Learn Different Easy Solutions To Connect/Screen/Mirror Your TECNO Phone Or Tablet To TV!
Wondering how to connect your TECNO phone or tablet to your TV? Because you want to watch movies, videos, photos, on the big screen. But don’t have any idea about connecting your TECNO device to your TV. Keep Calm! This guide will summarize some effective solutions on how to connect TECNO phone or tablet to TV?
Part 1 – Wireless Connection Options
- Solution 1: Connect Your TECNO Phone/Tablet To TV Via Miracast
- Solution 2: Connect TECNO Phone/Tablet Using Chromecast
So, without wasting time let us move to the solutions to know how to screencast TECNO tablet or phone to your smart TV.
You can connect your TECNO tablet or phone to your TV in 2 ways. They are wired and wireless connection options.
Part 1 – Wireless Connection Options
Before you learn the solutions to connect your TECNO phone to your TV wirelessly, you need to first enable wireless display on your TECNO phone.
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How To Enable Wireless Display On TECNO Phone
You need to follow the below steps to enable wireless display on TECNO phone.
Step 1: First, unlock your TECNO phone and then open Settings app.
Step 2: After that, tap on Connected devices and then on Cast.
Step 3: Now, hit on 3 dots or Menu.
Step 4: Next, find Enable wireless display option and tap on it to enable it. Doing this will enable your TECNO device to be searched by nearby devices and wireless displays.
Now, follow the different solutions to connect TECNO phone or tablet to TV wirelessly.
Solution 1: Connect Your TECNO Phone/Tablet To TV Via Miracast
You can connect your TECNO phone or tablet to TV wirelessly using Miracast. This wireless procedure builds a network between your set-up box and your device that helps in videos transmission from your TECNO device to your TV.
But for that, you need to check that your setup box supports Miracast (most modern TVs running on Android 4.2 or later).
If your TV doesn’t have an in-built Miracast then you can opt for a supporting dongle. It can be plugged into your TV’s HDMI port or a power source.
To turn it on, go to Settings > Display > Wireless display.
Here, you have the option to turn it on. After that, find the device that you wish to connect.
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Solution 2: Connect TECNO Phone/Tablet Using Chromecast
Google’s Chromecast allows you to screencast your TECNO tablet to your TV easily. Using this, you can view the content which you like. The Chromecast dongles are easily available in the market.
Chromecast supports the content for most video services such as YouTube, Netflix, BT Sport, iPlayer, etc.
In Google’s Chromecast on one of the HDMI ports and then connect your TECNO tablet and TV via Settings.
Part 2 – Wired Options
Solution 3: Connect TECNO Phone Or Tablet To TV Through MHL
MHL (Mobile High Definition Link) provides a micro-USB port to transmit the signals between your TECNO phone or tablet to your TV. It allows both power and video or audio. And due to this, an added power source is needed to set-up.
Now, most TECNO phones and tablets support MHL standards and your modern TVs.
To view whether your TV supports MHL or not, you need to check its HDMI port. If you find an MHL logo over there, then it means your TV support MHL.
Now, you only need to use an HDMI to MicroUSB cable to connect it to your tablet. You don’t need any extra cable or MHL converter.
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Solution 4: Connect TECNO Phone Or Tablet To TV Using SlimPort
Just like how MHL works, SlimPort also works the same. The only difference is in the connecting process. To use SlimPort, you will need a signal convertor or a SlimPort adaptor, along with the micro-USB port in your TECNO tablet or phone. Like MHL it also provides audio and videos.
The additional component is a little bit costlier than MHL, but with SlimPort you don’t need an external power supply as we need in MHL.
This means that the set-up is easy. You just need to keep the TECNO phone or tablet screen on and connect the TV via a USB port.
Solution 5: Connect Your TECNO Phone Or Tablet To TV Via HDMI
If your TV is old and doesn’t support SlimPort or MHL then you can use HDMI to screen mirror your Tecno phone or tablet to your TV. HDMI is available in almost all TVs and also in-game consoles and cameras. It supports both HD videos and audio together. You can enjoy movies and other shows in full HD on the big screen.
HDMI plugs are mainly available in 3 main sizes.
- Type A or Regular Size that you can view on TV, game consoles and laptops.
- Type C or mini HDMI is mainly in phones and tablets.
- Type D or Micro HDMI is the smallest size of HDMI.
While connecting your TECNO phone or tablet to your TV via HDMI then the thing that you need is a USB-C to HDMI Adapter and cable.
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Solution 6: Connect Your TECNO Phone/Tablet To TV With USB But Without HDMI
If your TV that you want to connect with your phone doesn’t have HDMI and you are thinking about how you will connect them. Don’t Worry! You can do this with the help of dedicated adapters to switch formats and possibly chain them together.
1 – USB to VGA Adapter
To connect your TECNO phone to a VGA TV or display, then you will need just a USB to VGA adapter.
2 – Phone TO RCA AV
For RCA connections (red, white, and yellow), you need an HDMI to RCA adapter along with the USB to HDMI converter. And you need to make the connection in this way – phone > USB Port to HDMI adapter > HDMI to RCA adapter > RCA to TV.
3 – TECNO Phone To SCART
To connect your TECNO phone to a SCART TV you need an HDMI to SCART adapter along with a USB to HDMI adapter. For this, you need to make the connection in this way – phone > USB to HDMI adapter > HDMI to SCART adapter > SCART to TV.
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Related Frequently Asked Questions [FAQs]
Answer – You can easily connect your TECNO phone to your PC. Below follow the steps to set up your PC to connect to your TECNO phone screen. Step 1: On your laptop, open the Settings. Step 2: Then click on system. Step 3: After that, click on Projecting to PC. Step 4: Choose Available Everywhere option. Now, the projection of your PC is available everywhere. After this, you need to set up your TECNO phone.
Answer – You can connect your phone to your Panasonic TV with USB by following Solution 3, Solution 4, and Solution 5. You can use any of the solutions among these three.
Answer – Modern Android devices don’t support USB Mass Storage, therefore your TV will not view your Android device as a true external drive. This seems that your TV features a USB input capable of displaying files from a connected storage device. Connect your cable to your Android phone and then connect it to your TV. Now, change the input of your TV to USB. On your Android, you need to change your USB settings to Transfer files or Transfer photos (PTP) by dragging down your notification when your device is connected to the TV. After that, tap the USB is charging this device notification to change it to Transfer files or Transfer photos (PTP). Note: Remember that this doesn’t work with all TVs. Sometimes the USB ports are purely for firmware updates.
Answer – If your TV doesn’t have a USB port then you can add one. Many TVs have various HDMI ports that you can use to connect your phone using an HDMI to USB adapter, and then plug in the HDMI end to a free port. After this, set your TV to that port and keep going. There are a few downsides to this method:
Wrap Up
So, this guide has taught your how to connect your TECNO phone or tablet to TV. We hope the above-discussed solutions helped you to display your phone screen on your TV. And now you can enjoy movies or other stuff on your big TV screen.
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Max Field is a founder of Recover Android Data. He is an Android lover and loves to write tips, tricks, fixes for errors, data recovery solutions and more related to Android. He has 9+ years of experience in this field.
