interesting problem with pfl5605h

bruce wayne

Hi,

I picked up the newly released 5605 model today and am in the process of setting everything up. I have the following bits connected

HDMI 1 - Sky + (new HD box)
HDMI 2 - DVD player
HDMI 3 - Xbox 360
VGA - Mac Mini


The HDMI 3 and VGA connections are giving me problems, basically I'm getting a "no video signal" message for both the mac mini and the xbox?

I swapped the HDMI connections around i.e. dvd player from HDMI 2 to HDMI 3 and it worked fine, but the xbox wouldnt work in HDMI 2?

Therefor the HDMI's are clearly working, so I'm guessing I'm doing something wrong with the settings? Anyone got any ideas ? The user guide is a little light ;0)

That said the HD channels on sky box look STUNNING on the screen.....have to invest in a blue ray player soon.

thanks
B

Richersounds.ie: Ashley

Nicola on behalf of Ash:

Hey Bruce,

hmmmmm thats a bit weird. I might have to ask you to wait till tomorrow. I'll have a mess around with my Xbox 360 tonight and see if there's anything in the settings that could be causing this (like setting which output the xbox talks to) and get back to you tomorrow. As for the Mac Mini I'm afraid I don't have one however I would check what res its outputting at. Maybe lower the res and see if that works. Something like 1280 x 760 and then slowly begin to increase it back up if you begin to get a picture. Also not sure if the mac has a graphics card suite but if it does you could open it and choose what you're outputting to (like an LCD TV). I know you can do this on my PC but not sure about the mac interface.

Anyhoo I'll check out what I can tonight and post here tomorrow. Enjoy the football in the meantime.

Thanks, Nicola.

bruce wayne

cool, thanks for that, both the mac and xbox worked with no issues on my previous lcd, so I just assumed it would be plug and play. I suspect your right on the output res on the mac. I'll play with that this afternoon.

Not a big fan of the footie, so happy to waste away hours tweeking the tv and other bits. A welcome distraction from the media onslaught of the world cup.

B

bruce wayne

according to the onscreen help the resolutions supported by the VGA are
640 x 480 @ 60Hz
800 x 600 @ 60Hz
1024 x 768 @ 60Hz
1360 x 768 @ 60 Hz

I've tried all these res....and still no video signal error.

any ideas?

Richersounds.ie: Ashley

Nicola on behalf of Ash:

Hey Bruce,

Have left you a quick voicemail.

Give me a buzz back when you can on (01) 474 0788.

Thanks, Nicola

bruce wayne

Problem solved, turned out to be a simple cable issue ??

Big thanks to Nicola from the Phillips store for their excellent customer service.

B