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28 Dec 2009, 02:53
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I need some help setting up my TV-Out. It should be a pretty basic procedure, and I've done it a whole bunch of times before, but for some reason it just won't work today... So, this is the situation;
I run a HDMI to DVI-adapter and then a DVI-cable from my TV to my computer. Usually what I do when I want the TV-Out to work is I go into my CCC, go to Display Manager, right-click the TV in "Attached displays currently disabled" and press "Extend main onto digital panel" and it's all set! But today, that didn't work.
First off I don't get a picture. The picture on my TV stays blue. It obviously recognizes there's a connection, since if it doesn't the TV switches to a regular channel instead of my HDMI-1 output.
I fiddle around some with settings, I try to clone it instead of extend it, I try to first boot without the TV plugged into my computer and then plug it in while it's running, I try to boot with it plugged in, I try to switch ports on my gfx-cards, I try to boot without my monitor plugged in and only the TV. Nothing works, no picture. So, now I try to switch input channel on the TV and I go for the HDMI 2-output instead. Now my picture is red. Seriously red.
I can see my background, but it's all reddish. I try to edit the colors in CCC (under Color). If I change any values for Gamma, Brightness or Contrast on "All Channels", "Blue" or "Green" I get a visible difference (as I should), but if I change any values at all on "Red", there's no difference in the picture at all. If I unplug the cable or disable the monitor in the Display Manager, the picture on my HDMI 2-output is the regular blue.
So, anyone got any idea what I can do? I'd suspect my hardware (cable, adapter, card, outputs on my TV) is broken, but it just seems weird that I have two different problems on two different outputs on my TV. Did both my outputs break, in completely different ways over christmas? Doesn't seem likely.
Desperately need help, new Top Gear is out and I wanna watch it before I sleep <3
TL;DR: My HDMI 1-channel doesn't give me any picture at all, my HDMI 2-channel is red. I try changing color settings but it doesn't do anything. Halp required.
I run a HDMI to DVI-adapter and then a DVI-cable from my TV to my computer. Usually what I do when I want the TV-Out to work is I go into my CCC, go to Display Manager, right-click the TV in "Attached displays currently disabled" and press "Extend main onto digital panel" and it's all set! But today, that didn't work.
First off I don't get a picture. The picture on my TV stays blue. It obviously recognizes there's a connection, since if it doesn't the TV switches to a regular channel instead of my HDMI-1 output.
I fiddle around some with settings, I try to clone it instead of extend it, I try to first boot without the TV plugged into my computer and then plug it in while it's running, I try to boot with it plugged in, I try to switch ports on my gfx-cards, I try to boot without my monitor plugged in and only the TV. Nothing works, no picture. So, now I try to switch input channel on the TV and I go for the HDMI 2-output instead. Now my picture is red. Seriously red.
I can see my background, but it's all reddish. I try to edit the colors in CCC (under Color). If I change any values for Gamma, Brightness or Contrast on "All Channels", "Blue" or "Green" I get a visible difference (as I should), but if I change any values at all on "Red", there's no difference in the picture at all. If I unplug the cable or disable the monitor in the Display Manager, the picture on my HDMI 2-output is the regular blue.
So, anyone got any idea what I can do? I'd suspect my hardware (cable, adapter, card, outputs on my TV) is broken, but it just seems weird that I have two different problems on two different outputs on my TV. Did both my outputs break, in completely different ways over christmas? Doesn't seem likely.
Desperately need help, new Top Gear is out and I wanna watch it before I sleep <3
TL;DR: My HDMI 1-channel doesn't give me any picture at all, my HDMI 2-channel is red. I try changing color settings but it doesn't do anything. Halp required.
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only strange thing i noticed with you
My HDMI 1-channel doesn't give me any picture at all, my HDMI 2-channel is red. I try changing color settings but it doesn't do anything. Halp required.
Since ur using the dvi port @ ur TV, why would u use ur hdmi channel options @ TV then ?
+ would be more secure if you'd just use hdmi -> hdmi cable to eliminate some options of the broken cable/adapter.