Nov 04 2016
It happens that there are no parents at home, but you want to play. That's when you need to connect the tablet to the TV.
Let's see how to connect a TV to a tablet so that you can enjoy Vice City right on a large diagonal plasma panel, and not poke your nose.
There is only one problem here: the control is touch-sensitive, do you know how to play without looking? But the five will not obscure the picture either, which is great!
Try kicking a girl off her feet like in that joke. And if without jokes, then the whole point is that you can watch the whole crowd, invite friends, enjoy.
Some TVs allow dual play mode through 3D glasses, when two people use the same screen, and each has a different image. It's just a class: computer games bring together!
What are TVs and how to connect a tablet to them
Modern TVs with HDMI port
Children are sitting with their noses buried in some small gadgets.
We're not talking about Android devices that allow a whole bunch of kids to play the same game together.
Even special products for this have been released. It is clear that you can’t play much in Diabolo over a wireless network.
And here is another danger: the operation of the Bluetooth and WiFi protocols is accompanied by quite powerful radiation. Although transmitters are rated by watts, doctors do not recommend keeping working laptops and tablets on their knees. It is harmful to reproductive function.
Another thing, if you cut through the cords together on one TV. Of course, 20 people will not be able to participate in the action at the same time, because sometimes it’s fun to watch. The easiest option, if our TV is new and digital, these have already built-in HDMI connectors.
They transmit video of very high quality.
Typically, the tablet has a miniHDMI output, which is just used for connection. This requires a special cable. It is known that in the stall you can take the usual HDMI - HDMI for about 200 rubles.
There is a chance that there is a mini, and if not, you will have to pay the same amount for an adapter. This is such a small key fob that simply converts one interface to another, miniHDMI to HDMI.
Electrically, they are already compatible, just the shape of the connector itself changes. 
We need one that fits into the tablet on one side. On the other hand, an HDMI-HDMI cable is connected.
It doesn't slow down the speed. In extreme cases, sometimes you have to clean the adapter.
According to Wikipedia, any Apple tablet has an internal bus for converting a proprietary multimedia data structure to a standard one.
Therefore, the connection method via HDMI can be considered generally accepted. It is also worth noting here that usually the TV has a signal source setting. It could be anything:
- Satellite receiver.
- Digital tuner.
- Antenna input.
- HDMI.
- DisplayPort, etc.
To do this, there is a selection button on the remote control or the TV itself. It should be set to HDMI. On this, perhaps, the setup is completed.
However, there is another case when a home theater is installed in the apartment.
In this case, it will usually make more sense to connect through it.
This powerful multimedia center has, as a rule, inputs and outputs for every taste and color, and the image source is selected in the same way as a TV.
In this case, it will still be possible to listen to a chic sound, because the Sound Around speakers are clearly better than conventional stereo. As for the conversion, it can be done by the TV itself or the home theater.
Old TVs with composite video jack
Tulip is available in many TVs. A VCR was usually connected through it. The history of the interface goes back 70 years. Back in the 40s, it was proposed to connect a phonograph to an amplifier through such a connector.
Such a venerable age has led to the fact that many devices use 3RCA, as a tribute to standardization. To connect the tablet to the TV through this port, you will need a special converter.
This device is designed specifically for:
- Game consoles.
- HD players.
- Video cameras.
- DVD players.
Another thing is that you will also need a cable. As in the previous case, the converter case has a regular HDMI input.
The price of the issue fluctuates around 2000 rubles, so there is a chance to think about connecting the tablet to an ordinary monitor, which often has an HDMI input.
In this case, you don't even need to configure anything, because the computer display is a device that simply displays everything that is input.
TVs with VGA video input
Often on TVs and monitors there is a characteristic blue (sometimes black on TVs) VGA connector through which the connection is made.
The advantage is that all (!) even very old monitors have this input.
The connector has 15 pins, but the TV or monitor will not have an input for an old COM mouse or any other protocol that can be confused with VGA.
However, count the pins carefully and don't try to force the problem if the plug doesn't fit.
How to connect tablet to TV via VGA? There is a special adapter (HDMI 19 M to VGA 15 F, espada-tech.ru/pr_-38278.shtml) from miniHDMI to VGA. We believe that there is a chip inside that converts the digital media signal to analog.
Please note that if both audio and video are transmitted via HDMI, then after the conversion, the musical accompaniment of the game will be lost. Take care of this separately or find a converter that works on stereo in addition to the image.
In particular, in the specified kit on the converter housing there is a 3.5 jack output. We believe that any speakers can be connected here using the line input interface, having bought a cable.
The package also comes with a USB cable, and it is clear that it can be connected, but we cannot say how to tie it all to the tablet. Let the readers decide this question themselves, the more interesting the process!
One thing is upsetting: there is no price nearby, but we copy a photo from the site and put it in this review.
And one more thing! On TVs, the VGA input is often labeled as ANALOG RGB. This is where you should connect the converter itself, or use an extension cable for this.
Plus, the solution has already been named: any old monitor, even with a cathode ray tube, will give an image. In this case, the quality, of course, will decrease.
Old TV with SCART connector
What to do if in some hut there is only old tv, on the back wall of which there are only two entrances:
- antenna coax 75 Ohm.
- scart.
O! And what is this miracle of SCART?
This is an invention of Philips, which at one time (80s) the French tried to use in order to protect the domestic market from the flow of imported products. Mostly from the countries of the East. For this, the following measures were taken:
- In the city of Poitiers, a customs control point for imported foreign products was organized.
- They put only 9 clerks to work for verification.
- Introduced the requirement for the mandatory presence of a SCART connector in any video equipment.
At one time, the invasion of the Saracens was repelled at this place, but the onslaught of the eastern brothers could not be compensated by cunning.
Firstly, the Germans themselves began to resent, because the clerks did not have time to process all the applications, and secondly, the same Japanese began to build factories right in Europe and assemble equipment from local components.
As a result, the restrictions were removed, and the SCART connector remained in many old (and new) TVs. How to connect a TV and a tablet through it?
First, one of the main drawbacks of the interface was the heavy cable. SCART was designed as an all-in-one device. And it turned out pretty cumbersome. For example, RCA uses only three lines.
In this case, if you already have a converter from miniHDMI to RCA, like the one described above, then it is logical to buy a collapsible SCART plug and solder all the necessary interface with your own hands.
The layout is given in the literature, we will additionally make a couple of screenshots from Wikipedia and byminsk.com to make it easier for our readers to carry out all the necessary operations! In particular, we need terminals 20, 6 and 2 for transmission.
Through these channels, the signal from the miniHDMI - RCA converter will be transmitted to the TV. Thus, it will be possible to watch the game on a large diagonal. Please note that the sound is included, which cannot be said about VGA.
It is impossible to say, but you can find the correct pinout. The same applies to the S-Video interface.
That is, it turns out that SCART is really universal, only it is entirely analog. Digital interfaces without active microcircuits are completely incompatible with it. Connecting a TV to a tablet is possible, but only if there is already some kind of converter.
Even in SCART there are no signals for the component (not to be confused with the composite) connector.
But the pinout shown in the figure will allow you to somehow dock an old box in order to play on it.
What about the antenna connector? There, the signal must be planted on a carrier, equipped with sync pulses. In general, we categorically do not recommend going this way to connect the tablet to the TV. It is expensive, long, will provide poor quality, not everyone, finally, can do it.
Want to watch videos or photos from your tablet or phone (Android) on a big screen TV? In this article, we will look at how to connect a tablet to a TV in different ways.
To connect your tablet to your TV, you can use an MHL / SlimPort (using Micro-USB) or Micro-HDMI cable if supported, or you can use a wireless connection using Miracast or Chromecast. In this article, we will look at your options for viewing pictures from your phone or tablet on a TV screen.
Connect your tablet to your TV...
Tablets and phones are ideal for individual use– lightweight devices with long battery life, bright and sharp screens that are easy to work with, watch movies or photos.
But if you want to share your tablet content with friends, a big screen is a must: here's how to connect your Android tablet or phone to your TV without spending a fortune or running tons of cables.
Wireless connection to TV:
It's hard to imagine anything better than a video straight from your tablet on your TV. The strength of Android is the fact that there is more than one way to do this. Miracast is a wireless communication standard that creates a peer-to-peer network between two devices, typically a tablet and a set-top box that supports Miracast.
An increasing number of TVs support Miracast without the need for additional hardware. Miracast uses H.264 to transmit video, which means efficient compression and decent HD picture quality.
Better yet, Miracast supports digital rights management (DRM), which means streaming services such as iPlayer and YouTube can be streamed to the TV. Not all services are running, however, we will look at this issue in more detail below. Tablets under Android control support Miracast since Android 4.2.
An alternative (and most user-friendly) way is Google's Chromecast. This is an inexpensive (about 2,000 rubles) "key" to a free HDMI port on a TV that connects to a wireless network. The Chromecast is on the upswing, which means it supports services like iPlayer, Netflix, BT Sport and more, all can be played with a Chromecast dongle that does all the work instead of a tablet, which has a positive impact on the latter's battery life.
You can use Chromecast to mirror your Android tablet's screen, allowing you to play the game on your tablet and cast the image to your TV screen. The same applies to any other screen content, be it apps or photos. You can also opt for the more expensive Chromecast Ultra for 4K video streaming.
The BBC iPlayer also supports AirPlay. Please note that you cannot use Sky Go to watch on TV using AirPlay. For more details, you need to take a look at the iPad and iPhone streaming guide.
Which tablets support mirroringChromecast?
Chromecast mirroring used to only support a handful of devices, but now any Android tablet running OS version 4.4.2 or higher can connect to a TV.
There is, however, a list of Android devices that have been tested for best work on the Google site.
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HDMI
HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) is the standby standard. If you bought your TV in the last decade, it's equipped with an HDMI port, which is found on just about every set-top box, game console, and a fair amount of cameras and camcorders.
The benefit of HDMI, in addition to being ubiquitous (which means they're cheap), is that they turn on HD video and audio at the same time, allowing you to connect devices that play Full HD movies well but have to put up with the tinny sound of a tablet. for example. An HDMI output offers advantages, and this port is more common on Android than on Apple's iPads.
HDMI connectors come in three sizes. Regular HDMI (Type-A, left) is the full-size port you'll find on devices where space isn't an issue: TVs, laptops, or game consoles. The ports you'll find on tablets and phones will be either Type-C (also known as Mini HDMI, medium) or Type-D (Micro HDMI, right). Of these, Micro HDMI (Type-D) is the smallest.
Whatever port your tablet uses, connecting it to an HDMI connector won't cost you much: expect to pay less than $100 for a Mini HDMI or Micro-HDMI cable.
A large selection of tablets offer HDMI or a smaller variant. , Archos 80 Titanium and many others all offer this port. This is the simplest approach.
You are not limited to buying a tablet with an HDMI output to connect it to your TV.
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MHL andSlimPort
With HDMI, everything is simple: it is a port that performs one function, after all. The disadvantage is that not all tablets are equipped with an HDMI output, and there is no need to talk about phones at all. The good news is that there are a couple of widely supported standards that allow Android tablet owners to connect to a TV and an external monitor using a microUSB port.
The standards in question are MHL (Mobile High Definition Link) and the new SlimPort. Both look the same, which states the obvious, as they simply use the Android tablet's MicroUSB to transfer video.
Like HDMI, SlimPort and MHL support video and audio, up to eight channels of surround sound are available to the user. Typically, they require breakout boxes - small plastic extensions between the device and the TV that convert the signal from the tablet / phone to HDMI compatible.
Expect to pay $500 to $2500 for SlimPort or MHL signal converters. This makes connecting a tablet to a TV somewhat more expensive than using a native HDMI tablet, but MHL in particular is supported by a wide range of mobile devices, including phones and tablets.
MHL has gone through various iterations: a third version is now coming standard, which raises the maximum resolution to 4K - although it costs a bit more. It's the same as SlimPort, in fact both standards offer fairly similar specifications.
One of the advantages of MHL is the support various manufacturers TVs: Look on the back of your TV, find the HDMI port, now look for the MHL logo above it, you can use HDMI to MicroUSB for a secondary connection - HDMI will power your tablet or phone, meaning no extra adapters or cables are needed. Bonus.
If your TV does not support MHL, or if you have a SlimPort device, you will need an adapter. SlimPort users should expect up to 1500 rubles, while MHL users can spend slightly less to connect a tablet. If you are using MHL, you will most likely need an external power supply: MHL 3 can draw up to 10W from the main device.
SlimPort does not require an external power supply (the standard consumes a small amount of device power), which makes installation less cumbersome. Both devices require the tablet screen to be on, which guarantees correct connection microUSB.
Support for MHL and SlimPort varies. With three different versions of MHL plus SlimPort, you should check your device's specifications before purchasing an adapter. and support MHL, while the old one supports SlimPort.
To How to display the image from the tablet to the TV? This question may be of interest to all owners of this device.
After all, for example, it is best to view the long-awaited new movie through a home theater on the big screen.
This is the opinion that many users hold and ask themselves: how to connect a tablet to a TV? Today we will answer it.
Ways to connect a tablet with a TV
First of all, let's find out what connection methods exist:
- Hdmi.
- Usb.
- RCA cable(universal method for connecting a tablet and an analog TV).
- WiFi.
Let's consider each method separately.
Hdmi
Connecting through this standard is the easiest way, since all blue screens are equipped with this connector, in principle, like many tablets.
You just need to connect the cable to both devices and turn on the transfer of video (or any other media content) through the hdmi cable.
It is important to know: if your device does not have hdmi, then do not rush to get upset, as you can always purchase the necessary adapter.
Usb
If there is absolutely no possibility of connecting via an hdmi port (for example, you have an iPad that was never equipped with this standard, or you urgently need to play something on the big screen and there is simply no time to run for an adapter), then the connection is made through usb port.
In this case, the device with the TV will be perceived as a regular flash drive for reading information. That is, in simpler words, it is possible to read any media content in the device's memory, and you can safely watch movies in this way.
How to connect a tablet to a blue screen via usb if there is no full input? - you ask. The answer is quite simple: of course, few devices, unfortunately, are equipped with this standard, since it greatly increases the thickness of the device.
Most manufacturers of mobile equipment are chasing the minimum thickness of devices, and you can meet it with a rare exception in inexpensive Chinese tablets which are equipped with any connection standard. Therefore, to connect two devices, use conventional micro-usb adapters.
RCA cable
I would like to say a few words and mention about the unknown on this moment RCA connection, or as the people simply call it "tulip". It is capable of transmitting an analog TV signal to your tablet and vice versa. 
For this, special adapters are used, which are equipped with 3 cords of different colors. Two of them are used for audio output and the last one is for video. But such a connection and output of the information necessary for the user has not been used for a long time, and in modern realities it can be safely called outdated, since it is becoming more and more difficult to find such adapters every day.
WiFi
You can transfer information or display an image more modern and common today - wirelessly- via the built-in wi-fi protocol. The main advantage of this method is the possibility of a completely wireless connection.
There are several ways to make this connection:
- Wi-Fi Direct - if the tablet and TV can connect wirelessly, then you just need to activate this feature in the settings of the two devices.
- Special software- if you have purchased SmartTV (smart TVs), then using the built-in utilities via wi-fi, you can connect the TV and the mobile device to each other to watch videos, photos and other content through the big screen.
- When using third-party equipment - in the modern mobile market, you can find a sufficient number of set-top boxes. The most popular are AppleTV and Chromecast, which are equipped with a wireless connection module.
Note: Both devices must support wi-fi technology.
As you can see, connecting a tablet to a TV is not as difficult as it might seem to many at first glance, as there are many ways and options for connecting.
A wired connection is good in that you can not only view various content using a blue screen, but also save on buying a TV (no need to buy a more expensive model with a built-in wireless communication module). And to the wifi connection, you should attribute the ability to access the Internet and even make online calls through special applications.
About connecting the tablet to the TV tells this in detail video:
In fact, every modern TV has the ability to communicate with android gadgets, such as smartphones and tablets. However, not every user can view photos or videos on the big screen from their tablet. This is due to the fact that people simply do not know how to connect between two devices.
There are three ways to connect a tablet to a TV:
The simplest of them is to use a miniUSB to HDMI cable.
Such a connection is made using MHL technology, which stands for Mobile High-definition Link. Everything is done just the USB side of the wire is connected, of course, to a smartphone or tablet, the HDMI side is plugged into the TV.
The main thing on TV is to connect through the port, next to which there is an inscription MHL. That's all, use the remote control to select the TV receiver to show the picture from HDMI and you can enjoy the result.
The advantages of this method: no delay between the image on the device and the TV screen.
Minus: if you get a call while watching a movie, you will have to jump up from the couch and rush to the TV in order to answer the call.
To prevent this from happening, you can connect to TV over the air, without wires
Connect the tablet to the TV via WiFi. To do this, you will need a network directly, a TV and a tablet, access to the router settings, as well as an application from the TV manufacturer. The latter can be easily found in Google Play. In order to connect the tablet and the TV, you need both devices to go online.
After that, you need to make sure that the UpnP data transfer mode is enabled on the router, and firewalls do not block local traffic between devices. That's actually all.
Running free app from the TV manufacturer on the android device, devices, if all conditions are met, will find each other on their own. Now you can use your tablet and smartphone as a remote control and watch content from your gadget on your TV.
The only disadvantage of this connection method is a slight delay between the image on two gadgets.
You can use the connection "over the air" even easier
Starting with Android 4.2, the system provides data transfer to the TV using Wi-Fi Miracast technology. Many manufacturers of smartphones and tablets, this function diligently used.
Their counterparts in the world of TV production are not far behind. The essence of the technology is that you can transfer images from the gadget directly to the TV via Wi-Fi, bypassing the router. The principle of operation is in many ways similar to connecting Bluetooth devices.
Your TV and tablet will search for new devices. As soon as the TV and Android find each other, you allow the connection, after which you can watch, for example, Samsung smart TV, what the smartphone screen shows. The only drawback of this connection method is the same as when using ordinary Wi-Fi - the picture is slightly behind.
How to connect a tablet to a TV via WiFi is a very common question these days. Thanks to modern technology, this has become possible. Of course, there are other ways to connect, however, if the mobile device does not have an HDMI output, and the USB connector for some reason does not suit you, then wireless connection remains the only option.
It is worth noting that in order to connect the tablet to a TV via a wireless network, the latter must also support this technology. Such TVs are called Smart TVs. They have built-in software and a real mini-computer. In other words, such a TV has a built-in browser and various utilities that allow you to use network resources.
What you need to connect your mobile gadget to TV via WiFi
Imagine that you have a Smart TV. Now, to display content on the big screen with mobile device you will need a special application that will open access to data for the TV. Here is a short list of programs from the most common manufacturers:
- LG TV Remote.
- Samsung smart view.
- Sony TV Sideview.
- Panasonic TV Remote 2.
- Toshiba remote.
- Philips MyRemote.
- Sharp AQUOS Remote Lite - See more.
It is worth noting that it is not necessary to use the LG Remote program if you have a Smart TV from LG. That is, these applications, as a rule, work with different TV models.
Of course, they work most stably with the corresponding brands. But, in the vast majority of cases, there are no problems with others either. Moreover, there are also programs from third-party developers that can be downloaded for free on the Play Market.
In order to connect your tablet to a TV via WiFi, in addition to the appropriate application, you will need a home network. In other words, both devices must be connected to the same access point. Moreover, the UPnP function must be enabled on the router, which can detect and recognize the connected devices and connection type.