PeterV

We here have iPhones and iPads but cannot cast to the LG tv direct. The MiraCast LG is using is not supported by Apple. You have to use things like Apple TV or indeed a Chromecast.

Use a USB keyboard to type the text?

Maybe you can turn off automatic updating.

From internet:

 I had the same problem, My LG did not even recognize the .m2ts file. So I simply renamed the .m2ts to .mkv and to my surprise it woked! It should not have but it did and played the movie no problem ^^.

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Maybe you can buy a cheap Chromecast to get a HDMI signal (and maybe better YouTube), or, you can use a Raspberry Pi.

Try a cheap USB harddrive

In Device Connector I selected 'decoder'. After this I also changed the functions of the Magic Remote.

Now I select 'Input' I can see the live TV is still selectable, but al the options are grey.

Also in 'setup' I can not select channels any more.

Of course I don't remember exactly what I have done 2 years ago, or maybe they have changed the options in newer version of WebOS. The only thing I can think of is reseting the TV and while going to the options select you don't have an antenna.

First I had live tv using an antenna. Now I have a set-top box. In the connection manager menu (I think) I told the system I had a set-top box on HDMI-2 and now the TV always starts on HDMI-2.

I have a set-top box for my LG tv but most of the time I use the remove from the set-top.  It took me some time to get the Magic Remote from LG to work with the set-top box but I don't use it much. 

What I had to do is in the connection menu select a set-top box and than select the correct box. That was the hard part because I use a t-mobile set-top box but had to select the manufacture from the box instead of the telecom provider.

Hope it helps. 

Maybe the timezone is not correct. You can correct the time if you have the wrong timezone but maybe for a secure connection that is not enough.

I didn't know the reminder also works when you turn off the TV. Good to know, this is a useful feature.

After some time I also moved to Plex. I found that using the native Plex app for LG TV made the interface much prettier. I have never used a NAS with Plex or Serviio so I can not help there.

12 minutes ago, maninblack2000 said:

Its a Sky box mate, doesnt have a display on it.

Ah, that is not what I meant. Does the 'set-top box' symbol in the 'connected device' menu has a symbol on it that it is configured?

Don't think that using a USB hub will help.

That could be a translation problem. Mine is in Dutch so YMMV.

Does your set-top box have a symbol that it is connected to your TV (a small remote symbol)?

Do you have a magic remote? What happens if you press the direct-tv button (looks like a small tv)?

In my tv I think I used 'connect-device' and selected a decoder box. Do you have a decoder box in your connect-device part?

Problem is, I use it on a Mac and can not really help you here. 

Maybe you can find your answer here on the serviio.org website. Can not imagine that you can not acces a NAS with it.

Or here in a youtube tutorial

I have never done this on my home computer (mac) but on my work I mapped remote discs to a network drive. Then you easily access is.

I am on fiber (100 Mbit/s) but an update normally  takes 15 - 30 minutes. Do you use wifi? Try wired internet.

Google is your friend

I had live tv for some time but my provider had problems so I changed to a provider who used a settopbox.

First I had the same problem as you but I managed to solve it. I don't know for sure that I did reset the tv but I had to choose the settopbox from the connector menu. A bit like this old tutorial:

old tutorial

The problem was that after this part they ask for your provider and the type of settopbox and that last was a bit difficult to find.

But, when I got it all working, I can use my magic remote to change channels and when I push the live-tv button it wil bring me back to the settopbox input

Good luck,

Peter

I noticed the standard build in apps from LG are a bit primitive. You can better look for apps that play music or use DLNA servers from you computer that can display the content much better. Examples are Serviio or Plex but there are more.

I used to use Serviio, that worked OK but there is a native Plex app for the LG tv that looks better and works great.

When you setup your tv don't say you have live channels. If you don't do this, it will not display the live tv any more. 

You have to choose settopbox and then select the sky box. 

I couldn't get it to work. Bought a cheap 1T usb harddisc and this works without a problem.

I see you have a wired connection to internet. Maybe that's your problem. Disconnect the network cable and try it again.

Normally a wired connection is better but if you have problems with it, disconnect it.

Good luck.