Remotes & control
Use your phone as a Samsung TV remote with SmartThings
Add a Samsung TV to the SmartThings app and use its remote, open the QR-code mobile remote on 2025–2026 TVs, and fix a phone remote that stops working.
TVS, AIR CONDITIONERS & REMOTES
Practical help for your TV and air conditioner
Guides to remotes, settings, connections and fixes for TVs and air conditioners, with the manufacturer sources behind every step.
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Remotes & control
Pair an LG Magic Remote with a 2014 LB-series TV
Remotes & control
Samsung remote not responding? Re-pair it with Return + Play/Pause
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AirPlay from an iPhone or iPad to a VIDAA TV
Check whether a VIDAA TV has AirPlay, turn it on, then mirror your iPhone or iPad screen or send a video or music to the TV, and work through Hisense's checks when the TV isn't listed or AirPlay fails.
Sound & connections
Change the input on a Samsung TV (HDMI 1, HDMI 2…), and rename or pin an input
Switch your Samsung TV to an HDMI device from the Source or Connected Devices list, rename an input such as HDMI 1 to your console's name, and add it to the Home screen. Steps for each menu layout.
AC cleaning & drainage
Clean the filter and store a TCL portable AC for winter
How to take out, vacuum or wash and dry the air filter on TCL TPW, TPC-HA and TPC-KA portable air conditioners, clean the cabinet safely, and what to do before storing the unit and before using it again.
Sound & connections
Connect a soundbar to a VIDAA TV: HDMI ARC/eARC or optical
Connect a soundbar or amplifier to a VIDAA TV's HDMI ARC/eARC or optical socket, choose the matching Audio Output setting, control its volume with the TV remote, and fix no sound, delay and volume problems.
AC Wi-Fi & app
Connect a TCL air conditioner to Wi-Fi (CF mode and AP mode)
Pair a Wi-Fi-equipped TCL window, through-the-wall or portable air conditioner with the app TCL's manual names, using CF mode first and AP (hotspot) mode if CF fails.
Sound & connections
Connect Bluetooth headphones or a Bluetooth speaker to a VIDAA TV
Pair Bluetooth headphones or a speaker with a VIDAA TV, send the sound to them with Audio Output → Bluetooth Speaker or keep the TV speakers playing too, and what to check when they won't connect or keep dropping out.
Sound & connections
Connect Bluetooth headphones or a speaker to an LG TV (2023–2025 webOS)
Send a 2023–2025 LG webOS TV's sound to Bluetooth headphones or a speaker through Sound Out, keep the TV speakers on at the same time, and what to check when the sound drops or lags.
Sound & connections
Control a set-top box or player with your VIDAA TV remote (HDMI & CEC)
Turn on CEC Control on a VIDAA TV so its remote can run a connected HDMI device, choose whether the TV and device switch on and off together, and what to check when the device doesn't respond.