Mini and Samsung SM225UW
I have a new Samsung Sync Master 225UW. Great display and work OK with Mini (PPC).
But the multimedia section don't work at all
No Audio, no Mic, no webcam.
Is there any fix for that?
Can you see the microphone listed in the System Preferences > Sound? Select it and can you see the meter operate?
Check the camera using IChat, select the camera icon and see if you can get the camera in the display window.
Look in Utilities > System Profiler and see if the devices are listed.
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Mac Mini and Samsung 43" DLP HDTV gets Black Screen Only
Just bought a new Mac Mini with great anticipation for some large screen viewing.
After numerous attempts the Mini has yet to produce anything but a black image with the occasional red or white horizontal line on my 43" Samsung DLP TV. Not even a brief grey start up screen. Just permanently black.
Here's the kicker: I do get a great computer screen image on this 43" DLP TV in Mac OS 8.6 off my ten year old Macintosh PowerPC. (The trouble is it's a noisy older computer and has no bluetooth for wireless mouse & keyboard: and no Front Row with remote control)
I have the VGA cable connected to the "computer in" port on the back of the Samsung DLP TV .
This is with the exact same cable and connection that refuses to work with the Mini.
Earlier attempts at using the DVI port were unsuccessful so for now I am staying with what works on the older Mac.
Some other things I've tried:
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I've tried turning the TV on before the Mini and vice versa
I always check to make sure the PC connection is selected on the TV
As well, I have re-installed the OS onto the Mini to eliminate any possibility of a sofware conflict from data transferred from my Emac
After consulting an Apple technical page (article 303406) regarding Black Screen issues and Mac Mini on large screen HDTVs, I went into single user mode and changed some text as specified. That did't help either
So far I have never seen a grey startup screen at all, only a totally black screen.
Someone in a recent post here or on MacMini.com touched on impedence issues with signals into VGA or DVI ports. The Mac Mini operates on low voltage. Could there be some connection to how strong a signal it produces compared to my old PowerPC with its ATI graphics card?? And just why would that make a difference
I haven't seem my particular issue addressed in this forum or on MacMini.com
Thanks for any help
Mac Mini 1.83 Intel Core Duo 512 Mb Ram Mac OS X (10.4.7) Emac; 604e PPC with G3 Upgrade & ATI Video CardJust finished testing the Mini remotely with the use of the Redstone software recommended by BSteely in a previous post. Fun Stuff.
I saw the Mini "desktop" on my Emac screen and could control it remotely, even though the mini was connected to the large screen Samsung.
But the "fix" did not progress from there. When I called Apple for further help they were not able to help me tweak my Mini. Apparently there was nothing to tweak.
A second level Apple technician finally told me (after a few calls to both Apple support and Samsung) that this Mac Mini is likely not capable of producing a screen image on my large screen Samsung.
He said the Mini supports "Coherent Displays up to 154 Megahertz and Non Coherent displays up to 135 Megahertz". On his recommendation I checked with Samsung (second tier) and they are not sure exactly what that means. Same here.
Samsung did reply that the "pixel clock (of this HDTV) is 74.2 Megahertz". Again, too technical for me.
The latest second tier Apple guy just told me said that my Samsung 43" DLP is probably not compatible with the output capability of my Mac Mini.
Bottom line
It's all about the output capabilities of the Mini's "Intel Extreme Graphics GMA
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Dear all,
A little help please. I have just purchased a mac and mac mini. I would like the I Mac to run as the master and the mac mini to work on the tv downstairs.
The mac mini works when connected to a monitor however when I try to connect it to my tv my screen is black.
I am currenlty trying to connect via pc connector lead as there was nothing else in the store so I am connecting via mini dvi adapter to DVI cable to female connector to pc slot in the back of the tv!
And its not working.
I have downloaded chicken of the VNC onto the I Mac and have installed some program called Display config X. however whenever I plug it in it doesnt seem to want to play.
Any thoughts or should I abandon the pc connection on the tv!I have a mini connected to my Samsung.
I have a miniDVI to DVI adapter that came with the computer linked to a DVI to HDMI cable.
I've since learned you can buy a miniDVI to HDMI cable, thus eliminating the need to the connection, which is probably a good thing.
In any case, if you can go into the HDMI slot instead of the PC slot, you will likely have better results.
This is my second Samsung TV. The first one actually had a DVI in to begin with. But it was smaller than my iMac screen, and I needed binoculars to read it from across the room.
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You can do this in a number of ways, but the easiest is probably to go ahead and connect the system to a computer monitor and boot it up, then set the display preferences to something very basic such as 800x600. If you don't have a computer monitor to connect to, then instead, boot the system into safe mode by holding the shift key down as the system boots. This should set it to a basic resolution the TV can manage. Open the display preference pane and set a 800x600 resolution.
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attached mini to my samsung 23" LCD hdtv via DVI cable.
I get a picture but there is a black margin around the display.
On boot up the display is full screen but reduces when OS is loaded.
Display is currently 1280*860 (I think - I'm at work at the moment) at 60h
Tried switchres to change to TV to its native 1360x760 (60h) but the resolution never appears in the active column.
Any ideas?
intel mac mini core duo Mac OS X (10.4.8)I'm using the same type of TV, and I had the same problems with DVI. VGA is the way to go, particularly now that I'm using HDMI for hi-def TV (so I just press the "input" button to swap between sources).
However, my full screen display started failing 2 weeks ago. That was when I installed the EFI firmware update.
Now my screen has "shifted" up a little. The top of the screen image is chopped off (about a quarter of the menu bar) and a thin strip at the bottom of the screen now has random dots on it. It looks like the wrong part of RAM is being sent to the video output! I'd recommend against this upgrade if you don't already have it.
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Mac Mini and Samsung 42" Plasmas
I'll be purchasing a Samsung HP-T4234 plasma soon and have noticed it will handle a PC signal of 1024x768. I realize it's not a very sharp resolution, but will it fill the entire widescreen? IT won't need to be stretched, will it? I'm not too sure of these types of things, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I am using the Samsung 204B, not sure if this is similar. I have an XP Pro machine (older) and my Mac Mini (current version) on a DVI KVM switch. I noticed if you loose the connection to the Windows PC I have to restart the computer to get the display back.
My video for the Mini would drop out every so often. I had to download SwitchResX and set up a custom setting of 1600x1200 with a 135MHz pixel clock for the monitor to work well with the Mini. -
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Some people don't like the HD4000 graphics because it isn't as powerful as the discrete GPU's available. If you do intense gaming, you probably want something with dedicated graphics. The HD4000 works fine for me, I can watch 1080p videos with no problem and I don't use it for gaming so it suits my needs. -
Lion update to 2010 hdmi Mac mini and Samsung TV via Pioneer receiver
Hi, having updated to lion a message appears on the screen of the TV that this resolution is not supported, but I have no screen to change. Ideas and solutions gratefully received before I return to snow leopard. Paul
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MINI DVI-DVI and Samsung 40A656 give nasty image
Hooked up like this I do have the right resolutions but the quality of the image is not very good. The display shows get characters with small lines under them also for instance the red, yellow en green buttons on top of MAC OS Windows are very rough. Let alone shadows etc.
Any idea's how to solve it ? Of course my Apple dealer blames Samsung and Samsung blames the apple!
Though I must say that I had a Mini '07 for a couple of weeks in januari and that one displayed fine...
So right now I am back to VGA which is seemingly better than DVI. A bit odd isn't it ? All cables are of normal 1,5M length
The Samsung rep. by the way mentioned a MAC driver to solve the problem "since the Samsung is a Microsoft aimed TV and should be fooled by some driver on the MAC to get things right..." (...unquote) Unfortunately he could not be more specific than that!I see others do have the same problem as well...
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How to hook up Mac mini w Samsung Le37R82BX tv?
Hi,
I'm planning to purchase a Mac mini and use it with my Samsung LE-37R82BX LCD TV. Detailed specifications for the TV:
http://www.zigzag.am/product.php?id=0147922
The questions I have before committing to buy:
1) Can I hook up the mini with the TV without distorting the picture? I don't want to have a separate monitor, and my main usage occasion would be viewing photos, videos, therefore no distortion is a must. I'm fine with having black stripes on the side of the picture, just don't want stretched image. The max resolution of the TV is 1366*768.
2) If the hookup is possible, what converter do I need to buy? I already have a HDMI-DVI converter (used it with my previous PC), is it ok to hook it up with the Mac Mini's Mini DV to DVI cable? Or should I buy a mini-DV HDMI adapter?
thanks a lot in advance,
GergelyI use the included mini-DVI to DVI adapter with a DVI to HDMI cable and my picture is great on my 24" LG LCD HDTV. The mini should be able to provide that resolution without issue as long as it can read the resolution output from the TV accurately. Apple suggests that you connect the cables in what some think of as reverse. Start with the TV and work back to the Mac mini so that the mini gets a good read on the resolution requirements of the TV.
Shsssh! You may want to read this as well;
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/03/applessupply_of_mac_minis_dwindle_ahead_of_newmodels.html
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Mac Mini to Samsung LE37R87BDX 37" VGA to Pc Input - No Display
I have a mac mini 1.66 Intel running 10.4.11, into which I've got the VGA adapter plugged, this is cabled with a VGA cable into my nice new Samsung LE37R8 flat panel LCD on the pc port.
The image flicks up briefly, but then it goes black and it won't display.
Connect the same machine up running windows XP under boot camp and bingo, it works beautifully.
Oh and I've tried a windows pc running xp as well and that displays also, so I'm pretty much convinced there's nothing wrong with the tv or the cable.
I think it must be the Os settings..
The odd thing is that I can remote desktop to the mac mini and it detects the display correctly, as far as I can see, even listing 'Samsung' as the colour profile and the changing the resolution to a supportable (well, as far as I can see from the tv's manual) to 1366x768 at 75hz.
I've tried changing the resolution, 1024x768, 800x600 etc etc, changed the frequency to 60, but to no avail.
Anyone got any ideas?I am having an identical issue with an intel dual core mac mini and a 50" plasma Samsung TV (PS50Q97HD). I've sucesfully connected my mac to a 17" LCD monitor with the DVI-VGA adapter and I've connected a windows XP laptop to the Samsung TV using a VGA cable.... but I have had no success with the mac to Samsung connection. In case it helps, this is the SwitchresX DDC export:
DDC block report generated by SwitchResX for display
SAMSUNG
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0 | 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 4C 2D B1 02 00 00 00 00
1 | 32 10 01 03 68 70 3E 78 2A E2 BD A1 5B 4A 98 24
2 | 15 47 4A AD CE 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
3 | 01 01 01 01 01 01 66 21 50 B0 51 00 1B 30 40 70
4 | 36 00 4E 6C 42 00 00 1E 64 19 00 40 41 00 26 30
5 | 18 88 36 00 4E 6C 42 00 00 18 00 00 00 FD 00 3C
6 | 4B 1E 3D 09 00 0A 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 FC
7 | 00 53 41 4D 53 55 4E 47 0A 20 20 20 20 20 00 33
Valid DDC block: checksum passed
EDID Version........1.3
Manufacturer........SAM
Product Code........45314 (B102) (02B1)
Serial Number.......0
Manufactured........Week 50 of year 2006
Max H Size..........112 cm
Max V Size..........62 cm
Gamma...............2.20
DPMS Supported Features:
Active off
Display type:
RGB color display
Input signal & sync:
Analog input with: 0.700V / 0.000V
Composite Sync
Color info:
Red x = 0.632 Green x = 0.289 Blue x = 0.143 White x = 0.280
Red y = 0.357 Green y = 0.596 Blue y = 0.085 White y = 0.290
Established Timings:
800 x 600 @ 60Hz
640 x 480 @ 75Hz
640 x 480 @ 72Hz
640 x 480 @ 60Hz
720 x 400 @ 70Hz
1024 x 768 @ 75Hz
1024 x 768 @ 70Hz
1024 x 768 @ 60Hz
800 x 600 @ 75Hz
800 x 600 @ 72Hz
Manufacturer Reserved Timings:
Standard Timing Identification:
Monitor Description blocks:
Descriptor #0 is Timing definition:
Mode = 1360 x 768 @ 60Hz
Pixel Clock.............85.50 MHz Non-Interlaced
Horizontal Vertical
Active..................1360 pixels 768 lines
Front Porch............. 64 pixels 3 lines
Sync Width.............. 112 pixels 6 lines
Back Porch.............. 256 pixels 18 lines
Blanking................ 432 pixels 27 lines
Total...................1792 pixels 795 lines
Scan Rate............... 47.71 kHz 60.02 Hz
Image Size..............1102 mm 620 mm
Border.................. 0 pixels 0 lines
Sync: Digital separate with
* Positive vertical polarity
* Positive horizontal polarity
Descriptor #1 is Timing definition:
Mode = 1024 x 768 @ 60Hz
Pixel Clock.............65.00 MHz Non-Interlaced
Horizontal Vertical
Active..................1024 pixels 768 lines
Front Porch............. 24 pixels 3 lines
Sync Width.............. 136 pixels 6 lines
Back Porch.............. 160 pixels 29 lines
Blanking................ 320 pixels 38 lines
Total...................1344 pixels 806 lines
Scan Rate............... 48.36 kHz 60.00 Hz
Image Size..............1102 mm 620 mm
Border.................. 0 pixels 0 lines
Sync: Digital separate with
* Negative vertical polarity
* Negative horizontal polarity
Descriptor #2 is Monitor limits:
Horizontal frequency range.......30-61 kHz
Vertical frequency range.........60-75 Hz
Maximum bandwidth unspecified
Descriptor #3 is Monitor name:
SAMSUNG -
Want Mac mini and G4 to share Display and USB keyboard and mouse
I bought a KVM switch at a local electronics store. I got the only one that claimed Mac compatibility (PPA Int'l). I can't plug the switch into the G4 Cube. No such ports. With the adapter that accompanied my brand new Mac Mini, I can plug the KVM monitor port into the mini's monitor port, BUT that port is currently being used by the Apple DVI-to-ADC adapter I bought so I can connect my Cinema Display to the Mac mini.
The KVM switch wants 3 ports on each computer: a VGA (monitor) port, the keyboard port, and the mouse port; but the keyboard/mouse connectors are not USB.
As things stand--without the switch--I can shut down whatever computer I'm working on (mini or Cube), unplug the display from one, connect it to the other, power up and everything's fine. I suppose the only advantage with the KVM switch is being able to power off, switch, then power on without having to move the display plug.
My QUESTION is, does anybody manufacture a KVM switch I can use between two Macintosh computers to share use of my USB keyboard powered from a USB port on the display, and my USB mouse powered from a USB port on the keyboard?
Or is the answer NOT to go for the convenience of a KVM switch?
Does it matter that the mini OS is Leopard, and the Cube OS is Tiger?
I am heartily impressed with the mini. Setup was over in 5 minutes, and I must say it's fast. Appreciate any help from the experts. --SpotI had the same problem, and finally came up with two other alternative solutions.
First, if you have a recent LCD monitor, it is fairly simple and cheap. The Mini has a digital connection for the monitor. My G4 400 MHz has both digital and analog connections. I have a Samsung 19 inch widescreen monitor that has both a digital and an analog input. I connected the G4 to the monitor using the analog input with my old cable, and connected the Mini using the digital input. The Samsung has a switch that will use either the digital or analog input - very easy.
Now the keyboard and mouse. I got a 6 foot USB cable with the A plug on one end and B plug on the other, plugged the A plug end into the G4, and ran the cable with the B plug up near the Mini. It helps to keep it close. You already have the keyboard/mouse plugged into the Mini. You simply unplug the keyboard cable from the Mini, and plug it into the B plug from the G4. Switch the monitor from digital to analog, and you have the G4 (remember to start it up). Once you have run the cables, it takes about 10 seconds to make the switch.
Second, and I use both ways, is to get an inexpensive wired router. I bought a Belkin 4 port router (about $30, I think), got a couple Cat 5 cables, hooked both the Mini and G4 up to the router, along with my internet connection, and have both computers available on one monitor with no physical switching involved. You will need to go to System Preferences/Sharing and turn on Personal File Sharing (there may be another change, but I can't remember it right now).
When all is hooked up, you go to GO in the Finder Menu Bar (make sure the G4 is booted before doing this) click on either NETWORK or CONNECT TO SERVER, find your G4 and connect. It may be confusing the first few times, but it works great because you have access to both computers at once, along with your internet connection - the best of both worlds!
I did this in January of this year, so please forgive me if I have forgotten a step somewhere. Ask me and I'll be glad to try to walk you through it. The first solution is the simplest to do, and the second in the most versatile. It's your choice.
Hope this helps. Just don't be intimidated by it - if I can figure it out, we can get you connected. Good luck! -
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As I have a MacBook Pro and iMac, I'm thinking of buying the top Mac Mini and using it with an hdmi monitor. What concerns me, and is vital, is that the image I'm going to be looking at is as good as it can be. Obviously the Mac Display Monitor is absolutely brilliant, but my budget doesn't run to that. Has anyone got any direct experience they can share over purchasing, say a Samsung with hdmi etc, and the image quality it delivers?
Are you interested in a TV monitor or a computer monitor ?
I have a Dell U2412M (24 inch) monitor, does not have HDMI, but hooked up both to try out, a Mini Displayport to Displayport cable and later a DVI to DVI/HDMI adapter cable and both of them worked just fine. The monitor cost me $299.00 on sale at the Dell Business site, but looking around you can get it for slightly less.
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Just bought a new Mac mini and have it hooked up to a Samsung px2370 HDMI to HDMI and as good as the picture looks I'm thinking it could look better ... And I've heard that generally a computer shouldn't be hooked up that way... The Mac mini has another mdp and the Samsung has dvi also, what are my options? All these adaptive have me stumped... Plus like I've heard On another thread the mini is thinking I have a television hooked up... Plus when the monitor was on 16/9 the menu bar was not visible and I changed it to screenfit on the monitor which worked but should I of kept it on 16/9 and adjusted it with underscan? Plz help
It works ok for me, I've got a 2010 mini (base model) and am using it as a server for web, iTunes and VPN. It handles lion fine, the only quibble is that being always on it heats up during the day a lot, more so than when I had Snow leopard installed. It's not to unacceptable levels though. But as dingy and beezelbubba say, Ram is cheap nowadays and if you've got the spare cash it's always worth it.
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