DIRECT-MF-VIZIOTV Network Name

Hello Friends,

I have been a long time helper in the Tom's community and now I am hoping that someone can help me. My family recently had a null system setup in our house which works perfectly. Unfortunately it appears that the system broadcast a network signal through my house to talk to a SafeGuard device to send the required information to null.

The problem is that this network name, DIRECT-MF-VIZIOTV, is using the exact same channel as my WiFi setup. The weird thing is that whenever I change the channel of my WiFi network the channel also changes for the null null network. I went around my house and turned off the few Vizio TV's that we have laying around the house just to be sure that the network was not a Vizio TV broadcasting the signal. I even went as far as completely turning off all of my routers and the network still remained.

I went out to the garage and turned off the null system and the network disappeared breifly and then re-appeared. I did this multiple times and the effects were always the same.

Does anyone know what or how to prevent that signal from matching my WiFi setups channel? It has been causing interference from time to time.

Thank you,
JKHoward

EDIT: Removed the company I thought was originally causing the problem.
 
Apparently it was my sisters TV. The issue stopped occuring for an unknown reason.. but here is a link I found on another forum. I really hope that the issue doesn't occur again. I guess on some models Vizio uses a WiFi signal to connect to the remote control. I have no clue why it would use my networks channel each time it established a connection but who knows..

I will not be purchasing a Vizio TV ever again..

http://www.avsforum.com/forum/166-lcd-flat-panel-displays/1527495-vizio-e650i-a2-broadcasting-its-own-wifi-ssid.html
 
The latest roku does exactly the same thing. It creates is own SSID and uses the same channel you use unless you don't use wireless to watch programs then it uses the top 5g channel. It does this because you can listen to the audio by plugging a headset into the remote. On a roku there is no way to turn it off.
 
Thank you for the input Bill. It is such a pain in the rear that these devices are beginning to do this.. IR should be enough!

EDIT: The issue did start to occur again once the TV has been on for an extended period of time. I believe it has to establish a connection to the remote control at some point.. very silly concept for a remote control. Has anyone figured out how to disable this feature?