HDMI Link option disappeared

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@ctcallaway wrote:

I saw a feature called HDMI Link under the Comcast Labs section so I thought I would give it a try.  It is supposed to turn off your cable box if you turn off your TV.  I activated the setting then tried it and if worked.  I decided I didn't want to leave it this way because it was on the "wife's TV" and she doesn't like changes.  🙂  When I went to turn it off, the menu item had disappeared!  I spent hours on line, in a chat session (totally worthless), then another 40 minutes working with a tech over the phone.  When we started troubleshooting, the menu item still appeared on my other two TVs but later it disappeared from both of them as well.  Unfortunatley, now I can't disable this feature on the set where I tried it out.  We did a system reset, a box reset, unplugged the HDMI, power, and cable from the small box then pluged in the power and cable and waited another 15 seconds before pluggin in the HDMI cable.  Nothing we tried was able to reset this feature on that box.  The other two boxes still work - that is, they do not power off when the TV is turned off.  Any Suggestions?  I think tomorrow, I will drive to the Comcast store and swap out this box.  Apparently there is no other fix for it.

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did you try moving the box to another TV and then turning off the menu option?

This happened to me also. The HDMI link feature is gone from the Comcast Labs area.  I had it turned on to power down the box when I turned off the TV.  Did Comcast just get rid of it?

It was working earlier today.

The HDMI Link feature overrides all of the settings in the Power Preferences settings.  I tried setting those to 8 hours and back to Off but in both cases it overrode those settings.  It appears that the box has been "programmed" by the HDMI Link option and now there is no way to reset it.

Was this feature recently deleted? Up til a few days ago, I was able to turn off my AV system with the X1 remote. Now the X1 box stays on when I power down. There used to be a option to turn on and off the HDMI CEC in the X1 menu. I can no longer find it. 

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@CCAndrew wrote:
That feature doesn’t turn it off, it just puts the box in power saver mode( you may have to go into power save mode and turn it off there).
Features in Comcast Labs are for testing and come and go and get fine tuned all the time. It’s possible your other boxes haven’t taken that update yet

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ComcastAndrew, this move was not a update, it was a downgrade. 

I just started a thread about this HDMI CEC feature, then I bumped into this one. Yep, my box no longer turns off and the blue power light remains on. Also the option disappeared in the Comcast Labs Menu. 

These boxes do strange things. Sometimes it appears in my LG OLED Menu and then goes away. My old X1 box did this and when I got the new 4k model I was hoping this issue would go away. No luck 

I liked this feature and now it's gone. It powers off that blue light with my remote and I didn't have to deal with that annoying "your set is about to turn off ..." since the the feature on/off/on sequence effectively resets the time counter. And since mine was set to 8hrs ... that limit was never reached. I don't have a DVR.

This is a downgrade. Please bring it back. It saves power too.

Not just me. At least that's good to know. Odd thing to take away. 

What happened to the HDMI link that turned the set top box off and on with the tv?  Also why can't the cable signal be checked any more?  The click on for it is there, but when you try it it says it is unable to do it.

Sort of the same as mine except my box turns on with the tv and waits two hours to turn off with the inactivity delay.  You are correct, Comcast needs to sort this out!

Just my opinion, but that officially stinks!!

I also wish they would fix the HDMI connectivity issue with my LG OLED TV. All my devices are connected to my Yamaha Receiver and appear on my LG menu, except the Comcast box. Pulling out the power cord mkes it re appear. Then it goes away.

Whats up with this Comcast ?