HD200 No HDMI

[davidjames]

I seem to have lost HDMI output on my HD200

I know the HDMI cable is working.
I have the settings set to output to HDMI.
I have the resolutions set to the correct ones supported by my monitor.

But I can't get any video

Any ideas?

[BobbyDing]

Originally Posted by davidjames

I seem to have lost HDMI output on my HD200

I know the HDMI cable is working.
I have the settings set to output to HDMI.
I have the resolutions set to the correct ones supported by my monitor.

But I can't get any video

Any ideas?

Sorry, no ideas to fix it. I had the exact same issue with my HD200 about a year ago. So it was banished to the bedroom and connected to an inexpensive 32" flat screen via the component cables. Been working in that mode for a year now. No further issues, and the picture is still pretty good.

Bobby

[davidjames]

Originally Posted by BobbyDing

Sorry, no ideas to fix it. I had the exact same issue with my HD200 about a year ago. So it was banished to the bedroom and connected to an inexpensive 32" flat screen via the component cables. Been working in that mode for a year now. No further issues, and the picture is still pretty good.

Bobby

That's actually pretty close to my situation. HDMI died so I went composite. At the time I really didn't do much troubleshooting but yesterday decided to see if I could replace my 42" TV with a small computer monitor to save space. I did a hard reset last night without success.

What's strange is composite works even if I configure video out as HDMI. I may have read that composite is always active, can't quite remember.

[routerunner]

Originally Posted by davidjames

That's actually pretty close to my situation. HDMI died so I went composite. At the time I really didn't do much troubleshooting but yesterday decided to see if I could replace my 42" TV with a small computer monitor to save space. I did a hard reset last night without success.

What's strange is composite works even if I configure video out as HDMI. I may have read that composite is always active, can't quite remember.

Have you tried the automatic supported HDMI resolution detection? Run in standalone mode via composite/component by pressing video out until you see something, then go to video setting and set to hdmi, you'll be prompted to autodectect the HDMI resolution supported, say yes, (of course you have to have the HDMI connected to your TV as well), save the settings, hard reboot the extender.

EDIT: Forgot to ask...is it the video output completely black from the time you give power to the extender, or after the logo? If after the logo there is the possibility that the ".properties" file of the extender got corrupted, so switch the extender off, wait at least 30 seconds so that sage server will update the ".properties" file of the extender, then to delete it along with the backup file, then power up the extender again.

Eddy

[davidjames]

Thanks Eddy for the ideas...

Originally Posted by routerunner

Have you tried the automatic supported HDMI resolution detection? Run in standalone mode via composite/component by pressing video out until you see something, then go to video setting and set to hdmi, you'll be prompted to autodectect the HDMI resolution supported, say yes, (of course you have to have the HDMI connected to your TV as well), save the settings, hard reboot the extender.

I tried that but don't get prompted for HDMI resolution detection? As soon as I select HDMI, I get a screen asking me what resolutions are supported.

Originally Posted by routerunner

EDIT: Forgot to ask...is it the video output completely black from the time you give power to the extender, or after the logo?

When power is off to the HD200, the screen is blue. When I plug in the HD200, the screen remains blue. After a few seconds the TV says no signal detected.

[routerunner]

Originally Posted by davidjames

I tried that but don't get prompted for HDMI resolution detection? As soon as I select HDMI, I get a screen asking me what resolutions are supported.

Are you saying that there isn't a dialog asking you to perform the autodetection (quite annoying for me actually), I think that's because the HD200 doesn't detect a TV connected to the HDMI...

Eddy

[davidjames]

Originally Posted by routerunner

Are you saying that there isn't a dialog asking you to perform the autodetection (quite annoying for me actually),

That's correct no dialog asking to perform auto detection.

Originally Posted by routerunner

I think that's because the HD200 doesn't detect a TV connected to the HDMI...

Eddy

Yup, that's the problem

I replaced the HD200 with one I had elsewhere, using all the same cables. It worked exactly as I expected and it gave me the HDMI auto detection prompt when I switched from HDMI to composite and then back to HDMI.

So yeah, the HDMI port on my HD200 doesn't work. I did a hard reset. I don't know if there is anything else that can be done or settings I'm missing or some other arcane thing to try?

Dave

[routerunner]

Originally Posted by davidjames

So yeah, the HDMI port on my HD200 doesn't work. I did a hard reset. I don't know if there is anything else that can be done or settings I'm missing or some other arcane thing to try?

Do you recall whether you or someone else in the household switched off the extender by removing the power supply or if it was in a permanent circle of death and you powered off by removing the power as well? I think the HDMI transmitter is not broken, but has a wrong setting in the flash, you could try the factory default reset procedure, I never had to do it myself, but I think is written in the manual and consists of keeping pressed a button on the remote control whilst hard power cycling the extender...

Also, did you have a custom resolution in your ".properties" file, like the 24fps setting in order to have a perfect BlueRay playback? Some people does (I do), but that is not officially supported by SageTV and the extender could potentially get stuck there.

Have you tried to delete the ".properties" file I suggested?

Eddy

[davidjames]

Originally Posted by routerunner

Do you recall whether you or someone else in the household switched off the extender by removing the power supply or if it was in a permanent circle of death and you powered off by removing the power as well? I think the HDMI transmitter is not broken, but has a wrong setting in the flash, you could try the factory default reset procedure, I never had to do it myself, but I think is written in the manual and consists of keeping pressed a button on the remote control whilst hard power cycling the extender...

Prior to the problem originally happening, the power was not (to my knowledge removed), but I suppose it may. I did do the factory reset per the manual. Remove the power, hold the delete key and restore the power.

Originally Posted by routerunner

Also, did you have a custom resolution in your ".properties" file, like the 24fps setting in order to have a perfect BlueRay playback? Some people does (I do), but that is not officially supported by SageTV and the extender could potentially get stuck there.

I've never done this.

Originally Posted by routerunner

Have you tried to delete the ".properties" file I suggested?

Which properties file would I delete, there are bunch of them.



Eddy[/QUOTE]

[routerunner]

Originally Posted by davidjames

Which properties file would I delete, there are bunch of them.

The ".properties" filename is made by the MAC address without colons of the relevant extender.

There two files with the same name but different extension the second file is the backup, please delete both, but before doing that, you must follow the instructions in post #4

Eddy

[davidjames]

Originally Posted by routerunner

The ".properties" filename is made by the MAC address without colons of the relevant extender.

There two files with the same name but different extension the second file is the backup, please delete both, but before doing that, you must follow the instructions in post #4

Eddy

I deleted the properties file associated with with the MAC address of the HD200. I then plugged it in and the problem still exists. One weird thing is a new properties file wasn't created?

[routerunner]

Originally Posted by davidjames

One weird thing is a new properties file wasn't created?

They are normally created when soft power off after about 30 seconds. Please try this:

- In standalone mode please make sure to enable only the HDMI resolutions that your TV definitively supports.
- Make sure in the Setup -> advance settings menu to enable the force HDMI setting.
- Set your audio to HDMI PCM as well.
- During hard power cycle, press regularly the "Video Out" button waiting few seconds between presses.

There is also another thing that happened to me once, but I couldn't reproduce reliably, basically it appears that you need to have a valid connection to a composite TV and let it boot completely into sage first before attempting to switch to HDMI. What you could do is to have two monitors/TV, one connected via composite to make sure that everything is working as expected and the other to HDMI and trying with the "Video Out" sequence. This weird behaviour happened when I was helping KryptoNyte for his DTS audio pass-through issue on HDMI and couldn't get the HDMI video working, but after connecting composite together with HDMI I finally managed to perform the switch.

Is like you have to boot completely into composite first as this is the factory default before attempting to switch to HDMI or component, as the server has to write the properties file and everything must be consistent, so if the above doesn't work, try to set the video and audio mode to the default composite/analogue, let the extender boot into sage completely then soft power on in standalone mode and then switch mode to HDMI.

If still no luck, then I'm sorry, but I run out of ideas.

Eddy

[davidjames]

routerunner - Thanks for your ideas. Unfortunately all for naught. Nothing seems to revive the HDMI port. I'm back to using my TV. I really do appreciate you trying to help thought. Thanks again.

[routerunner]

Originally Posted by davidjames

routerunner - Thanks for your ideas. Unfortunately all for naught. Nothing seems to revive the HDMI port. I'm back to using my TV. I really do appreciate you trying to help thought. Thanks again.

I'm terribly sorry to hear that...

[K O]

I found this thread while trying to figure out why one of my HD200's won't output HDMI anymore. I have another HD200 and an HD300 that work fine.

The HD200 will only work on one TV with 1080p, but after a power reset, the 1080p fails and reverts back to 480i. On the TV it's normally connected to, I can only see the SageTV splash screen, and after that there's no HDMI output at all - pressing the Video Out does not find a resolution that's acceptable. I've tried the same instructions posted above to no avail. I think the HDMI output on it is hosed.

What are the odds something like this is fixable?

[raulinigo]

Mine HDMI on my 200 went out a long time ago and SageTV replaced it with a refurb free of charge even though I was significantly outside of the warranty. I'm afraid those days are over.

[TwistedMelon]

Do all you guys have the "Force HDMI" setting turned ON?