Why are there such idiotic smart TVs that can’t even turn off bluetooth?!

There are at least two such devices in my apartment block and my bluetooth audio transmitter always tries to connect to them instead of my headphones. I have already talked to the people owning those TVs and we tried to disable BT, but it just isn’t possible. This is driving me insane!

  • m-p{3}@lemmy.caEnglish
    32·
    11 months ago

    Some TV remotes are now using bluetooth instead of IR, so yeah you can’t turn that off without locking yourself out…

    • Octopus1348@lemy.lolEnglish
      42·
      11 months ago

      They could make it like the S-Pen on Samsung. When I disable Bluetooth, the S-Pen still works even tough it uses Bluetooth. Probably paired hardware-level because the select button also works on custom ROMs.

      • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        I’m pretty sure the S-Pen uses some form of low frequency induction. It works for such a use case due to the immediate proximity of the devices, while a TV remote would likely be too far away.

        • InFerNo@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          IR can be used to send data. My first laptop had a IR tx/rx. We tried it for fun and it worked.

          • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldEnglish
            13·
            11 months ago

            …okay and? Super or subsonic audio can also be used to transmit data. What’s your point? We’re talking about S-Pens.