Maybe you have downloaded a movie from Netflix onto your PC and now want to watch it on your large TV, or maybe you want to show your recent holiday photos to your family by projecting your Windows 10 laptop screen to the TV.
There are quite a few ways out there to connect your Windows 10 laptop to a TV. You can use cables to connect your laptop to TV but why use cables when you can wirelessly connect your Windows 10 laptop to TV.
All you need to make sure is that your laptop and TV both support the popular Miracast standard. For those who don’t know, Miracast is a wireless technology using which your PC can wirelessly project the PC’s screen to a TV or display that supports Miracast.
You can refer to our how to check if your Windows 10 laptop supports Miracast guide for directions. To check the same on TV, please refer to your TV’s manual or contact the manufacturer.
Complete the directions given below to wirelessly connect your Windows 10 laptop to TV.
Wirelessly connect Windows 10 laptop to TV
Step 1: Turn on your TV and make sure that its Wi-Fi is turned on. You can navigate to your TV’s settings to check if the Wi-Fi is turned on.
Step 2: On your Windows 10 laptop or tablet, navigate to Settings app > System > Display.
Step 3: In the Multiple displays section, click Connect to a wirelessly display link. Windows 10 will now start searching for all wireless devices available and list them in the newly opened Connect pane.
NOTE: If the Connect to a wireless display link is missing, it’s likely because your device doesn’t support Miracast or the required drivers are not installed.
Step 4: Once your TV’s entry appears in the list, click on it to wirelessly connect your Windows 10 laptop to your TV.
If Windows 10 could not find your display, click the Detect button in the Multiple displays section.
Change projection settings
By default, when you connect your laptop to TV or external display, Windows 10 uses the last used projection mode. That is, for instance, if you previously used the TV to extend your laptop’s screen, then Windows 10 automatically uses the TV as the extended display upon connecting to it.
If you want to use only the TV’s screen or change the default projection mode, you can do so by changing projection mode settings. Here is how to do that.
Step 1: Navigate to Settings > System > Display, and click Connect to wireless display link to see the Connect pane.
Step 2: Click on Change projection mode to select a projection type from Duplicate, Extend and Second screen only modes.
Alternatively, you can use the Windows logo + P to open the Project pane and select a mode.
To disconnect from TV
Step 1: Navigate to Settings app > System > Display.
Step 2: Click Connect to a Wireless display link to reveal the Connect pane. Click Disconnect to disconnect your laptop from the TV or display.
Alternatively, open the Connect pane by simultaneously pressing Windows logo and P keys, and then click Disconnect to disconnect your laptop from the TV.
DirectDeals says
Thanks for spreading a fruitful awareness about the Microsoft product in such a good way.
Isaac Livingston III says
Thank you. I added the living room smart tv as a new device on my laptop. I just didn’t know how to connect it back after they were disconnected after that. This helped.
JJ says
i have connected but i have a black screen
Margaret says
Why does it disconnect after 5-10 min if we are not switching slides? We are trying to do a presentation and it keeps disconnecting. Is there a time setting we can change it to so that doesn’t happen in the middle of our presentation ?
Sean says
any advice when my TV doesn’t appear in the list (step 4)? Both TV and laptop are on the same WiFi network, drivers up to date, firmware / firewall / etc all checked.
patrick vertongen says
what when the TV says “not connected” ?
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Good post. I learn something totally new and challenging on blogs I stumbleupon every day. It’s always useful to read through articles from other writers and practice something from their sites.
Dan says
I was able to mirror my PC to my TV but noticed that the resolution was low. I changed resolution and clicked on save changes but it instantly disconnected and now I can’t connect at all. My PC still “sees” the TV but when I try to connect the PC screen will flicker to the last thing I saw before changing my resolution settings and flicker back to my original PC screen. I need to find a way to reset that resolution setting to default. I tried reinstalling my drive adapters and resetting both devices to no avail. Any ideas?
peter rice says
is there something in settings that allows me to watch film from laptop to tv wirlessly and still use loptop as at the same time