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Hooked up my Acer to my HDTV with a HTC cable I had (HTC HDMI Cable - D-type to A-type connector) . Really nice quality and it mirrors the Acer (meaning whatever is shown on the Acer is shown on the TV). This is nice after my experience with my HTC EVO 4g phone... only certain apps on the phone would output to the TV. A little of the display was cut off as my HDTV has limited overscan, but it was great for watching websites with flash video or watching downloaded movies.
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Hooked up my Acer to my HDTV with a HTC cable I had (HTC HDMI Cable - D-type to A-type connector) . Really nice quality and it mirrors the Acer (meaning whatever is shown on the Acer is shown on the TV). This is nice after my experience with my HTC EVO 4g phone... only certain apps on the phone would output to the TV. A little of the display was cut off as my HDTV has limited overscan, but it was great for watching websites with flash video or watching downloaded movies.
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I love it, and it works exceptionally well. I have been playing NFS Shift on my 90 inch screen and looks every bit as good as on the tablet screen. I was a little concerned with what the quality was going to be like, but my worries were put to rest. I had my droid x hdmi cable that work with the tab perfectly. It's a good thing cuz I never used it for my droid x as it does not mirror the display like this tab does. I give kudos to Acer for building an outstanding product.
FYI
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10253&cs_id=1025301&p_id=7446&seq=1&format=2
$7.07 each for 15 feet
Haha NFS is so good on my TV also. I play it more than my consoles atm.
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Cable Sensitivity
My HDMI out is very sensitive to the position of the cable. For instance, if I lay the Acer on a flat surface the HDMI out works great. Once I lift the tablet and cause any downward strain to the HDMI connection I lose the signal. If I hold the cable in place while holding the tablet I get the signal again.
Is this a defect specific of my tablet or is this an issue with the connection using mini HDMI? If a few of you are playing NFS I'm assuming I may have a loose HDMI out connector.
Faulty HDMI out
Well I took the Acer back to BB after further inspecting the connection. The HDMI out of the A500 was so loose that the slightest movement caused the output connection to be lost. Best Buy was extremely accommodating including offering to custom cut an anti-glare screen protector that I had applied myself in order to match the product I was exchanging.
We tested the device's HDMI output and all is well. Wel except me having to start over and re-configure a new tablet
Good to hear. My cable should be arriving today but I think I now made a mistake buying a 6' cable. It was only $4.50 so ill see how it works ands will probably get a 15' for playing games.
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A500 not connecting to TV through HDMI
Hey all,
Seeing as you are discussing cables and HDMI here, figured this may be the best spot for my question.
I recently bought an A500 tab 32GB and have been trying to connect it to my Panasonic 127cm Plasma TV through HDMI.
Ordered a HDMI to HDMI mini cable (type A to C) and tried to connect the tablet to the TV, but no luck.
The Tab screen shows HDMI connected but the TV screen remains black and there is no mirroring at all.
Any advise? Could it be the cable, tab or TV?
Unfortunately don’t have other devices with HDMI that I could test
Thanks for the help
Use HDMIwin
saeba said:
Hooked up my Acer to my HDTV with a HTC cable I had (HTC HDMI Cable - D-type to A-type connector) . Really nice quality and it mirrors the Acer (meaning whatever is shown on the Acer is shown on the TV). This is nice after my experience with my HTC EVO 4g phone... only certain apps on the phone would output to the TV. A little of the display was cut off as my HDTV has limited overscan, but it was great for watching websites with flash video or watching downloaded movies.
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If you are rooted; use HDMwIn on ur evo and the entire phone screen is replicated on the TV....
Henryv76 said:
Hey all,
Seeing as you are discussing cables and HDMI here, figured this may be the best spot for my question.
I recently bought an A500 tab 32GB and have been trying to connect it to my Panasonic 127cm Plasma TV through HDMI.
Ordered a HDMI to HDMI mini cable (type A to C) and tried to connect the tablet to the TV, but no luck.
The Tab screen shows HDMI connected but the TV screen remains black and there is no mirroring at all.
Any advise? Could it be the cable, tab or TV?
Unfortunately don’t have other devices with HDMI that I could test
Thanks for the help
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Take it into the local electronics store and test it on a TV there. Act like you're interested in the TV and you wanted to test it out with your tablet.
rorytmeadows said:
FYI
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10253&cs_id=1025301&p_id=7446&seq=1&format=2
$7.07 each for 15 feet
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I just bought the 10" version of that cable last friday. got here monday. there is some overscan on my tv so i'm going to have to try and adjust the settings on the tv or something.
jeebugorn said:
I just bought the 10" version of that cable last friday. got here monday. there is some overscan on my tv so i'm going to have to try and adjust the settings on the tv or something.
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I should be getting my 15 foot cable from Monoprice this week and will report back too.
Honeycomb needs an overscan adjuster. Even the DROID X2 has one.
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So, got my cable, but I get no audio to the TV. I only tried YouTube... And a video recorded with my G2. Still no audio. This was the cable I got: http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10253&cs_id=1025301&p_id=7446&seq=1&format=2
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So, got my cable, but I get no audio to the TV. I only tried YouTube... And a video recorded with my G2. Still no audio. This was the cable I got: http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10253&cs_id=1025301&p_id=7446&seq=1&format=2
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Uhm yeah, I knew you guys were going to travel down the pathway of the cable quality for some reason. My 15 foot HDMI cable from Monoprice works great, as does everything else I've ever ordered from there.
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Uhm yeah, I knew you guys were going to travel down the pathway of the cable quality for some reason. My 15 foot HDMI cable from Monoprice works great, as does everything else I've ever ordered from there.
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You've completely missed my point. I have ordered plenty from here. I am asking is there something I missed? Or should I simply return it for exchange? Video was fine but no audio... gonna try my other TV.
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You've completely missed my point. I have ordered plenty from here. I am asking is there something I missed? Or should I simply return it for exchange? Video was fine but no audio... gonna try my other TV.
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Unmute
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I'm sensing a little sarcasm, or at least I hope you have more faith in me than that.
Edit: Now thats weird, audio worked fine on my other TV.
The TV not working has HDMI coming from my Denon receiverinto HDMI 1, but I use my receiver and surround sound for the audio... Just thought of something though, because the TV volume doesn't work for cable TV unless the receiver is off...
I got this cable from Amazon.com, 15 feet, and it has worked fine on two different tv's.
Eh, starting to wonder if the speakers on my TV are bad. I've used my receiver speakers exclusively for a long time and never use the TV speakers. When the receiver is off, the audio is suppose to bypass the receiver and route the the TV speakers... I get nothing now. And no audio on a completely separate HDMI input on the same TV. The fact I got audio on my second TV is enough fto convince me the cable is fine. Time to talk to Best Buy about my main TV...
Well after a wait I decided to get a Transformer. A couple days ago....NCIX got them in stock so I ordered one up. Here are my opinions on it.
First thing I did is tried to update it....which was a pain in the arse to put it mildly. It would not detect any update and it was on the .9 firmware. After getting it updated ( no thanks to Asus' incomplete instructions on how to do so ) I begin to fully look around and see what I spent my hard earned cash on. I checked for light bleed and yes there is some along the bottom but it is hardly there so that is a moot point. The speakers are even but are not loud at all which is a disappointment. You need to turn the volume to maximum to watch anything basically. Some apps love to start up in portrait mode which is annoying but that is a HC problem. After I installed the 3.1 update there was no difference at all expect for all around video playback from Youtube and file playback.
Build quality is fine....except when I got mine the back was partly falling off. A quick squeeze around the bezel fixed that and I heard it snap back into place. Now there is no flex or anything at all and no spaces between the bezel and the screen.
Honeycomb is no big deal at all IMHO. Do not know why ppl go crazy over it.
Overall.....I would give it a 6/10.
Will leave it at home and continue using my Rogers Galaxy Tab for out of home.
Forgot to add....no HDMI cable [email protected][email protected][email protected] Dammit Asus!!! LOL!!!!
Digiguest said:
Honeycomb is no big deal at all IMHO. Do not know why ppl go crazy over it.
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I don't think it's a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but it is the best OS for an Android tablet (for any tablet, IMO), and will only get better, so that's why Android tablet owners are so into it
Also, the only device I've ever purchased that actually came with an HDMI cable was my Boxee Box.
NCIX have nGear mini-hdmi to hdmi cable on sale atm for 4.99. Seriously, no product has been known to include hdmi cables ezcept some tv topnox and for 399 I wouldn't be complaining about some hdmi cable
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NCIX have nGear mini-hdmi to hdmi cable on sale atm for 4.99. Seriously, no product has been known to include hdmi cables ezcept some tv topnox and for 399 I wouldn't be complaining about some hdmi cable
Sent from my Transformer TF101
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hmm....my SE Xperia Arc comes with mini hdmi cable. I was surprised to see a hdmi cable sitting in my phone box.
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hmm....my SE Xperia Arc comes with mini hdmi cable. I was surprised to see a hdmi cable sitting in my phone box.
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lol maybe SE realize tht they need to do everything little thing for the customer for them to look good again...
i miss good old w800 and k750 days where SE and Nokia were big lol
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NCIX have nGear mini-hdmi to hdmi cable on sale atm for 4.99. Seriously, no product has been known to include hdmi cables ezcept some tv topnox and for 399 I wouldn't be complaining about some hdmi cable
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Meh not a huge deal. It is ust if you spend almost $500 on a device it would have been nice. LOL!!!!!
just for info:
i just checked the HDMI to VGA converter with my Iconia and it works perfect.
Manufacturer: Ligawo
Part no: HMVM01501
Where did you buy it? The only result when Googling "ligawo HMVM01501" is this thread lol.
Searched Google and first entry was:
http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/348456488-HDMI-TO-VGA-CABLE-1-5M-wholesalers.html
What exact terms did you search? Also, what do you do about your audio with that cable?
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What exact terms did you search? Also, what do you do about your audio with that cable?
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The only thing you can do with audio in that situation to hear it externally is to plug speakers into your headphone port
Sorry, I meant what are you doing, as I am aware of what would need to be done I am using straight HDMI to my TV anyways and it doesn't apply, but figured I'd ask to get answers to help out others who hit up the thread.
since this tab takes HDMI micro or HDMI "D" are you guys using the Acer dock?
Looks like they'd have to be. I got a 15 foot micro HDMI to full HDMI cable for dirt cheap at monoprice.com
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Searched Google and first entry was:
http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/348456488-HDMI-TO-VGA-CABLE-1-5M-wholesalers.html
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I cant see that this will work without a digital/analog converter in line with the cable...
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Looks like they'd have to be. I got a 15 foot micro HDMI to full HDMI cable for dirt cheap at monoprice.com
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Gotta love monoprice .
this one from ligawo has an separate converter hdmi to vga + audio
as soos as i will be back from my holidays i will make some photos of it and send you exact link where i bought it
it should be actually this one
http://www.amazon.de/HDMI-VGA-Konve...BIOG/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1320003742&sr=8-7
looking at some of the pics from the various brief reviews around the web, it seems this device has four pogo pins vs the SGN's three.
so what do we reckon they are for?
i would personally love to see a landscape dock with HDMI & USB host, just like the Advent Vega/ Viewpad 10S had. such a nice feature for a mobile office, also great for playing games on the big screen! :laugh:
place your bets here the closest guess wins a Nexus 7
(no not really, but wouldnt that be cool?)
there are POGO pins for the dock
aaronpoweruser said:
there are POGO pins for the dock
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I wonder if they'll just produce desk docks or if there will be an official car dock.
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I wonder if they'll just produce desk docks or if there will be an official car dock.
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I'm hoping for a official car dock .
_dan said:
I'm hoping for a official car dock .
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Same here. Epic sat nav... especially with the offline maps coming.
Betting keyboard like the lapdock
by me, for me and I love you
My money is on a desk dock similar to that released for the GNex, first, followed perhaps by a vehicle dock. I'm not seeing much chance for a keyboard dock; the 7" form factor is too narrow, I feel, and it doesn't mesh well with Google's apparent intention for this to be an almost exclusive consumption device.
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Betting keyboard like the lapdock
by me, for me and I love you
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Thats what im thinking, especially with the Asus partnership (considering their history with keyboard docks)
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being four pins... is it too much to ask for MHL? I can live with a BT keyboard but MHL is somewhat of a deal breaker for me.... especially as the $300 tennis ball isn't avaliable in the UK (and likely wont be for some time!)
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being four pins... is it too much to ask for MHL? I can live with a BT keyboard but MHL is somewhat of a deal breaker for me.... especially as the $300 tennis ball isn't avaliable in the UK (and likely wont be for some time!)
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MHL needs 3 pins (Differential pair + control) + power + ground So it can't be MHL.
I'd say it's more likely to be something simple like stereo audio+power+ground
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MHL needs 3 pins (Differential pair + control) + power + ground So it can't be MHL.
I'd say it's more likely to be something simple like stereo audio+power+ground
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Uhhhh... if mhl needs 3 pins and this has 4, how is that a problem again...?? Can they just NOT use one pin for mhl... and use the extra pin for some other accessory...??
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DrunkFuX666 said:
Uhhhh... if mhl needs 3 pins and this has 4, how is that a problem again...?? Can they just NOT use one pin for mhl... and use the extra pin for some other accessory...??
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MHL need 3 pins for _signal_ you would also need power and ground, for a minimum of 5 pins
Probably the same as the Nexus and just a lame $90 desk dock that only has a head phone jack.
My best hope is you will get an audio dock (with speakers) that should be great for watching movies. 4 pins is not enough for much else - and Asus has talked about an audio dock.
Audio dock is on the way for sure. Possibly no keyboard, though.
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Audio dock is on the way. Possibly no keyboard, though.
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You are correct.
"Those hoping for a docking keyboard, as found on the company's Transformer range of tablets, should expect to be disappointed however. Asus has told Pocket-lint there were no plans for one telling and that the device needs to be 10-inches or more for it to work effectively."
Sigh...
I'm not seeing much chance for a keyboard dock; the 7" form factor is too narrow
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*cough*
hopefully its for an awesome, dual analog, 4 face button, 4 shoulder button, slim game controller dock that comes with an easy to us GUI touch map software and full tegra support. PS Vita watch out!
but in reality its for the stereo speaker dock, that will probably cost halve the amount the actual tab costs and sound like a deaf person singing...
speednub said:
You are correct.
"Those hoping for a docking keyboard, as found on the company's Transformer range of tablets, should expect to be disappointed however. Asus has told Pocket-lint there were no plans for one telling and that the device needs to be 10-inches or more for it to work effectively."
Sigh...
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That would be pretty sick though. I'm gonna continue hoping. BTW, I'm still hoping for a proper pogo nav dock for my SGN. ha
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I'm hoping for a official car dock .
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FYI, the Samsung Smart Dock from the Note 2 still works on the Note 4.
I just tested it out and everything's good to go It's a cool gadget if you can find a use for it lol.
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Smart-Multimedia-Active/dp/B009QW3TBK
I assumed it would, and bought one on ebay for $25. Glad I did.
Thanks for posting this.
Staples was clearing these out for less than 10 bucks recently. Might be worth scoping out their clearance shelves.
miss chris said:
Staples was clearing these out for less than 10 bucks recently. Might be worth scoping out their clearance shelves.
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I got the regular dock which just had speaker out for $4. But the smart dock I had to go on ebay to get.
$14.88 and free shipping...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151420017193?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Do I need a mhl or can I hook the hdmi on the dock directly to the hdmi on my pc monitor
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Do I need a mhl or can I hook the hdmi on the dock directly to the hdmi on my pc monitor
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HDMI directly to the TV/Monitor.
Because the phone stays in portrait when docked by default, I suggest downloading an app that can manually rotate the screen like this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.fameit.rotate&hl=en
billinaz said:
$14.88 and free shipping...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151420017193?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
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I don't believe that's the smart dock. No hdmi or multiple USB connections
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I don't believe that's the smart dock. No hdmi or multiple USB connections
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Correct.. this is the smart dock..
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galax...1414899808&sr=8-1&keywords=samsung+smart+dock
Does the screen scale to 1080p or output 1440p