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Getting mini displayport to hdmi working

  • 16-07-2010 10:56am
    #1
    RichyX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,221 ✭✭✭


    I bought a mini display port to hdmi cable on ebay. When I connect my macbook pro to the tv, the tv checks for a connection but can't find one.

    Nothing appears when I try to detect displays in the display preferences.

    I changed the screen resolution in osx to the very minimum but still nothing appears.
    The hdmi cable works ok as I've tried it with my video camera.

    Any suggestions?


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  • #2
    Sad Professor
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    Is this the most recent Macbook Pro?


  • #3
    mathepac
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭mathepac


    Do you need to select a signal source using the remote for your telly?


  • #4
    RichyX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,221 ✭✭✭RichyX


    Thanks for the replies.

    It's a late 2008 unibody.

    I made sure the right hdmi port was selected, and it was the same no matter port which I tried.


  • #5
    Sad Professor
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    Might be a bad cable. Have you any way of testing it with something else, like a monitor?


  • #6
    RichyX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,221 ✭✭✭RichyX


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    Might be a bad cable. Have you any way of testing it with something else, like a monitor?

    No, unfortunately there are no other hdmi devices in the house and I don't have access to any in Dublin.


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  • #7
    Shankly Gates
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 251 ✭✭Shankly Gates


    RichyX wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies.

    It's a late 2008 unibody.

    I made sure the right hdmi port was selected, and it was the same no matter port which I tried.

    I thought it was only the 2010 MacBook Pro's that support HDMI though the mini display port?


  • #8
    Sad Professor
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    The new ones support audio and video to hdmi. The older models can only carry video via the displayport.


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