On Jan 18, 2012, at 6:20 PM, William Spencer wrote: > Hi there: I got this note from a friend today, and am hoping someone here may > know more about it than I, since I know absolutely nothing about it. > > "We recently got a 40'' Samsung Smart TV, which is amazing, and I am trying > to connect it (for the purpose of mirroring) to my 2007 iMac via a Mini > Display Port HDMI Female Adapter to an HDMI chord. My Samsung says to use the > HDMI 1 (DVI) port to connect, but it doesn't detect the connection (and I've > tried other, plain HDMI ports as well). I've looked online, and there are > tons of forums on this type of issue, but I haven't found anything that > helped me. I realize that it could be something as simple as a bad cable(s), > but have no way to test it. Any suggestions?” > > I will pass along to him anything you care to send. Thanks in advance!
I've done similar things on my (non-samsung) TV via HDMI to my (non iMac) Mac as well as my iPad and they worked without a hitch regardless of which HDMI port I used. Within those caveats, I suspect the issue is a bad cable or bad adapter. HDMI cables are available VERY reasonably from Monoprice <http://monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10240> 6' cable for $3.50 cannot be beat. Silly question, has he gone in to the Macs System Preferences in the display section and clicked on 'Detect Displays' If the Mac isn't sending a signal, the Samsung won't detect one. If the Mac cannot detect other displays with the thing attached, then I'd look at the cable, the adapter and finally the iMac or TV. Sadly for that you need another HDMI receiver or source. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
