Magic Remote is an LG development for their Smart TVs remote control. For the first time, Magic Remote was equipped with “Smart” TVs LG in 2012.
An original finding of LG engineers was the addition of the scroll wheel in the remote Magic Remote, the use of the Magic Remote scroll wheel, which helped get rid of a huge number of buttons and significantly reduce the size of the device.
However, the use of the LG Magic remote has its shortcomings, and here are some of them.
What are the problems that users of the remote control LG Magic can experience
Remote control cursor is undoubtedly a very useful feature, which greatly helped the use of LG TVs. Often, even the most useful features have disadvantages.
For example, many LG Magic users probably had a problem with the sensitivity of their remote. There are situations where you can touch the remote, which will activate the cursor and will interfere with your viewing.
One solution to this problem is to disable the pointer on the LG Magic Remote and here is how to do it
How to disable the cursor on the LG Magic Remote in a few simple steps
The pointer is an important part of the functionality of your TV and by disabling the pointer you will lose the basic functionality of Magic Remote. However, if you want to disable the cursor temporarily, here’s how:
- In the center of your remote control, find the circle with the wheel in the center
- On all four sides of the circle, there are arrows
- You need to click on any of them, no matter {up}, {down}, {right}, {left}
- After you click on the arrow the pointer on the screen of your TV will disapier
Now you can control the TV by moving the active selection box through the items and the item available for activation will be highlighted by a small red frame.
How to turn the pointer back on the LG Magic Remote
If after watching a movie you need to use the pointer again, it won’t be hard to get it back. To do this you need:
- In the center of your remote control, find the {wheel} which reminds you of a computer mouse wheel
- Spin this wheel back and forth
- On some remotes you can shake it to bring the pointer back
After you have done all these steps you can use the pointer on your LG TV again.
Why does the pointer appear at the smallest touch of the remote control
You have probably often noticed that the pointer on your TV can activate even after a small touch on your remote control. This is very annoying for those who can accidentally touch the remote control many times while watching a movie, thereby activating the cursor.
The reason for this problem is that the remote control is equipped with a gyroscope that reacts to the movement of the remote control.
This problem can be solved by reducing the speed of your remote control pointer. Because if you reduce the speed to a minimum, the remote control will become less sensitive to small touches. To decrease the sensitivity you need to:
- On the remote control, you need to press the {Settings} button, it looks like a gear wheel
- Then go to {All settings}
- You will see a menu and at the bottom you should find and click on {Accessibility}
- Next you need to click on {Pointer options}
- In the {Pointer options} you can change the {Pointer size} and the {Tracking speed}
By default, the tracking speed is set to a medium value, you can set it less or more, depending on your preferences.
