Originally Posted by
nmenaker
IF there is a remote, of course that is best. Sometimes one has to work around not having the actual INPUT button to switch. I DO find that often the hotel/resort supplied remote doesn’t have that, but often the TV on like the back of one side or on the bottom or top there are somewhat hidden buttons and an input button is often there. Although, hotel class specific monitors often are not.
what I HAVE found though is that IF one is using a dongle or device (like Apple TV, chromecast, etc) and has it plugged in, then if one can UNPLUG the primary STB HDMI cable going into the monitor while having the new dongle attached - and powered, the TV will often switch automatically to the only plugged in device..
Or, I’ve had it work before just having say the Apple TV plugged in but I unplug power to the STB. That has worked too.
Yes, there are a few ways around this. For one, I try to avoid hotels that make it difficult to access the HDMI port, whether it be physically or via settings (looking at you, Marriott). IHG in general is pretty good about not making it too difficult.
If HDMI-CEC is enabled as you said you can usually get it to switch over to that input, but it likely isnt. One other tip is to buy an HDMI coupler on Amazon. This will allow you to plug your stick into the STB end of their HDMI cable instead of having to get behind the TV - thus eliminating the issue as you are using their cable on the same input.