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HDCP Error?

Got My Arc today, I tried connecting the phone via the HDMI cable with a Sony Bravia LCD TV which is barely 2 months old. I got the following error.
HDCP error! This display does not support HDCP. Cannot show phone content on TV.
My display is HDCP compliant so what gives???

After several attempts of connecting the phone to the cable that was already connected to the back of my TV. I did the opposite. I connected the phone first then plugged it into the TV. It worked then!
I thought it's ridiculous that I have to move my TV to get to the HDMI port to use the device. Why should it matter which end of the cable is plugged in first???
Anyways, now it works either way

Strange I have a sony bravia I leave the cable plugged in then just attach my phone and it just syncs straight away no problems
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Missed the last bit of your post glad its working fine now : )
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rustynuts34 said:
Missed the last bit of your post glad its working fine now : )
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Thanks, I thought it was pretty strange as well. Must be some kind of bug...
Oh well

NO SOUND

when i turn on my Q, there is often no sound. i can stream youtube or music to it via my nexus 7 or my galay note (my galaxy s3 just wont do it for some reason) but no sound. sometimes if i unplug it and turn it back on it works fine. using the hdmi cord btw. anyone know what im doing wrong?

it just never works anymore

grasshoxda said:
it just never works anymore
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Have you tried another HDMI cord or using the built in speaker connections? Personally I have had two bad HDMI cables in the last month that experienced similar issues. You might even try the optical output as well if you can. These still have a warranty. Contact Google for help.

i bought it from some guy that attended google IO. where can i get another cable? hdmi or something else

Any micro-hdmi cable will do.
I'm having the same issue though.

just tried the q on a different tv, worked right away....... my main living room big tv has only worked like 5 out of a billion tries

grasshoxda said:
just tried the q on a different tv, worked right away....... my main living room big tv has only worked like 5 out of a billion tries
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Some people have this problem.... Bad notice :/

Making Streamer Out of Nexus 10 (Via HDMI Cable), Will it be Worth it?

Hello to all people,
I've been reading quite a lot lately about (android) tablets because I want to buy one at last.
I managed to shrink my options to 2: Nexus 10 and Asus Transformer Pad Infinity.
After hard digging about the Infinity in the forums I decided to drop it and go with Nexus 10.
One of the reasons I want a tablet is to make a streamer on the go from it...
I want to connect it to my TV with a HDMI cable to stream some movies.
But from tons of the reviews I read, I only noticed one review mentioning the quality and stability of the streaming. And It wasn't positive.
So I am asking you guys (and girls), what's your experiences on using the tablet this way?
Sorry for my poor English, its not my native language.
Thank you in advance for your answers,
Leon.

HDMI streaming works good. The picture quality is great; however, I do not get any audio through HDMI. This might be a cable issue. Not a big deal since you can output audio through the audio jack.
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Just tried it. Works great hooked up to my surround set. I get audio as well so everything works
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Thanks for the answer you 2.
Although there is many threads on some issue when streaming via HDMI, like no sound and black stripes on the sides and flickering I was reading....
makes me kinda worry...

Can you make full-screen the tv with no black spaces in the sides? i hate that
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Works great on the N10. Don't buy an Asus tablet though. Their software is laggy and buggy as hell, and they don't support their devices. I had a TF201 and it was absolutely nothing but headaches. Stay away from Asus. You've been warned.
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nyijedi said:
Works great on the N10. Don't buy an Asus tablet though. Their software is laggy and buggy as hell, and they don't support their devices. I had a TF201 and it was absolutely nothing but headaches. Stay away from Asus. You've been warned.
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Well that's why I said I am choosing Nexus 10 over the Asus one... You are not the only one who suffered, and I read most of the complains people wrote.
I have other question though.
Since I lack the experience on the issue:
How does optical audio cable can be used with an HDMI cable to stream audio from the first and video from the second?
Asking because I have a receiver connected to my 5.1 audio set.

Does work, but mine struggles with higher bitrate 1080p movies over wifi.
There are bars but these may be able to be removed if you get rid of the 3 quick buttons at the bottom, not sure if this is possible with custom software.
Not quite sure what you mean by this comment:
"How does optical audio cable can be used with an HDMI cable to stream audio from the first and video from the second?"

re: stay away from Asus
nyijedi said:
Works great on the N10. Don't buy an Asus tablet though. Their software is laggy and buggy as hell, and they don't support their devices. I had a TF201 and it was absolutely nothing but headaches. Stay away from Asus. You've been warned.
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Couldn't agree more. I tried out a TF700 from Amazon for a month, and during that period I had to exchange once from Amazon for a defect in the screen, then send the replacement in for warranty repair because of the same problem. Got it back from warranty 'repair' and it had the same problem in a different location of the screen. Returned them both to Amazon and bought a Nexus 10 from the Play store on launch day.
Couldn't be happier.
I was also amused that the rep claimed they had no prior reports of the screen/bezel problem, when the TF700 threads on here are filled with posts about it. And of course, if you've unlocked your bootloader (using the tool they provide) you have absolved them of any responsibility to repair manufacturing defects that passed through 'quality control' at their factory.

MPJ88 said:
Does work, but mine struggles with higher bitrate 1080p movies over wifi.
There are bars but these may be able to be removed if you get rid of the 3 quick buttons at the bottom, not sure if this is possible with custom software.
Not quite sure what you mean by this comment:
"How does optical audio cable can be used with an HDMI cable to stream audio from the first and video from the second?"
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What I meant to ask is this:
I know that Nexus 10 does not posses optical audio port (TOSLINK), so I was wondering what people that want to use this sort of audio output do? Withought forgetting that the HDMI cable is beeing used for the picture and not the sound...
bachamn said:
Couldn't agree more. I tried out a TF700 from Amazon for a month, and during that period I had to exchange once from Amazon for a defect in the screen, then send the replacement in for warranty repair because of the same problem. Got it back from warranty 'repair' and it had the same problem in a different location of the screen. Returned them both to Amazon and bought a Nexus 10 from the Play store on launch day.
Couldn't be happier.
I was also amused that the rep claimed they had no prior reports of the screen/bezel problem, when the TF700 threads on here are filled with posts about it. And of course, if you've unlocked your bootloader (using the tool they provide) you have absolved them of any responsibility to repair manufacturing defects that passed through 'quality control' at their factory.
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That's quite the horror story :cyclops:

TheBigL said:
Hello to all people,
I've been reading quite a lot lately about (android) tablets because I want to buy one at last.
I managed to shrink my options to 2: Nexus 10 and Asus Transformer Pad Infinity.
After hard digging about the Infinity in the forums I decided to drop it and go with Nexus 10.
One of the reasons I want a tablet is to make a streamer on the go from it...
I want to connect it to my TV with a HDMI cable to stream some movies.
But from tons of the reviews I read, I only noticed one review mentioning the quality and stability of the streaming. And It wasn't positive.
So I am asking you guys (and girls), what's your experiences on using the tablet this way?
Sorry for my poor English, its not my native language.
Thank you in advance for your answers,
Leon.
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Streaming works great here. I can tell you as a former infinity owner that the nexus 10 blows it out of the water...
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TheBigL said:
What I meant to ask is this:
I know that Nexus 10 does not posses optical audio port (TOSLINK), so I was wondering what people that want to use this sort of audio output do? Withought forgetting that the HDMI cable is beeing used for the picture and not the sound...
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so you want something like this?:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=1011002&p_id=5557&seq=1&format=2#description

MPJ88 said:
so you want something like this?:
-- "Link you gave me" -- (I cant repost it because I am a new posting user)
Yes, Thank you very much. :good:
I now know the direction I am heading to.
But I would like to keep it more cleaner and simpler.... Isn't it any other way to just split the HDMI cable into an HDMI and optical audio cable?
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Speaking of HDMI out, is it possible to disable the tablet screen while outputting to a TV? Kinda like how a laptop works?

zero383 said:
Speaking of HDMI out, is it possible to disable the tablet screen while outputting to a TV? Kinda like how a laptop works?
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Yes, I'd like to know that also. My previous tablet was a BB PlayBook and it had controls for when you were connected to HDMI that let you control the output resolution, whether audio was passed through etc.. Is there anything like this in Android?

zero383 said:
Speaking of HDMI out, is it possible to disable the tablet screen while outputting to a TV? Kinda like how a laptop works?
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tofo17 said:
Yes, I'd like to know that also. My previous tablet was a BB PlayBook and it had controls for when you were connected to HDMI that let you control the output resolution, whether audio was passed through etc.. Is there anything like this in Android?
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Try an app called Screen Standby. Works great for me on my Galaxy Nexus.
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TMFGO45 said:
Try an app called Screen Standby. Works great for me on my Galaxy Nexus.
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Thanks for that unfortunately it needs root and I don't want to go there (yet).
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TMFGO45 said:
Try an app called Screen Standby. Works great for me on my Galaxy Nexus.
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Tried it but doesn't work with my rooted Nexus 10. The screen flashes and stays on instead of turning off.

I connected the Nexus 10 to my TV:
- stereo audio is ok
- bad picture quality (its resizing)
- big black borders at the left and right side
- wrong frame rate on TV - movies look very bad
for me its a no go. Its absolutely not worth it.

I think it certainly must be possible as toslink is digital audio and hdmi outputs digital audio as well. I don't think any conversion would be needed so all you need is someone who makes the cables and takes the audio pinouts from the hdmi and routes them to a toslink cable as well. Unfortunately there isn't exactly a massive demand for such a cable so either find someone who makes the cables or maybe trawl the hi-fi websites to see if anywhere would sell them.
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HDMI output adapter

What type of cable would I need to output to TV? Any recommendations?
I know the Slimport will work, but that's way too expensive.
Thanks.

The IC in the micro-usb port only supports SlimPort.

This one is 30 bucks:
http://www.amazon.com/SlimPort-goog...=UTF8&qid=1375679268&sr=8-2&keywords=Slimport

I saw slimports on ebay going for under $30. With free shipping.

Failrunner said:
I saw slimports on ebay going for under $30. With free shipping.
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so 30 is the cheapest slimport HDMI cable we can buy for the nex7 FHD?

cobyman7035 said:
so 30 is the cheapest slimport HDMI cable we can buy for the nex7 FHD?
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No under $30. Like $25 or maybe even less i don't remember.

UWRF said:
This one is 30 bucks:
http://www.amazon.com/SlimPort-goog...=UTF8&qid=1375679268&sr=8-2&keywords=Slimport
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thanks for the link

I swear I've seen 18 from China on eBay. But that's the lowest.
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slimport not working for me
Unfortunately I am having issues. It worked with a very old hdtv. For my newer samsung and philips 1080p tvs, it would just show a black screen. On one of the tvs, it advises that the resolution is coming through but nothing appears on the screen. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this?

Will this work on the N7?

jblazea50 said:
Will this work on the N7?
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I'm pretty sure that's the trusted brand that people have been using.
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swagstr said:
I'm pretty sure that's the trusted brand that people have been using.
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Ordered that. Says it will ship 14 days after date of order placed. Wonder why such a delay.

I got this one and it works great:
TGOM SlimPort to hdmi for google Nexus 4 phones, micro usb to hdmi connecter, supports full hd
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AT0WFEA/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_us?ie=UTF8
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That sucks. It used to be an amazon prime item.
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Yes, it was yesterday (Sunday) when I ordered it. Somehow it was even on my doorstep tonight... Not sure how it got here this fast.
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Does anyone know if the Slimport output is rendered natively at 1920x1080 or is it a vertically compressed scale of the tablet's 1920x1200?
If only mirror mode is supported I gotta guess that it's a scale and not a native 1080p.
Or is there a "second display" option that allows the TV to display it's own independent Android workspace, sort of like "extended desktop" for Windows?

Obveron said:
Does anyone know if the Slimport output is rendered natively at 1920x1080 or is it a vertically compressed scale of the tablet's 1920x1200?
If only mirror mode is supported I gotta guess that it's a scale and not a native 1080p.
Or is there a "second display" option that allows the TV to display it's own independent Android workspace, sort of like "extended desktop" for Windows?
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Hi the new Nexus 7 isn't in the UK at the moment, but I'm curious to know about the quality of movie play back via the slim port.
Are action movies OK? No issues with stuttering or lip sync?
Thx

Slimport does not work Pansonic but does with Samsing TV
Hi
I have a new 2013 Nexus 7 tablet which I can connect to HDMI port on TV via a Slimport adaptor which the Nexus 7 supports. Display works fine when I connect to Samsung LCD 40eh5300 tv but not when I connect to my 55ST60. The display looks fine except that it blinks every 1o seconds or so -picture disappears then comes back on again. Appreciate if anybody has an idea why this may be happening and how I may fix it. Thanks Kurbie

xxgppxx said:
Unfortunately I am having issues. It worked with a very old hdtv. For my newer samsung and philips 1080p tvs, it would just show a black screen. On one of the tvs, it advises that the resolution is coming through but nothing appears on the screen. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this?
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Same with mine, it only works on my HDTV, won't work with any of my other two monitors...

Screen mirroring with Chromecast.

Seems that they finally got screen casting to completely work in the recent CM updates. Including a photo I took of my TV casting my screen. Sadly this is only able to just show that the camera is on making the TV endlessly repeat but it shows that it is working. I was able to play games and watch videos and the sound even went to the TV as well. If I hook up my wireless mouse with my otg cable and connect my Bluetooth keyboard I'll be set with the biggest screen I've ever seen android on.
Nexus 7 2013 LTE Running CM Snapshot M8
Chromecast

Bought a Chromecast today ... Mostly because of the latest update

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Bought a Chromecast today ... Mostly because of the latest update
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Its only going to get better too. There's already so many more apps that work with it than there were a few months ago when I bought it. Screen mirroring was something people only talked about and wished could happen back then. You needed to have a miracast to screen mirror but even then it doesn't work like it doesn't on the Chromecast, im only noticing a latency of a fraction of a second. Enough to make playing games through your TV a little tricky but still doable.

very suprised dualshock 4 controllers work natively with otg cable... very nice combined with mirroring
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This has worked wonders for me in my new car.
Now, I no longer need the MHL adapter and huge bulky HDMI cable to hook up to my stock in dash car radio screen.
Just the HDMI to RCA converter and the Chromecast. Works great!!!!!!! and takes up less space.

nolook said:
very suprised dualshock 4 controllers work natively with otg cable... very nice combined with mirroring
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If I recall right, DS4 compatibility was within the Linux kernel, and was improved somewhat recently. But in any case, it is pretty nice that it works

I've been screen mirroring for a couple months now with a rooted Chromecast.

dmc2359 said:
I've been screen mirroring for a couple months now with a rooted Chromecast.
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That's great - if you have a Chromecast that can be rooted