Hello,
My husband has an Acer 500 that's about 2 years old and I have an Acer A110 that's about 10 months old. I hooked up an HDMI cable from the A110 to the tv the other night, and it didn't work. I've only used the HDMI port twice before, but I have noticed that the battery port is awfully wiggly and frequently when the charger is plugged it, it's often a poor fit and not really connected/charging. Anyway, I did find that if I wiggled the HDMI cable, a snowy picture is very briefly delivered to the tv.
Then today, I discovered that the HDMI port doesn't work now on the 500. This we've used quite a bit. I switched cables, switched to different HDMI ports, and tried on 3 different tvs. Nada. Then I hooked up a computer via HDMI to the tv and it works just fine. So it doesn't appear to be the cable or tv, yes?
I can only conclude that the HDMI ports are a weak aspect of the Acer tablets, but obviously I don't know for sure. The one is still under warranty, I think, so I'll be returning it for repair. But I'm wondering if anyone else has had similar problems or if anyone has alternative ideas as to what might be going on? We haven't had any power outages or anything, and the tablets aren't left plugged into the tv unless we're watching it.
Thx.
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Hi guys,
I have seen a similar thread about the wifi problems when the hdmi cable is connected, still.. i guess this issue needs more attention?
The problem is, when connecting the HDMI cable, the wifi connection instantly freezes, no connection or maybe only connection for 10 seconds and off it goes.
I bought a HDMI cable with ethernet function, i believe thats HDMI 1.4
Are there more people out there with this problem, and if not, what cable do you use? 1.3 without ethernet?
I don't have a 1.3 cable laying around to test it out, i tried to block pin 14 and/or pin 19 without results, it's too small to block them.
Some people report the screen being mirrored, but without wifi issues.. i don't have the mirror issue, but i do have the wifi issue
Is there a solution for this, or does the transformer go nuts on the new 1.4 ethernet hdmi cables?
Never seen such a problem, but i do know when plugged in, the connection gets blocked instantly, so i guess it has something to do with the cable in my opinion, but i can't test it with a different cable.
I'm running the latest update btw.
D3StRoY said:
Hi guys,
I have seen a similar thread about the wifi problems when the hdmi cable is connected, still.. i guess this issue needs more attention?
The problem is, when connecting the HDMI cable, the wifi connection instantly freezes, no connection or maybe only connection for 10 seconds and off it goes.
I bought a HDMI cable with ethernet function, i believe thats HDMI 1.4
Are there more people out there with this problem, and if not, what cable do you use? 1.3 without ethernet?
I don't have a 1.3 cable laying around to test it out, i tried to block pin 14 and/or pin 19 without results, it's too small to block them.
Some people report the screen being mirrored, but without wifi issues.. i don't have the mirror issue, but i do have the wifi issue
Is there a solution for this, or does the transformer go nuts on the new 1.4 ethernet hdmi cables?
Never seen such a problem, but i do know when plugged in, the connection gets blocked instantly, so i guess it has something to do with the cable in my opinion, but i can't test it with a different cable.
I'm running the latest update btw.
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if ive read correctly on other threads the mirroring isnt an issue .... if the output is a resolution that the TF can handle it will mirror - if the TF cant handle the resolution it will simply output through HDMI.
Just got word from asus, they said the tablet does not support hdmi 1.4 cables and up, also the one with ethernet function.
This might be the cause.
I still have to find out if a HDMI 1.3 cable solves the problem.
To be continued...
I'm posting this while using my monitor and an HDMI cable that boasts ehternet.... Amazon basics cable btw.
Also, I think I've read about this sort of issue with... Philips? Panasonic? one of those two brands of tv, can't really remember. I've seen it work both on my LG monitor and Sharp tv.
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I now ordered a new cable, a standard one without ethernet.
Also a hdmi to hdmi mini adapter to test it out with a standard hdmi to hdmi cable.
Im using it with my LG tv.
This is a known "issue" stemming from the cable.
General rule, the cheapest HDMI cable out there is the one you want. More expensive ones add "features" that you may not be able to use, or that might conflict with the device. The ethernet built into the cable is the cause of the problem.
dorino1 said:
This is a known "issue" stemming from the cable.
General rule, the cheapest HDMI cable out there is the one you want. More expensive ones add "features" that you may not be able to use, or that might conflict with the device. The ethernet built into the cable is the cause of the problem.
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Might be known, but I still spent half afternoon on the web using my monitor with the TF and a cable with ethernet.
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AlexTheStampede said:
Might be known, but I still spent half afternoon on the web using my monitor with the TF and a cable with ethernet.
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Exactly,
I have seen more people using a cable with ethernet function, so i want to make sure trying a non-ethernet cable solves my problem.
But still, if this solves my problem, its recommended for most of the transformer owners to just buy a standard cable without taking the risk its not gonna work.
Hope to test it out today
Ok guys, problem solved.
If you want to be sure everything works, use a 1.3 (1) HDMI cable, it solved my problem.
So it may be that not all 1.4 + Ethernet cables give the issue as I stated above, but if you want to be sure, a cheap cable without the Ethernet function works 100%.
So ASUS was right about that point in my case.
I hope that this information comes in handy if you want to use the HDMI port in the future.
Cheers!
I have an A500 with the Acer stock rom on it (3.2), and I'm having problems getting the HDMI out to work. Is there a special setting somewhere that sends the screen output to HDMI? Or should it automatically appear?
I got a micro HDMI to HDMI adapter off of eBay, so I don't know if that's the cause of the problem. I know the HDMI on the TV works because my XBox works fine on it.
I would appreciate anyone's insight into this problem.
mightyorbots said:
I have an A500 with the Acer stock rom on it (3.2), and I'm having problems getting the HDMI out to work. Is there a special setting somewhere that sends the screen output to HDMI? Or should it automatically appear?
I got a micro HDMI to HDMI adapter off of eBay, so I don't know if that's the cause of the problem. I know the HDMI on the TV works because my XBox works fine on it.
I would appreciate anyone's insight into this problem.
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Have you tried turning off your tab, plugging in the HDMI cable to both your tab, and TV, then booting up tab?
It should just work as soon as it's plugged in. You'll see a notification that an HDMI display was detected or somesuch. My A500 had a loose HDMI port so it would flake out with the slightest touch. Cables are cheap, so it may be worthwhile to get another cable from a place like monoprice.com and see if that makes a difference. If not, it's either the device or TV. Maybe a friend has an Android phone with micro-HDMI you can test with?
I found plugging into tv first then connecting to tab worked best, before that I only had a blank tv screen... Seems the A500/501 needs the tv connected first, at least mine does...
mine to just works..
WELL it does on my SAMSUNG SMART TV..
ON MY LAME BUT Huge screen SANYO.. (DONT LAUGH IT WAS ON SALE) tv in the living room i have to sometimes plug the cable into the tv.. set the tv to hdmi 4.. IT WILL ONLY WORK ON PORT 4 .. then when i have black screen saying no input found or something like that i plug in the tablet.and all is well..
ALSO PAY GOOD MONEY FOR THE CABLE.. THE CHEAP TINY Connector is not equal on all cables my iconia only works on the gold plated high end cable
i use the same one as i do for my cell phone...
ACER WAS LAME BY PUTTING SUCH A SMALL PORT. there is room in that spot of this tablet for atleast a mini port if not full size I hate micro ports...
I bought a micro to standard HDMI cable (by PNY) last night at Staples and it works fine. I got 10ft for $29.00, compared to the Monster micro 4ft for $39. It worked fine at the hotel I was at on the flat panel in my room. No complaints from me.
I'm surprised at the diameter of the cable, as it is very thin. But, it works! Hellooooo Netflix!
I'm about to try it at home on my old Sony XBR...
Cheers!
I bet he's using a Westinghouse TV if I'm right for some reason the Westinghouse brand doesn't like any android hdmi out this goes for my a500 and my evo. Mine doesn't work and I have had it working with my Sanyo as everyone mentioned just by plugging it in
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I bet he's using a Westinghouse TV if I'm right for some reason the Westinghouse brand doesn't like any android hdmi out this goes for my a500 and my evo. Mine doesn't work and I have had it working with my Sanyo as everyone mentioned just by plugging it in
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I also had a problem of not getting my Westinghouse TV, that is only a few years old, to recognize the HDMI input from my A500. Tried everything and it didn't work, but the A500 works on my other three tvs.
I plugged my A500 into an older Sony 52", using the side-mounted HDMI input, and it 'just worked'. Mind you it freaked out momentarily when I flipped the tablet around and the screen auto-rotate kicked in, but once I oriented the tablet in it's normal "upright" (volume buttons on top) position, everything looked great.
On this same topic, I noticed that standard/full-sized HDMI to HDMI Micro cables are hard to find in the retail chain, so I bought mine (dirt cheap prices/shipping and excellent quality) from monoprice dot com.
Really? Huh. Rotation is disabled for me when i plug it into my 25" hanspree
And it 'just works' for me too
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I got a hdmi adapter to plug into my n10, bought it from DX.com
It just came, and I can't get it to show up on my TV.
I know the cable and tv work cuz I use it for my ps3. So I plug in the adapter and cable, but there's no signal on my tv.
A few times it went from the blue screen to a black screen and said 1280*720, but I never got any picture at all.
Is this a bad adapter most likely? I'm on a nightly Cm10.1 from a week or two ago.
I was going to contact DX to say it was broken but wanted to make sure. I have no other way to test it as nothing else takes micro hdmi.
Edit: I can't even find the order on my account =/ well it was only like $2. Oh well.
Swiped from my Nexus 10 using xda-developers app
how about an experiment?
I've a couple of questions, mvmacd, and an idea you could give a try.
I'm assuming a) by an adapter you mean a unit (possibly with a pigtail) that's male micro-HDMI to female standard-HDMI and b) that your TV has a standard female HDMI port... right?
And if your TV has more than one HDMI port, you're making sure the TV is set to look for input at the correct port, no?
You could consider taking your tablet and cable(s) to a different TV, for example, at a friend's, and see if it works there.
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I got a hdmi adapter to plug into my n10, bought it from DX.com
It just came, and I can't get it to show up on my TV.
I know the cable and tv work cuz I use it for my ps3. So I plug in the adapter and cable, but there's no signal on my tv.
A few times it went from the blue screen to a black screen and said 1280*720, but I never got any picture at all.
Is this a bad adapter most likely? I'm on a nightly Cm10.1 from a week or two ago.
I was going to contact DX to say it was broken but wanted to make sure. I have no other way to test it as nothing else takes micro hdmi.
Edit: I can't even find the order on my account =/ well it was only like $2. Oh well.
Swiped from my Nexus 10 using xda-developers app
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I think it's a good idea to check the features of N10 (or any other device) with its stock rom or firmware intact, so that you have a baseline reference to compare other external cables or equipment with.
I've tried a couple of devices that claim to connect V20 to tv by wired usb c to HDMI connector. They work for a while then the picture is lost or the phone itself freezes up. About the longest play I've gotten successfully is an hour but usually something goes wrong within 15 minutes.*
The phone has been out over 6 months now so I thought someone may have found a really dependable HDMI connector? I don't mind the lack of power in because I can always change batteries but phone should be able to play through HDMI long enough to watch one movie. That's all I really need hut I don't want to have to screw around with it 10 times to watch one movie.
Thanks so much for your help!
I've been wanting to make use of this feature, but haven't extensively yet. I have though gotten to make fair use of a micro-USB to HDMI adapter. A few trouble spots come to mind here.
Sounds like you're powering the adapter/phone from an external power source? How good is that power source? My micro-USB to HDMI was distinctly less reliable when plugged in since I was merely powering it from a normal USB port. Try running it entirely from the phone's battery. If this works better then it could be you really need a higher power source when using the adapter.
How good is your HDMI cable? Depending on how strongly the phone/adapter drives the HDMI signal, a lower quality cable could break the camel's back.
I've been running into a different bit of trouble with USB-C to HDMI adapters. I've found several of these, but whenever they've got a USB-C pass-through, the pass-through is strictly for power and does not carry the USB signals. The MyDP specification allows for USB3 to be passed through if 1 or 2 pairs are used for the HDMI signal, but allows for USB2 to be passed through no matter how many pairs are used for the HDMI signal. There are adapters which also include USB-A port(s), yet none which include an external USB-C with the USB signals. Grr!
I use C to HDMI not micro usb. V20 doesn't use micro usb. It uses slimport. I have one adapter which allows simultaneous charging and one strictly slimport C to HDMI. Both behave the same way. I have a high quality 2.5 foot HDMI wire.
Power source was Samsung tv usb powered output 1 amp. Point is I have the same issue with pure slimport and no charging.
The one that allows simultaneous charging does in fact charge and work but always craps out but so does the slimport C to HDMI.
Hmm, entertaining what you find when you do research. I suspect the V20 is using the "MyDP" specification, which is the official specification name behind "Slimport". Seems there are at least two other video out methods for USB-C.
I haven't done enough with the video-out feature of my V20 to have much experience yet. With a V10 whenever an adapter was plugged in without external power there were no problems, but when an adapter with external power was plugged in video wasn't reliable.
I'm interested in reading if you find out anything.
Slim Port USB-C to HDMI Adapter for Samsung I got this one from amazon it works will for screen sharing to the head unit in my SUV
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M733OQA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
frome901 said:
Slim Port USB-C to HDMI Adapter for Samsung I got this one from amazon it works will for screen sharing to the head unit in my SUV
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M733OQA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Can you watch an entire movie from Netflix without jamming or losing hdmi connection?
recDNA said:
Can you watch an entire movie from Netflix without jamming or losing hdmi connection?
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Sorry I haven't tried, but its seems to connect smoother the a wifi dongle.
does anyone know if there's a compatible dongle for the V20 with not only hdmi but also power input and usb host?
Happening to me too - Any suggestions
Your situation's description fits my problem exactly. I have a USB C to HDMI that was vouched as working by several V20 owners. I plug it into my Dell monitor to play games on a bigger screen. It works well for a while, then disconnects and popup on my screen says something like, "LG Bridge has stopped working do you want to exit?". Once this happens, it's almost impossible to get the V20 to share the screen again. It's not a hub, just a USB C (male) to HDMI (female).
Hi - I just got a brand new HD 8 Tablet. I purchased it specifically to play movies to a projector because it is capable of HDMI output.
The tablet charges fine when I plug it in.
But when I plug in the USB-C to HDMI cable I have (which worked fine with all my other devices), I keep getting a message on the Tablet "Moisture Detected" and it wont allow anything to play. There is no moisture, I took it out of the box Friday and it has been sitting untouched for 2 days. And again, it does not say this when charging, only when I try to use the HDMI cable.
Very frustrating and puzzling - any ideas? Thanks!
lirong said:
Hi - I just got a brand new HD 8 Tablet. I purchased it specifically to play movies to a projector because it is capable of HDMI output.
The tablet charges fine when I plug it in.
But when I plug in the USB-C to HDMI cable I have (which worked fine with all my other devices), I keep getting a message on the Tablet "Moisture Detected" and it wont allow anything to play. There is no moisture, I took it out of the box Friday and it has been sitting untouched for 2 days. And again, it does not say this when charging, only when I try to use the HDMI cable.
Very frustrating and puzzling - any ideas? Thanks!
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my guess is amazon screwed that up in their OS. I would use scrcpy or casting. But it sounds like you wanted the HDMI option, i didnt even know it was able! Sounds like a amazon tech question that may require a rom update that fixes a HDMI issue. But maybe someone else has something, but this seems more of a amazon fix... IMO
lirong said:
Hi - I just got a brand new HD 8 Tablet. I purchased it specifically to play movies to a projector because it is capable of HDMI output.
The tablet charges fine when I plug it in.
But when I plug in the USB-C to HDMI cable I have (which worked fine with all my other devices), I keep getting a message on the Tablet "Moisture Detected" and it wont allow anything to play. There is no moisture, I took it out of the box Friday and it has been sitting untouched for 2 days. And again, it does not say this when charging, only when I try to use the HDMI cable.
Very frustrating and puzzling - any ideas? Thanks!
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You can use TeamViewer instead of using video output through USB-C.
TeamViewer can remotely mirror your Fire tablet screen to your PC.
For anyone else who may encounter this, I think the issue is that this generation of Fire Tablet does not support HDMI out...