PROBLEM WITH MULTIPLE HDMI CONECTIONS.
DEAR SIRS,
I AM HAVING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM WHEN I CONNECT MORE THAN 1 DEVICES VIA HDMI.
MY CURRENT SETUP IS:
HDMI1: PLAYSTATION 3
HDMI2: HD-MEDIA PLAYER
HDMI3: HTPC WITH ATI HD-24O0PRO VIDEO CARD.
WHENEVER I SWITCH CHANNELS FROM TV TO HDMI3 (PC) I DO NOT GET VIDEO AT ALL. AL I GET IS BLANK SCREEN AND A MESSAGE "UNSUPPORTED VIDEO FORMAT".
NOW, WHEN I SWITCH ON (POWER UP) MY PS3 OR THE HD-MEDIA PLAYER AND SWITCH TO EITHER HDMI1 OR HDMI2 AND THEN BACK TO HDMI3 EVERYTHING WORKS NORMAL.!!
SAME THING HAPPENS TO HDMI2 (MEDIA PLAYER) WHEN ALL OTHER DEVICES ARE SWITCHED OFF.
IF I SWITCH ON MY PC OR ANOTHER HDMI DEVICE THINGS WORK OK WHEN I CHANGE THE CHANNEL BACK AND FORTH.
IT SEEMS THAT EITHER MY PC IS THE PROBLEM, OR THE PS3, OR THE TV.
SINCE I FOUND OUT THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE FACING THE SAME ISSUES AND ALL HAVE AT LEAST A PS3 AND THIS TYPE OF TV I BELIEVE IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TV OR THE PS3.
CURRENTLY MY ONLY WORKAROUND IS TO HAVE OTHER DEVICES RUNNING IN ORDER TO WORK WITH MY HTPC OR MEDIA PLAYER.
I TRIED ALL DIFFERENT CABLE CHANGES AND I COULD NOT SOLVE IT.
I BELIEVE YOU CAN REPRODUCE THE EXACT BEHAVIOUR ON A SIMILAR SETUP BY DOING THESE STEPS:
1. WORKING NORMALLY ON HTPC-HDMI3
2. POWERING DOWN ALL OTHER HDMI DEVICES (HDMI1, HDMI2)
3. CHANGE TV CHANNEL TO SOMETHING ELSE (TV-DVB-EXT)
4. CHANGE THE CHANNEL BACK TO HDMI3
PROBLEM EMERGES: "UNSUPPORTED VIDEO SIGNAL" ...
5. POWER-UP HDMI1-PS3 OR HDMI2-HD
6. CHANGE CHANNEL TO TV OR HDMI1-2
7. SWITCH BACK TO HDMI3-PC
9. NO PROBELEM: EVERYTHING IS WORKING ...
IT SEEMS I HAVE TO KEEP ANOTHER DEVICE OPEN IF I WANT TO USE MY PC OR DO NOT CHANGE THE CHANNEL.
THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING, PLEASE ADVICE.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
PS. I HAVE INSTALLED LATEST FIRMWARE ON THE TV.
I HAVE INSTALLED LATEST VGA DRIVERS ON PC.