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LG TV - Connecting my LG TV to a Set Top Box

  • Troubleshooting

At a Glance

Do you want to connect a set-top box to your LG TV?

A set-top box is an external device that allows users to enjoy various content, such as broadcasting, movies, shopping, and games, through the Internet on TV by subscribing to the IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) service.
To use the service with a set-top box, connect your TV to a set-top box with an HDMI cable and enable the set-top box as an active external input source in the TV.

Try this

Connect a set-top box to your TV with an HDMI cable.

➔ Locate the HDMI ports on the back of the TV and the set-top box and connect them with an HDMI cable.

Image connecting TV to set-top box with HDMI cable

Set the input mode to HDMI

➔ Press the [External Input] button on the TV remote and select the HDMI port to which your set-top box is connected.

Image that changes the TV's input selection to set-top box with the remote control
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If you specified the name of the HDMI port to which the set-top box is connected when setting the input mode for the first time, the port name is displayed as [Set-top Box].

This guide was created for all models, so the images or content may be different from your product.

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