External display not detected

I'm not sure this could fix, but it would help to isolate the issue.

I'm aware when you set resolution other than native resolution most of the time they are scaled and it will work.

Also an important detail to look into is the refresh rate, where the LG has is 60Hz. which is in sync with the supported resolutions spec in your MacBook pro.

I'm leaning towards this spec not matching with your other monitor hence checking with alternate input method to monitor.

<<Connected only one monitor at a time. Again, only the LG is detected.>>

Based on your debugging the AOC monitor is defective.

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to get a Mac display to become active, you need the Mac to query the display, and the display to answer with its name and capabilities. Otherwise, the display will not be shown as present, and no data will be sent to the display.

This query is only sent at certain times:

• at startup

• at wake from sleep

• at insertion of the Mac-end of the display-cable, provided everything on that cable is ready-to-go

• on invoking Option-(Detect Display) button in Displays preferences (from another display)

so try doing some of those things and see if the display comes alive.

Modern Displays with multiple ports are sometimes busy scanning the other ports, looking for an input, and miss the query from the Mac. They need to pay attention to the port you are actually using, or they will miss the query.

Some displays have On-Screen Display settings that can be used to tell the display a computer is attached on a certain port, or a certain port should be highest priority. Changing those may make your display more responsive.

Some displays include their own private "sleep" settings for the display alone. This can allow the display to enter its own sleep mode, on top of the Mac's not sending it data. A display that is sleeping on its own cannot respond to the Mac's query, and will stay dark.

on Windows, you manually set the resolution. Then the computer sends out a data stream, regardless of whether a display is actually connected or not.

To work on a Mac, the display MUST respond to the Mac's Query, or the screen stays dark.

Check if you can get display output with USB-C to VGA adapter (Since the resolution of monitor is 1920x1080).