Smart TV got this name for a reason, as it really has high level independence. In this regard, setting up an Internet connection is not difficult, since for the most part it is automatic.
Connect TV to Internet Smart TV is important for the device to be able to unleash its full potential. With its own operating system and browser, the device can 100% cover the need for surfing sites and using all media content.
With no connection, the difference between smart and non-smart TVs is minimized and insignificant. Of course, setting the output in world wide web- an irreplaceable aspect of using the device. Now let's look at how to connect Smart TV to the Internet and connection methods.
LAN connection Smart TV
LAN is the standard wired connection... Its use is as simple as possible, but there are several nuances that are important to know, for example: what to do if you need to connect several types of equipment? Here we need an external modem, a kind of splitter that allows us to increase the number of available Ethernet cables. Thanks to similar device all equipment will receive the required connection to the network. Disadvantages of this approach:
- You need to have a special tool (preferably for convenience) crimper. It is necessary for crimping a twisted pair, of course, this can be done with a screwdriver, but this is a more time-consuming process. Such twisted pairs required to connect devices to an external modem;
- The presence of wires. Indeed, this is an inconvenience when there is a bunch of wires under your feet, which always get in the way;
- Lack of a common standard to support this kind of connection.
But we should not forget about the advantages of this kind of connection:
- Signal stability. This is a definite plus, since over Wi-Fi the signal can inevitably weaken, disappear or give some kind of interruption, which does not happen when using a cable;
- Ease. Customization Smart TV TV with such a connection does not pose much difficulty and is performed, literally, in a few steps.
- No need to purchase a router, which will save your budget.
In general, there are many interesting and useful functions, but for all this to work, you need the Internet. And here a pitfall awaits you. In order for the Internet connection to occur, you need to agree MAC address devices with provider. Unlike ordinary computer in which the network card can change the MAC address by means Windows settings under the one recorded by the Internet provider for your apartment, all modern ones have a strictly registered address, so there are three options to solve the problem.
Internet connection options
1. Directly to the cable line... In this case, you will need to find out MAC address television network card... This is done through the settings. LG TVs like this: 
After that, write it down and call the provider's technical support and ask to change the settings for your Internet channel. Start the procedure for connecting to the network and the TV will detect the Internet in a few seconds.
2. Connection via Switch... What if, in addition to the TV, you also need to connect the computer in the other room to the Internet? Most cheap option buy a switch. Switch(from English switch) is a box that switches the Internet channel between consumers. It does not separate, but switches, like a relay. Or on TV, or on a PC. It costs only $ 7, and if there is no need to sit in Smart TV and in a laptop at the same time, the option is suitable. But if you need everything at once, we look at the third connection option.
3. Connection via a router... The router allows you to evenly share the Internet speed between consumers, and most importantly, you do not need to bother the provider with requests to change the MAC address. It will automatically assign the required parameters.
You just have to plug the wire into the LAN socket and in a couple of seconds the TV will automatically connect to the Internet. The disadvantage of this option is high price router. But if you already found $ 500 to buy a Smart TV, then you can definitely find another $ 30 for a router. Very often the TV is in manual mode finds a Wi-Fi router and goes online. Now you need to troubleshoot DHCP problems so that all devices (laptop, tablet) automatically receive Internet access. For example, you can reserve an IP address for each device in your router by MAC address. Thus, you can avoid conflicts in the DHCP operation and all devices will receive the same IP address every time they connect.
Everything described here applies primarily to Smart TVs from LG, since they are most often bought, but other manufacturers are not too different from them.
Further details can be found in the user guides that are built into the menus of all these TVs. Consider some of the features different manufacturers TV.
What can you get from Internet TVs from different manufacturers
Samsung Smart TV
Samsung Smart TV is based on internet service Smart Hub, which unites all the functionality, available to TVs Samsung: a browser, Internet search, many applications, including Skype, applications for accessing social networks, as well as an on-line store Samsung apps Apps from which you can put everything missing programs... With the Social TV application (available through the Smart Hub menu), you can simultaneously watch a movie or TV show and communicate with friends via social networks. In this case, a television picture is broadcast on the screen in one window, and a tape of the selected social network, where you can comment on what you see in real time. Another in-demand feature is Skype calls. In order to perform the usual voice calls, nothing extra is required, but for video calls you will have to purchase a web camera. Then, during the conversation, you can watch your interlocutor on a huge television screen.Many Samsung TVs support wireless connection via Wi-Fi via a built-in module or via external adapter... Thanks to proprietary function AllShare, smart TVs can connect to other DLNA-compatible AV devices (computers, smartphones, media centers) and play multimedia content directly on local network... The Search All application will be of great help when working in a local network, which allows you to find content on various network storages, including those connected via the DLNA protocol (AllShare), similar search greatly simplifies life when there are several sources of content on the network (for example, a computer, network storage and laptop).
Sony Smart TV
Through the Sony Entertainment Network, the viewer gains access to social networks, can watch videos from the YouTube portal. And with the help of various network applications, you can also watch other network content on your TV screen. With the help of a fully functional browser, the viewer can enjoy watching their favorite sites. Simple and convenient service video search uses network library Gracenote, which stores information for hundreds of thousands of film and television shows. The TreckID service is sure to appeal to many Sony TV owners. Its essence is in organizing the search for a melody according to its part. If, when watching a movie, you like the melody sounding in it, but you do not know, just press special button on the remote control and after a few seconds appears on the TV screen necessary information: title, artist, author, etc.Since the company produces wide range various digital devices, it is logical to integrate them with each other. Indeed, on TV Sony Smart TV can stream arbitrary digital content from tablets Sony Tablet, Xperia smartphones, VAIO notebooks or other mobile devices by connecting them via your home Wi-Fi network. And Wi-Fi Direct mode, allows you to easily transfer content to your smart TV with mobile device without even connecting to your home Wi-Fi networks... By the way, Sony quite radically approached the issue of equipping their TVs Wi-Fi modules: all BRAVIA TVs 2012 (except for the budget series - BX) have a built-in Wi-Fi module.
For convenient control of the "smart TV", you can use a Sony Tablet or a smartphone with Android or iOS by installing a free Media app Remote. Skype is one of the most widely used voice and video communication services over the Internet. Accordingly, Skype support is included in TVs Sony BRAVIA, which gives an excellent opportunity to always be in touch with friends and family. Naturally, Sony developers paid attention to social networks. WITH with Sony Smart TV can easily and conveniently communicate with friends on Facebook, Twitter and watch TV programs at the same time.
Toshiba Smart TV
All Internet services offered by Toshiba to the owners of its smart TVs are available through a powerful internet portal called Toshiba Places. It provides access to various services and online entertainment (social networks, sites for sharing audio and video, photo galleries, and so on). The Toshiba Places portal can be accessed either through a computer or tablet, or directly through a Toshiba Smart TV. In any case, the viewer receives easy access to numerous multimedia files... Personal TV service allows you to create and save custom settings simultaneously for several viewers. These settings include picture and sound configurations as well as a personalized list of your favorite TV channels.Panasonic Smart TV
While creating cloud service for Smart devices TV VIERA Connect Panasonic has focused on the extensibility of functionality - both on the server side (by adding new services and content providers) and on the client side, - additional features you can add to your smart TV by installing applications - both paid and free. Of course, at the service of the viewer is the ability to view Internet channels and cable TV... But not only. Panasonic developers have tried to put the TV with Viera Connect at the center of the home entertainment network.Thanks to the advanced communication capabilities of new Panasonic TVs the user has the opportunity to connect to the TV various devices: fitness equipment and health monitoring devices (and store your sports achievements in the "cloud"), as well as game controllers. Once you sync your TV and treadmill with Wi-Fi, you can use Google programs Street View to plot a route through real streets in any city in the world. As a result, in the course of training, the TV screen will display, in addition to the speed and heart rate indicators, the views of those points of the city "over which you are running" (images are taken from Google maps), which can make your workout much more fun.
For quite some time, VIERA Connect has supported the main Internet applications, services and social networks - there is access to Eurosport, Daily Motion, Euronews, YouTube, Facebook, Picasa, Twitter, Bloomberg, Chess Challenge, Ustream, Shoutcast.Radio Directory, Local Weather. And this list is constantly expanding due to the connection of local services. They represent greatest interest for our compatriots. VIERA assortment Connect app for access to the video portals Tvigle.ru, Omlet.ru, containing the richest selection of Russian and foreign films. Services work on the "cloud" principle, the user does not need to download files, you just need to select the movie and series you like and watch. VIERA Connect TV provides viewers with the opportunity to communicate in the Vkontakte social network itself. The interface of this application is specially optimized for work in the smart television system ”.
Another useful Smart TV resource - Yota Music music portal. It features over a million licensed compositions by both Russian and world performers. The application interface is designed with Smart features TV and very easy to use. Some applications can be controlled not only from the traditional remote control, but also from the keyboard (connected via USB), as well as, thanks to the VIERA Remote application, and from the iPhone. To distribute both paid and free apps for smart TVs Panasonic VIERA is designed special service Connect Market. And for closer interaction with software developers - VIERA Connect Developers.
LG Smart TV
Here are the main functions of LG Smart TV: Internet surfing - a web browser on the TV screen; instant access to various network services such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Picasa; VoD services(video on demand) - watching TV programs, films, TV shows and other video content directly from the Internet using the services of content providers (ivi.ru applications; zoomby.ru; tvigle.ru); educational and entertaining games; news, weather, TV program. The ability to expand functionality using widget applications. LG TVs provide access to the LG Apps store, which hosts over 300 apps. LG has a very interesting development - Magic motion
- a special remote control resembling a joystick in functionality Nintendo Wii, which, thanks to the built-in accelerometers, allows you to control the TV using gestures, which raises its functionality practically to the level of a computer mouse. What internet speed is needed
Comfortable viewing of online video without brakes depends on a number of conditions. For example, the speed of your tariff plan, the speed of the router in the radio channel, the quality wireless signal etc. If you want to watch movies in 3D online - necessary minimum- 20 megabits / second. And for regular HD (720p), two are enough.
Last but not least, remember to periodically update your TV firmware. At the time of sale, they may have too outdated versions of software installed, which date back to 1-2 years (when they were assembled in factories), so not all functionality can be disclosed, and not all of the newest useful programs installed. So go to the settings menu and check the box " Automatic update ON", as it is often removed. Then force the firmware update manually.
Discuss the article HOW TO CONNECT SMART TV
Smart TVs have become very popular due to their capabilities. Internet access directly from the TV allows you to watch videos online and access a large number information on the network. Various applications make it easier to find your favorite video and open up new horizons for the user. Samsung already for a long time improves the Smart functionality of its TVs. Obviously, to realize all the capabilities of "smart" TVs, you need to connect to the network. However, not all users know how to connect Samsung Smart TV to the Internet via cable.
The cable connection allows reliable connection with good baud rate. It should be noted that in order to avoid problems with the speed of loading pages, as well as the speed of operation of applications and services, you must have an Internet channel with good throughput... If your internet speed is less than 10 Mbps, then problems may arise. There are several ways to connect Samsung Smart TV to the Internet using a LAN cable. We will analyze each of them in detail.
Also, after connecting, in some cases, it is necessary to manually configure the Internet connection parameters. In most cases, the setting is automatic, but it may not happen. Don't worry too much, you won't be left without the Internet. After all, we will also analyze everything required settings, which will need to be carried out, and describe the problems that you may encounter.
Wired connection methods
Let's take a closer look at how to connect Samsung Smart TV to the Internet via a cable. The first way is with standard cable LAN connect the Ethernet connector on your TV and on an external modem.
The second method involves using a router. But we will not connect using a wireless connection, but using a cable. Use a LAN cable and connect the Ethernet connectors on your TV and router. The router must first be connected to external modem and configured.
The third method involves direct connection of the TV to the provider's network. With help LAN cable connect the Ethernet connector on your TV and the Ethernet connector of the provider's network, which, in most cases, is located on the wall or in another specially designed place.
Thus, we have listed all the situations that you may encounter if you want to connect your Samsung Smart TV to the Internet via a cable. Next, let's look at the specifics of setting up a connection.
After you have made a wired connection, you need to configure the TV. Press the "Menu" button on the TV remote control, then go to the "Network" tab and find the "Network Settings" item.
A window should open on the TV screen, the appearance of which will depend on specific model Your TV. Don't worry, the meaningful content of the windows is preserved. In the window that appears, click "Next".
Since we want to connect Samsung Smart TV to the Internet via a cable, we select the type of network connection "Cable" and click "Next".
The internet connection is now complete. The TV will receive all settings in automatic mode... A successful connection message appears on the TV screen. If there are no problems, click "Next". If the Internet is not connected to the TV, then you need to manual settings connections. To do this, select the "IP Settings" item.
A settings window will appear in front of you. In the “IP Mode” and “DNS Mode” items, the “Automatic” mode should be set by default. It is necessary to enter "Manual" instead. If you want to correctly connect Samsung Smart TV to the Internet via a cable, you need to find out all the necessary settings from your Internet provider and enter them manually. Underlined marked required parameters... If you have a computer that is connected to the Internet by cable, you can view the necessary parameters on it.
On your computer, find "Local Area Connection" and click "Details". A window will appear with all the settings. After that, the TV connection to the Internet should work.
conclusions
As you can see, it is not very difficult to connect Samsung Smart TV to the Internet using a cable. Everyone will be able to independently connect and configure. The main difficulties can arise when setting up a connection. In most cases, the setting is automatic, if not - carry out the setting manually, as we described above.
The ever-growing line of Smart TV applications developed by Samsung is only suitable for smart TV models. However, Samsung alone went the farthest and adapted more than 300 applications, and then there are more and more of them.
It will be useful for the reader to master the ability to connect Samsung Smart TV to the Internet via a wifi router. The manufacturer's instructions for many seem more than confusing, and the article on how to connect Wi-Fi on Samsung will simplify the setup process and save you time. Indeed, owners of TVs with Smart TVs who connect their devices to the network via wifi will have more benefits than after connecting via a local network. Our step-by-step instructions will help you master the process of setting up Samsung to the Internet via wifi.
The advantage of connecting Smart TV to Samsung via a wifi router will be getting rid of household wires underfoot. A sufficient speed of the Internet connection will save you from discomfort during playback, that is, will protect online broadcast for smart Samsung from freezing and any interruptions.
To enable the Samsung Smart TV TV browser, it must be connected:
- a local wired network via a twisted pair through a TV router;
- With wireless network Internet, that is, directly via wifi, if Samsung Smart TV has a built-in wifi adapter;
- at help wifi router (USB) by configuring the connection through the connection menu and choosing the options you want.
To find desired item, you need to go to Smart Hub by selecting the corresponding key on the control mouse from its menu. "Application store Samsung Apps»Will provide the option you like.
It is more convenient to connect the TV to the Internet via a direct connection or through a router. To do this, just connect the cable from network provider into the television Ethernet connector. If your ISP type does not support the direct connection, you need to use a router that will help you manage your home network wisely.
For now, let's leave the connection option router wifi and the TV to the Internet via a LAN cable (twisted pair). Consider more rational way and find out how to connect Wi-Fi to Samsung.
What will help owner Samsung Smart TV when connecting a gadget to a Wi-Fi router? With a weak wireless response, Wi-Fi diagnostics should be performed using the instructions of the inSSider program, going to more free channel networks. If Samsung does not have a built-in Wi-Fi adapter, you should purchase an external wireless device and connect to the web with it. It is important to choose a model USB router Wi-Fi compatible with the TV you purchased.
Wi-Fi connection steps
Owners home network, who has already installed the router and configured wi-fi on it, first need to check the Internet connection settings on Smart TV. After entering the "Menu" select the "Network" option, then the "Network Status" button and click on the "IP Settings" function.
The IP and DNS status must match the Obtain Automatically method. Next, make sure the router is using the Dynamic Host Configuration (DHCP) script and is generally allowed on the Internet.
Remember that connecting a cable to the router on your Samsung Smart TV will set up the connection through it. By unplugging the cable from your SMART TV, ensure automatic tuning using a wireless wi-fi connection.
Take the remote remote control and after pressing the "Menu" key in the navigation window that opens, find the "Network" item. In the list provided, click on the "Network Settings" option. The first step will guide you through setting up a wireless connection using the internal LAN adapter. By clicking on the "Start" button, start the search for a Wi-Fi router.
The second step will reflect the search results and compilation of a list of the nearest route streams in the Wi-Fi network. After selecting your router, click "Next". This will test and establish the remote connection.
The third step involves entering the security key previously selected for protection wireless transmission, that is, the password is identical to the eight-digit router code.
Checking the connection
After correctly connecting to a stable working Wi-Fi network, a remote connection will be established.
Internet access will be provided by the built-in Smart TV web browser. If the access key is entered correctly, and the wireless connection to the router or router has not been established, then you need to return to the settings and change them.
This situation can be caused by problems with the DHCP script. home access to the network, as indicated by the corresponding TV message.
Reconnect Samsung TV by remote wifi connection you can through admin panel your wi-fi router by disabling the DHCP server protocol and changing to smart samsung"IP settings" to the "Enter manually" parameter. Enter parameters network connection according to the settings of your router in manual mode.
Connecting to wi-fi without DHCP
To customize network connection on Samsung, you need to specify the values according to the router's gateway address, for example 192.168.1.1
To do this, enter:
- IP address: 168.192.1.403;
- Subnet type: 255.255.255.0;
- Gateway parameters: 168.192.4.1;
- External details DNS server from Google: 8.8.4.4 (or gateway address 168.192.4.1).
After this reconfiguration wireless connection should install.
As a rule, after setting up the TV manually wi-fi mode the router finds its internet network.
Now it is necessary to eliminate the problems in the DHCP session, which ensures the functioning of the rest of home gadgets (laptops, tablets) through an automatic connection to the Internet. To do this, it is enough to take into account the IP address of each device and Samsung TV in the adapter by MAC address. Such a reservation will help to avoid conflict situations DHCP is active, and all gadgets will respond to a single router IP address every time they connect to the network.
Set up a Samsung TV connection to the Internet via a router, it is easy to learn how to connect Smart TV to a local network using a LAN cable. Customizers recommend using the UTP-5e patch cord, but a molded one will do. by hand LAN cable.
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Greetings to everyone on the blog site pages. Finally I got to my blog and decided to write about how to set up and connect a Samsung TV to the Internet? I think it will be interesting to many.
And let's get down to business right away.
It is very easy to connect your Samsung TV to the Internet. Televisions are "smart" and practically all the moments of setting up "take over", we just need to help him a little and direct him in the right direction. There are several nuances:
- firstly, depending on what kind of Internet you have, the connection method will differ,
- secondly, how to connect via Wi-Fi ( wireless communication) or via cable.
If the TV has a built-in Wi-Fi module, then it is possible through it, if not, then it can be purchased separately, but it is not cheap, somewhere around $ 100-150. So if it is not there, then it is easier, or rather cheaper, to connect via a cable. Here, of course, see for yourself which option you like the most.
If you have an Internet connection via an ADSL modem, then everything is simple. We connect the network cable to one of the free LAN ports on the modem (most often there are 4 of them):
and into the TV:
If you have a dedicated Internet connection, you can simply plug the network cable into the TV and the Internet should work on it. If you have a dedicated Internet, but want to use both on a computer and on a TV, then here you will need to buy an additional router or a router, they say. But you need to know which one to take, there are also some nuances here. Which router fit better check with those. support of the Internet provider itself.
How to set up Internet on a Samsung TV
With the connection, I think, figured out more or less. Now let's go directly to the TV setup. The technology is smart, it is not for nothing that it is called SmartTV (in translation, it means smart television 🙂), so you probably won't have to tune the TV itself, everything should automatically tune in and there will be the Internet. This is the case if we connect via a cable. After connecting the cable - go to the Smart Hub menu:
and run some application, YouTube for example, to check:
If everything works, great. You can install the necessary and enjoy watching.
If during the check you see the inscription "Network error" or something similar and Internet browsing does not work, then go to the settings. Press "Menu" - "Network" - "Network settings":
In the network setup menu, you will see the following window:
Press "Start" - let the TV try to set up the Internet on its own. If you are successful, you will see an inscription something like - "Setting successfully completed ...".
