Trouble connecting HDMI

[SimonAllen]

I am new to the RaspberryPi and this is the first time I have tried to get one to work. I have formatted the SD card put an image of Raspbian on the card. Connected a wireless keyboard and mouse and powered it up. There are two LEDs on, a red and green one.

The HMDI cable is connected to the one of the two HDMI ports on a Samsung UE32H5000 TV.

My problem is that the TV just says ‘No Signal’

If I connect the HDMI cable to my MacBook it copies my display to the TV. So I know the cable must be good and TV is working. So what have I missed? What do I need to cause the RaspberryPi to show on the TV?

[FTrevorGowen]

I am new to the RaspberryPi and this is the first time I have tried to get one to work. I have formatted the SD card put an image of Raspbian on the card. Connected a wireless keyboard and mouse and powered it up. There are two LEDs on, a red and green one.
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If the red, PoWeR, led isn't flashing, and the green, ACTivity, led is "permanently" on (no flashing) this suggests that the Pi cannot read your SDHC card - how did you "put an image of Raspbian on the card"?
More help w.r.t. not booting/no video issues can be found in this "sticky thread":
http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt ... 28&t=58151
Trev.

[drgeoff]

Try reading the "NO VIDEO - NOT BOOTING" sticky. It was two above yours when you posted.

[SimonAllen]

Both red and green lights are on. Neither is flashing. I had the disk image of Raspbian and just copied it to the SD card. Have I erred? Does this also stop the TV displaying anything?

[DougieLawson]

If you have an *.img file you MUST use Win32DiskImager (or dd (or some funky process on OSX)) to write it to the card.
If you have an *.zip file you MUST unzip it on to the card.

You can't just copy an *.img to the root of the card's filesystem and expect that to work.

[B.Goode]

Both red and green lights are on. Neither is flashing. I had the disk image of Raspbian and just copied it to the SD card. Have I erred?

Yes.

Does this also stop the TV displaying anything?

Yes.

[SimonAllen]

Thanks all.

I am sudoing and dding. Certainly not very intuitive stuff. This link is helpful.

http://www.raspberrypi.org/documentatio ... ges/mac.md

Also needs to be used with care as I see I can over write my harddisk which I would rather not do!

[mahjongg]

that is one reason NOOBS was invented, this installation helper makes the process much easier and safer.

[SimonAllen]

That worked. The screen is showing a menu of setup options. Thanks for all your help.