Getting mini displayport to hdmi working

RichyX · 16-07-2010 11:56AM #1

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?

Sad Professor · 16-07-2010 12:07PM

Is this the most recent Macbook Pro?

mathepac · 16-07-2010 12:17PM

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

RichyX · 16-07-2010 07:29PM

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.

Sad Professor · 16-07-2010 07:37PM

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

RichyX · 16-07-2010 07:58PM

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.

Shankly Gates · 17-07-2010 02:58PM

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?

Sad Professor · 17-07-2010 03:13PM

The new ones support audio and video to hdmi. The older models can only carry video via the displayport.

Getting mini displayport to hdmi working

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