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I can confirm that that little device no longer works. The old models worked without the VGA portion needing to be plugged in, however the new models shipping

by rcraft 12y ago

I can confirm that that little device no longer works. The old models worked without the VGA portion needing to be plugged in, however the new models shipping from China don't work unless the VGA unit is plugged into something, which basically defeats the purpose. I am now using this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DMZOUVK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DMZOUVK/ref=oh_aui_detai... which is working great.

bsimpson 12y ago
When I first got my Chromecast, I was beyond frustrated that the music always cut out (even though watching videos was fine). One day, I was determined to get to the bottom of it, and realized that my roommate's Yamaha RX-V571 will reset the HDMI connection every two seconds if it can't handshake the video. He has an HDMI->VGA adaptor and a VGA projector plugged into the same receiver. So, whenever I want to listen to music in our living room, I have to turn his projector on for two seconds. It's beyond stupid, but at least it works.
- glward 12y ago
  That's odd, my slightly older Yamaha (RX-V367) works fine with the chromecast as an HDMI device with no tv hooked up. Wonder why the newer model doesn't like it.
gcb0 12y ago
can't reply deeper... this is for the Yamaha comment next to this: disable auto resolution. it usually fixes this.
- danellis 12y ago
  > can't reply deeper What's that all about, then?
  - notatoad 12y ago
    When people start replying to each other too quickly, HN makes you take a bit of cooling off time.
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skystorm 12y ago
I solved that issue via a dummy VGA plug, like this: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?200444-DVI-to-VGA-Dummy-56K http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?200444-DV...! In fact, I simply plugged the three resistors straight into the pins of VGA port on the HDMI converter. Works like a charm. :)

by rcraft 12y ago

bsimpson 12y ago

When I first got my Chromecast, I was beyond frustrated that the music always cut out (even though watching videos was fine). One day, I was determined to get to the bottom of it, and realized that my roommate's Yamaha RX-V571 will reset the HDMI connection every two seconds if it can't handshake the video. He has an HDMI->VGA adaptor and a VGA projector plugged into the same receiver. So, whenever I want to listen to music in our living room, I have to turn his projector on for two seconds. It's beyond stupid, but at least it works.

glward 12y ago
That's odd, my slightly older Yamaha (RX-V367) works fine with the chromecast as an HDMI device with no tv hooked up. Wonder why the newer model doesn't like it.

gcb0 12y ago

can't reply deeper... this is for the Yamaha comment next to this: disable auto resolution. it usually fixes this.

danellis 12y ago
> can't reply deeper What's that all about, then?
- notatoad 12y ago
  When people start replying to each other too quickly, HN makes you take a bit of cooling off time.

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skystorm 12y ago

I solved that issue via a dummy VGA plug, like this: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?200444-DVI-to-VGA-Dummy-56K http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?200444-DV...! In fact, I simply plugged the three resistors straight into the pins of VGA port on the HDMI converter. Works like a charm. :)