[tvizzotto]

Hi folks, I am new here, so excuse me for my bad english.

My current setup is the following: my Raspberry Pi 3 is connected to my Home Theater (Sony BDV-N990W) over HDMI IN 1 port, and the HT is connected to my TV over HDMI1 (ARC) port.
So, I can control Kodi simply using my TV remote over HDMI-CEC. It's amazing.

The Raspberry stays running 24/7, but every time I'm not at home and the power was out, the Raspberry restart but the HDMI connection lost the signal.
Let me explain better: when I return to home and (manually) power on TV and Home Theater, I select HDMI1 input and TV shows "no signal". To restore the signal, I must keep TV on, on HDMI1, and restart Raspberry via SSH for the signal finally return to Home Theater/TV HDMI port.
Every time that i attempt to restart Raspberry with Home Theater/TV powered off, the Raspberry HDMI does not transmit signal.

My question is: is there any config on Raspberry/Kodi that allow the HDMI port to be always ON, regardless if there are any device connected to another end of the cable?

Many thanks.
Tobias

[speedwell68]

Make sure this line is enabled in the config.txt file...


hdmi_force_hotplug=1

[popcornmix]

hdmi_force_hotplug=1

You probably can't read the TV's EDID in this state (assuming it takes longer to power on than Pi), so this won't be a perfect solution as you'll only get basic hdmi resolutions/refresh rates.

Use this:
https://kodi.wiki/view/Raspberry_Pi_FAQ#...d_on_first