John Tee Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Any help would be appreciated. I have a Sharp "smart tv", probably smarter than me! A few years ago a friends friend showed me his photos on his smart tv and I thought it was a good idea. I Googled how to do it wirelessly and keep getting "use an HDMI cable" which I don't want to do with cables all over the place. I did find reference to a wireless gadget at nearly £200. The tv is showing in my network along with my wireless printer and the laptop says bluetooth is on but they won't talk to each other. Am I missing something obvious or do I need some other gadget to get them to communicate? Thabnks in advance. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatMc Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 I'm now using Google Chrome as my browser & have a 1st generation Chromecast plugged into the TV. I store some photos on Google Photos app & can cast these to my TV via Chromecast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Scolley Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 I think your friend used Chromecast - see here. It's quite likely that you have to manually enable this feature on your TV. I don't have a Sharp tv so can't be sure exactly how you would do this, but it'll be somewhere in the settings, perhaps either the network settings or wireless settings. It could be called "Renderer". Hope this helps. Alistair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 My iPad is great. It will “cast “ YouTube and photos to our Panasonic tv. Maybe the tv has something to do with it as well....I’ve no idea. All I know it works a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Posted by John Tee on 11/03/2019 13:21:48: Any help would be appreciated. I have a Sharp "smart tv", probably smarter than me! A few years ago a friends friend showed me his photos on his smart tv and I thought it was a good idea. I Googled how to do it wirelessly and keep getting "use an HDMI cable" which I don't want to do with cables all over the place. I did find reference to a wireless gadget at nearly £200. The tv is showing in my network along with my wireless printer and the laptop says bluetooth is on but they won't talk to each other. Am I missing something obvious or do I need some other gadget to get them to communicate? Thabnks in advance. John You are there John Where your Laptop is in the List of devices to be acquired It should have a box around it or be highlighted, to be the selected wireless device Click on The name of the TV and The Laptop need to be selected by you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tee Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 Thanks for the replies. I've been out this evening and only just seen the posts. Will try your suggestions tomorrow. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyn44 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 If the above methods still defeat you it is always possible to copy your images onto a usb memory stick then insert the stick into a USB port on the tv, select that port from the inputs menu, and bobs your uncle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Smith 1 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 I admire your tenacity John. I admit to chickening out on my smart TV by getting the John Lewis guys to set it up. However, the sound bar occasionally drops out and turns off and the sound reverts to the tv. I just have to turn the sound bar on and its fine. I just leave well alone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tee Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 Well I have had a partial success thanks. The tv has Miracast built in so didn't need the Chromecast. Kept getting a message that the tv was ready to connect but wouldn't. Checked the laptop and everything appeared ok. Tried to send a photo to the tv but nothing happened. I right clicked on the photo and found an option to cast to device and the picture appeared on screen and then disappeared after a few seconds. tried again and looking at the picture on the laptop there was a video type control of play/pause which kept the picture there when "paused". Tried again with an open folder and all photos selected and it worked. Just need to tweak a few bits and I think I am there. Adrian, I have the same trouble with my Samsung sound bar and after trying all the settings in the instruction leaflet gave up and it it sitting there unplugged waiting for me to try again. Thanks for your suggestions which helped point me in the right direction (unclear menus) John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Smith 1 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 For what it's worth, John both my TV and sound bar are Samsung. The service department at JL pointed out that the sound bar, aside of the power lead, has to two other connections. One is Digital Audio IN (optical) which goes to the TV digital audio out (optical), while the other is HDMI OUT (TV -ARC) from the sound bar which goes to the TV HDMI IN (ARC). He says that the TV is getting confused by the two separate connections. It is best just either to rely on the HDMI connection and unplug the optical connections completely. this is because HDMI produces the best sound quality compared to the optical and takes away the technical confusion apparently! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tee Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 I was/am using the optical only but I will try HDMI. thanks again John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bott - Moderator Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 If you use HDMI then it probably has to be connected, as Adrian alluded to, to an HDMI socket that has ARC. It's likely that only one of the HDMIs on the TV has this so you may have to try them all and/or you may have to enable ARC. (ARC means Audio Return Channel. Intended for sending audio from a TV "back" to say a Blue Ray player / surround sound system which would usually be "sending" signals to a TV). If you're really lucky this link might even turn your soundbar on and off automatically too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Posted by Chris Bott - Moderator on 12/03/2019 23:23:32: If you're really lucky this link might even turn your soundbar on and off automatically too. Just try this Chris Most sound bars can be connected to the TV by stereo jack socket, or are already so, as well as HMDI On the TV Menu, go to sound and set this to Headphone volume. This should Auto on/off the sound bar with the TV now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Smith 1 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Chris is right the sound bar should turn off and on automatically with the TV without having to do it independently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tee Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 Keep it simple I say John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 our TV(Samsung) and soundbar(JVC) work using Bluetooth.....no problems also which is unusual for modern stuff,mind you the internet connection set up,is a no go.....works when it wants to...apparently a common problem.... with the tv.... ken anderson...ne..1..... Bluetooth dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tee Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 I don't believe my luck. I asked for help with my smart tv which you all kindly gave and got me working. I picked up a copy of ComputerActive today and there is an article on that very subject. Just got to try setting up the soundbar again. It doesn't have an HDMI socket. It has the optical connection and bluetooth. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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