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Hi there, sorry if this has been asked before. I did have a quick look (The first post in the FAQ thread) around but couldnt find this question, if it has already been asked please point me in the right direction .
I am looking at purchasing myself a SGS2 soon (Month or so, when the price drops) but I was wondering do you need a Samsung TV to connect it to the SGS2? I currently have a LG 32" and Panasonic 42", will either of these be ok?
Also a side question, which im guessing has been asked before, do I connect to the TV using a HDMI cable or DLNA? Im not exactly sure what DLNA is? is it just connecting to the Tv wirelesly?
Thanks for all the help. Cheers
Hi look here for DLNA http://www.dlna.org/digital_living/how_it_works/
In a nut shell yes its a way of communication between two wifi enabled devices that are DLNA certified . Your TV will have a certificate or state that it is DLNA compliant .
You can stream music , videos , etc to all DLNA devices over the air removing the need for cables.
I personally prefer cables as WiFi can be a hit and miss affair with most interference involving anything on 2.4 ghz will effect performance.
So any DLNA device your Samsung will connect to with the ALL share app
No it doesn't need to be a Samsung TV. Any TV which has a HDMI port would work perfectly fine.
I know it's maybe a little pedantic but you really dont need a tv to have a phone
The only thing a samsung TV one of the later ones will give you is the ability to use the phone as a wifi-remote and control.
DLNA which stands for complete crap, is actually good it's a simple way to stream from source to targets or to be able trigger said stream from targets specified. Best to do a youtube search as it will explain it more.
Most new tv's have dlna server clients built in. HDMI is a faster way to get a stream to play on a tv though so depends.
Side note : The current bit rate for HD vid shot on the phone is actually really crap, 10-13mbits so anything you shoot on the phone would stream over wifi using dlna quite easy. However if you decided to put a 40mbit per second HD movie, streaming over wifi maybe a little hard on all but the best wifi routes/systems. For that you would really want a hdmi out for your sgs2
Neways, hope that helps
Edit : 2 replies in the course of me typing this, must type faster
just be clear here, any TV with a HDMI port will allow picture and sound from the phone, however you are going to have to wait until june to get the adapter to allow this. This adapter (MHL) converts the mini usb port into a data port which will allow usb host, hdmi and charging from a MHL enabled TV (not available yet) and just picture and sound from a normal TV with HDMI.
Thanks for the replies everyobdy. Barry, I wouldnt want to record a video and then show it on Tv, I would most likely be downloading a movie/tv show to my PC, then onto my phone then play it through the TV. That can be done cant it?
Cheers
Edit: Sorry I didnt mean Barry, I meant Dean
Wellynz said:
Thanks for the replies everyobdy. Barry, I wouldnt want to record a video and then show it on Tv, I would most likely be downloading a movie/tv show to my PC, then onto my phone then play it through the TV. That can be done cant it?
Cheers
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If you want to show wirelessly on TV, and the TV is DLNA compliant, you can show directly from PC to TV. You can also throw an HDMI cable from PC to TV if you can.
stoolzo said:
just be clear here, any TV with a HDMI port will allow picture and sound from the phone, however you are going to have to wait until june to get the adapter to allow this. This adapter (MHL) converts the mini usb port into a data port which will allow usb host, hdmi and charging from a MHL enabled TV (not available yet) and just picture and sound from a normal TV with HDMI.
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Thanks for that. So basically what you are saying is currently if I was connecting the phone to a TV using HDMI the sound would come out of the phone and not the TV? However when this adapter gets released the sound will come out of the TV?
If you use DNLA then no, sound and video both will come out of the tv. If you're talking about connecting to tv's HDMI then again no, both sound and video come out of the tv. In other words, if video comes out of the tv, so will sound. If video doesn't come out of the tv, then neither will sound.
Basically you either get both or none lol
shabs52 said:
If you use DNLA then no, sound and video both will come out of the tv. If you're talking about connecting to tv's HDMI then again no, both sound and video come out of the tv. In other words, if video comes out of the tv, so will sound. If video doesn't come out of the tv, then neither will sound.
Basically you either get both or none lol
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correct, both send sound and video to the tv digitally.
stoolzo said:
just be clear here, any TV with a HDMI port will allow picture and sound from the phone, however you are going to have to wait until june to get the adapter to allow this. This adapter (MHL) converts the mini usb port into a data port which will allow usb host, hdmi and charging from a MHL enabled TV (not available yet) and just picture and sound from a normal TV with HDMI.
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Is it impossible to charge the phone while connected to a non-MHL TV, or does the adapter have a separate charging pass-through?
The MHL-HDMI adapter has a socket for a charger so you phone will get charged, too.
When I connect the supplied HDMI cable between my Xperia S and TV*, I get a notification that HDMI is connected. However, TV launcher doesn't start so I cannot see anything on the TV screen.
Is it possible that an app I have installed is interfering with TV launcher?
Anything else I can try?
Xperia S on O2 UK, TV launcher is v 1.0.A.0.11.
*I've tried 3 different TVs with the same result.
I've now found a TV that it works on, so I know it's not my phone. New question: why doesn't it work on every TV?
Do you select HDMI input on your TV or you just wait until it shows up on TV screen? If the second, bear in mind some TV (if not set) they won't go to HDMI automatically.
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Do you select HDMI input on your TV or you just wait until it shows up on TV screen? If the second, bear in mind some TV (if not set) they won't go to HDMI automatically.
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Yes, I ensure that I select the correct input. For example on my Toshiba I use HDMI 4 which I choose before connecting the phone. When I do this, the blue Toshiba screen turns to black which probably indicates that something is physically connected to that input, but nothing happens on the phone other than the notification. I did the same on an Asus TV/Monitor and TV launcher starts. On an LG monitor at work it says that it's out of range.
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Yes, I ensure that I select the correct input. For example on my Toshiba I use HDMI 4 which I choose before connecting the phone. When I do this, the blue Toshiba screen turns to black which probably indicates that something is physically connected to that input, but nothing happens on the phone other than the notification. I did the same on an Asus TV/Monitor and TV launcher starts. On an LG monitor at work it says that it's out of range.
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Check via liveware if the tv starter is assigned to the hdmi action ;-)
Did it work on a Sony TV?
Im not sure but it might only work on other Sony products.
Originally Posted by awf >
Check via liveware if the tv starter is assigned to the hdmi action ;-)
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Yes, it is. It does work OK on one TV.
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Did it work on a Sony TV?
Im not sure but it might only work on other Sony products.
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I don't have a Sony TV to test it on. It has only worked for me on an Asus 24T1E TV/ Monitor.
Works for me on my BenQ PC Monitor
Seansmit17 said:
Works for me on my BenQ PC Monitor
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I have an LG monitor at work and it doesn't work on that. I thought HDMI meant it would work on any display with HDMI inputs.
Hello,
I've same trouble with my samsung TV. Same notifications but no picture on TV
Anynet+ and CEC activated, etc...
I'm thinking this fonction is not for all TV
i'll try on other TV
:'(
Works fine on my Samsung tv. Have no idea what types of televisions it works on.
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My phone works fine with my sony bravia tv, i can operate almost everything with my tv remote except i cant input text like in google search...
the keypad opens up but i cant select the alphabets on it, any ideas?
Fixed with ICS
The problem appears to be fixed with the ICS update.
My TV is a Samsung LE32C450E1WXXH with anynet+ CEC support and I had this problem. The best way is the update. This was helped me 'cause before the software uptade the TV doesnt recognise the remote control command to my Xperia P. But after that i turned on the Anynet+ and VOILAA that works!
As my ''old'' samsung TV in my summer house has only USB media player as smart stuff and I love watching small reviews and tutorials before sleeping on youtube, I was happy to see that nowadays I can get an Android TV box like A95x or X96 for under 35$, though many people complained it's not real Android TV OS but a tablet one and that you have to use a mouse and keyboard to really use it.
Sorry for my noob questions but:
-Can you flash a rom based on real Android TV OS so you can use the remote controller only?
-If not can you use a BT dongle to pair a BT controller like the ones for VR headsets (so no need for a real mouse) on these boxes?
Hello all!
Thanks in advance for your time. I recently bought a X96 Mini as I wanted to use it as a TV media box that could play Netflix. I noticed that the Wi-fi isn't very stable and sometimes I need to reset the device so I have a few questions and your help would be appreciated :
1. When the wi-fi holds, I can start playing something for less than a minute before it just... restarts and the display is smaller, in the top left corner. Wi fi now unresponsive.
2. This also happens when playing video files from an external hard drive. Restarts, smaller display.
3. Also where are the audio and subtitles buttons? I had a HD TV box previously and these commands were on the remote itself.
Do I need to update the device somehow?
Thanks!
I've just received my first android TV box, this one
https://banggood.onelink.me/zMT7/wda08nyk, and I was wondering if anyone knew where I can go to get alternative ROMs for it? I'm specifically looking for Android TV based ROMs, as it ships with standard android (pretending to be a pixel 3).
I haven't found any. It's still a very new device. There are updated stock FW, though. Not much of an improvement. Here are updated stock Images.
Hello
Same problem here, it is pretending to be Googlre pixel 3
Any idea when would someone make Android TV based ROM?
If you own one of these H618 devices, can you please run the following command on your device to see if it has malware similar to the T95 H616?
Code:
adb shell "getprop ro.product.device ; [ -d '/data/system/Corejava' ] && echo 'Corejava exists' ; ! [ -d '/data/system/Corejava' ] && echo 'Corejava not present'"
Thanks!
Hi I am trying to connect my android box T95z plus to a Samsung tv, but when I try the signal is not getting though, although the hdmi connection is found there is a red cross symbol by the hdmi icon on TV.
However I can connect the Bix to my other fire tv with no issue and same cable!
This is really driving me mad.
And advice greatfully received thanks in advance
Jonnybourne said:
Hi I am trying to connect my android box T95z plus to a Samsung tv, but when I try the signal is not getting though, although the hdmi connection is found there is a red cross symbol by the hdmi icon on TV.
However I can connect the Bix to my other fire tv with no issue and same cable!
This is really driving me mad.
And advice greatfully received thanks in advance
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this issue is common, the tvboxes don't support every possible resolution out there, your tv may have a specific resolution or refresh rate that isn't supported by the tv box, so the tv box can't switch to the correct resolution because it doesn't exist.
i'm not by my tv box now, but if i recall correctly, there is usually an option to disable automatic switching to the correct resolution, you can turn that off so the box doesn't automatically switch to a resolution the TV chooses. then plugin the box to a monitor or another tv, choose a resolution manually on the tv box, then plug it back to the samsung tv, if still no signal, repeat the process with a different resolution.
this worked for me with 2 tv boxes Q96+ and HiMedia Q5 or Q7 i can't recall, but also hasn't worked with every box that did that, so it's a hit or miss.
good luck
You may want to try something like THIS. I had similar issues with both h616 and h618 boxes. In the settings for display, the h616 had a toggle for TV HDMI control.