But a common frustration, albeit a small one, is that casting something requires your TV to already be turned on and switched to the correct HDMI input, which can be cumbersome with older models. If you watch TV with Chromecast, either with a dongle or with it baked into your TV, you’ll know that you can control the TV with your phone or tablet via the Google Home app. You can also buy a Chromecast-enabled TV, which allows you to cast content to your TV without having to buy a separate device that takes up an HDMI slot. If you have any followup questions, post them in the comments section.Google currently makes two Chromecast dongles that turn your regular TV into a smart one: the Chromecast ($35) and the Chromecast Ultra ($69), the latter of which supports 4K HDR displays. Refer to this article from Remove and Replace for recommendations on how to fix this issue. Change TV Zoom Settingsĭirectly related to the previous issue, zoom setting is how the TV set responds to content that is in the incorrect aspect ratio. Stop when you find the right aspect ratio for the Chromecast. Keep pressing the aspect ratio button to cycle through all the available options. If you are lucky, you might find this option to change the display mode on the TV remote itself. Look for “aspect ratio” or “overscan” here as well. If you have your TV’s manual handy, be sure to refer to that as well. If you are not able to find overscan settings on your TV, try Googling “overscan + your TV model”. If your TV has “Just Scan”, use that option. Look for “overscan” or something that sounds similar. “Overscan is a behavior in certain television sets, in which part of the input picture is shown outside of the visible bounds of the screen”ĭifferent TV makers might call this with different names. Change “Overscan” Settings Overscan – image via Wikipedia will display with black edges, on a 16:9 TV, when someone casts the desktop, or tab from a Chromebook. LetterboxingĪnother issue that you might be able to fix by switching to the correct aspect ratio is Letterboxing.Ī 3:2 Chromebook (Pixelbook, Pixel Slate, C302, etc. If that does not fix the issue for you, try one of the following workarounds that we found working for many users on Google’s official forum and Reddit. Before we start, the first thing you should try is restarting both your TV and Chromecast.
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