Bluetooth.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Please follow along.. its a serious question..

Say you are standing in Harvey Norman, or Joyce Mayne or any major TV retailer showroom.
There are 20 odd TV's on display,, all showing different movies/shows
You place an identical Bluetooth wifi dongle in every TV running,

How can you tell from the list that comes up on your phone which TV is displaying what?



and the followup question is,, which device is in charge of security/pairing?

[Eevo]

each bluetooth has its own unique mac address which is usually printed on the back of the tv.

[austastar]

The Netflix on the phone is cast to the dongle on the TV via the Google 'Home' App on the phone.
Cheers

[Pedro_The_Swift]

each bluetooth has its own unique mac address which is usually printed on the back of the tv.

access to the back of the TV is impossible...

[Pedro_The_Swift]

To all,,

This is not a riddle,, I am serious about finding an answer... if one exists..

[Pedro_The_Swift]

The Netflix on the phone is cast to the dongle on the TV via the Google 'Home' App on the phone.
Cheers


ok, so google home takes care of security/pairing?

will Google home show all the TV's broadcasting wifi ?

[Eevo]

access to the back of the TV is impossible...
might be able to find by going though the tv settings

[Pedro_The_Swift]

no,, no remotes available.

[austastar]

Hi,
I'm no expert, but this is how mine worked.
My son has a Netflix acct, so using that on the tablet I can see Netflix.
Installed Google Home on the tablet.
Bought a Google WiFi to HDMI dongle. This gets power from a usb port and feeds to an HDMI port on the TV. It is paired to the tablet.
With Home running on the tablet, Netflix, YouTube etc show a Cast to Living Room TV symbol at the top of the screen.
When showing a movie, the dongle picks up the WiFi directly, bypassing the tablet.
Thus, to stop, pause, rewind etc you have to do that in Home on the tablet, which is ungracefull.
i.e. by the time you get it paused, whoever needed an urgent leak has returned to the room.

Have just replaced this software solution with a smart TV. So much faster and easier, or it will be when I eventually learn how to drive the hierarchical menu maze.
Cheers

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Hmm, ok,,
if there are 6 tv's showing 6 different shows with the same wifi dongle in each,
and I want to listen to show from number 2,,
can I pick the right show from the info off my phone?

[SBD4]

Please follow along.. its a serious question..

Say you are standing in Harvey Norman, or Joyce Mayne or any major TV retailer showroom.
There are 20 odd TV's on display,, all showing different movies/shows
You place an identical Bluetooth wifi dongle in every TV running,

How can you tell from the list that comes up on your phone which TV is displaying what?



and the followup question is,, which device is in charge of security/pairing?

assuming the example you gave (i.e. no other software/tech involved), all the "BT dongles" should show up on your phone by name (as a discoverable device). If all of your dongles are the same I would imagine it would be very difficult to identify which TV a particular dongle is plugged into. You can give the BT device (the dongle) a new name on your phone(an alias). if you were to do this for each one, you would then be able to differentiate between them.

The phone would usually be used to govern permission for the connection but, seeing as you would be initiating the connection from the phone permission is essentially granted then anyway.

Bluetooth Pairing: Network Connection >> Electronics Notes (https://www.electronics-notes.com/articles/connectivity/bluetooth/network-pairing-connection.php#:~:text=The%20Bluetooth%20pairing%2 0process%20is,exchanged%20between%20the%20two%20de vices.)

Renaming on iPhone:
Change the name of a Bluetooth accessory - Apple Support (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205348)

and on Andoid:
Change Android Device Name - WiFi / Bluetooth / Hotspot Name (https://www.droidviews.com/how-change-phone-name-in-wifi-and-bluetooth-connection-on-samsung-galaxy-devices/)

[Eevo]

unplug the other 5 dongles, will leave u with 1. connect to that

[SBD4]

Hmm, ok,,
if there are 6 tv's showing 6 different shows with the same wifi dongle in each,
and I want to listen to show from number 2,,
can I pick the right show from the info off my phone?
OK, so you are wanting to mirror the TV on your phone. That's not usually the way it works. Normally your phone is the source and your TV the output. To do the reverse, you would need some software installed on both the TV and the phone. You wouldn't necessarily need BT to accomplish that as long as your TVs and phone are connected to the same network (eg home WIFI).

Here's an example that uses WIFI:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2SitEmphb0

...not sure I would trust it though.

PS you originally mention connecting via BT but now talking WIFI...two different things as I'm sure you know.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

My apologies,, its a Bluetooth thing... [bighmmm]

and its for sound only...

[SBD4]

My apologies,, its a Bluetooth thing... [bighmmm]

and its for sound only...

ahh OK, so wanting to do the BT headphone thing?

Like this:

https://youtu.be/eazAn9l11cY

Obviously if your equipment is capable of it you could do like the above.

Going back to your original question of "how do you know which one", you'll have to plug your BT devices in one at a time (like Eevo said) and rename them with something meaningful as per the instructions I posted earlier. Then you can continue on your merry way.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

and even after all that only one connection/listener to each tv,, right?

[SBD4]

and even after all that only one connection/listener to each tv,, right?
yes that's right.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Hmmm...