code.google.com/p/google-cast-sdk/issues/detail?id=93: 

I've got a LG 42LS560S and a Chromecast with firmware 27946. The tv understands 
CEC (or Simplink in the LG naming universe). Together with OpenELEC and a 
Raspberry Pi I use the tv remote to control the kodi mediacenter. But the 
chromecast is still a no go, even though the firmware is up to date.

The LG doesn't detect the Chromecast as a CEC device and so play/pause with 
YouTube or other google apps doesn't work. Other users with LG tvs report the 
same problem, so I guess there's a incompatibility between LG tvs and 
Chromecast.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by christop...@gmail.com on 17 Mar 2015 at 8:43

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Same for me, using 42LG6100 and Chromecast with firmware 27946

no detection of the chromecast as CEC at all, bluray player is recognized on 
the same hdmi input as CEC.

Original comment by a.stie...@gmail.com on 17 Mar 2015 at 9:25

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Can you submit a Cast feedback report for the LG TV when pressing the buttons? 
https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/3187017?hl=en
Make sure to prefix it with the issue number.

Original comment by jonathan...@google.com on 17 Mar 2015 at 10:53

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@Jonathan, i just sent out a feedback report from within the chromecast app. I 
hope it finds the way to you.

Original comment by christop...@gmail.com on 17 Mar 2015 at 11:05

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I have an LG 47LK520 TV that supports HDMI CEC (Simplink) and after turning 
Simplink on I can also not use the play/pause buttons with Google Play Music. I 
have sent Feedback via the chromecast app too, prefixed with "issue 534".

Original comment by fabian.f...@gmail.com on 18 Mar 2015 at 5:45

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I made a video about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9mgZuxLKlE&feature=youtu.be

Original comment by gamer8ma...@gmail.com on 18 Mar 2015 at 2:18

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Feedback sent from my chromecast as well, TV is an LG 45LH35FD

Original comment by bry...@gmail.com on 20 Mar 2015 at 6:55

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Same issue with LG 32LB620B.

Original comment by gauravne...@gmail.com on 20 Mar 2015 at 7:19

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same with LG 32LS5600

Original comment by vbje...@gmail.com on 22 Mar 2015 at 9:06

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LG 32LN541, same issue.

Original comment by lviv...@gmail.com on 23 Mar 2015 at 1:00

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I got a LG52LD550, it is also CEC compliant but i read that it is only 
compatible with LG simplink... I guess it's the same with a lot of LG TVs (sad 
news for us). 
(http://www.lcd-compare.com/televiseur-LG52LD550-LG-52LD550.htm?com_id=44377#avi
s-44377)

Original comment by sgen...@gmail.com on 24 Mar 2015 at 8:12

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I have a LG 47LM6200-UE with Chromecast ver 27946. As far as I can tell, the TV 
remote play/pause buttons works for YouTube videos cast from within Chrome 
browser. When I try the same using the YouTube app on my nexus 4 it does not 
seem to work.

Original comment by sudarshan.vijayraghavan@gmail.com on 28 Mar 2015 at 2:42

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I have a lg lh3000. I tested my raspberry pi which is recognised by simplink.  
I am quite surprised why this issue hasn't been dealt with a while ago as I 
have seen a lot of people with the same issue all over the net. 

Original comment by remyandc...@gmail.com on 2 Apr 2015 at 12:33

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correction to my comment above, model affected is 42LH35FD

Original comment by bry...@gmail.com on 5 Apr 2015 at 12:53

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Same here, in my case, with LG 37LH3000

Original comment by lego...@gmail.com on 7 Apr 2015 at 9:15

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Same with 32lh3000

Original comment by david.fl...@gmail.com on 24 Apr 2015 at 7:42

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Same here LG 50LB5900

My firmware is 27946

Original comment by aminnag...@gmail.com on 13 May 2015 at 3:19

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Today my chromecast updated to firmware 32904, still no luck with my tv (lg 
42LS560S).

Original comment by christop...@gmail.com on 19 Jun 2015 at 9:12

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Same here LG 42LB620V

Original comment by kashkar...@gmail.com on 12 Aug 2015 at 7:11

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Here the [Play]/[Pause] buttons aren’t working either. TV model is LG 
nnLD465, Chromecast firmware 38401. To be more precise, Chromecast:
- DOES turn on the TV (if TV in standby, and of course with the Chromecast 
powered externally not from the USB port).
but:
- IS NOT recognized as a HDMI-CEC device when turning ‘Simplink’ on (this 
is the same as was seen in the video from comment #5, but now that video 
isn’t available anymore),
- DOES NOT label the input to something specific, it remains just the default 
HDMIn,
- DOES NOT switch inputs to the one the CC is connected to,
- DOES NOT respond to any TV remote control keys.

I have sent 2 feedback reports, both prefixed with ‘[Issue 543]LG HDMI-CEC’.

The first was after scanning for HDMI-CEC devices.
More precisely: Chromecast in standby (displaying landscapes) - press 
[SimpLink] on the TV remote to show a menu - [Right] to turn SimpLink off (it 
was on) - [Right] again to turn it back on - something spinning on the screen - 
TV finds nothing, none of the icons in the menu (‘Watch TV’/ ‘Disc’/ 
‘VCR’/ ‘HDD Recorder’/ ‘Speaker’) are lit. I suppose this is the 
base problem, if Chromecast is not seen as a HDMI-CEC device then I guess it 
won’t receive any HDMI-CEC messages.

The second is after pressing the [Pause] - [Play] - [Stop] - [Rewind] - 
[FastForward] - [Subtitle] buttons (all of these are in the ‘Simplink’ 
area), twice each, on the TV remote control while playing a YouTube video using 
Chromecast.

Original comment by sags5...@gmail.com on 16 Aug 2015 at 8:35

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Sorry, the prefix should begin with ‘[Issue 534] ...’, I hope I typed it 
wrong only here and not in the feedback report...

Original comment by sags5...@gmail.com on 16 Aug 2015 at 8:38

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No SimpLink commands work on Chromecast for 47LB5900

Original comment by ChiefFla...@gmail.com on 27 Aug 2015 at 9:45

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Not working with 42LD750 neither..

Original comment by juan.sol...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2015 at 6:22

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Same problem with 37LS575S-ZD
Simplink is enabled. I even did a factory reset of the TV and still no luck.

Original comment by mattogo...@gmail.com on 3 Sep 2015 at 11:01

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Same problem with LG 42LF561V 2015 model, simplink enabled but chomecast not 
recognized

Original comment by sebastia...@gmail.com on 5 Sep 2015 at 5:40

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Mismo problema Televisión LG

Original comment by riv...@gmail.com on 8 Oct 2015 at 7:45

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Issue 674 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by jonathan...@google.com on 22 Oct 2015 at 3:52