HDMI Port Switcher Won't Allow Video/Audio

[Jacobwb7]

My TV has One HDMI Port, when the Receiver is plugged directly into the Port - No Problems. 

However, I also want to use my PS3 and Laptop via HDMI on my TV so I acquired a HDMI Port Switcher so I could switch between the three as I chose to use them however AT&T Receiver now gives me an error messsage. 

Please tell me what I can do so I can enjoy all three?

[Computer-Joe]

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Jacobwb7 wrote:

My TV has One HDMI Port, when the Receiver is plugged directly into the Port - No Problems. 

However, I also want to use my PS3 and Laptop via HDMI on my TV so I acquired a HDMI Port Switcher so I could switch between the three as I chose to use them however AT&T Receiver now gives me an error messsage. 

Please tell me what I can do so I can enjoy all three?

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If you use a separate audio system and your TV has a component input, you could use the digital audio out from uverse to your audio system and component to the TV.

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[aviewer ACE - Wizard]

Jacobwb7 - if the switcher did not work, you will have to return it & try another. I believe this splitter works -

http://www.amazon.com/HDMI-1-Out-Auto-Switch-Cable/dp/B0018DQYQ2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1307119901&s...

This company has a lot of good stuff -

http://sewelldirect.com/AudioVideo

[aviewer ACE - Wizard]

Jacobwb7 - When I replied last night I was forgetting about the dreaded constant output of the U-verse STB. This would probably interfere with the "auto detect" on the splitter.

You need a good switch where you change the input.

How about component input? Can you use one or two of those?

Maybe it is time for a new TV??

[Jacobwb7]

Hmm, I guess we'll have to see - I already purchased it, because it was only $10 a new TV although a tempting option is not a viable one atm. 

If you have any additional suggestions please share. 

[Computer-Joe]

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Jacobwb7 wrote:

Hmm, I guess we'll have to see - I already purchased it, because it was only $10 a new TV although a tempting option is not a viable one atm. 

If you have any additional suggestions please share. 

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Do you use a separate audio system or do you rely on the TV for audio? If you use the TV, does it have a sparate digital audio input?

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How can you be in two places at once, when your not anywhere at all?
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I really want to become a procrastinator, but I keep putting it off.
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There are three kinds of people, those that can count, and those that can't.
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“Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature has made them." :Bertrand Russell

[Jacobwb7]

"Do you use a separate audio system or do you rely on the TV for audio? If you use the TV, does it have a sparate digital audio input?"

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I rely on my TV for audio and I think it has a separate digital input. 

[Computer-Joe]

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Jacobwb7 wrote:

I rely on my TV for audio and I think it has a separate digital input. 

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Then I would try using the component in and the digital audio in for the Uverse. You'll have to use the input switching on your TV to swap between Uverse and your other devices though.

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I really want to become a procrastinator, but I keep putting it off.
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“Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature has made them." :Bertrand Russell