A:AnswerI just discovered that if you use Optical output the volume if not variable. However, if you use RCA output the volume is indeed variable. Yes, you can turn TV speakers off with the TV's remote.
A:AnswerI use it as a monitor for my Windows PC and I gotta be honest this is one of the worst purchases I have ever made! The TV randomly restarts on its own. Vizio support is trash. I only had this TV for 2 months!
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A:AnswerThere is no way to reprogram the standard Vizio remote.
The only thing I can think of is to go to SmartCast and go all the way to the end of the app list all the way on the bottom of the TV and the very last thing you will see in the applications is something like "reorder applications" and you can move the application you want to be the very first one you see when you launch SmartCast (on the bottom)