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dodgem22 · 21-03-2018, 19:02

I am afraid there is no cure. I had this problem myself and as you say it is a quirk with some newer range Sony televisions. i am assuming it says HDMI 1 or something like that. In the end I had to change my television which was a shame as apart from that the Sony was a great tv but it just really bugged me.

From a previous discussion on another forum a helpful poster stated to me

It's caused when the connected device mutes and brings back to the audio stream, or makes some kind of HDCP check. The TV is just displaying the information banner as if it has been put back on the input (which it has in a way). It's not a fault and quite useful really.
As far as I remember, older (2014) Sonys had the option where you could change the info banner style to a reduced type one that just showed HDMI name.
Either way, I don't find it an issue, and it's quite normal for TVs.
If it bothers (it's only on screen for 5 seconds), you can just press BACK on the Sony r/c to clear it.
Maybe changing HDMI audio to PCM on the source device stops it from reloading the audio stream in a trick function, I can't recall Credit MarcoPoloHouse

In my case it did bother me but the changing to pcm trick no longer works as you know. I spoke to Sony about it, they say it is not a fault.

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dodgem22 cf.addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: staffordshire Services: virgin tv phone and broadband giff gaff mobile Posts: 280	Re: Weird TV annoyance I am afraid there is no cure. I had this problem myself and as you say it is a quirk with some newer range Sony televisions. i am assuming it says HDMI 1 or something like that. In the end I had to change my television which was a shame as apart from that the Sony was a great tv but it just really bugged me. From a previous discussion on another forum a helpful poster stated to me It's caused when the connected device mutes and brings back to the audio stream, or makes some kind of HDCP check. The TV is just displaying the information banner as if it has been put back on the input (which it has in a way). It's not a fault and quite useful really. As far as I remember, older (2014) Sonys had the option where you could change the info banner style to a reduced type one that just showed HDMI name. Either way, I don't find it an issue, and it's quite normal for TVs. If it bothers (it's only on screen for 5 seconds), you can just press BACK on the Sony r/c to clear it. Maybe changing HDMI audio to PCM on the source device stops it from reloading the audio stream in a trick function, I can't recall Credit MarcoPoloHouse In my case it did bother me but the changing to pcm trick no longer works as you know. I spoke to Sony about it, they say it is not a fault. Last edited by dodgem22; 21-03-2018 at 19:12.