How To Connect Nintendo Switch To A TV

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How to Connect Nintendo Switch to a TV Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch - OLED Model

Steps to hook up a Nintendo Switch console to a television set or monitor.

Before you start

You will need:

• Your Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch – OLED Model console
• A Nintendo Switch dock
• A Nintendo Switch AC Adapter (model no. HAC-002)
• An HDMI cable

Complete these steps

• Nintendo Switch – OLED Model
  1. Open the back cover of the Nintendo Switch dock.
  2. Connect the USB Type-C plug from the Nintendo Switch AC adapter (model No. HAC-002) into the top terminal of the dock labeled "AC ADAPTER", then connect the other end of the AC adapter to a wall outlet.
  3. Connect one end of the HDMI cable into the bottom terminal of the dock labeled "HDMI OUT", then connect the other end into an HDMI port on your television or monitor.
  4. Close the back cover of the Nintendo Switch dock.
  5. Remove the left and right Joy-Con controllers from the console.

     Important: If the Joy-Con controllers were not previously attached to the console, they must first be registered to the console in order to be used as wireless controllers.

     
  6. Position the console so that the console screen faces in the same direction as the front panel on the dock, then insert the console into the dock.
     • While the console is docked, the console screen will shut off.
     
  7. Turn the TV set on and select the correct HDMI input.
• Nintendo Switch
  1. Open the back cover of the Nintendo Switch Dock.
  2. Connect the USB Type-C plug from the Nintendo Switch AC adapter (model No. HAC-002) into the top terminal of the dock labeled "AC ADAPTER", then connect the other end of the AC adapter to a wall outlet.
  3. Connect one end of the HDMI cable into the bottom terminal of the dock labeled "HDMI OUT", then connect the other end into an HDMI port on your television or monitor.
  4. Close the back cover of the Nintendo Switch dock.
  5. Remove the left and right Joy-Con controllers from the console.

     Important: If the Joy-Con controllers were not previously attached to the console, they must first be registered to the console in order to be used as wireless controllers.

     
  6. Position the console so that the console screen faces in the same direction as the front panel on the dock, then insert the console into the dock.
     • While the console is docked, the console screen will shut off.
     
  7. Turn the TV set on and select the correct HDMI input.

Additional information

Nintendo Switch Lite does not support TV Mode.

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