Enable "HDMI-CEC" feature located in the "external device manager" option in settings on your tv.
Follow the procedure to make HDMI the default.
1. Press the “Menu” button on your Samsung TV remote control. 2. Navigate to “Settings" on your TV model. 3. Scroll down and select "General" from the menu then select "external device manager". 4. Select the HDMI input you want to set as the default (e.g., HDMI 1, HDMI 2, etc.).Look for the “Default Input” or “Default Source” option and select it. 5. Choose the HDMI input you selected in step 4 as the default input.Press the “OK” or “Save” button to save your changes.
Settings and menu may vary slightly, depending on TV model.
Note: You can change the TV source by pressing the "source button" on the samsung universal remote.
Nope, that option is not there. I can select/deselect Anynet+ (HDMI-CEC). It makes no difference, on start up it defaults to Samsung TV, I want it to default to HDMI. This problem has only surfaced after the latest software update.
My Samsung is the 2025 model and it doesn’t have the same options to turn on and off and the tv always starts on the live tv input that has nothing connected to it. I have turned off the autorun features in the start screen options and they don’t have the “autorun last app” option that everyone says is the key to making it work correctly and turn on with the same input it turned off with. I think I am just out of luck with the Samsung we bought. Such a horrible design to break the ease of input controls with this awful choice. So disappointed!!!
MrGhoul
Honored Contributor
03-16-2026 07:41 AM
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Follow the procedure to make HDMI the default.
1. Press the “Menu” button on your Samsung TV remote control.
2. Navigate to “Settings" on your TV model.
3. Scroll down and select "General" from the menu then select "external device manager".
4. Select the HDMI input you want to set as the default (e.g., HDMI 1, HDMI 2, etc.).Look for the “Default Input” or “Default Source” option and select it.
5. Choose the HDMI input you selected in step 4 as the default input.Press the “OK” or “Save” button to save your changes.
Settings and menu may vary slightly, depending on TV model.
Note: You can change the TV source by pressing the "source button" on the samsung universal remote.
Eddy129
Constellation
05-9-2026 07:36 PM
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Similar issue here
The TV keeps defaulting on Samsung TV every time I power it on, even though I want it to start on the HDMI input instead.
I’ve already tried changing the Anynet+ (HDMI-CEC) setting, but it doesn’t change anything.
This only became an issue after the recent firmware update.
CAC2
Constellation
08-26-2026 01:48 PM
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Same here. It will not accept HDMI as default source.
MattRoberts
Constellation
04-30-2026 05:14 PM
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Nope, that option is not there. I can select/deselect Anynet+ (HDMI-CEC). It makes no difference, on start up it defaults to Samsung TV, I want it to default to HDMI. This problem has only surfaced after the latest software update.
DeeeTag
Asteroid
07-30-2026 05:12 AM
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My Samsung is the 2025 model and it doesn’t have the same options to turn on and off and the tv always starts on the live tv input that has nothing connected to it. I have turned off the autorun features in the start screen options and they don’t have the “autorun last app” option that everyone says is the key to making it work correctly and turn on with the same input it turned off with. I think I am just out of luck with the Samsung we bought. Such a horrible design to break the ease of input controls with this awful choice. So disappointed!!!
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CAC2
Constellation
08-26-2026 01:53 PM
in
This worked. Only 1 that did. All the others I tried would not accept.
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NMGeekMom
Constellation
10-15-2026 08:13 PM
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Well.........want to explain your path to Start Screen Options because it isn't anywhere I have found......definitely no where in Settings.