A Remote is a necessary TV accessory to have. The remote lets you control every aspect of your smart TV. But, when a remote is lost, damaged, or simply no longer functioning, it can be a headache. Suppose you move to a new place and wanted to connect your TV to a wifi network, but can’t find the remote, what do you do? In this guide, we will be looking at the different ways to connect Philips TV to wifi without remote.
With Smart TVs around, people require that it connects to the wifi so that they can stream all of their favorite shows and movies. But, without being connected to the wifi network, the tv is useless, unless you have content to watch via your cable connection. So, if you have misplaced your remote, or waiting for a new one to arrive, this is the guide for you.
There are many alternatives to connecting a TV to wifi without a remote. And I am going to share multiple methods so that you will have more options to try. In this way, the probability to achieve wifi connection to the tv will increase. Now let’s start with the easiest method.
If your Philips Smart TV has more than two buttons, such as the volume up and down, channel up and down and the menu button, then you can press those buttons to navigate through the Settings on your TV to connect it to the wifi. The buttons are either present at the bottom, left, or right panels of your Phillips TV. If your TV only has the power and reset button, it would be ideal to follow the next step.
Philips TVs running on Android TV OS has support for input devices such as keyboard and mouse. So, simply connect both devices to the USB ports present at the back or sides of your TV and use the arrow keys to navigate from the home screen to the Settings icon at the right. Or, you could use the mouse to click and go through the menus to connect your Philips TV to the wifi without a remote.
If you have the keyboard with a USB dongle, that would also work perfectly with your Philips Android TV. If you have a USB gaming controller, it would also help you in navigating through the settings to connect to the wifi network.
A good number of Android devices, mostly older ones from Samsung, and Xiaomi have Infrared built into the device. With onboard Infrared, one can make use of the Infrared remote app on the device. Launch the app, and select the type of product as well as the brand. Simply point it to your TV and then after a couple of tries, you should be able to control your TV and connect to the Wifi network by using the infrared remote app on your mobile.
Do note that this method will only work if your TV was previously connected to a wifi network. If it is a new TV, it would be advisable to follow the above-mentioned methods to connect the TV to your Wifi network without the remote.
For this method, you will require the following items
Now that you have the necessary things, it’s time to connect the TV to the Wifi network.
Some Android Smart TVs out there will be sporting a LAN port at the back or sides of the TV. You can simply connect one end of the ethernet cable to your router and the other end to your Smart TV. In this way, you will be able to access the internet.
This concludes the different ways you can follow to connect your Philips Smart TV to the wifi network without using a TV remote. It is recommended that you always have the Google TV app set up as soon as your purchase a new TV or move to another place with a different wifi network as this helps you not worry about losing the remote. If you have questions or queries, feel free to leave them in the comments section below.