USB ports.

[Yorkypete]

Can anyone (especially Moley) explain the reasoning behind disabling the usb ports on P&O televisions in the cabins. We like to take a couple of films or a tv series on a flash drive to watch if the weather is bad but the TV usb ports are disabled. I cannot see any reason for this.

[BillieJeanKaraokeKing]

I'd imagine the priority is that they want/need the cruise line functionality on the TVs to be readily available for all customers, and wouldn't want to have crew potentially faffing about because customers have been in changing settings/inputs etc. 

[Trevor Fountain]

It is done for "Operational reasons".

[yorkshirephil]

8 hours ago, Yorkypete said:

Can anyone (especially Moley) explain the reasoning behind disabling the usb ports on P&O televisions in the cabins. We like to take a couple of films or a tv series on a flash drive to watch if the weather is bad but the TV usb ports are disabled. I cannot see any reason for this.

Are you sure the ports are disabled and it is not just the remote that cannot access an input source. Sometimes in hotels I can access the input source for usb/hdmi and sometimes not depending whether the remote has the required buttons. I sometimes think I should get one of those universal remotes and try that as we like to watch films if the weather is not good on long cruises. In some cases the tv screens are so small we just use the laptop anyway.

[zap99]

18 minutes ago, Trevor Fountain said:

It is done for "Operational reasons".

Perhaps the ' operational reason ' is they don't want the punters fiddling about with the electronics. If someone came into my house and asked where they could stick their USB.............?.......Not to mention hair curlers/straighteners..🤣

Edited September 14, 2022 by zap99

[Technoman2]

Perhaps you need to join by Tender if unable to dock in the port🙂

[Yorkypete]

2 hours ago, zap99 said:

Perhaps the ' operational reason ' is they don't want the punters fiddling about with the electronics. If someone came into my house and asked where they could stick their USB.............?.......Not to mention hair curlers/straighteners..🤣

I don't believe that putting a flash drive into the tv is classed as 'fiddling around with their electronics!

[david63]

One of the issues is that the TVs on some (all?) ships are connected to the ship's computer network and by allowing a flash drive to be connected opens up the possibility for the network to be hacked.

[zap99]

3 minutes ago, Yorkypete said:

I don't believe that putting a flash drive into the tv is classed as 'fiddling around with their electronics!

I think that folk sticking their gadgets into somebodies telly could be classed that way. Do they really all know what they are doing.....the tellies gone all funny. You shouldn't plug your toothbrush in it Doris.🤣

[Yorkypete]

56 minutes ago, zap99 said:

I think that folk sticking their gadgets into somebodies telly could be classed that way. Do they really all know what they are doing.....the tellies gone all funny. You shouldn't plug your toothbrush in it Doris.🤣

Thanks for your info...it has been very helpful to a serious question!

[CCFC]

If you plug a laptop into the TV its quite possible with the correct skills you could get onto the ships internal network, you dont want that!

[zap99]

34 minutes ago, CCFC said:

If you plug a laptop into the TV its quite possible with the correct skills you could get onto the ships internal network, you dont want that!

Some folk do silly things by accident as well. Best to leave things alone .

[terrierjohn]

1 hour ago, Yorkypete said:

Thanks for your info...it has been very helpful to a serious question!

I thought it clearly explained why most cruise lines do not want passengers playing with the room TV.

[Trevor Fountain]

They could take the tv out for me. I usually cruise only once a year (in normal times), and the last thing I want on holiday is a tv.

[emam]

The usb could have a virus. You aren't allowed to plug them in on the pc's in the library for that reason.

[zap99]

11 minutes ago, emam said:

The usb could have a virus. You aren't allowed to plug them in on the pc's in the library for that reason.

There we go. Lots of serious answers why not.

[tring]

Can I ask if there are any other USB ports in the cabins, perhaps  on the electric sockets, which can be used to charge phones?

[emam]

19 minutes ago, tring said:

Can I ask if there are any other USB ports in the cabins, perhaps  on the electric sockets, which can be used to charge phones?

 

Only on Iona and I presume Arvia as far as I know.

[bbtablet]

Just off Ventura and we used a UK 3 pin adapter with a USB port in the back of it to charge our phones.