Smart tv wifi dongle ??

[stingray-man 10]

Here's a q for some of you, I have an led smart tv but it has no wifi built in,

If I buy a wifi dongle will that work or do I need to set up the dongle etc, I'm just unsure as to if it will be able to receive the signal without setting the dongle up with the tv etc, which I don't know if I can do

Not sure how they work as never had one and trying to keep wires down to a minimum !

[Stranza 10]

Do you already have a pc and broadband at home?

We have a little dangler thing called a wireless bridge.

 

You need to do the settings on the pc at first the plug the little fella into whatever you need it in.

Ours gets used on the tv, on the radio for updates on the ecomanager and we used to use it on the sky boxes for anytime.

[stingray-man 10]

Do you already have a pc and broadband at home?

We have a little dangler thing called a wireless bridge.

 

You need to do the settings on the pc at first the plug the little fella into whatever you need it in.

Ours gets used on the tv, on the radio for updates on the ecomanager and we used to use it on the sky boxes for anytime.

 

 

Lovely jubbly will look into that, thanking you sir

[Stranza 10]

Lovely jubbly will look into that, thanking you sir

 

Most welcome.

And it's madam if I were a fella I would know all the technicle terms

[stingray-man 10]

Most welcome.

And it's madam if I were a fella I would know all the technicle terms

 

 

in the computer section, how dare you

 

Thanking you madam

 

---------- Post added 23-02-2013 at 18:45 ----------

 

Right the bridge looks ok but does anyone know if i can use a USB dongle straight into the side of my tv ?

Edited February 23, 2013 by stingray-man

[speleo1 10]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B003QZ5VOG

 

---------- Post added 23-02-2013 at 19:20 ----------

 

it should if you buy a wi fi dongle and connect it to your router

[stingray-man 10]

Ok well just ordered a wifi dongle from virgin so will give that a try thanks for the help

[speleo1 10]

i did not know vm did wireless dongles

[bagelybear 10]

im on sky and my wireless dongle wont work. i have to buy a sky wireless connector £29.99.

[swarfendor437 14]

I would have advised getting a wireless dongle of the same manufacturer as your router. That aside, wired is apparently best and the best route for that might be getting a set of these:

 

http://www.netgear.co.uk/home/products/powerline-and-coax/work-and-play/XAVB1601.aspx#

[woah 10]

The wi-fi dongle almost certainly won't work with your TV - the manufacturers of the TV will be able to supply you with one I imagine, but it'll cost a fortune.

 

One alternative worth looking into is powerline adaptors. Plug one into your power socket with the ethernet cable from the router going into it. Then plug in another near your TV, with an ethernet cable into your TV. Job done!

[stingray-man 10]

I would have advised getting a wireless dongle of the same manufacturer as your router. That aside, wired is apparently best and the best route for that might be getting a set of these:

 

http://www.netgear.co.uk/home/products/powerline-and-coax/work-and-play/XAVB1601.aspx#

 

 

Ordered a virgin media wifi dongle, which I plan to set up on pc then try on tv, if it doesn't work I can use it for pc instead of Ethernet cable.

 

The wi-fi dongle almost certainly won't work with your TV - the manufacturers of the TV will be able to supply you with one I imagine, but it'll cost a fortune.

 

One alternative worth looking into is powerline adaptors. Plug one into your power socket with the ethernet cable from the router going into it. Then plug in another near your TV, with an ethernet cable into your TV. Job done!

 

won't it do the same job as a normal wifi adapter ?

 

And the power line adapters are ok but the whole point is to keep wires to a minimum, which is why I'm interested in trying a wifi dongle first, if that doesn't work then will try other methods

 

Thanks all