Patent ID: 8286210

Claim:
A high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) switching module operable to facilitate communications between one or more non-CEC enabled devices and a television of an audio/visual (A/V) system, comprising: a plurality of HDMI input ports each suitable to be coupled to the one or more non-CEC enabled devices; a programmed processor that controls operation of the HDMI switching module and receives information about any of the one or more non-CEC enabled devices when the one or more non-CEC enabled devices are coupled to the plurality of HDMI input ports; an HDMI output port controlled by the programmed processor and operable to be coupled to the television, wherein in response to user control of a select and set element of a user interface, an HDMI input port of the plurality of HDMI input ports to which a non-CEC enabled device of the one or more non-CEC enabled devices is coupled is selected and a default HDMI device type having a corresponding HDMI logic address that is mapped to the non-CEC enabled device is set using a select/set button of the select and set element, and wherein the HDMI output port is controlled by the programmed processor to output the set default HDMI device type of the non-CEC enabled device coupled to the HDMI input port and enable communication between the non-CEC enabled device and the television.