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stupid smart TVs (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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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!

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[–] 81 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I actually had the reverse problem: some stupid neighbor kept trying to pair something with my smart TV, to the point where I couldn't watch TV at times, due to this moron's insistence. I looked in the settings and also found I couldn't disable Bluetooth, or blacklist devices, so I thought of a simple solution: changing the TV name to "virus". From that day on, no one tried to pair anything with my TV.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I actually had a similar situation. I found out I had a neighbor stealing my wifi a few years ago because of BT shenanigans.

    I gave the guest wifi pw to the previous neighbor, who must've written it down somewhere. The new neighbor was a douche who kept piggybacking off of it to watch stuff with his shitty little kid, so I'd occasionally get notifications on my network. When I confronted him about it, he got belligerent and threatened violence.

    So I paired to his device and blasted porn at full volume.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Well then, just hope that your neighbor doesn't turn around to pair into your device and blast porn at full volume on your TV, get you pissed off as to WTF you can't turn it off, end up throwing the whole thing into the Recycle Bin, and look into some kind of CRT TV that can't be f***ed with like you are also pissed off with the current company that produces the current flat screen stuff.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    It's all good, my dude. I run old school cabling for my devices so I never have to deal with these shenanigans. Plus it's been over a decade since this happened and I haven't seen that family since. They left me alone after the incident and were quite civil afterwards.

    Also, you okay? You seem quite upset about an anecdote on the Internet that has nothing whatsoever to do with you.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I feel stupid for never having looked into changing Bluetooth device names but it's clearly not easy or I'd be naming all the Bluetooth shit I own crazy stuff.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I've not yet met a device whose Bluetooth name i couldn't change. Just Google, "How do I change the Bluetooth name on "x device"?", and substitute, "x device", with the manufacturer, make, and model of the device whose Bluetooth name you want to change. I believe in you.

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