Have you ever noticed how little problems appear insignificant until you can’t find a solution online? Setting the timer on your washing machine or downloading your Fit-heart-rate Bit’s data are two examples. Your Samsung TV is another good example of a typical simple-but-difficult problem. Changing the input for a Samsung TV should be simple, but not always, and there are very few internet resources that cover the subject. Hence, here is the solution for all of you who are having problems.
Why are there so few articles about this topic on the internet?
The truth is that the Samsung TV input/source issue isn’t widely discussed. Most of the time, individuals look for solutions everywhere they can, implement them, and then forget about them.
Have you ever played a game like X-Com when there’s a major installation issue and no one, not even the publishers, can provide a solution? So you have to comb the forums for the one helpful person who has posted a solution?
The issue with Samsung TVs is extremely similar. There are a few options, and your best bet is to look through online forums, attempt one solution, fail, try another, fail, and so on until you find one that works. Fortunately for you, this page contains all known solutions to the issues, including those relevant to the recently released 4K smart edition.
If there’s any hope left, it’s that Samsung will either adhere to the most recent source/input technique and stop altering it, or that they’ll make the source/input solution a bit more explicit in future TV operating guides.
How to change your Samsung TV’s source
Your Samsung TV has a variety of inputs. These are also referred to as sources in the Samsung TV menu. There’s a considerable probability you have more than one source or input. Many people, for example, have a USB port and many have HDMI ports. You can also choose to treat your video and audio inputs as separate devices.
Let’s say you have your PlayStation connected to your HDMI and an external hard drive connected to your USB port. It is possible to have the visuals from your PlayStation piped in while the audio is piped in from an external hard drive. This isn’t unheard of either. Some people, for example, choose to play console games while listening to podcasts on their TV rather than listening to the video game soundtrack.
The source button is the first method
The top of some Samsung TV remotes has a “Source” button. In certain circumstances, this is the only option to change the source on a Samsung TV. In some circumstances, the source menu can only be accessed via the source button or by plugging anything into the TV and having the source menu show automatically.
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Method 2: While your TV is turned on, plug something into it
This technique is self-explanatory. You plug your device into one of the input ports when your TV is turned on. Most of the time, the input/source menu will display on its own. When you plug something into your TV in other circumstances, it will immediately switch to that source.
If you plug your games console into your TV when it is powered on, your TV will most likely switch to that game’s console’s feed. Furthermore, if your games console was already connected to the television when you turned it on, the television instantly switched to the console’s feed. You may also find that when you turn on your console, then turn on your TV, the TV has already set itself upon the stream from your console.
Method 3 – The source can be chosen from a menu
In many circumstances, especially with modern televisions, you can just choose the source from the standard menu. The menu is activated by pressing a combination of buttons on your TV at the same time, either with your remote or with a combination of simultaneous button presses. After the menu appears, scroll down to the “Source” option. Select this option, and it will display all of the current sources/inputs on your TV, as well as any connections that are missing.
If you want to, you can also label your inputs, which is just another method of renaming them. It’s only useful if you have two of something, such as two gaming consoles that you use for the same reason. In most cases, you’ll see a choice for renaming/labeling your inputs. With the Samsung Q7, for example, you must pick the input and then press up.
On your Samsung Q7 Qled UHD 4k Smart TV, change the input
Take your remote and press the “Home” button. This will open a menu bar that typically runs along the bottom of the screen. Scroll left on the menu until you reach the term “Source.”
When you choose “Source,” you’ll be sent to the input screen. You can choose your input from this point. If you want, you can rename these sources as well. Simply choose the input icon and press up, and the edit option will appear. You can change the names of your HDMI sources, but you can’t change the names of your apps.
Conclusion
Will Samsung finally come up with a solution to their input/source problem? Are they going to come up with new ways to adjust the input in future TVs, or will they keep changing things up? Although the final decision is theirs, it seems unjust that they continuously change things up and make life more difficult for their customers. This is not a viable business plan. Are you still having issues with your Samsung TV, though? Did our suggestions help, or did you figure out how to change the input on your Samsung TV on your own? Please share your thoughts in the comments box below. See more useful articles at my website blog2success.net.
