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What happened with the power on behavior? I can’t get it to work reliably on multiple of my lights. Default says warm white, full brightness. But if I flip the switch, either short or long, the light stays off. I tried custom, doesn’t help. I’ve added an extra switch (because the app will soon combine them anyway, right?), no change. It’s a problem with different types of lights.

I just bought the hue play gradient synch box this year (75”, for tv synch, but it doesn’t work for hdmi 2.1)

Do they have any trade in or other option to upgrade to the new model that just came out? Can’t believe I have to buy the same thing twice in one year :-(.

Hello. My ribbon cable was damaged at the controller. The plug is broken. There are four wires coming out of the ribbon cable but I don't know the order. Maybe someone knows how to connect them to the controller? Wire colors: green black red yellow. Please help. Pin 1 on the left.

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I have seen this question asked multiple places but no definitive answers. I want to know before I cut a larger hole in my ceiling :)

Is it this one or the other hue strip of lights?

I'm sure this has been brought up multiple times. I know there is just about every level of user of Hue products. From someone who just wants to be able to change the color of their lamp to people who have spent thousands Hue'ing all the things. Some people just use the hue app and others have significantly complex automations utilizing home assistant and the like.

I have had many different kinds of RGB bulbs over the years but I have finally decided to choose one environment and picked up some HUE.

I'm pretty shocked at this point that there still isn't a hardwired Philips Hue Switch. Just make the damn remote in a hardwired version already!

Personal preference, but I don't like any of the friends of Hue options, I don't need remote switches I already have switches. I've tried third party workarounds with Z-Wave and it works to an extent but it's a little slower than a direct solution. The internal wall module from Philips can solve the issue halfway but it only bypasses local control and gives you the ability to toggle. You're still not able to dim locally from that switch. Every solution out there requires you to give something up.

The main reason I'm surprised there isn't an offering from Hue yet Is that the product is only gaining popularity and I'm starting to see them installed in new construction homes. Has this becomes the standard for household lighting and people continue to build houses I see the need for a switch that can offer the best of both worlds.

I didnt find a possibility to control a certain light with the wheel. Isnt it possible to somehow first select the light and then dim just that one?

Its not realy useful if it just dims all the lights of the room.

In the hue app i can see that a single press of the button can turn the light off, but it doesnt give me the option for open press to turn the light on. Is this function not possible?

My goal is to have a light bulb toggle off and on with one single press. And when the light is on i want the dimmer to adjust up or down the brightness. Is this simple function not possible? I use homekit with the phillips bridge

Hi everyone!

I’m on the hunt for a solution to automate the power on and off of my soundbar by Hue Sync Box using the CEC feature. When I turn on my Apple TV, the Hue Sync Box also turns on, but unfortunately, it doesn’t activate the soundbar. However, I’ve found a workaround: if I connect the Apple TV directly to the soundbar and the soundbar to the TV, everything works flawlessly. The only issue arises when I connect the Sync Box between the Apple TV and the soundbar. Given this, I suspect the problem might be related to the Sync Box.

My setup details are as follows:

I have an Apple TV and a PS5 connected to a Hue Sync Box. The Hue Sync Box is then connected to the HDMI in port on my soundbar. The soundbar is connected to my TV.

This seems impossible and I don't understand why. Other accessories are possible to connect via bluetooth to the home app?

Is there a workaround? Or other apps with widgets for iphone? I dont really like the hue app.

My bulb supports both zigbee and bluetooth but I will not buy a bridge .

So i bought Hue Gradient Pc Strip and right now i'm controlling it with my phone.

But the problem is my PCs motherboard doesn't have wifi or bluetooth and i am connecting to internet via ethernet cable. I have 2 questions:

Should i buy Hue Bridge? If so after connecting it to the router will i be able to use hue sync app on windows?

Secondly can i use the hue sync app without Hue Bridge?

Hi All,

I have my Philips hue bridge connected to apple HomeKit and all is working well except that I would like to sync some of my hue scenes across to HomeKit. In the Philips hue app when I click the 3 dots next to a scene I get the option " Add to Apple Home", I name the scene and select save, I then get a green tick and the message "Scene added to Apple Home" however in the apple home app on both my iPhone and Mac the hue scene is not listed. Am I doing something wrong or has this functionality broke? I have double checked my hue app is NOT linked via matter

Hi, I bought a Hue Smart Button but it seems it is not suitable for the use I need it. I want to return it. I did a factory reset but not it doesnt stop to blink orange. Any way to turn it off so that I can send it back? In other words is there any way to turn the button off?

I tried to put it to all of the 4 hdmi but its not working. I put one end to the sync box and the other end to the tv. We dont have console, apple tv nothing. Just the tv hdmi. What can i do to fix it? It is really frustrating that for this expensive thing i had to buy 2 more things to work and it is still not working .

Since new "8k" box recently came out, can we expect new Play strips as well anytime soon?
A lot have changed since they introduced them years ago. Big TVs are now 83"/85"+, many are using 42" OLEDs as a monitor etc.

Yes there are always workarounds with current 55-75" sizes, but I really hope for some updated models, and specially to be 4-sided this time around.

Hey guys, I've been breaking my head with this issue for a couple of months now. With every Hue App or iOS update I'd re-try only to encounter the same issue!! I've also seen a few posts here with people having the same issue so I thought I'd post the resolution I bumped into accidentally that works 100% when it comes to importing complete Hue Scenes into HomeKit. The issue was that when you used the "Scene" option on the Home App to try to import the current scene on the Hue App, it would mess up the colors and sometimes not work at all on certain lamps. It was frustrating to say the least. Well, today after adding a new Eve Energy Outlet, I started digging a little deeper into the Eve App and playing around with the scenes, and low and behold, you can import Hue's scenes into the Eve App, it'll automatically add that scene into HomeKit, and all the colors stay true no matter how many lights you have or how complex the scene is!!! Just go into the Hue App, set the desired scene there, then go into the "Automations" tab in the Eve app and add a scene there. Choose the room and all the lamps will appear there, just make sure NOT to choose the "Temperature" option, as that'll mess with the colors!! Choose "Power", "Color", and "Brightness" for each of the lamps in the scene and leave the temperature option disabled. It'll work perfectly!! Also, you don't need to own any Eve devices for this to work!! 👍🏼👍🏼

After a restart of the Hue bridge the names of all lights in Homekit are completely messed up. For example I have a socket with the name "Computer" in my bedroom, after said restart it showed up as "Stairs Switch" in the living room. This happens to all lights, so automations do still work, they just activate completely different lights now. What I also noticed all lights now have "Unknown" under Manufacturer, Serial Number and Model in Homekit. The bridge is in Matter mode, maybe that is the problem?

Does anyone have the similar problem?

Trying to set something up with my lights synced to Spotify but having an issue. Everything works pretty much how I want except it forces me to choose an option for changing the color—either 1 of 5 presets or auto. Thing is I want to keep the lights on the colors of a custom scene while syncing to the music, though this doesn't seem to be an option. Am I missing something, or is there any alternative way of achieving this?

So I've been using the regular Sync box for a while now with no issues. My setup is:

Nvidia Shield > Sync Box > AVR > LG OLED

I am able to play anything ranging to 4K HDR and Dolby Vision. Specifically, Dolby Vision works with the Netflix and Plex apps, that is, until I tried using it with the MAX app. Why is this app specifically a problem?

Things Checked:

1. MAX subscription supports DV
2. Plugged Shield directly into TV where DV on MAX *does* work
3. Toggled the low latency option in Shield's Dev Options
4. Toggled the low latency option in Hue's app
5. Completely reset MAX app
6. Double-checked the port that the Shield was plugged into (No. 2)

The only thing I have not tried is removing the AVR from the chain because I have to dig through wires, but I honestly do not understand how DV works in every other app except one. How is that even possible? Anyone have any thoughts?

Hey all, just checking in... I'm on the list for availability (maybe? Datura round was taken off the US site), but I thought I'd ask here if there was any hope.

Hi there!

I haven't been able to find Senic switches in stock in some time.

Are they still being made? Does anyone have a lead for US sales?

Thanks!

Hi, I've tried to set this up multiple times over the last year but I can never seem to get it working am I missing something? I've seen that hue dimmer switches are meant to now be able to also trigger Alexa routines (have done for some time now). My dimmer switches appear in the Alexa app and and I can make routines for when their buttons are pressed but no matter what I try, after setting it up, pressing the dimmer switch never starts the routine. It's like the signal from hue never gets to Alexa. Has anyone had this issue or know a fix? I'm in the UK if that makes a difference.

How would this community feel if I make an easy to use connectors to connect the 24v lights to your 12v system?

Hi all I just upgraded to a Denon X4800H and an 8k Hue Synx Box, paired to a Samsung QE77S90C.

• All my externals, PS5, AppleTV, erc are plugged into the Denon
• I’m using Denon’s eARC output and connected it to HDMI2 on the Sync Box
• From TV/out of the SyncBox I connected to the eARC port of my Samsung

Question: Is the setup above correct? If not, what do I have to change?

Issues:

• Denon doesn’t recognize eARC during setup process
• Samsung can’t power on/off the Denon when I try to connect it through the Samsung devices menu

Hi there!

Alexa vs. Hue Bridge properly working here for years... Bu I had to associate 5 lights and a TV to a separate bridge due to performance issues.

The problem: alexa won't see any lights paired with the second bridge.

I use Home Assistant but automating everything trough it for each light is just a pain.

Any ideas on how to enable alexa to "see the lights" from the secondary bridge? Is it a known issue?

Thanks in advance!

I would like my SmartPlug to switch on (for 20s) when I receive a message in outlook. What is the easiest way to set this up? I have already tried a few things but without success (IFTTT, Zapier)

Buy House, Get 2 Hue Free

I recently bought a house and after getting the main furniture and fiber internet setup, I started looking into smart home options. After I got a philips hue white starter kit, I went to replace the bulbs in my kitchen and found these two already in the fixture. So now I got some fun color bulbs to play around with in my bedroom!