My laptop has an HDMI port only. Can I use this HDMI cable to connect to a VGA monitor and a 5.1 surround sound that has a RCA converter (both at the same time)?
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At our school we found this product to be completely ineffectual in all possible configurations. We tried hdmi out -> VGA in = nothing. We reversed that. Nothing. The same results with the yellow video line. Check the small print from the seller and you'll find they warn it only works if the devices being connected have built in conversion. Otherwise, nothing. You may need a converter, not just a cable. Rad up on your laptop's hdmi output... Good luck!
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At our school we found this product to be completely ineffectual in all possible configurations. We tried hdmi out -&gt; VGA in = nothing. We reversed that. Nothing. The same results with the yellow video line. Check the small print from the seller and you'll find they warn it only works if the devices being connected have built in conversion. Otherwise, nothing. You may need a converter, not just a cable. Rad up on your laptop's hdmi output... Good luck!
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That cable does not work because RCA is analog and HDMI is high def. One needs a converter to get what you need done.
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Hi - Let's clarify something right away. Do not use VGA & HDMI cables from the same source at the same time. Just remember that what ever source you feed this monitor with an HDMI cable will be the one that sound is applied to the headset jack on the back. Anything else, you will have to hook up your speaker system straight to the source unit ( PC-Game unit - video feeds ) Hooking up directly to the source unit will generally give you the best sound anyway. If you have more than one feed to the monitor, it has a switch to select which one you will receive at any given moment. The HDMI feed will be the only one that sends sound to the monitor headphone jack, and you can plug a sound system into this jack or just headphones. - Good luck and enjoy! - Jim T.
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This adapter can only use from RCA input to HDMI output not other way, you must buy the other one, HDMI input to RCA output.
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It didn't work to connect my hdmi pc to my vga monitor. I had to buy HDMI Input to VGA Adapter Converter For PC Laptop NoteBook HD DVD. Also, it wouldn't work from my old vga pc to a hdmi tv.
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Not sure if ur laptop has HDMI connection, but If you are using DVI to HDMI connection from the laptop then you need another audio cable(stereo/RCA).
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Hi Lou,I agree with Jeremy's response. I would like to add that it all depends on what your laptop has as well. The great thing about HDMI is that a single cable will give you both the audio and video. VGA will work just fine too (it's what I use) but just remember a separate stereo cable will be needed from PC to TV for sound.
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That is the purpose of this cable, so as long as your HDMI is female and your VGA is male, there shouldn't be a problem. I shouldn't have bought this connector because I do not have an HDMI port (at the time, my Dell Inspiron Mini docking station was on its way, and I mistakenly thought it had an HDMI port). You probably already know you can't plug an HDMI adapter into a USB port!
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Yes definitely. I have two of these cables and use them to connect monitors to my laptop and to my wife's laptop. Her monitor also has an HDMI input but the monitor's performance with this cable is far better than with an HDMI to HDMI cable which severely limits the available resolution settings on the monitor.
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>can i use this to connect my pc to monitor?Works for me. HDMI output on my laptop to DVI connector on a monitor.
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Your VGA monitor will work but sound will need to be hooked up to another audio device to listen to. I use an RCA to 1/8" stereo adapter to run the audio to my line input on my PC and use the PC speakers. So you would use the white and red from your receiver for audio and the yellow RCA is your video to the converter.
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Yes, you can use a VGA cable or a RCA adapter plug (check the link below) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005B4O4GG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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No, I have to say this right now. Buy a converter that states RCA to VGA it will start at 30$ View HD was what I ended up buying, they make it to work for your case too. This dohiki does nothing for my need and won't help you. In very rare cases it lets a PC signal FROM VGA to be on an older TV. Not in my case, but for you it's guaranteed to be wrong, youre doing the reverse.
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This can be confusing, but I have tested this extensively. Yes, the HDMI audio will play out through the 3.5mm audio out port on the back to drive a pair of speakers or headphones. If you are on "HDMI 1" then the audio will play from that source. If you switch to "HDMI 2" then the audio will switch to that source. If you switch to D-SUB VGA then you need to have a 3.5mm cable running from your computer audio output/sound card to the 3.5mm input on the monitor. You can only get 1 source at a time and that source has to be the active screen on the monitor. In other words you cannot be looking at "HDMI 1" and getting audio from anything other than "HDMI 1." Also keep in mind that if you want to use the D-SUB audio setup then you "might" need to go into your audio settings in your operating system and make it the default or enable it. "HDMI 1" then
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you don't; vga doesn't carry audio. it's not like hdmi. does your monitor have built-in speakers? if so, then there will be a line-in (aka auxiliary, 3.5mm, 1/8", etc.) input which looks exactly like a headphone jack, except that sound goes into it instead of out of it. in that case, you'll need an rca to 3.5mm cable or adapter. if your monitor doesn't have speakers, then just route your rca cables to your sound system. i hope that helps.
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If your monitor has rca in then yes. If you mean to convert rca to vga, this does the exact opposite (but you probably meant vga to rca)
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my laptop has just a VGA port. I dont have HDMI on my laptop. What do i do in this case??