Google Home commands for switching Philips Android TV input to analog antenna?

by JWTJacknife

So I have a specific thing I want to do with my Philips 55PUS 7406/12: I want to have a routine in which I give a voice command, and the TV switches on and switches to the analog antenna input.

The reason: my apartment building's intercom system is messed up, so if someone rings the lobby door, I can't call down to see who it is. However, there's a door camera that broadcasts to an analog TV channel over short range so my TV can pick it up and I can see who's at the door. (I'd like it quickly because I'm often not in the same room as the TV, and by the time I run into the living room, dig up the remote, turn on the TV, and switch the input, the courier at the door may have already decided that I'm not there.)

The TV's Google Assistant (which I have to use through my phone and Google Home and the Android TV remote) can switch to an HDMI input easily enough, but it keeps getting confused when I tell it to switch to the ATV input - it keeps on assuming I'm doing a web search, or looking for a channel on YouTube.

In olden days, I would have been able to set this up with my Harmony remote, but the Harmony hub doesn't seem to speak the same language as the new TV, and I can't set a discrete input. Amazon Alexa control isn't an option because I can't put the client app on the TV (not available here).

I just need two steps: turn on the TV (which is easy enough) and tell the Philips TV to set its input to ATV (which has me tearing my hair out and cursing).

Any ideas? Or somewhere I'd be better off posting this question?

pawdog

What other terms have you tried? My Phillips TV uses Live TV Tuner for the coax port.

AbsolutelyBarkered

Okay. I had a similar issue and I hate the way that Philips designed the function. (E.g pressing inputs/sources button does not cycle through inputs).

It is a bit belt and braces but it is possible to achieve some degree of autonomy, if you buy a universal IR blaster device. I got the broadlink RM4. It integrates with Google and allows custom remote creation.

Set up a device through the broadlink app and confirm your device isn't listed. I used a smart TV box but really it just needs to be a random device that has volume up/down and power buttons. - Call it something like "Custom TV controls".

Then retrain the buttons by pointing the actual Philips TV remote at the IR RM4 device.

....The reason for the convoluted route in retraining the buttons is because sending voice left/right/input commands didn't work and making a custom remote with fudged / reprogrammed buttons did the trick.

Re-Train volume up button to be the "Right" button. Re-Train reduce volume button to be the "Left" Re-Train power button to be "Sources/Input" Re-Train mute button to be "ok"

Now goto the google home app (assuming you've linked the RM4 device to the Google account, your custom device should appear).

Go to add routines.

Call it something like...Hdmi1 to Analogue.

If the Analogue selection sits one space to the left, then it'd be something like:

When I say to my assistant: "Hdmi 1 to Analogue"

Actions:

Custom TV controls on (brings up the inputs) Custom TV controls reduce volume (moves left one space) Mute Custom TV controls (clicks ok)

Input the commands using the fudged controls as above and after some more fudging by adding each custom routine (e.g. Analogue to Hdmi1 = steps for examppe routine in reverse) Then you will have a means of voice command manoeuvring through Philips TV inputs.

It isn't ideal, but it works. Hope this helps.

dussik

can't help you, but can give some advice: there is nothing "analog" about the input and/or antenna. The input is digital and the antenna can't be digital or analog, just the antenna:)