How to Download Skype on a Skype-Enabled TV
Since 2010, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony have made some television models enabled for Skype use. Using your TV and specially designed webcams, you can make Skype video calls from your living room without exporting the screen from a computer. Skype is actually already installed on these TVs, but you do have to set it up for your first use. You can actually use Skype from some Blu-ray players as well.
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Instructions
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Plug a Skype Communication Camera into a USB port on your TV.
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Press the button for accessing your TV's applications on your remote control. For example, on Skype-enabled Panasonic televisions, it is the Viera Cast button, but Samsung and Sony have different buttons on their remote controls.
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Use the arrows on the remote control to navigate to the Skype application and press the "OK" or "Enter" button. Click "Get Started."
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Click the appropriate button when asked whether you have a Skype account already set up. If you do not, click the "No" button and enter a Skype username, a password and the information you want to show in your Skype profile. If you already have a Skype account, enter your Skype username and password where prompted and click "Sign in."
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Use the video camera preview test options to adjust the camera so it points where you want it to. Click "Test call," talk toward the TV from your regular position in the room and adjust your TV's volume appropriately when you hear your recorded voice coming back from the speakers.
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