HDMI To VGA

[ARose5]

Hi All,

Surprisingly non of the monitors within our office actually has a HDMI input...

I have purchased a VGA to HDMI lead, forgetting to buy a coupler to actually link the compute stick with the VGA to HDMI lead, today the coupler has now turned up - I have hooked everything up and set the monitor to VGA but it doesn't recognise that anything is connected, I have power to the stick, keyboard and mouse light up - just no display...

Can anyone please advise? currently buying a monitor with HDMI input is out of the question at the moment!

[AKriz]

HDMI is digital and VGA is analog, so you'll need a dedicated converter, which is usually powered. I have the same issue at work, they only have Display Ports and no HDMI inputs. You can't use a pass through cable to turn HDMI output to VGA input.

[TYan3]

You know what, HDMI-to-VGA and VGA-to-HDMI are something totally different. The former should have a DAC and the later should have an ADC. I wonder if there's any of them on the market has both and is bi-directional. Obviously for ICS you need the first one.

By the way does none of the monitors has a DVI port either? Coz HDMI to DVI is much easier and can be passive.

[ARose5]

Apologies, a bit outdated with some of the terminology used!

Thanks for the response Rumbaar

Tom - my our monitors here in the office do indeed have DVI-D, are you able to offer guidance on what I need to buy to make it work?

[TYan3]

Something like this would do:

http://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-DVI-D-Single-Female-adapter/dp/B001VKQR5U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1448529603&sr=8-1&keywords=HDMI+to+DVI-D+monoprice Amazon.com: Monoprice DVI-D Single Link Male to HDMI Female adapter: Computers & Accessories

[Anonymous]

Hi Tom Yan,

It is necessary to use an active converter to send the video image from the HDMI to VGA monitor.

This is an example of the converter:

http://www.amazon.com/Adapter-Converter-Ultrabook-Raspberry-Chromebook/dp/B00NBUTHJG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1448898471&sr=8-3&keywords=HDMI+to+vga+active+converter http://www.amazon.com/Adapter-Converter-Ultrabook-Raspberry-Chromebook/dp/B00NBUTHJG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1448898471&s…

Regards,

Miguel C

[ARose5]

Tom Yan,

This has worked for me - thank you for your input!

[Anonymous]

Hi AndrewR241,

I am glad the workaround worked.

Regards,

Mike C