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Apologies, a bit outdated with some of the terminology used!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

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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
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Tom Yan,
This has worked for me - thank you for your input!

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Hi AndrewR241,
I am glad the workaround worked.
Regards,
Mike C

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