Tips

Quick reference:

Hold Home button to see All Apps

Hold Back button to bring up Settings, including a shortcut to Sleep Now

Double-click Home button to bring up Recent Apps

Hold Select on content listings to add to Play Next

Hold Select on apps to move or remove them.

While browsing through channels, navigate all the way to the left to move or remove them.

The entries below contain links to a few video clips that are great for beginners to help them understand how to get the most out of their devices.

This Nvidia article announced the collaboration with Google Assistant

This Click here to see a great video by the TechDoctorUK that shows you how to customise the Home screen, on any Android streaming device, with alternative launchers that you may want to try. It includes the Chromecast with Google TV App being toggled on/off by the Launcher Manager Ultimate with download instructions - note the access code he uses in the video is 53402.

This HowToGeek shows you how to customise the Android TV Home screen so that it looks and works the way you want.

This HowToGeek shows you how to customise the Google TV Home screen so that it looks and works the way you want.

Also applies to the Chromecast with Google TV device.

Click here for an article from May 2021 by gizmodo.com.au featuring "10 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Nvidia Shield TV"

This video clip fom 2018 shows five great tips in detail - the following notes were made while watching the video and are here to help with understanding the different actions to be taken.

1. Uninstalling unwanted Apps

Here are two easy methods :-

(a) Using menu options …

Settings > Apps > and scroll down to the App you want to remove - then when it is highlighted click on it to see the options available.

Click on the "Uninstall" entry then confirm the "OK" to delete it.

(b) Using handset ...

• • • • • go to the Home screen and move the cursor [using the directional sections around the edge of the big round button] to locate any App you want to delete

        • long press on centre of the big round button to ‘select’ the App [at this point an icon of a ‘waste bin’ will appear near the bottom of screen]

        • move the selected App down and over the ‘waste bin’ icon

        • press on the big round button again to ‘delete’ the App and click "OK" to confirm,

2. Adjust screen display area

If the screen looks stretched at the edges you can correct it by …

Go to Settings > Display & Sound > Advanced and click on the Adjust for overscan option.

You can now use the 'Up' and 'Down' directional sections to adjust the position of the green triangles that appear near to the edges of the screen until they look right

3. Screen saver & Sleep Mode option

Go to Settings > Screen saver where you will find six options ...

Clicking on any of the options will display a sub-list of further options to choose from - all entries are clearly labelled and self explanatory - best just try a few to see what your own preferences are.

One of these sub-list options is really handy as it can be set to make your device sleep after a period of time you specify {see also Easy Sleep Mode / Wake Up below}

4. Bluetooth devices

Go to Settings > Add accessory

From here you can manage all kinds of Bluetooth enabled devices by searching for those nearby and pairing them in the usual way

5. Easy Sleep Mode / Wake Up

To enter Sleep Mode simply click and hold the button with the triangle on it - this will bring up a menu with options to either Sleep now or Restart - ensure the first entry is highlighted then press the main big round button to enter Sleep Mode immediately

To Wake Up the device again simply click any button on the handset

If you liked the above video click here to view another that explores some more handy features that you may not have seen which include ...

• • • • Rearranging your Home screen App icons [around 2 mins into video]

      • Accessing a list of recently used Apps [around 5 mins] - Quick Tip : Just double-click the Home button.

      • Taking screen-shots, and viewing them, plus some other functions [around 7 mins]

      • Removing the on-screen keyboard during text entry if you are using a remote keypad [around 12 mins]

If you find that you are running out of space on your device you have a few options for adding some more storage.

This video clip shows you how to go about it but pay attention to what the guy says about using USB 3 drives as the older USB 2 standard can cause your device to run slowly.

Also click here to read an article by Plex that goes into use of internal / external storage.

Rapid App Installer by Troypoint

Click here to see the Setup Tutorial that allows you to install the best streaming apps and tools in a matter of minutes. Looks, and operates, like a customised Filelinked.

Shortcut: If you are familiar with using the Downloader App on your Nvidia Shield then enter the address troypoint.com/tpapp to obtain a copy.

Sideloading Files

Click here for a video clip that shows how to use Puffin Browser and Downloader to install Apps on your Nvidia Shield.

Click here for a video clip that shows how to install Filelinked with Analiti

Click here for another video clip and also check Brave Browser & File Commander

Click here to learn how to sideload apps onto an Android TV

Transferring Files

Click here to see a sendfilestotv video that explains how to transfer files to your Nvidia Shield from a variety of platforms.

Click here for a video that explains how to link your Nvidia Shield to a Windows PC for file transfer etc.

This HowToGeek article describes how the integration of voice commands via Google Assistant works