A:AnswerYou can disable everything however you will get the most out of it with it connected to the internet and the remote will control any device you connect to the tv
A:AnswerYou can display pics from a USB drive but not in Art Mode. When in Art Mode, you need to select what shadow box style and color you want. If the picture dimensions are 16:9 then you have additional options such at mat style and color. Art mode looks great but you only have 500MB of storage space. Most of my photos are 15 to 20 MB so I can only get about 27 photos on the frame (a very significant limitation in my opinion). Art mode also mutes the picture brightness and is great for background display but the minimum interval between pics is 10 minutes so you would not want to use this mode to do a captive audience slideshow where you would want full brightness and a much shorter interval.
