Buying a television today means accessing a world of benefits that until recently was unimaginable. Count on applications and services for almost any utility it is something possible thanks to the complete and complex operating systems.
However, this complexity has affected some users, especially older people. Using a TV is no longer just changing channels. Now there are many more factors and for attempt that a Smart TV works as well as possible and also be easy to use, this is what I advise every time I am asked.
very important I never tire of saying it. Every time the television has to be turned off, it must be done using the buttonseither the one with the remote control or the one that appears hidden in many models and that you may not know.
And it is that many people have the TV connected to a power strip (intelligent or not) and they may think that it does not matter to turn it off from the power strip. Big mistake. By doing it this way what we are doing is cutting the current suddenlyand this may cause damage to the power supply of the TV
our telly It is designed to be paid with the remote control, so that the processes are closed properly and not suddenly. Paying the TV continuously from the power strip can subject it to sudden current spikes that can damage the feeder.
Besides, TVs have a Stand-By mode. It is during this rest period that some basic processes take place. for operation, as is the case with compensation cycles. If the TV is turned off abruptly, unplugging it or turning off the power strip, these processes are not carried out and may cause the television to not work correctly.
Install only the necessary applications
A modern Smart TV offers access to all kinds of applications. but it is advisable have installed only those that we are going to use and even more, I would say that only those that we use frequently.
The same thing that I advise on an Android mobile, in which we often try an app and then uninstall it, This maxim becomes supremely important on a Smart TV. There is a very limited space to install apps if we do not want to be inventive.
A saturation of apps causes the system to work more slowly and with a more pronounced lag at the same time that it generates a chaos of icons in which some users can get lost. So I always recommend having only the right amount installed and even removing the apps that manufacturers load and that don’t interest us.
In addition, an overexposure to a large number of applications that are often not going to be used, what they do is make the system messiersomething that affects above all some users who get lost with so many icons. And it is that many times we have apps installed that we have not requested (they come from home) and the best thing we can do with them is to delete them with a stroke of the pen.
reboot, it works
It is not the first time that an acquaintance has told me that their television has a malfunction. Either a channel is blocked, an application does not start, there are sporadic closures… very varied problems that can be easily solved.
And it is that I always recommend that, as in the case of the telephone, It is convenient from time to time to restart the TV. It can be restarted from the settings or in some cases, by leaving the remote control pressed for a few seconds. The purpose of this measure is to produce a real and complete shutdown of the system and cut some processes running in the background.
Clear the cache
Similarly, and in line with the above, I also recommend taking a look around the applications and clear cache. It is advice that not everyone knows how to apply and in some cases I have left a post-it explaining step by step, because it involves moving through the menus, but it is always convenient.
And it is that in this way we are not only going to gain storage space, but also, incidentally We achieved an optimization of the system making it run more smoothly.
help you mobile
Another piece of advice that I usually give is use the mobile to control the television. It is ideal in those cases in which the remote control runs out of batteries or battery and when our television also does not have that small hidden button that we have mentioned before.
Is about use an app on the mobile that allows use it as a remote control. Also, if you have a TV with Android TV or Google TV you can use the Google Home app that you can download from Google Play or from the App Store and which is ideal for writing on TV from your mobile and thus not having to use the keys of the remote control.
Applying these little tips, you can make your TV work more efficientlyand also optimize its use so that it can be accessible to all types of users.
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