With increasing user demand, TV manufacturers like Samsung, Sony, TCL and LG equip their latest TVs with several HDMI, USB and other relevant ports. Your TV works seamlessly with default system software. But when you connect a PlayStation or Xbox game console, an external drive, a USB drive, or even an AV receiver, you need to change the input to check the content.
Many users have also complained about the external HD antenna testing on their Samsung TVs. It’s frustrating when you can’t perform basic tasks on your smart TV. Before calling customer care, follow the steps below to change the source on your Samsung TV.
Change Samsung TV Power
When you connect an external drive, a PlayStation game console, or even another streaming device like an Apple TV, Roku, or Amazon Fire TV Stick, you’ll want to watch relevant content on your Samsung TV.
Before we begin, make sure the connected device is turned on and plugged into a power source (if necessary). Otherwise you will just see a black screen on your Samsung TV.
Let’s find out the similarity between Input and Source on your Samsung TV. The new generation of Samsung TVs have several ports, commonly known as input options, on your TV. When connecting to an external device, you need to change the TV input to check the device power.
Change the input on your Samsung TV with the remote control
Most new generation Samsung TVs come with two remotes. The standard remote comes with numeric buttons that make it easy to switch satellite channels. Here’s how you can change the input on your Samsung TV with such a remote.
Step 1: Find the Power button on your Samsung TV. Click it.
Step 2: Select another HDMI or USB input using the arrow keys and press OK.
Use Smart Remote to change source on Samsung TV
Samsung’s smart TV remote is quite small and doesn’t offer a dedicated power button. You need to follow the steps below to change the source with the smart remote.
Step 1: Press the home button on your Samsung TV.
Step 2: Move to the Source menu – represented by the connection ports. Select the relevant input mode.
Change the input on your Samsung TV without a remote
Lost your Samsung TV remote? Your Samsung TV remote not working? You can also use input change on Samsung TVs without a remote. There are two ways to do that.
Some Samsung TVs come with dedicated controls on the side or bottom. You can use it to change the input on your Samsung TV. Here’s what you need to do.
Step 1: Find the remote button on your Samsung TV. Press it.
Step 2: Press the control button repeatedly to navigate the power menu.
Step 3: Highlight the input you want to use and the Samsung TV will display the content from the relevant source.
Using the SmartThings mobile app
You can use Samsung’s SmartThings app to navigate the TV and change the source.
Step 1: Download the SmartThings app on your phone. Make sure to keep your phone and TV on the same Wi-Fi network.
Step 2: Open SmartThings and tap Add device. Scan for nearby devices.
Step 3: Select your Samsung TV from the following menu. It may ask you to sign in with your Samsung account details. Rename your Samsung TV if you want.
Step 4: Open the remote on the app. Press the Home button and use the trackpad to change the source on your Samsung TV.
SmartThings is a feature-rich app for managing your smart devices on the go. We recommend you try it out.
Change the source name on your Samsung TV
How often do you connect your PlayStation to HDMI 1 and your home theater system to HDMI 2? You can rename the input options according to your preference to avoid confusion.
Step 1: Open the Power menu on your Samsung TV (check the steps above).
Step 2: Select HDMI 2 and press the up arrow key. Click Edit.
Step 3: Select the relevant device icon (Cable Box, Game Console, PC, Blu-ray player or Home Theater System). Edit the name and click OK.
You can now easily switch between the relevant HDMI and USB inputs on your Samsung TV.
Meaning of TV source
Continue reading If you are confused about the different input options on Samsung TVs.
- HDMI: Called High Definition Multimedia Interface, it’s the preferred port for connecting streaming devices, PCs, game consoles, and home theater systems to your Samsung TV. The latest TVs have four HDMI 2.1 ports.
- USB: It stands for Universal Serial Bus. You can connect USB devices, flash drives and even SSDs to this port to view content.
- RCA: RCA (Radio Corporation of America) is preferred for audio, video and DVD players.
- AV: It’s the legacy Analog Audio-Video port used to connect vintage game consoles, old DVD players, etc.
Discover your Samsung TV
When you turn on your Samsung TV, it will turn on the default Tizen OS operating system. Whether you have a traditional Samsung TV remote or a smart remote, changing the source on your Samsung TV takes just a few seconds.
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