Connecting my macbook pro 13" to Sony bravia via mini Displayport to HDMI

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Connecting my macbook pro 13" to Sony bravia via mini Displayport to HDMI

Hi,

yesterday I bought a new LCD TV Sony Bravia KDL-32EX600 (Full-HD LED) that has 4 x HDMI inputs.
I also bought a mini Displayport to HDMI and HDMI to HDMI cable.

When I connect it to my computer, the screen goes blue for a second and it doesn't recognise any additional displays. There's also no video or sound in the TV, on the right HDMI channel. (I've tried every HDMI input and every channel)

I've tested the TV with another laptop that has straight HDMI output from the gfx card and it works perfectly.

I have up-to-date MacOS and I also upgraded my TV's firmware to the latest.

I thought that maybe the miniDisplayport to HDMI connector is broken but why does the computer try to do something when I turn on the correct channel on the TV?

I'm out of ideas..

Macbook pro 13", Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Jul 8, 2010 8:36 AM

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madhenry Author

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Jul 11, 2010 12:16 PM in response to madhenry

Today I tried to connect my macbook to another sony bravia (KDL32V2500) with the same cables and it worked perfectly but the problem is that I still want to get my TV also working.

I contacted sony support and they adviced me to contact apple support.
I think this might be some kind of snow leopard compatibility bug but I don't know what to do next.

Help please..

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Jul 11, 2010 7:21 PM in response to madhenry

yes i'd noticed it i don't know why but it seems that elder sony HDTV deal best with MAC. Maybe you have to connect the mac to a PC/DVI specially conceived for PC. Because samsung's tv have this feature...

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Jul 12, 2010 10:51 PM in response to madhenry

I said this in another post ... hope it helps you.

Please don't take this as the absolute truth, despite the source, but when I bought my latest Macbook Pro 2 days ago the guy in the Apple Store here in Melbourne told me not to upgrade it to Snow Leopard 10.6.4. This is due to a change of some sort that either causes problems with or prevents proper connection to a TV (not to a monitor - that works fine).

I haven't tried it yet and I'd recommend researching it first but if he's correct I'd say that might be your problem. 🙂

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Pete A

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Aug 18, 2010 10:01 AM in response to madhenry

Hi madhenry,

I know it's a month on from your post, but I thought I'd add that I'm having exactly the same problem. I'm trying to connect my new MacBook Pro (15" core i7) to my Sony Bravia KDL-40EX600 using a mini displayport to HDMI adapter. When I plug the cable in, the MBP screen goes blue for one second then goes back to normal, but the system just doesn't detect the external display.

I've tried the MBP on other monitors and it works fine, so there is nothing wrong with the adapter or cable.

I've also tried plugging two other Macs into the TV (a 2008 15" MacBook Pro and a 2008 MacBook) and the TV works great with both of them.

So, it seems there's something specific to the new MacBook Pros that makes them incompatible with the Sony EX600 TVs.

I just talked to AppleCare about it and after trying a few things (resetting the PRAM, etc.) I was simply told that there's nothing wrong at all with the Mac and that this is simply a "compatibility" issue that I have to put up with. So, it looks like we're out of luck until (hopefully) a new Mac OS update fixes the issue.

Peter

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