My TV HDMI ports suddenly stopped working. I bought this to use convert HDMI to AV but this only showed bad black &amp; white picture. Any ideas?
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Black and white picture may mean you're outputting in the wrong format. Make sure you've set the switch to PAL or NTSC (depending on the HDMI source)
1610511
Funny, same thing just happened to me. I was thinking maybe HDMI cable went bad and going to replace it 1st.
904026
have you tried using a higher quality HDMI cable? Also, sometimes those cables can have small breaks in them that are not visable from the outside. And it will cause the source signal to drop.. are you getting a black/blank screen?? Or an error message??
256241
Windows USB out to hdmi input of TV. Your question implies your tv hasn't enough hdmi inputs. Don't think this will work.
1720292
I had an overscan problem with this set as well with PC to HDMI and the soulution was using the VGA PC input. I know HDMI sounds like a better choice but in this case it is not. With the HDMI port I was only getting something like 1768 x 992 resolution and text was a TINY bit blurred. But with the VGA input I'm getting tne full 1920 x 1080 resolution with no overscan and the images it produces are clearer. Try for yourself!
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Don't think you can relie on this type of converter to consistently convert HDMI to other interfaces. My experience was that it worked for a while and then didn't. Generally, HDMI is designed to prevent digital signals from being converted to analog signals. Think that the interface is always being updated to prevent such. My educated guess is that any device that is receiving software updates will eventually get a mod that defeats this device.
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There are some out there and I had the same problem. I was told by a computer website that display port was a little higher than hdmi and it wouldn't work correctly so I just use display port to display port
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I got mine to work using the arc input. I tried all others and it would not work. Same hdmi cable just a different port on my tv/soundbar.
856798
My first tv came with empty ports. I called amazon and had them replace it. I had that relaxed in 48 hrs, since then I have had no issues and love it. Send it back and get a replacemnt
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My first bit of advice would be to isolate the source of the problem (is it the TV or converter?). Try hooking it up to another TV (or a friends, etc). Incidentally, I have mine hooked up to a Sony TV - works great (knock on wood)...Good luck...
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I purchased this unit and just didn't work on any of the 5 TV's I have throughout the house. I used various sources as the HDMI input as well. Immediately returned it. Not sure if the unit was defective or incompatible.
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Try to check if you are at the right corresponding HDMI input. If that doesn't work try to go to &gt; System preference &gt; displays &gt; click the HDMI output. Hope this work cause mine works fine.
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I am having this exact same issue. I know this is an older posting but I thought I would see if I can ressurect it. I find that if I go to hdmi control and turn the switching off and then back on again it comes to life. sometimes. sometimes it just starts working after a while like it has to warm up or something. did any of you guys figure out what was going on?
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I highly doubt this will solve the issue, since what it does is only to convert HD quality from the HDMI to RCA, this sounds more like the cable doesn't work or you need another type of HDMI cable with more capacity, I would recommend going to radio shack
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That is the reason I purchased it. It did not work. This converts hdmi to vga. Not vga to hdmi which is what we need. With what I have learned it only works one way.
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That happened To us and we had to use an hdmi cable and it fixed the issue. We we used a cord connect the cable box to the TV instead of the hdmi, we had that issue. Hope that helps!
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Jimmy, most modern HDTV's do not "like" the old 240P signal which those systems generate video on. My Sony Plasma just gets a black screen on some. By going through your receiver, that device is likely scaling to a different resolution (480i, 480p, 720p, etc.) which the tv then does like! I personally had to get a video upscaler instead of this device, and used that with SCART RGB to go to HDMI. I kept this device to use on my old CRT that accepts component input.