HDMI Connection Issue - HELP

Gall1987 · 7 Apr 2010 at 15:37

Hi Guys,

I'm just wondering if anybody can help. It's probably something simple that I'm doing wrong.

I'm trying to connect my laptop to my TV via a HDMI cable (male to male) and when I've connected it to the TV it still says "No Input". I have checked that it is connected ok, so the only thing that I can think of is that the HDMI port of my laptop needs activating.

Can anybody help?

Cheers

Bursar · 7 Apr 2010 at 16:38

Kind of need to let us know what laptop you're using...

I know with some Dell laptops we had at work, we had to change some settings in order to get the HDMI to work, but it was documented on their website.

Gall1987 · 7 Apr 2010 at 16:48

Bursar said:
Kind of need to let us know what laptop you're using...

I know with some Dell laptops we had at work, we had to change some settings in order to get the HDMI to work, but it was documented on their website.

Cheers, It's a Philips Freevents 15NB8611/05. I've had a quick look round Google but couldn't find anything that helped...

Gall1987 · 7 Apr 2010 at 23:33

Gall1987 said:
Cheers, It's a Philips Freevents 15NB8611/05. I've had a quick look round Google but couldn't find anything that helped...

Anybody have any ideas? Any help would be gratefully appreciated

R5GTT · 8 Apr 2010 at 10:22

Any ideas what it's using graphics wise? ATi/Nvidia or other?

Have you tried switching the tv on and selecting hdmi then connecting the laptop and finally switching it on. Sometimes laptops only detect external displays during boot.

vanandjuanunited · 8 Apr 2010 at 10:29

is there not a function key to switch output

Function key and f4 for example

Gall1987 · 8 Apr 2010 at 13:10

williamw11 said:
is there not a function key to switch output

Function key and f4 for example

I've sorted it now

It was the F3 key that switches between the output and the laptop display.

Cheers for your help everyone.