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when you come back from vacation and you have thousands of photos you want to show off to friends and family the last thing you want to do is sit right next to your TV and control the playback using your camera itself so i'm going to show you how you can control your camera's playback using your TV remote what you'll need is a digital SLR and TV with cec control if you're not sure if your camera or TV has this just do a quick Google search with both the model names or check your user manual then of course you'll need the TV remotes an SLR with HDMI outputs and an hdmi cable to connect to your TV now your digital camera probably didn't come with one of these so you'll have to buy this extra either a micro HDMI or mini HDMI to a full hdmi cable step one enable HDMI control within your digital camera you'll also need to change the video settings to either pal or NTSC depending on real region also make sure you disable auto power off on your camera step 2 plug your SLI into your TV using the hdmi cable step three select the right hdmi input channel on your TV using your remote then press the playback button on your digital SLR and you can start to use the four-way directional pad on your remote to scroll back and forward through your photos from the comfort of your own lounge you can also use the center button to act as an okay or confirmation plus you can use the arrows to do all sorts of other great trickery things on your SLR like playback modes using grids and jumping to certain sets of photos so this has been how to control your digital SLR playback using a TV remote join us next time for another half to on cnet