I am looking to use my Fire TV on my computer monitor which does not have built in speakers. I am wondering if using an AUX to USB Cable will work if I plug the aux side into a speaker and the USB into the fire TV. I will also be using a VGA to HDMI to connect the Fire TV to the monitor so if there are errors with that please let me know.
Thanks.
An external USB soundcard needs a driver on the aTV. I doubt there is one preinstalled and it still needs to be compatible, too.
A better solution would be a SP/DIF (TOSLINK) Converter which isn´t expensive and doesn´t need an USB connection and therefore also no driver.
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An external USB soundcard needs a driver on the aTV. I doubt there is one preinstalled and it still needs to be compatible, too.
A better solution would be a SP/DIF (TOSLINK) Converter which isn´t expensive and doesn´t need an USB connection and therefore also no driver.
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I am using a computer monitor for my screen.
It´s not relevant. Connect your monitor via HDMI or HDMI/DVI adapter as before. These TOSLINK digital/analogue adapters are connected to the (optical or electrical) digital SP/DIF sound output and not to HDMI. On the ATV it´s a small square optical connection on the backside situated between LAN and HDMI.
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It´s not relevant. Connect your monitor via HDMI or HDMI/DVI adapter as before. These TOSLINK digital/analogue adapters are connected to the (optical or electrical) digital SP/DIF sound output and not to HDMI. On the ATV it´s a small square optical connection on the backside situated between LAN and HDMI.
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Oh okay I understand now. Thank you so much you solved my problem.
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Hey all,
Not sure if this is possible but I want to somehow have audio out through the MHL/micro usb port of my s2. Reason being that it would be much nicer in the car to have 1 cord for charging and music rather than one cord for each.
Does the MHL port support this or could there possibly be an accessory to change the HDMI out feature to audio-only aux?
thanks!
also wondering about this for my AV receiver
i went ahead and ordered the HDMI MHL cable to test Spotify through my AV Receiver.
Since the HDMI audio is digital data I wouldn't bother researching down this lane.
But there certainly are docking stations that charge the SGS2 and offer a 3.5mm line-out at the same time, so it must be possible.
Pinout anyone?
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Since the HDMI audio is digital data I wouldn't bother researching down this lane.
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Don't understand what you mean here?
If you'd like to use the HDMI audio you would have to add a digital-analog-converter in order to feed your car stereo the analog line audio it needs. Plus I don't think the connector will allow charging while in HDMI mode.
So maybe it's best to put that port on the SGS2 into Home Dock or Car Dock mode. You might get some further help wit the pinout in this thread.
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If you'd like to use the HDMI audio you would have to add a digital-analog-converter in order to feed your car stereo the analog line audio it needs. Plus I don't think the connector will allow charging while in HDMI mode.
So maybe it's best to put that port on the SGS2 into Home Dock or Car Dock mode. You might get some further help wit the pinout in this thread.
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I think you're getting me confused with the original poster. My question was in regards to outputting just audio (Spotify) through my Onkyo AV receiver. There shouldn't be any issue with this, right? I've only seen the MHL-HDMI cable used on a TV directly, and not through a receiver.
Also, would it be possible to plug the SGS2 with the MHL-HDMI cable directly into the HDMI 1.4 input on the back of the TV, and use the ARC feature (Audio Return Channel) to feed either 2.1 or 5.1 audio back through the HDMI cable linking the TV and receiver to the surround sound speakers?
Wait, if HDMI out audio is digital out, can we play around to get a clean digital out signal that would play nice with portable external DACs?
Sounds impossible but who knows?
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I think you're getting me confused with the original poster.
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That's exactly what happened, my bad.
Unfortunately I haven't got the HDMI cable for the SGS2 yet but for the ARC feature I'd say it depends on your TV. Maybe you can try feeding an existing HDMI source to it and verify that a HDMI-in on the TV can be routed via ARC to your AVR.
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That's exactly what happened, my bad.
Unfortunately I haven't got the HDMI cable for the SGS2 yet but for the ARC feature I'd say it depends on your TV. Maybe you can try feeding an existing HDMI source to it and verify that a HDMI-in on the TV can be routed via ARC to your AVR.
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Yes, supposedly my TV can do that with the Freeview HD tuner audio, but I'm waiting for my antenna to put that to the test.
Solution: HD Fury II or HD Fury III. They have 2 channel analog output from HDMI input.
To clear up some things about MHL:
First of all MHL is not HDMI. By default, your phone needs to support MHL and your TV/Receiver/whatever also needs to be able to receive MHL signals.
There is no fixed connector type for MHL (the plug can either be proprietary or a readily available one such as USB or HDMI). Phones have MHL hardware connected to their USB ports. Upcoming TVs will have additional MHL hardware connected to their existing HDMI inputs.
You cannot use an ordinary USB<->HDMI type MHL cable to connect your phone to any HDTV. It will not work. You need an active cable that receives a MHL signal from the USB side, internally decodes it and reencodes it as HDMI, and then outputs it via the HDMI side of the cable to any HDMI device. That's why the cables are expensive.
The good news pertaining to this thread:
The active MHL cables we've seen so far are very small and compact. Basically the only thing you need is an MHL decoder which has an audio line out. There is no need for a HDMI DAC.
I can confirm that the Samsung MHL-HDMI cable for the SGS2 outputs both video and just audio beautifully to my home theatre receiver.
MHL to VGA is an option
Please excuse the necroposting. For future people who run across this thread when searching for MHL Audio products.
I discovered these products after some searching around:
http://vgaadapter.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/ikross-mhl-micro-usb-to-vga-display-and.html
http://www.ecvv.com/product/2822782.html
I'm not sure of the quality of the audio DAC but its an option.
But so is the Samsung Desktop dock or the car dock for charging and playing music at the same time through one plug.
i can't believe, but ac adaptor charger and p2-p2 or p2-rca cable work like a charm here
I want to attach two usb devices to my Note.
One will be the MHL adapter and one will be the 2.4ghz wireless unit for a keyboard like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250996855143.
I need a Micro USB male to 1x Micro USB female and 1x USB female adapter.
These for some strange reason don't exist
I was just wondering if anyone has done anything similar.
I know I could get a Bluetooth keyboard, but I don't have one. I do however have the above keyboard
Oh wow! I'm interested into this keyboard! Does Lenovo Mini Wireless keyboard work perfectly with the Note? All buttons are recognized and trackball mouse is usable?
Its really good, i use it on my Note and my Libretto W100. The mouse and keyboard work perfectly.
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I want to attach two usb devices to my Note.
One will be the MHL adapter and one will be the 2.4ghz wireless unit for a keyboard like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250996855143.
I need a Micro USB male to 1x Micro USB female and 1x USB female adapter.
These for some strange reason don't exist
I was just wondering if anyone has done anything similar.
I know I could get a Bluetooth keyboard, but I don't have one. I do however have the above keyboard
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You cannot attach 2 or more devices to the same usb port. You need an usb hub for that, but I don't know if the MHL would work with the hub. I will try later today to attach an usb hub and connect more devices, and will report my findings.
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I have successfully connected a self powered usb hub to the galaxy Note, and connected 2 thumb drives, a combo card reader, and a mouse. The Note mounted both of my thumb drives, as /usbstorage/sda and /usbstorage/sdb respectively. Then I inserted a mikroSD card into the card reader and the phone mounted it as sdc. I then inserted an sony memory stick into the card reader and it was mounted as sdd. All mounts were usable, and I could watch movies from them, and watch pictures, copy files from one to the other, etc... But, when I connected the mouse to the usb hub it didn't recognize it. Whatever combination I tried the Note would not recognize my mouse, when plugged into the usb hub. When plugged directly to the OTG cable it works perfectly, but won't work when connected to the hub (maybe cables are to long).
Using rooted stock xxla6 firmware.
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Just found out, that usb otg and mhl cannot work simultaneously. When the MHL cable is plugged in, the GNote's microusb port will become an MHL port, and from that point it will not act as an usb host or usb slave. :-(
It's too bad, 'cause I really wanted to connect it to my full hd monitor and use a mouse and keyboard, too.
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Just found out, that usb otg and mhl cannot work simultaneously. When the MHL cable is plugged in, the GNote's microusb port will become an MHL port, and from that point it will not act as an usb host or usb slave. :-(
It's too bad, 'cause I really wanted to connect it to my full hd monitor and use a mouse and keyboard, too.
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How about bluetooth mouse+keyboard instead ? That would keep your USB port free for MHL
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How about bluetooth mouse+keyboard instead ? That would keep your USB port free for MHL
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That does work, and works a treat I might add.
Swyped from my finger, to your face on my Samsung Galaxy Note, using Tapatalk!
I like the idea of USB Hub
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How about bluetooth mouse+keyboard instead ? That would keep your USB port free for MHL
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This is the setup I'm going to do also. But as with topic, it's also very tempting to have everything USB powered. Since it will decrease latency and maybe power consumption as well? (as opposed to bluetooth) Well, MHL to HDMI will still drain our battery even if we connect it to power source
You can also try NZtechfreak's workaround:
http://www.androidnz.net/2011/11/samsung-galaxy-note-connectivity.html
Hi i wonder where i can buy a microusb splitter for my phone so that i can use, both usb keyboard and hdmi cable together. I just tried keyboard+mouse using a usb hub, and it worked fine...
does it even exist?
Sorry, but this can't work. When the phone is putting out HDMI, the USB can't be used as it takes the same connector pins. You can do what you want with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse, but sorry, not with wired.
try to find the smallest hub there is, that's the closest you will get to a usb splitter that works. Just splitting will never work, the signals have to be divided with some intelligence.
/edit... never mind didn't read the MHL/HDMI part... don't think that will work
I am also intrested in this topic. I want to plug in the HDMI cable and s remote controler. I want to use my phone as a media center.
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I am also intrested in this topic. I want to plug in the HDMI cable and s remote controler. I want to use my phone as a media center.
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You flat out can't; it is a limitation of the more common MHL implementation, and the Galaxy Nexus uses this MHL implementation.
Samsung had to use a new kind of MHL connection for the Galaxy S 3 to make this exact scenario possible.
*edit* You can plug in an HDMI cable and use a bluetooth remote, though, if that might work for your needs.
http://www.amazon.com/Fosmon-HDMI-M...&qid=1441233239&sr=8-1&keywords=mini+usb+hdmi
It's just a HDMI cord. Micro HDMI to standard HDMI
As BtoGS488 said, that's an HDMI to Micro HDMI cable. It won't work with the G4.
i have this and it works great. plug it in and instantly works.
http://www.amazon.com/Accell-J159B-...id=1441312856&sr=1-2&keywords=Accell+usb+hdmi
I think it may be ypur appropriate answer.The answer is given below-
S4's Micro-USB port actually doubles as an MHL-out port, letting you output HD video and 7.1 surround sound, all while charging your phone. With this wired connection you'll be tethered to your TV, but the benefit of that hard-wired connection is that you get glitch-free mirroring, since wireless mirroring can sometimes give you tinny audio and laggy video.
So I attempted to connect my device to a portable monitor via a USBC docking station. The monitor has a micro HDMI in and a USBC port that supports video. The docking station has an HDMI out port that I was attempting to use.
My set up was: I connected the Redmagic 8pro to the docking station via USBC, then the docking station to the monitor via HDMI to Micro HDMI.
The phone is saying that it IS casting but I am not getting any video on the monitor.
I have tested just connecting the phone to the monitor with no docking station using a USBC cable only and it works just fine.
I tested the dock with a different device with the same set up as before and was able to connect with no issues.
Obviously I can just connect via USBC and call it a day but I would like to use the dock because I would also be able to charge my phone and connect USB peripherals as well as the monitor.
Does anyone have any idea why the I can't connect using the dock and the HDMI connection?
I have tried with 2 different Steam Deck docking station from Amazon and HDMI was not working.
I am suspecting a usb alt mode driver issue. The phone also gets a bit lost like charging - disconnected -charging -....
The ethernet, storage, keyboard mouse are working but in the Android logs I dont see any HDMI related logs, so since I was able to build the Linux kernel (with the DP alt mode module), I have to flash,test again but it takes time for me .
I am a bit disappointed that it does not work from the begining, but it is a good step that Nubia is releasing the kernel source code.
The only solution I am aware from reviews is to use a direct HDMI to USBc adapter
Thank you for the reply. It is very unfortunate because without being able to connect to the dock you cannot charge the device while connected to a monitor. Have you tried using any non Steam Deck docking stations, just out of curiosity? I am considering trying a couple. It is probably a waste of time but this is a very frustrating issue and I have not been able to find anything close to a solution.
An Update! I found a dock that I was able to use to successfully connect my device to my portable monitor. I will link all of the hardware I am using, please share with any other users attempting to use a similar set up.
ASUS ROG Strix 17.3" 1080P... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087N2VVTP?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
UGREEN USB C Hub with Ethernet,... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093FKT9BF?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
UGREEN 4K 60Hz Micro HDMI to HDMI... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P5QSG5M?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share