Any LG Cx input label experts?

[Minkey1]

Hi

I have a C3, but expect it’ll be the same in C4.

I have a 1st World issue driving me mad.

My sources (EE TV Box, Panasonic BDP, and Apple TV puck) all go to the amp via HDMI. The amp connects to the TV via HDMI cable to its eARC socket, HDMI 2. Normal set up, I would have thought 🤷🏼

The issue is that in the TV’s Home Hub, the sources all show under its HDMI 2. Correct. But only the EE TV Pro box is correctly labelled. The Apple TV did show as such, but now shows “Living Room”, which it seems to have picked up from my EE network labels. And - horror of horror - my Panasonic 4k player has changed to “DVD Player”! The shame of it 😱

I’ve tried every input/edit label there is in the TV menu, and none of them appear. So I can’t edit the labels🤬

Do any C3/4 owners know of a foolproof way to edit labels, or is this just a bug with the standard, sources > amp > TV set up?

Thanks for reading.

 

[Shrek]

Hi

I have a C3, but expect it’ll be the same in C4.

I have a 1st World issue driving me mad.

My sources (EE TV Box, Panasonic BDP, and Apple TV puck) all go to the amp via HDMI. The amp connects to the TV via HDMI cable to its eARC socket, HDMI 2. Normal set up, I would have thought 🤷🏼

The issue is that in the TV’s Home Hub, the sources all show under its HDMI 2. Correct. But only the EE TV Pro box is correctly labelled. The Apple TV did show as such, but now shows “Living Room”, which it seems to have picked up from my EE network labels. And - horror of horror - my Panasonic 4k player has changed to “DVD Player”! The shame of it 😱

I’ve tried every input/edit label there is in the TV menu, and none of them appear. So I can’t edit the labels🤬

Do any C3/4 owners know of a foolproof way to edit labels, or is this just a bug with the standard, sources > amp > TV set up?

Thanks for reading.

I had a similar issue turn on all sources then swap all the HDMIS to different HDMIS it worked for me . try that .so if the Apple TV is in HDMI 1 put in 4 and so on . wait for the tv to detect the connection for each 1, a message should appear on the screen for each HDMI .
Also make sure you have the latest update on the tv before you start .

Good luck .

 

[Minkey1]

I had a similar issue turn on all sources then swap all the HDMIS to different HDMIS it worked for me . try that .so if the Apple TV is in HDMI 1 put in 4 and so on . wait for the tv to detect the connection for each 1, a message should appear on the screen for each HDMI .
Also make sure you have the latest update on the tv before you start .

Good luck .

Thanks Shrek. Not sure if I wasn’t clear, or if I’m misunderstanding your suggestion. The HDMI cables from each source go to the AVR, not the TV. Only 1 cable goes from the amp to the TVs eARC socket, mainly to get audio to the amp and pass on video to the telly, but also so I can play TV stuff back down to the amp. This would be a common set up for AV, no?

Only my Panasonic has separate HDMI out sockets to split the audio and video, but the others don’t. If I connected each source direct to the TV, I’d be limiting my playback options, no?

The weird thing is the TV box *is* correctly labelled, always has been, and I do seem to remember the sort of on screen routine you describe. But it was the first to be connected. The App TV did show as such, but has now changed. Same with my Panasonic BDP.

I know it’s 1st world stuff, but it irritates me.

As I said, apologies if I’ve misunderstood you.

 

[SohoAudiophile]

And - horror of horror - my Panasonic 4k player has changed to “DVD Player”! The shame of it 😱

To be fair that is pretty annoying.

What labels have been given to your other devices specifically? Do you think these are being provided by the TV based on assessment of the HDMI eARC handshake it's getting from each device? Or is it possibly your AV receiver that is classifying these sources and passing that on to the TV?

It may be that eARC just doesn't have any modern labels and so Panasonic is forced to self-declare as a DVD for some policy reason. It may be that the receiver is dated and only has a few classifications...

EDIT also what changed to create this issue?

 

[Shrek]

Thanks Shrek. Not sure if I wasn’t clear, or if I’m misunderstanding your suggestion. The HDMI cables from each source go to the AVR, not the TV. Only 1 cable goes from the amp to the TVs eARC socket, mainly to get audio to the amp and pass on video to the telly, but also so I can play TV stuff back down to the amp. This would be a common set up for AV, no?

Only my Panasonic has separate HDMI out sockets to split the audio and video, but the others don’t. If I connected each source direct to the TV, I’d be limiting my playback options, no?

The weird thing is the TV box *is* correctly labelled, always has been, and I do seem to remember the sort of on screen routine you describe. But it was the first to be connected. The App TV did show as such, but has now changed. Same with my Panasonic BDP.

I know it’s 1st world stuff, but it irritates me.

As I said, apologies if I’ve misunderstood y

Thanks Shrek. Not sure if I wasn’t clear, or if I’m misunderstanding your suggestion. The HDMI cables from each source go to the AVR, not the TV. Only 1 cable goes from the amp to the TVs eARC socket, mainly to get audio to the amp and pass on video to the telly, but also so I can play TV stuff back down to the amp. This would be a common set up for AV, no?

Only my Panasonic has separate HDMI out sockets to split the audio and video, but the others don’t. If I connected each source direct to the TV, I’d be limiting my playback options, no?

The weird thing is the TV box *is* correctly labelled, always has been, and I do seem to remember the sort of on screen routine you describe. But it was the first to be connected. The App TV did show as such, but has now changed. Same with my Panasonic BDP.

I know it’s 1st world stuff, but it irritates me.

As I said, apologies if I’ve misunderstood you.

I don't have a AVR but I have the same tv have a look at this might help you if not refer to your AVR
What is world coming too lol

good luck .

 

[Shrek]

I don't have a AVR but I have the same tv have a look at this might help you if not refer to your AVR
What is world coming too lol

good luck .View attachment 7967

I don't have a AVR but I have the same tv have a look at this might help you if not refer to your AVR
What is world coming too lol

good luck .View attachment 7967

 

[Minkey1]

To be fair that is pretty annoying.

What labels have been given to your other devices specifically? Do you think these are being provided by the TV based on assessment of the HDMI eARC handshake it's getting from each device? Or is it possibly your AV receiver that is classifying these sources and passing that on to the TV?

It may be that eARC just doesn't have any modern labels and so Panasonic is forced to self-declare as a DVD for some policy reason. It may be that the receiver is dated and only has a few classifications...

EDIT also what changed to create this issue?

Well, it’s a C3, bought this yr, before C4 came out.

They all appear under HDMI2 in the TVs Home Hub. That is correct. The only input to the telly is up via HDMI to input 2, as this is the eARC socket.

EE TV was the first device to be connected, was recognised as such, and remains so, correctly labelled.

When I got the Apple TV it initially recognised it as such, but now shows “Living Room”. That must have been picked up from network naming on the EE router. It’s the only place with that name.

Again, the Panasonic 820 was picked up and labelled correctly, but now shows simply “DVD Player”.

All the labels in the amp are correct.

Something has changed the App TV and the Panny. I’d happily change them manually but they’re not listed in any of the TV edit labels routines so I’m stuck.

It’s a puzzle right enough.

 

[Minkey1]

Cheers Shrek, haven’t looked at those settings, will have a look tomorrow. I’d been looking at the “edit labels” routine which you can get to in different ways, but either way they don’t list the sources in the way I think they probably would if they were connected directly to the TV 🤷🏼

 

[SohoAudiophile]

Well, it’s a C3, bought this yr, before C4 came out.

They all appear under HDMI2 in the TVs Home Hub. That is correct. The only input to the telly is up via HDMI to input 2, as this is the eARC socket.

EE TV was the first device to be connected, was recognised as such, and remains so, correctly labelled.

When I got the Apple TV it initially recognised it as such, but now shows “Living Room”. That must have been picked up from network naming on the EE router. It’s the only place with that name.

Again, the Panasonic 820 was picked up and labelled correctly, but now shows simply “DVD Player”.

All the labels in the amp are correct.

Something has changed the App TV and the Panny. I’d happily change them manually but they’re not listed in any of the TV edit labels routines so I’m stuck.

It’s a puzzle right enough.

When you go into the LG's settings / general there should be reference to something called SIMPLINK. This is LG's name for using HDMI's CEC functionality to control connected devices. Are you able to turn this off, see what the labels say, and turn it on again?

Do you have Apple Homekit enabled on the TV somewhere? The reason I ask is that the Apple TV shouldn't be labelled as 'Living room' in your HDMI devices list just because that's the name that has been applied in your EE router's user interface. It may be that some other home tech is taking over and naming devices - perhaps something called Homebridge.

Have you tried renaming the Apple TV in the EE router to something distinctive and seeing if that passes on to the TV? I'd be very surprised as that is really just a name stored in your router so you can identify network participants.

If you really want to tackle it then you could always factory reset the TV and see what the device names are before enabling any Homekit type apps.

 

[Minkey1]

Drawing a line under this one, with grateful thanks for all suggestions. Further research shows that label issues with sources connected to LG via an AVR is not uncommon.

Having spent a while with optimizer settings on the TV I didn’t want to factory reset it, but did try various things, and fixed the Apple TV label👍

* switching off Simplink allowed me to edit the HDMI2 label, but not the individual sources, and removed all reference to them anyway. So I turned it back on.

* “Living Room “ wasn’t coming from my home network naming as I’d thought, but from a location setting in ATV itself. I changed the location to “Apple TV” and it appears as such now. Hurrah. Why it had changed I don’t know. Why the EETV box has always been right and has never changed, I don’t know.

* I cannot get the disc player label to change from “DVD Player” back to the Panasonic UHD label it had originally 🤷🏼

So fixed the ATV, given up on the Panny. 50% success rate. I’ll take that 👍

Merry Christmas.