Has anyone had any success connecting AppleTV to Screenplay SP4805? I have spent several hours to no avail: tried all settings, also flashed the 4805 to latest firmware 1.3.2. The projector does not recognise any signal from the 4805. I have set the output to 720p which I know should work. I am using an HDMI lead with a HDMI-F to M1DA-M adaptor which works perfectly with the signal from my DVD player. Has anygone got any suggestions?
thanks,
AppleTV 2
`Does it support HDCP?
The 4805 may well predate HDCP (no mention whatsoever in the manual) and what you say does make sense based on Apple's licensing - so maybe the only workaround is to buy a digital to analogue converter (e.g. HDMI to component) that is HDCP compliant? Shame as the setup was a neat solution and I suspect the converter will likely cost more that the AppleTV itself. Maybe time to upgrade the projector.
Just checked the 4805 specification sheet (link):
COMPATIBILITY: Component and RGB HDTV (720p, 1035i, 1080i). DVI with HDCP for digital video and encrypted digital video. Component EDTV (480p, 576p progressive scan), Component, Composite and S-Video standard TV video (480i, 576i, composite SCART with adapter, NTSC, NTSC M 4.43, PAL: B, G, H, I, M, N; SECAM: M).
so Alley_Cat: yes, the 4805 should be HDCP compliant.
I wonder if the problem is therefore the HDMI cable or the HDMI-M1 adapter but as I said above, both work with output from my HD DVD player.
I even preset the output from the ATV (AppleTV) to 720p in case the Auto setting was preventing a handshake.
Anyone else got any suggestions?
Yes, you would need to set it to 720p as AppleTV3 does not handle interlaced modes - HDMI also has a couple of output flavours - Auto,YPbPr (or similar) and RGB Hi/Low - might be worth playing with those.
AC
You could always fall back to good 'ol reliable VGA: http://www.kanexlive.com/atvpro
Yes, tried 720p and all flavours (RGB etc) but still no hint of a signal projector-end. Next I'm going to try a spare DVI-M1DA cable once I can get my hands on a DVI-D to HDMi adapter for the AppleTV. I still suspect HDCP is likely to be to blame.
Connecting ATV to SP4805 Projector
