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So, I have been trying to get the TV out option to work properly on my Vibrant using a standard 3.5 mm to RCA composite cable. I have tried 4 different cables on 2 different tvs and also via a Sony A/V receiver. I reset the phone and tried again, and I have also exchanged the phone for a new one, and prior to installing any additional software, I re-attempted to get the video to display properly on the tv.
In each case, the result was the same: audio would play, but the noise was much louder than the desired audio -- too much noise and audio distortion to even comfortably listen to music from the phone. The video never displayed clearly -- it was always garbled, with just enough detail in places to make you believe that video was somewhat being sent.
The cables used were not Samsung specific cables, just standard 3.5 mm to RCA composite cables including a brand new set purchased at Radio Shack. Does the feature require a Samsung specific cable? (None of the comments I have seen suggest that this is the case, though they did not talk about the cable being used at all.)
My tvs are rather old -- both over 7 years old: one is a 55 in Toshiba 720p HD projection screen, though I did not use it with the HD inputs, of course. Just used one of the standard analog video input connections. The other is a Panasonic 27 in digital comb based set.
Has anyone had any difficulty using the tv out functionality?
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Did you change the setting from pal to ntsc? Or try to flip the red and yellow cords?
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Are you using a 3.5 mm plug with 4 contacts and 3 RCA plugs? The ones with 3 contacts 2 RCA plugs won't work.
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All cables used had the 3 RCA out connectors. I generally matched up the colors, but I do recall at least once swapping the cable ports of the connectors into the tv.
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I thought you were supposed to use a usb to hdmi connector to have video out. Samsung lists such a wire on their website.
http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/...detail&subsubtype=data-cables-kits&returnurl=
Yes, the tv out setting was ntsc, though I toggled it several times just to make sure it did not make a difference.
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for most ppl you have to switch the red and yellow connector.
so it would be like this:
Red = Video
Yellow = Right Audio channel
White = Left Audio channel
so make sure u plug the red connector into the yellow port on the TV!
Both methods are supported. The 3.5 mm jack is the most commonly used at this time due to the micro usb to hdmi cable not being readily available yet.
As for switching the connector ports, it did not make any difference for me. Yellow into red, and red into yellow resulted in the same results or lack of results.
It's almost like the tracking is off. One thing I just noticed its that when plug in the cable, the tv menu is also now skewed when opened but then displays correctly when I remove the RCA connectors.
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The cord I bought from radio shack didn't work but the one off of amazon needed the red and yellow switched...
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I picked mine up from the local Radio Shack and it works great the quality was as good as it gets for non-hd. (not listed on their website, but they have it in the stores) Part#1603686 With this cable the red is the video and yellow and white are sound. Amazon also sells the exact same cable for cheaper. In the store it is $29.99 on amazon it is $9.95. Beware what cable you buy because from trial and error I found out that some cables will not work no matter what way you switch the colors (they look exactly the same but the wiring to the jack is different). There is a ground on some cables that bridges the audio and video pins on the phone and just causes a buzzing no matter how you plug them in.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...F8&me=&seller=
So, it is encouraging to know that there have been cables that were proven to be the issue, and not the phone.
With regards the cable purchased at Radio Shack that worked, can you confirm the product number? I ask because the one I bought seems like it might be the same: 16-3686, but the number you listed was 1603686. Actually, as I look at the receipt, it comes up as the same product number you listed.
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So, it is encouraging to know that there have been cables that were proven to be the issue, and not the phone.
With regards the cable purchased at Radio Shack that worked, can you confirm the product number? I ask because the one I bought seems like it might be the same: 16-3686, but the number you listed was 1603686. Actually, as I look at the receipt, it comes up as the same product number you listed.
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Might be a dumb question but did you plug it all the way into the phone? I have a silicone case on my phone and if I dont take it off the plug wond go all the way down into the phone.
If it is plugged all the way in and won't work, then take it to radio shack and exchange it for another one, then if it still doesn't work you probably have a bad output and need to exchange your phone for another one. But I can verify that this is the cable I have and use every day and it works very well.
Did your first phone have the same issue?
Thanks, the3dman13.
I do have a sleeve on my phone, but I had long removed it thinking it might be a factor.
Nonetheless, my issue is resolved. As you had confirmed the cable to be compatible, I tried it out on a 3rd tv, and reversing the cables as you suggested worked.
In summary, some cables don't work regardless of how you plug then in, and some (older?) tvs apparently can't handle the signals.
Thanks all for your assistance!
Now if one of my original cables will work, I can save some money (although one had failed already even on the compatible tv.) If not, I will try the one you mention on Amazon.
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Yes, I returned the first phone because of this issue. I am being there was nothing wrong with the first phone after all.
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For your older tv's you could use something like this.
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103095
or
http://www.buy.com/prod/axis-av5150...d/q/listingid/45146590/loc/111/204942999.html
i have a cable just like this that came with my archos jukebox 20gb mp3 player that i paid 300$ for almost 10 years ago, i wonder if it works. the player didnt do video, but the cable it came with had red white and yellow as well as 3 stripes on the headphone jack.
my phone should arrive tomorrow ^_^
Not sure what the benefit of the rf modulators would add unless they by chance can handle the single better than the built in RCA connections on the tv. Perhaps. It's an interesting idea.
As for the archos cables, these are among the cables I tried without success.
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Is there any way to turn off the screen whilst using the tv out function? It seems a waste to leave it on, and given how much I watch tv, would significantly limit the phones screen life.
Also curious if its possible to display different things on both the phone and tv? For example using the tv as the display and phone as a controller for gaming.
First of all, where did you get the tv out cable? Is it suppose to come with the phone? Because I didnt get one :-(
you have to buy them separatly (less than 5 dollar) and you need a special adapter aswell (not out yet)
All you need is a Nokia TV out cable, I bought one from e-bay for less than £2, 3$.
The cable plugs into the earphone socket at the phone end, and into the component IP on the TV.
Works well on mine.
Nice question i think...i guess it would be much nicer if our SGS could do separation both display on TV and on screen itself...
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check the accessories section, there is a hot topic there about this cable
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:
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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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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...
Sorry if I have missed a thread similar to this but most I find are regarding the port.
I have hooked up my Xoom to my TV but there is an issue with the screen cutting off part of the tablet window. When I plug the cable in a black bar appears above the notification and menu section at the bottom on the tablet window and when it appears on the TV it looks like what is seen here - http://twitpic.com/4sre10
The notification area is cut off and the top right and left corners don't sit correctly either.
Is there a way to solve this as the aspect options on my TV refuse to change in order to make things fit or is this just an issue with the micro-hdmi to the TV?
Thanks
I can't tell from the picture, but its either OverScan or Aspect Ratio. But nothing that can be adjusted on the Xoom.
I had to adjust the picture size on my tv....
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Has anyone had any trouble with the micro-hdmi not fitting well in the xoom? I have to hold mine a little twisted or it loses the connection. Trying to figure out if it is the cord or a xoom problem.
I have the exact issue. I'm hoping is the cable, I bought one from amazon, it is not the official Motorola one. I have given the cable to a friend of mine and he said he had the same problem. However, he has the Atrix, which also has a micro hdmi out, and he tried it with the same cable and works fine.....So, either the cable is bad (most likely) or the motorola port hardware design is not the best. I have order the official Motorola HDMI cable so i'll let you know how that goes. But I would like to know if anyone here had issues with the HDMI, and which cable you have.
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Has anyone had any trouble with the micro-hdmi not fitting well in the xoom? I have to hold mine a little twisted or it loses the connection. Trying to figure out if it is the cord or a xoom problem.
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mine fits nicely, its a dynex
It's probably the aspect ratio. I had to adjust my tv for this. But last time I tried my xoom wouldn't resize to my tv.
This is normal behaviour. The extra black pixels appear to show you what is being put out to the screen. The Xoom will only put out an exact, 1:1 mapped 1280x720 (720p) image, which excludes the menu bar and the extra black pixels (because the screen resolution is 1280x800). The rest of the cut off is due to your TV over scanning. Look for a 1:1/no overscan/"PC Mode" on your TV. If there isn't one, you're out of luck.
I had same issue, figured it was the tv ratio
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Has anyone had any trouble with the micro-hdmi not fitting well in the xoom? I have to hold mine a little twisted or it loses the connection. Trying to figure out if it is the cord or a xoom problem.
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I had the same issue, added a small price of electritions tape to the top of the connector and it fits nice and snug now
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I had the same issue, added a small price of electritions tape to the top of the connector and it fits nice and snug now
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Did you put tape on the metal part of the connector on the cord, or wrap it around the plastic/rubber part of the cord?
I've got the overpriced Rocketfish (Best Buy) cable. It fits just fine.
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Display Problems
My TV and Xoom displays occasionally (like every 5-10 min) blank out for a few seconds. The only app I have used with HDMI for an extended period of time has been Clock. One time I even saw the display fill with monochrome static, also for only a couple of seconds. This doesn't seem to happen with other apps, like DoubleTwist or Fruit Ninja, but I have not tested them for long periods of time.
I have a 32" LG (probably European, came from Kuwait) that I guess my Xoom just doesn't like very much. I had wondered about the screen not being displayed properly, but haven't tried anything to fix it as I am only using it for the Clock app right now.
I just got my HDMI cable, so I have only been able to test this with Tiamat 1.4.1. I got my cable for $10 when I bought my case from KeviKev.com [sp].
HDMI out is too loose
dnh37 said:
Has anyone had any trouble with the micro-hdmi not fitting well in the xoom? I have to hold mine a little twisted or it loses the connection. Trying to figure out if it is the cord or a xoom problem.
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Xoom problem. I had the same issue with the Acer A500 and had to return the unit. Once I got a replacement device the issue went away. I do not have this problem with my Xoom HDMI out. HDMI should fit snug and not have to be wiggled in order to get the output to work.
Its your TV mate, its a setting u need to change
I've tried two different hdmi cables on my xoom. One was 20 from target, the other was 2 from amazon. Both worked perfectly for a few days. I bought the amazon one after the target one stooped working. Both times after a few uses the hdmi cable feels loose when I plug it into the xoom and the xoom doesn't respond. Fresh out of the box both cables felt tight and the xoom responded right away. Should I return the xoom for a new one or just bad cable luck? Any others have this issue?
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