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From: Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Releasing the TV before shutting down ?
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:06:03 +0100
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On 30/07/2024 16:06, R.Wieser wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I've got a RPi 3 which I use to view YouTube stuff on a TV.   Although the
> TV automatically switches to the RPi when the latter is switched on, it
> doesn't switch back when the RPI is shut down.

I've had a similar problem with the pi4 and an hdmi monitor. The monitor 
is connected via one of those multi-input automatic switches: it won't 
switch away when the pi is shut down - the pi4 needs to be powered down 
too. Have you tried powering down your pi? - does it switch then?

> 
> Question : is anyone know of a program which will release the TV (so it can
> switch back to whatever it was displaying before, as it happens with my DVR)
> ?
> 
> Regards,
> Rudy Wieser
> 
> 

-- 
Mike Scott
Harlow, England