Four ways to connect the iPhone to the TV

Smartphones are no longer a luxury, but an essential attribute for students and employees of various companies. Phones of new generation have excellent technical characteristics: large memory capacity, wide multimedia capabilities, high resolution of the screen. One of the remarkable features is sync gadgets with TVsThat allows you to display different files on a wide screen, for example videos from iphone. Consider the basic ways how to connect the "apple" smartphone - iPhone - to the TV.

 Connection diagram of iPhone to TV

WiFi capabilities

Built in Smart tv WiFi module allows you to connect without using wires and additional devices. This is by far the most convenient method for synchronizing and transferring information from one device to another.

In addition, before synchronizing the gadget, they install into the TV special application. For owners of LG panels, this is Smart Share, and Samsung (Samsung) has developed its own counterpart, AllShare. For iPhone, you can download the Twonky Beam program, you can find it in the open spaces of the licensed Apple Store. Next, follow the instructions:

  • mark the item “show or hide the visual indicators at the edge of the screen”;
  • select the video file in the iPhone that you want to output, and determine the necessary device, here it will be a TV;
  • Playback will start after “beaming ...” is displayed.
 Smart Share for LG TVs

Smart Share app for LG TVs

Another variant - use application iMediaSharewhich is also located in the Apple Store. The connection is made in the same way, the program is launched from the phone, through the menu you need to go to the wireless network connection section, enter the WPA / WPA2 password and activate WiFi Direct. On the TV, you also need to find the “Network” tab, launch WiFi Direct and determine the device you need, here it will be an iPhone. After access to viewing video files.

Device Google Chromecast also designed for wireless iPhone connection with various models of TVs. The adapter is installed in the HDMI-connector, after which it will be available to transfer video or audio data over a local network.

 Google chromecast

Google Chromecast Device

HDMI connection

You can connect the “apple” gadget to the panel through a multi-component high definition interface: in modern TV models there is at least one such connector - HDMI. To connect the plug to the smartphone, you need a special adapter from Apple.

For 4 Series phones, this is the Digital AV Adapter, and for 5, 5s / c devices, the digital AV-Adapter Lightning is suitable.

 Adapter

Further, the synchronization process is quite simple: turn off the device, connect the cables to the TV panel and to the phone via Lightning-connector. In the absence of a micro-HDMI jack in the phone, it is permissible to use a micro-USB-HDMI signal converter. After switching on the devices, the necessary settings occur automatically, but in case of an error, this will have to manual method. To do this, on each device, activate "HDMI" as a signal source. If synchronization is successful, a picture from the smartphone will be displayed on the TV screen.

With other connectors

How to connect an iPhone to a TV, if the latter does not have an HDMI connector? In such a situation, you can use composite input, but since the connection is not possible directly, you will need the same Digital AV Adapter. Moreover, through the adapter it is possible to synchronize the equipment even with the help of a VGA cable,but the sound will need to output separately.

In general, you can connect easily using various wires and special adapters. For phones of the 3G / 3GS / 4 series, a composite cable made by Apple - “USB AV” is suitable; it is installed in the RCA socket. All plugs are marked with their color, which eliminates confusion in the connection process.

For 4 / 4S iPhones, you need to purchase Apple’s AV HDTV component audio / video cable. 5th generation devices are connected via the VGA Lightning adapter.

 Apple AV Combo Cable

Combined AV Cable for Apple

How to connect the iphone to the TV using the AV cable:

  • disable the connected equipment;
  • connect each plug to its corresponding output;
  • when switching via a vga cable, output the audio separately with a cable for acoustics or through a lightning connector;
  • phones of series 5 or 4s duplicate content on the display, but 3g or 4 display programs;
  • USB connector is used to recharge the iPhone during playback.

Connect your phone via USB

Synchronize your iphone with a TV through USB output is quite simple, and at the same time the phone battery is recharged during connection, which is very convenient. If you connect an iPhone to your TV via the USB connector, the smartphone will not play the content, but act as removable storage. Depending on the phone model, a micro USB cable should be connected to the 30-pin or Lightning connector.

This method is most often used to display images from the gallery on the display, as well as when conducting presentations, reading documents.

Asking whether it is possible to connect an iPhone to a TV, the user can stop at any of the four main methods. Naturally, there are alternative methods, for example use of Apple TV or less legal options, but they are not so popular among experienced smartphone owners. Fans of "apple" technology will also be interesting, how to connect ipad to tv.

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