palAlv
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RPi 4 not displaying on TV

Mon Feb 03, 2020 12:58 pm

I have a brand new Raspberry Pi 4 and I have installed Raspbian via NOOBS on it. When connecting to my PC monitor with HDMI everything works fine, but when I connect to my TV nothing is displayed. I have tried changing the values in config.txt as described here: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/view ... hp?t=34061. These are my current values:

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hdmi_force_hotplug=1
config_hdmi_boost=4
hdmi_drive=2
I have also tried with several different HDMI cables, but to no avail. Any suggestions?

schyena
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Re: RPi 4 not displaying on TV

Mon Feb 03, 2020 2:57 pm

Bump!

I'm having the exact same issue and it's getting really annoying how I have to boot to my monitor first then switching back to the TV.

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Re: RPi 4 not displaying on TV

Mon Feb 03, 2020 3:00 pm

palAlv wrote:
Mon Feb 03, 2020 12:58 pm
I have a brand new Raspberry Pi 4 and I have installed Raspbian via NOOBS on it. When connecting to my PC monitor with HDMI everything works fine, but when I connect to my TV nothing is displayed. I have tried changing the values in config.txt as described here: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/view ... hp?t=34061. These are my current values:

Code: Select all

hdmi_force_hotplug=1
config_hdmi_boost=4
hdmi_drive=2
I have also tried with several different HDMI cables, but to no avail. Any suggestions?
IIRC, the "boost" option has no effect on a P4B. What happens if you hold/toggle the Shift key when you switch on the Pi (ie.do you get to see the NOOBS installer's recovery screen?) Did you make sure that the T.V. was on and switched to the correct input?
Trev.
Still running Raspbian Jessie or Stretch on some older Pi's (an A, B1, 2xB2, B+, P2B, 3xP0, P0W, 2xP3A+, P3B+, P3B, B+, and a A+) but Buster on the P4B's. See: https://www.cpmspectrepi.uk/raspberry_pi/raspiidx.htm

palAlv
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Re: RPi 4 not displaying on TV

Tue Feb 04, 2020 9:49 am

FTrevorGowen wrote:
Mon Feb 03, 2020 3:00 pm
palAlv wrote:
Mon Feb 03, 2020 12:58 pm
I have a brand new Raspberry Pi 4 and I have installed Raspbian via NOOBS on it. When connecting to my PC monitor with HDMI everything works fine, but when I connect to my TV nothing is displayed. I have tried changing the values in config.txt as described here: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/view ... hp?t=34061. These are my current values:

Code: Select all

hdmi_force_hotplug=1
config_hdmi_boost=4
hdmi_drive=2
I have also tried with several different HDMI cables, but to no avail. Any suggestions?
IIRC, the "boost" option has no effect on a P4B. What happens if you hold/toggle the Shift key when you switch on the Pi (ie.do you get to see the NOOBS installer's recovery screen?) Did you make sure that the T.V. was on and switched to the correct input?
Trev.
Yes, I get to see the recovery screen. And yes, TV is on and on correct input.

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