Belkin Thunderbolt to HDMI Adapter for Mac Not Working
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I have the latest Apple MacBook Pro Retina 15" and needed to attach it to secondary screens (often televisions.) I have a Sony Bravia here with HDMI input. I got the Belkin Thunderbolt (DisplayPort) to HDMI adapter and it is recognized as soon as I plug it in. No issues there, it sees the adapter.
As soon as I plug into the second display, I lose both the display on the MacBook and the secondary display says "Invalid Input" and shows nothing. Thankfully as soon as I unplug the adapter everything is fine again.
On the MacBook I can sort of see that it has set things to "Optimized for the Sony TV", so it sees the device and even detects its settings. But all windows stop working on the MacBook and the screen stops updating. So the display drivers or something are all messed up. The screen is mostly blank with a few bits of the desktop appearing here and there.
I'm assuming that the Belkin is garbage and just doesn't work. But it would be great to find out that, like most things Mac, this just requires some special insider knowledge to make work.
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I have the Apple VGA and DVI adapters and have never had a problem. I have not purchased a HDMI adapter at this point. Sorry to not be of help.
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I have the amazon basic one and it works just fine never had an issue just plug it in and it works just fine.
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Do you need to choose the HDMI option on the TV to get to recognize the laptop?
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@JaredBusch said:
I have the Apple VGA and DVI adapters and have never had a problem. I have not purchased a HDMI adapter at this point. Sorry to not be of help.
Those have worked fine for me too. Sadly can't find an Apple adapter in this country. No Apple Stores in Panama or even Central America. And if you ask around, since they don't exist, there are several local businesses that work hard to look like an Apple store and the locals aren't aware that these are not the real deal.
The Belkin adapter was the only name brand that I could find.
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@Minion-Queen said:
Do you need to choose the HDMI option on the TV to get to recognize the laptop?
Yes, and that's when it says that the input is invalid.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Sadly can't find an Apple adapter in this country.
Order from the intertubes? I'm sure you can get a quick shipping option so it finds you where ever your jet setting self happens to be haha.
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@MattSpeller said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Sadly can't find an Apple adapter in this country.
Order from the intertubes? I'm sure you can get a quick shipping option so it finds you where ever your jet setting self happens to be haha.
Ever tried getting Amazon to deliver to Panama? I've had people try to get $20 of stuff shipped to another country and ended up spending closer to a $1,000 to actually get it by the time that all was said and done. If you lived here full time it would be different. Only being here a few weeks, you never try those stunts.
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Yeah when traveling outside of the US/Canada do not try to ship things. It's just a huge mess.
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@Minion-Queen said:
Yeah when traveling outside of the US/Canada do not try to ship things. It's just a huge mess.
Especially if you are not there for a really, really long time.
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Yeah we were in Congo for a year. 3 1/2 years later a package someone sent is arrived
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In the DoubleTree in Panama City and tried the adapter with the LG TV there and it worked beautifully the instant that I plugged it in. So maybe the television is part of the problem. But the issues with the needed options not being available is definitely on the Mac where the needed interfaces are completely absent.
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Of course, the Mac crashed completely only a few minutes into trying to use this on the LG. Probably unrelated, it crashed three times in the last two hours, only once while attached to the TV.
