Today’s tech savvy world thinks smart. Smart-phones are the talk of the day and they have created a revolution in world of technology by offering services that goes beyond basic call features. These phones come with amazing apps that allows to you stay connected to the world through your finger tips. Just like smart phones have been a worthwhile discovery in telecommunication, another revolution in the world of entertainment has been HD LCD televisions. These new age of televisions have given people a new edge to the world of entertainment. With these brilliant discoveries it has now become possible to control LCD Tv with smartphone. So if you are the proud owner of smart-phone and LCD TV then you can control your LCD screen television with your phone.
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The advances in the technology of smart-phones have enabled a continuous integration with entertainment media that include television and computers. With High Definition Multimedia Interface technology or HDMI in televisions, it is now possible to connect smart-phones such as HTC or Evo 4G with its HDMI out ports for connectivity, with HDMI televisions. You can use your apple iphone or i-pad or ipod or even you android smart-phone to control your LCD television. You can now use your smart-phone and select channels or adjust volume in your LCD televisions. This makes it very useful to have a smart-phone if you have an HDMI LCD television because often you forget where you had seen the TV remote control last time and then your smart-phone will come to your rescue.
Some of the television manufactures that support smart-phone controlling of the TV include Samsung, LG, Sony, Panasonic and Philips. For using your smart phone as the TV remote control you need a wireless home network, preferably with the speedy “N” wireless standard. Next, you need to connect your TV to the home network either by using a cable or wirelessly. If you want to connect the TV to the home network through cable then you just need to plug in the Ethernet cable and its done. If you want to do it wirelessly then you will need a wireless dongle. The HDMI LCD televisions come with a USB port, so just plug in the dongle to the USB port. Then simply access the TV menu and go through the network set up menu steps. In that menu you will find your local area network where you just need to put in the password and you are done.
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Once you have done these steps, you need to download the Remote app for you apple phone or Android smart phone. You will need a specific app depending on your TV. For example, Samsung, LG, Sony, Panasonic and Philips all come with both apple and Android remote apps. These are named Samsung Remote, LG TV Remote, Media Remote, Viera Remote and Philips MyRemote respectively. Once you have downloaded the required app, you need to pair your smart phone and the TV. To do this, just open the app and follow the instructions. Sometimes you might just need to enter the TV menu and find out a remote control set up option. Once you have paired the phone and the TV, enjoy controlling your LCD TV with your smart phone.
