OT: HDMI ports

[C Day]

On 12/3/2010 11:43 AM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
> I ordered a Sony sound bar for my Sony LCD.  This should have been a simple
> installation.  One HDMI cable from the home theater system out to the flat
> panel HDMI in.
>
> He's where the fun began, I could get sound but no video.  Although the TV
> saw the home theater system, it still only would receive sound.
>
> Yesterday I called B&H Photo who I ordered the system from and got an RMA.
> After repacking everything, I realized that these LCD's are nothing more
> than a computer with a large monitor attached.  So, I unplugged the set for
> a minute and then unpacked the sound system again and connected it.  It
> worked perfectly.
>
> I felt really stupid in that we would tell a client, when they say a
> peripheral isn't working, shutdown the computer and then restart it after a
> few minutes.
>
> Why the email, just a reminder if you are attaching any Christmas presents
> to you TV through an HDMI connection and get no video, unplug the set first,
> not just turning it off with the remote, before thinking that the new device
> isn't working.  Electronics go into standby mode and are not fully powered
> off when they are "turned off".
>
>
> Richard Kreiss
> GCC Consulting
> rkreiss at gccconsulting.net
>

Richard, the instruction book for my Vizio and sound bar tells you 
to unplug and wait for 20-30 seconds before plugging in again.

Charles Day
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