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How to disable wifi or wireless on Vizio E70u-D3
I need to be able to disable the wifi on my Vizio E70u-D3. Whether that is through a menu setting or by physically breaking the wireless piece on the inside. I just want it to be a monitor. I don't want it broadcasting its wifi signal.
ANSWERS:
If you unscrew all the screws on the back, take off the plastic back covering, you will find one 2.5 Ghz wifi, one 5 Ghz wifi and one Bluetooth antenna (two gray and one black) wires going to the wifi/BT chip towards the very right side (when looking a the TV from behind). You can easily remove the antennas from the chip with your fingernails which greatly reduces the wifi/BT capability (doesn't completely stop it, but renders it pretty worthless).
Under the Network settings, select WPS to start the automatic wifi link, but don't press the WPS button on your wifi router. The TV looks for the WPS signal/info, and when it doesn't eventually find it (usually about 90 seconds), it times out, and your already established wifi connection to the TV is broken.
Reset tv to factory defaults.
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