TV Inputs - Here's What You Need to Know
The TV Input button is often the source for much confusion. You may even know someone that if they accidentally changed their TV input, they would be lost and unable to use their television again, until a family member came over and changed it back for them.
The mysterious and often misunderstood input button on your remote control can be the source of much frustration for some. But don't worry, if you struggle to understand how the input button works, this will help.
Sequence of Operation
The purpose of the input button on your remote is to cycle through televisions inputs. Most new televisions sold today come with multiple HDMI inputs. An input is nothing more than a place to plug in an external device. TV Inputs don't care what kind of device is plugged into their HDMI ports. As long as the device can output audio and video signals through an HDMI input. This will move the audio and video signals from the device through a HDMI Cable and present it in full 4K or 8K in stunning HDR clarity and color on your TV screen.
Televisions typically have several inputs. Now if you want to access a device like a Nvidia SHIELD media streamer from your TV, you must use your remote to set your television's input to something other than the cable box or over the air antenna. This is where it can get confusing.
PICTURE A CLOCK
On this clock, you only have 4 numbers. 12 - 3 - 6 - 9
Each of these numbers represents an input on your television. Except on your TV the inputs are named 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
On your television inputs you have the following devices attached.
Input 1 - Nvidia SHIELD Media Player
Input 2 - Roku Media Streamer
Input 3 - Sony Playstation 4
Input 4 - Unused
Your TV also has another input named ANT/CABLE
This is an old style F connector that has been on televisions forever. Most cable or satellite subscribers will leave their TV set to the ANT/Cable input. Because cable TV or satellite receivers are often attached there.
If you were to press the input button on the TV remote control, the TV input would then change to the one next in line, which is Input 1. Now when set to input one, using our example above, you would then need to use your Nvidia SHIELD remote to watch content on a Nvidia SHIELD which is attached there. Press the input button again, and you could use a Roku attached to input two.
To go back to watching the cable TV box or satellite receiver, you would keep pressing the input button several more times. Once it passes every other input, you are back to where your originally started, on the ANT/Cable input.
So switching inputs on your TV with your remote is like a clock going around a circle. Each button press moves the input to the next one right around the circle. And if you accidentally pass your input number, just keep clicking the input button and go around the circle again.
Label and Turn Off Unused TV Inputs
There are some things you can do to make TV inputs even less confusing. Instead of having numbers displayed when switching TV inputs, some televisions in the settings will let you add custom names to each input.
Another setting on some televisions will allow you to turn off unused inputs. This makes it nicer if you may only have one device attached and 3 unused inputs. When you turn off the inputs you're not using, they you only need to swap between your satellite receiver, or antenna, and one other input.
This makes cycling through the inputs much faster.
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