OT: HDMI ports

[Richard Kreiss]

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> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 3:44 PM
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> Subject: Re: OT: HDMI ports
> 
> 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

Chris,

My Sony manual said to make all the connection prior to plugging in the
unit.  It said nothing about any of the other peripherals.

The only way I know that the HDMI was not working was I connected a DVD
player directly to the set and got no video.  After the reboot of the set, I
got video from the DVD player.

One other thing, all of the Av equipment is connected to an APC SmartUps.
This proved itself the other day when the power went out for about 2
minutes.  The set operated until the power returned.

I would strongly suggest that using even an inexpensive battery backup unit
with ones AV equipment.  The units I am using were given to me by clients
when they replaced these with newer larger capacity units.  My only cost has
been replacement batteries.  The cost of the batteries is less than many of
the inexpensive battery backup units available.

Richard