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Hi. I recently noticed a hit on my battery life and noticed also that, as of late, my device will turn off the back light, but will not power down after the specified interval set forth on the power option in the Settings menu. I can still see the screen under a lamp. If I press the power button, it will go off. I'm figuring there is a registry setting that has gone awry, but I don't know where to check. I'm trying to re-establish my previous settings which got great standby times. I recently installed pRSS Reader, but switched the Today Plug-in from constantly rotating headlines to a non-cycling briefing of new feeds and unread feeds. I was wondering if anyone could help me isolate and fix this problem. Thanks.
I thought I had this problem licked recently, but unfortunately, it's back. I'm not certain what is actually causing the problem because I can't find an identifiable pattern that precipitates the inability to go to standby mode. The backlight isn't the problem so I'm figuring it's the power option. The power option isn't changed, it just won't work. It will start working normally again after a reset, but if I don't have a pattern, I won't know that it is happening until my battery life takes a rapid hit.
Thanks for any thoughts / help.
Curious D said:
I recently installed pRSS Reader, but switched the Today Plug-in from constantly rotating headlines to a non-cycling briefing of new feeds and unread feeds. I was wondering if anyone could help me isolate and fix this problem. Thanks.
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Seems like your phone can't go to standby because of it is actually heavvy working with loading and showing feeds on the today screen.
If it is not too much work: uninstall the plugin(s), restart the device and see if that solves the problem.
When I have my transformer docked the screen will not stay off after closing the lid. Initially it will turn off, but after a few seconds it will come back on. It seems as though something is waking the device. I have tried a few different settings, and trying it with the charger plugged in, and also unplugged. Anybody else have this problem, and more importantly, anyone have a solution?
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When I have my transformer docked the screen will not stay off after closing the lid. Initially it will turn off, but after a few seconds it will come back on. It seems as though something is waking the device. I have tried a few different settings, and trying it with the charger plugged in, and also unplugged. Anybody else have this problem, and more importantly, anyone have a solution?
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check your time-out settings for screen and lock?
I have it set to time out after 10 minutes but my understanding was the screen should automatically shutoff and stay off when docked and closed. Am I wrong? Could it be a kernel issue? I'm using the Clemsyn kernel. OC'd to 1.4
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I have it set to time out after 10 minutes but my understanding was the screen should automatically shutoff and stay off when docked and closed. Am I wrong? Could it be a kernel issue? I'm using the Clemsyn kernel. OC'd to 1.4
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In Applications -> Development. Is the option that says "Stay on when charging" turned on? That'll explain why. Since the dock is technically charging the tablet.
frosty5689 said:
In Applications -> Development. Is the option that says "Stay on when charging" turned on? That'll explain why. Since the dock is technically charging the tablet.
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I was excited for a minute, hoped that might be it. But no, I don't have that option enabled. You're using the Netformer kernel? Maybe I will try flashing that. At worst it could rule out the kernel causing the problem.
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When I have my transformer docked the screen will not stay off after closing the lid. Initially it will turn off, but after a few seconds it will come back on. It seems as though something is waking the device. I have tried a few different settings, and trying it with the charger plugged in, and also unplugged. Anybody else have this problem, and more importantly, anyone have a solution?
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Check your tablet is properly docked?
The magnet under the "+=" key on the dock will turn off the screen on the tablet ONLY when the tablet is properly docked. When the tablet is loosly docked (hard to describe but has happened to me) the magnet will have no effect on the tablet screen dimming. For example, if you disconnect the tablet and dock and place a magnet over the tablet (same area above "+=" on keyboard) nothing happens.
All sorts of dock issues happen to me when I force stop services or delete data related to dock services. Nothing has recovered the dock for me, except a complete factory reset. For example, I force stopped and deleted data on three services related to android & asus keyboard and the top row of keys no longer functioned until factory reset (e.g. wireless, bluetooth, pad disable, etc. through settings key and some audio controls). This might be a related issue if you are not on stock OS/ROM.
Good luck!
my tablet is docked properly but is still got the issue that the screen turns on even when the lid is closed .. it turns off first but recovers a few seconds later ..
Mine is exactly the same--the stay awake option is not checked, the tablet is docked correctly (slider is all the way to the right), and the tablet comes on while docked and charging. However, it does charge. I haven't timed it to see how long it takes vs undocked, or docked being used. I'm running unrooted, latest updates.
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Check your tablet is properly docked?
The magnet under the "+=" key on the dock will turn off the screen on the tablet ONLY when the tablet is properly docked. When the tablet is loosly docked (hard to describe but has happened to me) the magnet will have no effect on the tablet screen dimming. For example, if you disconnect the tablet and dock and place a magnet over the tablet (same area above "+=" on keyboard) nothing happens.
All sorts of dock issues happen to me when I force stop services or delete data related to dock services. Nothing has recovered the dock for me, except a complete factory reset. For example, I force stopped and deleted data on three services related to android & asus keyboard and the top row of keys no longer functioned until factory reset (e.g. wireless, bluetooth, pad disable, etc. through settings key and some audio controls). This might be a related issue if you are not on stock OS/ROM.
Good luck!
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It was exactly what happened to me! Check if the dock button go until the end. This is made by docking well, not forcing the button. After that the screen went off has supposed.
Good luck.
no .. ich checked it twice .. i can't push it harder to dock it .. the switch is all the way to the right.
Is there any known app that can handle the switching forced by opening and closing the lid ?
I think this happened to me one time and caused a huge scare.
I had been shutting the lid of the TF and putting it in it's case...and having no problems.
But one time I did that, and it came back on and got VERY HOT and ran the battery to 0%!
I got lucky and just recharged it, but now, I shut it off everytime I'm going to put it in the case...you can't trust the shut-off-feature.
Got the exact same issue, screen is initially turning off but when you fully close the lid it turns on. It's got something to do with the touchpad (for me at least), because I've got no problems at all when you turn the touchpad off!
Can you guys try this too? Just turn the touchpad off and see wether the screen will turn on or not. Might get us closer to a fix.
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Got the exact same issue, screen is initially turning off but when you fully close the lid it turns on. It's got something to do with the touchpad (for me at least), because I've got no problems at all when you turn the touchpad off!
Can you guys try this too? Just turn the touchpad off and see wether the screen will turn on or not. Might get us closer to a fix.
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Same for me, i also had the feeling that it depends on the touchpad because when you reopen it you can see the cursor somewhere on the screen. Will try it later when i'm at home! Maybe we have to use something like a script to deactivate the touchpad when closing the lid.
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Awesome ! this seems to work (tested it several times now).. i think there might be a way to react to the intents fired by closing and opening the lid so we can use them to turn off the touchpad.. ill check it out later but im not that experienced in android so maybe someone wants to help
EDIT: There is a status change in LogCat made by the WindowManager. Its called notifyLidSwitchChanged but there is nothing in the log while enabling or disabling the touchpad...
Maybe this related to problem?
I killed a few application services and deleted their data, while in settings. Afterwards my dock was not working correctly, e.g. keys were disabled and other strange effects.
I copied the 3.1 update from the web to flash and re-updated but this did *not* fix the problem. Next I did a factory reset and this solved my dock problems.
Maybe your tablet is missing some ASUS control bits for the dock? If you can afford a factory reset it might help. Good luck.
I'll try, I'm rooted so I'll just nandroid and revert to stock 3.1. I'm glad the touchpad "fixes" it atleast, means we all have the same issue.
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Thanks for posting this question as I thought I was the only one experiencing this issue.
The fix for me was found when Gibeon mentioned the touch pad. Once I read that I realized that the cursor was always displayed when I would open the case. Not sure of the reason. All I have to do is turn the touch pad off and it works fine.
I will try a factory reset/data wipe when I am ready but for now this works fine for me. Perhaps there is a away to fix this in the kernel (I have used both clemsyn/blades and netformer and had the issue with both) Thanks for the info!
I made a thread about this too a few days ago, I still have this problem and it drains my dock battery in only 3-4 hours. (and that's WITHOUT using the TF at all for those 3-4 hours)
Tested on mine and it is definitely the touch pad. Thanks for the help everyone. At least we've got a work around to use until a more permanent fix is achieved.
Would tasker be able to automatically shut down touch pad when screen is closed?
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so after a couple of months of reading reviews and post by owners, i decided to pull the trigger last night.
after a 3-4 hour charge, i jumped right into it.
+very fast boot up.
i played with Honeycomb 3.0 before updating it to 3.1. i noticed that 3.1 had bootup & keyboard sounds, while 3.0 had none.
+the chassis is really nice. i loved the look. reminds me of my HTC HD2. rock solid.
+YouTube plays nice. i can already tell that i'm gonna be using this for mainly YouTube. but it really sucks that some videos won't play because it considers the A500 a "mobile device".
+web browsing is good so far. it even ran southparkstudios.com
uhm...that's all i can think of right now for pluses...
...and here's my cons with the tablet:
-it loses wireless connection when the screen goes to "sleep". but this apparently is a VERY common bug and issue with A500 owners. very annoying that i have to restart the wireless to get connection back. this is the main issue i have with it so far. my phone doesn't lose connection to the internet with the screen goes to "sleep".
-there's a dead pixel, but that's easily fixed by exchanging it for a new unit.
-lots of my games that i would normally use on my phone are completely useless because it still maintains a phone sized image. OR it just force closes.
-No Netflix app. although i read somewhere on the internet that there's supposed to be an official Netflix app coming out. but there's no way to confirm the validity of that statement.
-No Hulu
-No dedicated Facebook App
i still have lots to try out still like the HDMI out, the functionality of the USB ports, Divx/MPG/Avi compatibility, and MP3 sound quality. plus i want to see if i can install an NES/SNES emulator and play it via a bluetooth gamepad.
i noticed there's LOTS of ports...which means more possibly entry points for dust. which can be bad. ACER (or someone else) should make plastic/rubber port bootcovers to remedy that.
i haven't tried to install a custom ROM. nor have i tried to root it.
i'm looking forward to the 3.2 update. i'm hoping that'll fix all (or at least some) of the cons.
As for the internet connection, mine with stock rooted US rom (.13) doesn't do that. I have always internet after sleeping.
For the phone apps no scaling you can use Spare Parts and uncheck the compatibility box.
Facebook you can side load it, it works nice on my tablet.
Hulu is a common problem with all the tablets, you need a fixed flashplayer apk.
Hope it helps you
Root the device, for now try virtuous Xoom with 3.2 honeycomb. Once rooted netflix is fairly easily installed. Also, you can set the browser as "desktop". Mine has never lost wifi for any reason other than range.
My a500 have never lost WiFi during sleep.
There is a Tablet app "Friend Me" for Facebook and it is very good!
"Spare Parts" with "compatibility mode" disabled will make all apps full screen!
Never had a problem with a game (except those made or specific hardware)
Hulu and Netflics I can't comment! Living in Europe!
nick2k said:
-it loses wireless connection when the screen goes to "sleep".
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Go to settings and turn that option off then...
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Go to settings and turn that option off then...
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+1 to that - this is not a bug, this is a setting you can change, and is documented in your user manual.
Click apps. Settings. Choose the "wireless and network" menu. Click wifi settings. Click "Wifi disconnect policy" and modify it.
"Bug" fixed.
yikes i almost forgot about netflix
Netflix works great on the a500 - you need to root via Iconiaroot (assuming you are using 3.1) and then simply follow the instructions located here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076150
Just follow the instructions - either use root explorer with system mounted r/w or snag Acer recovery installer from market, install cwm, apply the patch.zip and you are done. Netflix looks great on a 10.1
hmm... seems like the consensus is that everyone doesn't have that issue. maybe my situation was a one time only thing.
but let me explain to you what i was doing when it happened:
i got tired of the Market app on the A500. but i'm also tired of the Market app on my HD2 as well. the new updated Market doesn't show you everything, it just shows you like the top ten for every category. anyways... so i put the tablet down (i didn't turn it off or put it in stand-by) and sat in front of my desktop and used the web browser version of Market. i probably spent about 15 minutes or so sending apps to install onto my device. when i went back to check on the tablet, the screen was off. i pressed the power button to bring the screen back on and the Wi-Fi was showing that it was 'OFF'. the only way to bring it back was to restart the Wi-Fi.
so yeah... it was strange. but like i said, maybe it was a one time event.
maybe i'll just set the timeout for higher like 60 mins.
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hmm... seems like the consensus is that everyone doesn't have that issue. maybe my situation was a one time only thing.
but let me explain to you what i was doing when it happened:
i got tired of the Market app on the A500. but i'm also tired of the Market app on my HD2 as well. the new updated Market doesn't show you everything, it just shows you like the top ten for every category. anyways... so i put the tablet down (i didn't turn it off or put it in stand-by) and sat in front of my desktop and used the web browser version of Market. i probably spent about 15 minutes or so sending apps to install onto my device. when i went back to check on the tablet, the screen was off. i pressed the power button to bring the screen back on and the Wi-Fi was showing that it was 'OFF'. the only way to bring it back was to restart the Wi-Fi.
so yeah... it was strange. but like i said, maybe it was a one time event.
maybe i'll just set the timeout for higher like 60 mins.
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Nope.
You issue is a result of your settings. If you want your a500 to keep a active wifi connection while the screen is sleeping, you will need to go into your settings menu and tell your a500 to not drop the connection while the screen is off.
ahhh... cool. i'll definitely be playing with the settings tonight then. thanks.
Wifi is my only complaint so far and I am experiencing the same thing. Mine is set to never disconnect wifi, and it doesn't. It shows wifi connected the whole day under battery usage. However, when the screen goes off it seems to drop the wifi and I must disconnect/reconnect to get it working again when I turn it on. Not every time but it is frequent.
To be clear:
When I turn the screen on, wifi is unusable until I go into settings and toggle it off and back on.
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Wifi is my only complaint so far and I am experiencing the same thing. Mine is set to never sleep, and it doesn't sleep. It shows wifi connected the whole day under battery usage. However, when the screen goes off it seems to drop the wifi and I must disconnect/reconnect to get it working again when I turn it on. Not every time but it is frequent.
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Are your wifi settings -> wifi disconnect settings set to not drop the connection when screen is off? Screen set to never sleep will not keep a inactive wifi connection alive - you need to go into wifi and networks catagory of settings and modify the disconnect policy.
Yes I know, sorry I meant never disconnect wifi not sleep.
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Yes I know, sorry I meant never disconnect wifi not sleep.
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I am confused.
Are you saying you have wifi disconnect policy set to "Never disconnect", but are having issues holding a wifi connection after turning the screen off?
Please provide more information, very hard to troubleshoot something this vague.
There is a difference between WiFi turning off and WiFi disconnecting.
Here is what I'm seeing on mine:
1) With my tab on, WiFi connected, browser working, I can ping my tab from my desktop.
2) Shut down browser, put tab to sleep, wait an unknown timeframe (lets say 15 minutes).
3) Wake tab, see WiFi is still connected, do nothing else. Start pings from desktop in a continuious loop, pings all fail, despite WiFi connected on tab.
4) Start browser on tab, browser connects to test website, and suddenly pings respond on desktop.
So, it appears that while the WiFi on the tab stays connected, it does not actually go 'active' and start handling data until an app needs it, such as the browser.
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There is a difference between WiFi turning off and WiFi disconnecting.
Here is what I'm seeing on mine:
1) With my tab on, WiFi connected, browser working, I can ping my tab from my desktop.
2) Shut down browser, put tab to sleep, wait an unknown timeframe (lets say 15 minutes).
3) Wake tab, see WiFi is still connected, do nothing else. Start pings from desktop in a continuious loop, pings all fail, despite WiFi connected on tab.
4) Start browser on tab, browser connects to test website, and suddenly pings respond on desktop.
So, it appears that while the WiFi on the tab stays connected, it does not actually go 'active' and start handling data until an app needs it, such as the browser.
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No shortage of apps that can work around this - I don't understand why you want a network connection when nothing is using it, but to each their own
https://market.android.com/search?q=wifi+keep+alive&so=1&c=apps
The wifi issue you describe is not a bug. It is an android feature to reduce battery drain. If an app or connection is not in use, it is cached until a process is called.then the wifi connection becomes active. You can disable wifi sleep policy but you will see a battery drain if you set it that way.
Remember the two most important parts of a tablet are the screen and the battery. A poor screen or poor battery life will kill sales for that tab faster than apple can draw up a lawsuit.
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Moshe5368 said:
The wifi issue you describe is not a bug. It is an android feature to reduce battery drain. If an app or connection is not in use, it is cached until a process is called.then the wifi connection becomes active. You can disable wifi sleep policy but you will see a battery drain if you set it that way.
Remember the two most important parts of a tablet are the screen and the battery. A poor screen or poor battery life will kill sales for that tab faster than apple can draw up a lawsuit.
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Well described.
Not sure why a user would want to bypass this - the moment an app requests data, as long as wifi disco policy is set - network connection is set to active.
entropy.of.avarice said:
Well described.
Not sure why a user would want to bypass this - the moment an app requests data, as long as wifi disco policy is set - network connection is set to active.
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Untrue. I have used a number of applications that when launched, do not 'activate' the connected WiFi. Two for example, 'QuickSSHd', which is a SFTP and SSH server, and 'IP Webcam' a webcam server.
Wake up the Tablet, and see that the WiFi shows a connection. Fire up either of these server applications, and try to connect to them. No go...
Now go fire up the browser, which of course makes an 'outbound' connection, the WiFi 'activates' at that time, and suddenly both of the aforementioned server applications can be connected to.
In other words, when the 'conected' WiFi is asleep, it takes an 'outbound' app to wake up the wifi. An app that is waiting for an incoming connection never sees one until an outbound app wakes up the wifi.
NOTE: This behavior is NOT seen on my Android Gingerbread phone, running the same apps with the same sleep settings.
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+YouTube plays nice. i can already tell that i'm gonna be using this for mainly YouTube. but it really sucks that some videos won't play because it considers the A500 a "mobile device".
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It is not the video seeing the tablet as a mobile device.
It is your settings.
You can fix it very easily.
2 things to do.
open your browser
in the URL window (address bar) type about:debug and hit enter
it seems nothing happens but it adds a debug in settings
Next
On the very top right click the 4 lines with an arrow.
Click settings and on the left side click "advanced"
click "Viewing Mode" and set it to "desktop.
Now on the left click debug
click UAString and click desktop.
That's it.
Make sure you haven't saved any bookmarks from the mobile sites or they will still open from the bookmark as mobile sites.
1. There is no way to sync the clock to any internet time.
2. When the battery is fully charged, the screen turns on from standby (and stays on until the pre-set time-out). This is a problem if you leave you SGT plugged in at night. The screen will turn on in the middle of the night, and possible wake you up if you leave it by night table.
3. Bluetooth tethering for internet access does not work. Using my iPhone (with a legit tethering plan), I can connect to SGT via BT. The internet setting actually recognized BT was connected. A blue square icon was also shown in the lower right corner. However, no data was transferred.
4. Launcher crashes. Regularly about once every 1-2 day, Launcher crashes; i.e., pressed the 'house' icon then a blank screen was shown. Same problem with ADW launcher. The only solution was to reboot (like working with Windows computers, needs constant rebooting).
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1. There is no way to sync the clock to any internet time.
4. Launcher crashes. Regularly about once every 1-2 day, Launcher crashes; i.e., pressed the 'house' icon then a blank screen was shown. Same problem with ADW launcher. The only solution was to reboot (like working with Windows computers, needs constant rebooting).
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The only consistent crash/force close I have ever had is with the Google Listen app. I've never had a problem with the stock launcher, unless we count that annoying WiFi hang thing. But, that doesn't require a reboot either. Maybe you have defective hardware; can you return/exchange it for a new one?
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1. If your tab is rooted there is. Get one of the ntp apps like ClockSync from the market.
2. No idea how to disable that. My phone does the same thing but the screen is so small that it didn't bother me much. The tablet is another thing, it lights up the whole room, really annoying.
3. Won't help you much when I tell you that bt tethering works great with my Galaxy S via the bt pan profile. All I have to do is enable bt, click the little wrench next to the Galaxy S and enable tethering. Maybe you have to enable something on your iPhone?
4. Never happened to me. You should try to set up your homescreens from scratch.
Btw. you might want to update your pc to something newer than win98 if you really believe in your comment about windows PCs.
Hi,
My nexus player sometimes just blanks out. Like when I switch to the HDMI input, there will be a no signal sign. Is this because it went to sleep or something? I am not able to bring it up again. Only way is to turn off the plug and switch on again, then it works fine till I dun touch it again for a few hours and it happens again. There are times when, even though I left an app running over night and switch off the TV when I switch on the TV in the morning, it shows exactly where I left off. So I am not exactly sure what is going on.
Anyone has experienced something like this?
Thanks.
This happened to me yesterday had to unplug, but today I kept hitting the remote buttons and it eventually came back from sleep or whatever you wanna call it.
kaznad said:
Hi,
My nexus player sometimes just blanks out. Like when I switch to the HDMI input, there will be a no signal sign. Is this because it went to sleep or something? I am not able to bring it up again. Only way is to turn off the plug and switch on again, then it works fine till I dun touch it again for a few hours and it happens again. There are times when, even though I left an app running over night and switch off the TV when I switch on the TV in the morning, it shows exactly where I left off. So I am not exactly sure what is going on.
Anyone has experienced something like this?
Thanks.
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I'm experiencing the same and I've just posted a new thread about that.
On my TV the image goes blank for few seconds then return back without any operation from me.
I've the 5.1.1 non root on my device and I'm using the hdmi cable I was using on a win without any issue.
The input port in the TV is the same I was using with a Chromecast.