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Blocking BT Connections to a Samsung TV - QN49Q60RAFXZA
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angrybird:
My experience with this at local restaurants is that on many TV's, the bluetooth functionality does not appear to be able to be disabled, and pairing attempts are always displayed on the screen.  This is how you say hello to your friends, set the name of your device to your message, and attempt to pair  :-DD
MrMobodies:
I find that outrageous but I knew it was bound to happen one day.

https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/TV/Disable-Wireless-amp-Bluetooth/td-p/625115


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--- Quote ---t1ck3ts
‎08-08-2018 12:08 AM

TV Model #: UE55MU6015

I NEED to disable Wireless and Bluetooth access to my T.V, i dont use it, so there is no need for them to be running.
To make matters even worse, i have roughly 13-27 notifications of devices trying to connect to my T.V via Wireless and Bluetooth, on a daily bases, none of which, can be turned off in the menu's
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--- Quote ---DannyT Moderator
‎08-08-2018 12:11 PM 

Hi there, @t1ck3ts.

You'd have to talk to a engineer about that as the only way to do this, is to access a menu that is only for use by authorized engineers and if you were to do something wrong by accident, it could potentially void the warranty. We'd advise giving our colleagues a call on 0330 726 7864, who will be able to organise an engineer for you.
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--- Quote ---t1ck3ts
‎17-11-2018 12:07 PM 
@ncri wrote:
Did you ever figure this out? I have the same issue. Really annoying!

Got to phone in and get one of their techs to remote into your tv to dissable it. (They will need the code presented on the tv when enabling remote access)

Although i packed up the TV and returned it for a refund, was not going to put up with a TV that i have 0 control over.
Word of advice, dont bother with it and return the TV.

Will be doing my homework going forward for any new TV it seems, being locked out of an option that should be given to the user, is just plane stupid.
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--- Quote ---ncri Explorer
‎29-11-2018 06:44 PM 

Actually you need to enter the hidden service menu to disable wifi and bluetooth. You find instructions on how to open it on youtube for example. You need a universal remote and enter a key combination. Works perfectly. However, by disabling bluetooth i discovered that the normal samsung remote actually relies on it. Without bluetooth, most keys won't work anymore. I was only able to switch on and off the tv with bluetooth disabled. That is really bad, no idea why samsung did it this way, IR should be fine to handle everything. Using the universal remote I can still use all the functions though.
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It looks like they had to buy other universal remotes as the Samsung remote uses bluetooth for some buttons.
amyk:

--- Quote from: MrMobodies on March 03, 2020, 02:29:16 am ---It looks like they had to buy other universal remotes as the Samsung remote uses bluetooth for some buttons.

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Whatever is "smart" about smart TVs, it's certainly not the designers...!
MrMobodies:

--- Quote from: amyk on March 03, 2020, 03:01:03 am ---
--- Quote from: MrMobodies on March 03, 2020, 02:29:16 am ---It looks like they had to buy other universal remotes as the Samsung remote uses bluetooth for some buttons.

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Whatever is "smart" about smart TVs, it's certainly not the designers...!

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--- Quote --- pauledd
pauledd Apprentice
‎19-03-2019 08:11 AM

Another vote here for a firmware update!

Dear Samsung Dev's,

I dont use wifi/bluetooth either. Huh Samsung unbelievable isn't it? There are users who dont use Network/Wireless on your tv's...

Please stop patronizing us (your consumers) by not implementing or hiding important options in your firmware.

Every Smartphone, PC, Notebook,Car gives the enduser the possibility to disable wireless devices... exept you!

I had 4 bluetooth authorization requests just this week on my NU8009, this is annoying! Do you think your endusers are that stupid and are not able to handle an option "disable wireless" / "disable bluetooth"? Is this some kind of "hide as much functionality as possible to the users because there are some very dull ones" guidline? Or is there another reason hiding it from us?

PS. And no, I dont want you to have send out an "engineer" to me, just do it in FW and you can save money
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I can't stand it when they think they know their users better than themselves and I'd return it too.


--- Quote ---[arrogance]Developers: It is the TV that is "smart" and "intelligent", we are above the TV and it is the end users down there who are somewhat stupid and confused, don't know what they are doing but that's okay they won't be phoning support for accidentally turning off their wifi or bluetooth for when they or their family/friends want to join their phones which is far more important than not being able to join your phones.

If you meddle with your "smart" TV it can no longer do it's job and be "smart" and protect you and think for you and function in accordance to how this product is intended to used so therefore you will void your product warranty by preventing it from working properly as intended.[/arrogance]
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SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: Deodand2014 on March 03, 2020, 01:21:41 am ---
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on March 02, 2020, 12:18:32 pm ---
Yet another reason to avoid "smart" TVs...

Give me dumb every day, and a cold beer.

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My mother is saying much the same thing, it takes too long to start up (Company logo + animated Android logo), somehow she's managed to delete the hdmi channels (It's a TCL S6800) and she's seriously talking about finding a 'dumb' TV to replace it.

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When you've grown up with equipment that starts more or less instantly when you throw the switch,  it can be hard to get used to slow startups from what you think of as an appliance.

My solution with the TV was to dump it completely around the millennium.     

20 years of saving $150 a month in cable subscriptions adds up to $55,199 (assuming 4% interest)  :scared:
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