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HDMI CEC Information for Intel® NUC

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Article ID 000023500

Last Reviewed 05/31/2023

Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) via HDMI allows you to control some functions of your Intel® NUC using your TV remote.

Two types of CEC are available depending on your Intel NUC model: onboard CEC or external CEC.

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Onboard CEC

The following Intel® NUC Kits have the above external CEC header and an onboard HDMI CEC controller that the BIOS controls. The onboard HDMI CEC controller only supports bidirectional power on/off control:

Intel® NUC 13 Products
NUC13VYKi7 NUC13VYKi5 NUC13AN[x]v7 NUC13AN[x]v5	NUC13AN[x]i7 NUC13AN[x]i5 NUC13AN[x]i3	NUC13L3[x]v7 NUC13L3[x]i7 NUC13L3[x]v5	NUC13L3[x]i5 NUC13L3[x]i3 NUC13L5[x]v7	NUC13L5[x]v5 NUC13L5[x]i5 NUC13L5[x]i3
Intel® NUC 12 Products
NUC12DCMv9 NUC12DCMv7	NUC12DCMi9 NUC12DCMi7	NUC12WS[x]v7 NUC12WS[x]v5	NUC12WS[x]i7 NUC12WS[x]i5	NUC12WS[x]i3
Intel® NUC 11 Products
NUC11BTMi7 NUC11BTMi9 NUC11PAHi7 NUC11PAKi7	NUC11PAQi70QA NUC11PAHi5 NUC11PAKi5 NUC11PAQi50WA	NUC11PAHi3 NUC11PAKi3 NUC11PHKi7C	NUC11PHKi7CAA NUC11TN[x]v7 NUC11TN[x]v5	NUC11TN[x]i7 NUC11TN[x]i5 NUC11TN[x]i3
Intel® NUC 10 Products
NUC10i7FNHAA NUC10i7FNHJA NUC10i7FNKPA NUC10i7FNHC	NUC10i7FNKP NUC10i7FNH NUC10i7FNK NUC10i5FNHCA	NUC10i5FNHJA NUC10i5FNKPA NUC10i5FNHJ NUC10i5FNKP	NUC10i5FNHF NUC10i5FNH NUC10i5FNK NUC10i3FNHFA	NUC10i3FNHJA NUC10i3FNHF NUC10i3FNH NUC10i3FNK
Intel® NUC 9 Products
NUC9VXQNX	NUC9V7QNX	NUC9i9QNX	NUC9i7QNX	NUC9i5QNX
Intel® NUC 8 Products
NUC8i7HNK NUC8i7HVK NUC8i7HNKQC NUC8i7HVKVA NUC8i7HVKVAW NUC8i7BEH	NUC8i7BEKQA NUC8i7BEHGA NUC8i5BEH NUC8i5BEHFA NUC8i5BEK	NUC8i5BEKPA NUC8i3BEH NUC8i3BEHFA NUC8i3BEK NUC8i3CYSM	NUC8i3CYSN NUC8i7INHX NUC8i7INHP NUC8i7INHZ NUC8i7INHJA	NUC8i7INHPA NUC8i5INHX NUC8i5INHP NUC8i5INHJA NUC8i5INHPA
Intel® NUC 7 Products
NUC7i7BNH NUC7i5BNK NUC7i5BNH NUC7i3BNK NUC7i3BNH	NUC7i7DNKE NUC7i7DNHE NUC7i5DNKE NUC7i5DNHE NUC7i3DNKE	NUC7i3DNHE NUC7i7BNHX1 NUC7i7BNHXG NUC7i7BNKQ	NUC7i5BNHX1 NUC7i5BNHXF NUC7i5BNKP NUC7i3BNHX1	NUC7i3BNHXF NUC7CJYSAL NUC7CJYH NUC7PJYH
Intel® NUC 6 Products
NUC6CAYH	NUC6CAYS

Note

Update the BIOS of your Intel® NUC to the latest version to access the BIOS settings related to onboard CEC.

To view or change the onboard HDMI CEC settings:

Press F2 during boot to enter BIOS Setup.
Go to Advanced > Devices > Onboard Devices.
In the Legacy Device Configuration pane, enable HDMI CEC Control.

Legacy Device Configuration

BIOS Setting	Description	Notes
TV HDMI Port	Configures the HDMI port on the TV that the Intel® NUC is connected to. Choices: HDMI 1 (default) HDMI 2 HDMI 3 HDMI 4	The CEC feature works on any HDMI ports on the TV. Not all Intel NUC models include this BIOS setting. If the NUC can detect EDID data from the display, this setting is hidden.
Auto Turn On TV	Determines what happens to the TV when the Intel NUC is turned on or resumes from a sleep state. Disable - TV doesn't turn on when Intel NUC is turned on or resumes from sleep state. From S3/S4/S5 Boot (default) - TV turns on when Intel NUC is powered on or resumes from S3/S4/S5 state. From S3 Resume - TV turns on when Intel NUC resumes from S3 state. From S4/S5 Boot - TV turns on when Intel NUC is powered on or resumes from S4/S5 state.
Auto Turn Off TV	Determines what happens to the TV when the Intel NUC goes to sleep or is shut down. Disable (default) - TV stays on when Intel NUC is shut down or enters a sleep state. When S0 to S3/S4/S5 - TV turns off when Intel NUC enters S3/S4/S5 state. When S0 to S3 - TV turns off when Intel NUC enters S3 state. When S0 to S4/S5 -TV turns off when Intel NUC enters S4/S5 state.
Wake On TV	Determines what happens to the Intel NUC when the TV is turned on. Disable (default) - Intel NUC stays off when TV is turned on. From S3/S4/S5 - Intel NUC wakes from S3/S4/S5 power state when TV is turned on. From S3 - Intel NUC wakes from S3 power state when TV is turned on. From S4/S5 - Intel NUC wakes from S4/S5 power state when TV is turned on.
Standby by TV	Determines what happens to the Intel NUC when TV is turned off. Disable (default) - Intel NUC remains in its current state when TV is turned off (nothing happens). Power Button Toggle - When TV is turned off, the Intel NUC action defined for the power button in Windows is triggered. Sleep Button Toggle - When TV is turned off, the Intel NUC action defined for the sleep button in Windows is triggered.