so i just got my mico hdmi cable and tried it on my tv. i'm running ICs and verything seems to work with the sounds. however the format on my TV is kind of odd. The TV shows a zoomed up format of my prime, it's not adjusted correctly. how do i fix this so i can get the right quality.
btw i know the TV is not the problem i already checked with other devices
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chin_a_ling said:
so i just got my mico hdmi cable and tried it on my tv. i'm running ICs and verything seems to work with the sounds. however the format on my TV is kind of odd. The TV shows a zoomed up format of my prime, it's not adjusted correctly. how do i fix this so i can get the right quality.
btw i know the TV is not the problem i already checked with other devices
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You have to change a setting on your TV to scale it instead of displaying it in 16:9 mode. This is because the prime resolution is 16:10.
Another option would be to restart you prime with the HDMI cable still connected. Last time I tried that the prime adjusted to 16:9 and made the bottom toolbar thicker.
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Hi. I have the Motorola atrix, the TFP, and a 32 inch Westinghouse TV with HDMI out.
My atrix also has micro HDMI, and shows a picture on the TV with no problems. Movies and pictures work fine as well.
Today for grins I decided to hook up the TFP to the HDMI port and yes I did switch input to HDMI, and it recognized the connection on the TFP. On the TV it showed 480p and it played sound of the TFP, but no video. I looked in settings in both places to see if the input settings could be changed and didn't find much other than 3d settings.
I don't know a lot about this stuff I just figured HDMI was HDMI. I am assuming my cheap TV is bunk? If that's the case what are the specs I need for a TV to work with the TFP?
Thanks.
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As a follow up, I turned off my prime while plugged into the TV. Then I turned it back on and a little android guy showed up on the TV screen and had 720p? I couldn't hit enter anything to accept this setting so then once it booted back up the screen went blank again.
After more reading, is it possible its the HDMI cable that is junk?
Audio plays just no video. If anyone has advice it would be appreciated.
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Could the problem be that I'm using the Motorola micro HDMI cable that came with the atrix. Volume plays but video doesn't. Any advice would be great.
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I have the same problem. An android logo shows saying "720p?".
Whenever I change the TV AV to the HDMI one, it says on the top left of the TV that it's 480p and then you have the android logo in the middle.
My PS3 works fine with HDMI when connected.
Any ideas on how to change that 480p that comes in the corner of the TV ? How to change to 720p ?
I did a search here. I have the Prime and had great success from 12/28/11 until ICS update around 01/10/12 but since then my TV shows no signal and this lasts for several minutes so the TV has had time to communicate with the tablet.
1. I have done a Factory Reset
2. I have tried all 4 HDMI ports on the TV
3. I have tried a second TV
4. I have ordered and tried a second cable (stranger things have happened)
5. I have called Asus Customer Support
My options are of course RMA but that means no tablet for 10-14 business days or wait to see if and when an ICS update may correct this issue for me.
Am I just out of luck here and just need to give up my Prime for 2-3 weeks or do you think that an ICS update maybe on the horizon and may correct my issue?
I don't think it is an ICS issue. My conection between the prime and the tv works perfectly. BUT it does seem to take about 15 seconds before anything shoes up on the tv after I plug the cable into the prime.
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I don't think it is an ICS issue. My conection between the prime and the tv works perfectly. BUT it does seem to take about 15 seconds before anything shoes up on the tv after I plug the cable into the prime.
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Thanks for your reply. I just went back and edited my post to add that I leave it plugged in for longer than a couple of minutes. I even flip between HDMI channels using the TV remote while the Prime is plugged in. The TV just never sees it!
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Thanks for your reply. I just went back and edited my post to add that I leave it plugged in for longer than a couple of minutes. I even flip between HDMI channels using the TV remote while the Prime is plugged in. The TV just never sees it!
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Did you double check with another HDMI cable? Some cables of lower quality do prevent the Prime and the TV from synchronizing.
I paid $39 for Rocketfish 8' micro HDMI cable from Best Buy yesterday and attached it to the available HDMI port on the back of my 25" I-Inc monitor. My Transformer Prime didn't see that I had the HDMI cable connected until after I shut it down and restarted it, only after doing that the bootup screen appeared on my monitor and Prime and when I logged in the Prime had the HDMI logo displayed on the tray.
The problem I'm experiencing now is stability. I get constant screen flickering from the monitor when I'm viewing the Prime through the HDMI connection. It seems like its software. I have no other devices to test this out on besides my monitor as the HDMI on my HDTV is only capable of receiving 1080i.
Another sign that it seems like software that's causing the flickering is that I notice considerable lag from the mousepad cursor using the Dock when my monitor is flickering from viewing the Prime over HDMI.
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I paid $39 for Rocketfish 8' micro HDMI cable from Best Buy yesterday and attached it to the available HDMI port on the back of my 25" I-Inc monitor. My Transformer Prime didn't see that I had the HDMI cable connected until after I shut it down and restarted it, only after doing that the bootup screen appeared on my monitor and Prime and when I logged in the Prime had the HDMI logo displayed on the tray.
The problem I'm experiencing now is stability. I get constant screen flickering from the monitor when I'm viewing the Prime through the HDMI connection. It seems like its software. I have no other devices to test this out on besides my monitor as the HDMI on my HDTV is only capable of receiving 1080i.
Another sign that it seems like software that's causing the flickering is that I notice considerable lag from the mousepad cursor using the Dock when my monitor is flickering from viewing the Prime over HDMI.
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I paid $39 for Rocketfish 8' micro HDMI cable from Best Buy yesterday and attached it to the available HDMI port on the back of my 25" I-Inc monitor. My Transformer Prime didn't see that I had the HDMI cable connected until after I shut it down and restarted it, only after doing that the bootup screen appeared on my monitor and Prime and when I logged in the Prime had the HDMI logo displayed on the tray.
The problem I'm experiencing now is stability. I get constant screen flickering from the monitor when I'm viewing the Prime through the HDMI connection. It seems like its software. I have no other devices to test this out on besides my monitor as the HDMI on my HDTV is only capable of receiving 1080i.
Another sign that it seems like software that's causing the flickering is that I notice considerable lag from the mousepad cursor using the Dock when my monitor is flickering from viewing the Prime over HDMI.
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I haven't noticed any flickering but I have only watched real steel ones mine so far. Was a 1080p mkv file and I hooked it up through my receiver. The tv is 46" so I think I would have noticed. Have you tried other files? Oh, and I use a 6' cable is bought from monoprice for like $5
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I haven't noticed any flickering but I have only watched real steel ones mine so far. Was a 1080p mkv file and I hooked it up through my receiver. The tv is 46" so I think I would have noticed. Have you tried other files? Oh, and I use a 6' cable is bought from monoprice for like $5
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I get screen flickering (or better description screen blinking) immediately after connecting HDMI to it.
I can be just viewing the Prime's desktop not playing back any video and my Monitor displaying the Prime over HDMI will blink by going complete dark and it will continue to do this randomly and frequently.
When playing back video it continues to do this and not only is it losing the picture it's also losing audio in this screen blinking problem.
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I just tried the HDMI input on my BenQ monitor and I get a stable connection, no blinking.
Only difference is that my BenQ monitor has no built-in speakers and it's not a 1080p monitor it's a 1680x1050 res monitor. So I'm getting an improper viewing aspect ratio.
Is there a way to turn off the audio from outputing through HDMI and keep it coming from the Prime?
Turns out my TFP works fine connected to my old Samsung 30" HDTV CRT over HDMI, I didn't try it at first because I thought the the TFP would try to output 1080p to the set which can only handle 1080i.
I'm surprised that it connected instantly to my HDTV, now I need to correct my TV's left and right fields in the service menu as it is zoomed too far in.
Does anyone know if the TFP have a 16:9 or 16:10 aspect ratio? I'll have to keep this in mind when adjusting the settings cause I want to maintain a 16:9 setting on the HDTV.
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Did you double check with another HDMI cable? Some cables of lower quality do prevent the Prime and the TV from synchronizing.
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Yes sir in my original post I state that I bought a 2nd cable. Also since it was working fine before ICS and with all the things I have tried in my post it is either ICS or the port on my Prime. Or yeah somehow I got 2 faulty cables and 1 of them worked great until the update!
No I just hope it is ICS for me.
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I paid $39 for Rocketfish 8' micro HDMI cable from Best Buy yesterday and attached it to the available HDMI port on the back of my 25" I-Inc monitor. My Transformer Prime didn't see that I had the HDMI cable connected until after I shut it down and restarted it, only after doing that the bootup screen appeared on my monitor and Prime and when I logged in the Prime had the HDMI logo displayed on the tray.
The problem I'm experiencing now is stability. I get constant screen flickering from the monitor when I'm viewing the Prime through the HDMI connection. It seems like its software. I have no other devices to test this out on besides my monitor as the HDMI on my HDTV is only capable of receiving 1080i.
Another sign that it seems like software that's causing the flickering is that I notice considerable lag from the mousepad cursor using the Dock when my monitor is flickering from viewing the Prime over HDMI.
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Thanks, I tried shutting the Prime down and restarting while the HDMI cable was plugged into the TV but no dice for me.
My HDMI was working and I have watched several movies on my TV previously.
Fast forward a few weeks and HDMI no longer works! I bought a cheap cable on Amazon, and noticed the micro connection was very loose. The HDMI notification no longer shows up. I ordered a 'real' cable from mono price, but still no luck.
No picture and no HDMI notification - arrgh.
The TP HDMI connection seems very loose, even with the new cable. Looks like an RMA for me.
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My HDMI was working and I have watched several movies on my TV previously.
Fast forward a few weeks and HDMI no longer works! I bought a cheap cable on Amazon, and noticed the micro connection was very loose. The HDMI notification no longer shows up. I ordered a 'real' cable from mono price, but still no luck.
No picture and no HDMI notification - arrgh.
The TP HDMI connection seems very loose, even with the new cable. Looks like an RMA for me.
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That's what I'm thinking too. It's not real loose but it does have wiggle room that I didn't notice before! I hate it because I'll be without it for 2-3 weeks and everything else with the tablet works great!
What is the maximum resolution (horizontal and vertical) the Prime can drive on an external display? Or is it just a mirror of the 1280x800 screen?
HDMI maxes out at 2560x1600 (holy flubber that's big) but the ATP is likely optimised for approx ~1920x1200 (1080p) output. YMMV.
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So, what am I going to get if I connect the Prime to an external monitor using HDMI-to-VGA adapter?
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So, what am I going to get if I connect the Prime to an external monitor using HDMI-to-VGA adapter?
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You should still be able to push 1920x1080.
When i connect to my Sony HD tv via hdmi the TV automatically sets it to 720p, is there a way to change that to 1080p on the tablet? Or is that something i have to change on the TV itself?
My understand from the readings i've done on that subject
If you connect your TFP to a TV through HDMI u'll get a mirror of it's resolution (720p) onto the TV and you TFP will be fully functional so you can navigate on it.
You will only be able to reach 1080p resolution if you playback a 1080p video but then the TFP display will shut off and only the TV will display.
I read that from another thread when i was researching the tablet before I purchased it, didn't actually test the 1080p playback theory
But when i connect mine to my TV I get 720p (and yes the TV supports 1080p).
VGA is 640x480 resolution. What you can actually get depends on the cable and adapter used.
According to Wikipedia it sounds like you can get up to [email protected] but in practice, I would look at the specifications for your adapter and look for a maximum or reccmended maximum resolution.
It's so fun to do math
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Is there a way the stream media from PRIME to TV?
micro hdmi to hdmi
abovebeyondgal said:
Is there a way the stream media from PRIME to TV?
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try using a micro hdmi to hdmi cord. should work. I have one I just actually never used it.
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try using a micro hdmi to hdmi cord. should work. I have one I just actually never used it.
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Yes, micro hdmi to hdmi ...works great. I streamed hockey games online to my tv from my prime all season long and it looked perfect!
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i also use a micro hdmi cable, work great.
my only issue is the connection to the tablet. the cable deforms the connector in the tablet so that i use connection to external display as soon as i move the tablet just a little bit.
does someone else have this issue too?
The one thing about the Micro HDMI connection is that there are a few ROMs where the HDMI doesn't work right, namely, the AOSP Jelly Bean builds. I tried CM10 preview and EOS last weekend, and they both sent video, but no audio through the HDMI. The last I saw (this morning) there was still no mention of a fix on EOS' changelog.
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It is also possible to stream you media over wifi, with the "MyNet" app from Asus.
Works perfectly with my Samsung smart TV
Hi all,
Trying to output to TV - I have HDMI plugged into the TV and into the tablet using the HDMI port on the tablet but not seeing anything on the screen.
Is there anything I need to do to make the image output to the TV?
I am using a custom ROM - Woogy
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I am using the stock Rom. All I do is connect it as you have done and what ever is showing on the tablet is mirrored on the TV including sound.
I've not heard of Woogy. That may be your problem right there... All bets are off when you start using a non-factory OS.
I'm sure you had your reasons for the change to this ROM. You may want to investigate with the Woogy development community... Support of the HDMI is rather integrated to the OS.
AndroWook sorry
You might want to check what version of HDMI cable you have. I bought one from Amazon and it didn't work. Assuming the tablet or port was faulty, I RMA'ed it. Unsurprisingly, it was returned by Asus with a note saying "No fault found". It turns out that you need the correct type of HDMI cable, specifically 1.4. Look for "with Ethernet" in the description.
I bought a "with Ethernet" and it works great! http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0060AU5MW
I have connected to the TV via HDMI using Androwook 2.2 and Stock / Surdu_Petru / Hund's Kernel, all have worked in 720p mode no problem.
Some cables are stiffer to plug all the way in.
I will check mine again when I get home. Didn't work though when I tried.
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Oh, and it was a 1.4 cable
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I would try a different cable first. It should be pretty straight forward after you plug it in. If another cable does not work, I would look into that custom ROM that you're using.
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I would try a different cable first. It should be pretty straight forward after you plug it in. If another cable does not work, I would look into that custom ROM that you're using.
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Any idea on how to get the crop mode for HDMI back on 4.2? I see that ASUS has removed the feature...
My device no longer can go full screen when watching movies, and using it in general through HDMI...
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Any idea on how to get the crop mode for HDMI back on 4.2? I see that ASUS has removed the feature...
My device no longer can go full screen when watching movies, and using it in general through HDMI...
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I think there is no way to use crop mode in 4.2, btw in Mx player, you can still use "cut" and "zoom" mode, to watch the movie in real fullscreen. It work for me fine.
Be careful with the micro-HDMI port. Don't put too much strain on it. I have to position my cable just right to make it work now (My Prime is a year and a half old). I only use it to play controller enabled games on my TV though.
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Be careful with the micro-HDMI port. Don't put too much strain on it. I have to position my cable just right to make it work now (My Prime is a year and a half old). I only use it to play controller enabled games on my TV though.
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I have a similar issue with mine now. If it's not positioned properly the picture goes all fuzzy. I really need HDMI to work because we watch movies though the prime on the home theatre a few times a week!
You cant pick up the prime with hdmi plugged in or it will probably break. Has to be flat on a surface...
So flimsy...