How to Connect Your Devices to Your TV?
Panasonic OLED televisions are more than just ordinary TVs. They turn your living room into a fully-fledged cinema and perfectly enhance your mobile experience, no matter if it comes to high-octane, immersive gaming or crystal-clear movies in 4K Ultra HD quality.
From the JZ2000 Panasonic Smart 4K TV to the JX800 Panasonic 4K Android TV™, the new generation of high-end televisions lets you easily connect your laptops, tablets or smartphones to the big screen.
But how exactly can you connect your laptops and mobile devices with your Panasonic TVs? The following paragraphs introduce you to the most commonly used options to quickly bring your mobile experience to the next level.
How to Connect Laptops to Your TV?
Are you getting tired of staring at the small laptop screen when doing remote work? Or do you need an authentic cinematic experience without being interrupted by mediocre visuals and audio? Connecting a laptop to a Panasonic 4K Ultra HD OLED television is as easy as charging your smartphone.
HDMI cable
To mirror your screen, you can easily connect your laptop to the TV via an HDMI cable, as virtually all modern laptops come with an HDMI port. Make sure that your HDMI cable supports Ultra HD 4K resolution. You can verify this by looking for the HDMI High Speed logo on the packaging or on the cable.
After having connected your PC to your TV, just press the 'Windows key + P' buttons to open the display settings. Here you have the options to duplicate, extend or turn off your laptop screen.
Screen mirroring via Chromecast
You want to get rid of all your cable clutter? Then an HDMI cable might not be the best solution. Most Panasonic 4K UHD OLED televisions allow you to set up a wireless connection with your mobile devices – Chromecast built-in™ makes it possible.
The setup process takes less than 5 minutes:
- Make sure that your Panasonic TV and your laptop are connected via the same Wi-Fi network.
- Open the Chrome browser on your computer, click on the upper right corner and select 'Cast'.
- All Chromecast-enabled devices will be displayed. Choose your Panasonic TV.
- If you click on 'Sources', you can choose different display options: You can either cast your open Chrome tab, the entire laptop screen or just a file.
How to Connect Smartphones to Your TV?
No matter if you find yourself in the next Zoom meeting or whether you want to broadcast your gaming experience to the big screen, most Panasonic 4K UHD TVs have all the means ready to connect your smartphone to your TV screen in seconds.
USB data cable
You can connect your smartphone to your TV just by using a cable. If your smartphone has a USB Type-C port, you can make use of a USB data cable, which consists of a USB Type-C and USB-A port. Using a cable requires no further setup, as your devices don’t need to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
Using Chromecast-enabled apps
In 2021, there are already thousands of Chromecast-enabled apps, which offer the most convenient way to connect your Android or iOS smartphones to your television.
Chromecast-enabled apps allow you to easily cast your smartphone content to the big screen. This is usually preferred over screen mirroring, as your smartphone saves battery life while you can enjoy the smoothest connection.
- Make sure that your Panasonic TV and your smartphone are connected via the same Wi-Fi network.
- Click the 'Cast' button on your Chromecast-enabled application.
- Select the Chromecast device you want to cast to.
- Enjoy YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+ and many more Chromecast-enabled apps on the big screen.
Screen mirroring via Chromecast / Google Home app
If you want to enjoy an app on your TV, which offers no Chromecast function, screen mirroring is the next best solution.
Screen mirroring is supported by Android 4.4.2 and iOS 12 or higher.
- Download the Google Home App from Google Play or the Apple Store with your smartphone.
- Make sure that your Panasonic TV and your smartphone are connected via the same Wi-Fi network.
- Open the Google Home App.
- Select the Chromecast device you want to cast to.
- Now you can mirror your smartphone content on your TV.
Screen mirroring via Android casting
The Android casting feature is another easy way to connect your smartphone to your television. You don’t even need to download an application to use this feature.
- Make sure that your Panasonic TV and your smartphone are connected via the same Wi-Fi network.
- Press the 'Apps' button on the remote control of your Panasonic TV.
- Enable the screen mirroring option.
- Now you need to look for the 'Cast' option inside your smartphone, which is usually hidden in the 'Connection' settings.
- Select 'Enable wireless display'.
- Select the Chromecast device you want to cast to.
- Confirm the connection on your Panasonic TV.
Now you can broadcast all your content from your mobile device to your Panasonic TV screen without downloading any apps.
How to Connect Tablets to Your TV?
Screen mirroring via Chromecast / Google Home app and Android casting
Tablets run on the same operating systems as smartphones, therefore you can also use Chromecast with the Google Home app or the Android casting feature to mirror your tablet’s screen. Just repeat the steps as mentioned above and you are good to go!
Alternatively, you can also cast directly via Chromecast-enabled apps.
USB data cable / HDMI cable
If you don’t need a wireless connection, you can easily hook up your tablet via an HDMI cable. Some Android tablets are equipped with a Micro HDMI port. You can use a 4K Micro HDMI to HDMI cable to directly connect your tablet to the big screen.
As already described in the smartphone section, you can also use a USB data cable to connect your tablet to a Panasonic 4K UHD TV.
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