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Uscreen: Helping your customers Connect Laptops or Phones to a TV with an HDMI Cable
Uscreen: Helping your customers Connect Laptops or Phones to a TV with an HDMI Cable
Learn how users can connect their laptop or phone to their TV
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Written by Matthew Wall
Updated over a week ago

If your users are reaching out to you if they can watch your content on their TV, you can either suggest the use of Chromecast or Airplay. However, if that's not an option for them, they can still watch your videos on their TV by directly connecting their laptop or phone to the TV with an HDMI cable. If they want to use their phone, they will need an HDMI adapter to connect the cable to their phone.

To connect a laptop to a TV:

  1. Locate the HDMI port on the laptop and the HDMI port on the TV

    1. If the laptop does not have an HDMI port, then the user can always use an adapter for an HDMI cable that would connect to their laptop

  2. Connect one end of the HDMI cable to the laptop

  3. Connect the other end of the HDMI cable to the TV

  4. Using your TV remote, switch the Input to HDMI and start streaming

To connect a phone to a TV:

  1. Locate the HDMI port on the TV and grab the HDMI adapter for your phone

  2. Connect the adaptor to your phone and then to one end of the HDMI cable

  3. Connect the other end of the HDMI cable to the TV

  4. Using your TV remote, switch the Input to HDMI and start streaming

โ›”๏ธ Please Note: Our support team is unable to assist with device-specific issues. Should you experience difficulties connecting a device to a television through an HDMI port, please reach out to the device manufacturer.

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