Solved How To Boot Start In A Hdmi Samsung Television

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Hi there I’ve got this Samsung UE46F5500AW TV, but I don’t have any channels, so everytime I turn it on, I have to manually change the TV to the box (HDMI 1). Is there a way to boot the TV directly in the HDMI for the box? Thanks

Note: The part “I don’t have any channels” is not the issue. I just want to find a way to boot up directly in HDMI 1 instead of TV (source of input)

Hi, If the settings are lost every time the TV is turned off, check if the Use Mode is set to Store Demo and if so alter the setting to Home Use, Go to Screen Menu > Support > Use Mode Update (03/28/2017) Hi @mloureiro , Good that you solved it by using the Power button on the remote to turn the TV off/on so that it starts with the last stored input connection. Interesting that the Program Up/Down causes the input to change though. I can only surmise that the firmware “decides” that you wish to change channels (as well as switch on) and therefore goes to the next channel up or down, depending on what you pressed, from what it has stored as the last channel in use. To do this it has to switch inputs. This is only conjecture on my part though as to what is happening.

I have your answer. I had the exact same problem with my Samsung Q7 always reverting back to the empty “TV” source rather than my Apple TV HDMI source, and after reading this post and going through all my settings I came to the conclusion it had nothing to do with the TV (in part, it’s samsungs crap source swapping is the primary issue) but rather the Apple TV, which it does. When the Apple TV goes to sleep your TV will resort back to the “TV” input as default, so when you turn the TV back on it reverts to default, which is the “TV” input. Solution: Turn off sleep mode for your Apple TV to “never” and the Apple TV will never turn off (sleep) and reset the TV back to default input of “TV”

If you switch on your Samsung TV from standby and it comes up with a black screen instead of your last HDMI input, then you are most likely powering it on using the channel up or down button. Use the power button to switch the TV back on instead of channel buttons and it should solve that issue.

There is an option deep in the service menu hat let’s you choose ‘hdmi1’ as start input after turning on. check google for the secret key press for your device.

Been struggling with it, but just found out how! Here is the solution that worked for me: https://youtu.be/kwoe2R9KrZE I hope this helps!