Hack the LGLV5500 into a PVR

I’ve had this TV for a while. Turns out that accessing the services menu isn’t to terribly hard if you have a programmable remote. (In my case a Logitech Harmony). The TV supports DVR functionality if you add a USB Hard drive and turn it on in the service menu.

Warning: you can brick your TV and make it unusable. Be careful!!

• Step one is to setup your remote. Details:
  http://openlgtv.org.ru/wiki/index.php/Access_service_menus_with_universal_remote
• This post talks about the options:
  http://www.avsforum.com/t/1322953/2011-lg-xxlv5500-smarttv-impressions/210

Update:
There’s a python script you can use to access your TV from your PC:
https://github.com/ubaransel/lgcommander

There’s also a little more information here on the menus:
http://openlgtv.org.ru/wiki/index.php/Hidden_service_modes_/_menus

That’s pretty much it. Once the usb drive is recognized the pause button on your remote should start working.