My in wall hdmi cable was damaged at the end.
Broken hdmi cable in wall.
There seems to be two kinds a crimp on type and a soldering type.
I mentioned the hdmi handshake above but this feature can cause certain issues as well high bandwidth digital content protection or hdcp helps to protect copyrighted material.
The same thing has happened to me mate i bought a new tv and when taking the old tv off the wall i forgot to remove the hdmi cable from the tv and as i lifted the tv down it yanked the end of the hdmi cable off the wall is a feature wall so not as easy as just ripping the cable out and then replastering and then painting as its covered in fancy wallpaper.
I tore the connector off of an hdmi cable.
Recently i had 3 hdmi cables run in wall to two tvs mounted on the wall.
Those who have installed hdmi cables in their walls are ill equipped to removing them if a connector becomes broken.
Fixing a broken hdmi cable end that got torn off this fix can help for cables that are stuck in walls or ceilings.
You can use an electrical current tester to determine if the connector is still viable for use with the broken hdmi.
Didn t like the unappealing technique of joining two cut ends of different hdmi cables together especially when i couldn t find the exact same cable.
I see hdmi repair kits on line.
An hdmi cable provides a single solution for sending high definition video and audio from one device to another.
Check your local building codes for what you need.
The crimping tool is about 120.
The cable was installed while my house was being built and is run behind my sheetrock.
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It s always worth spending extra time to fault find the exact cause of your problems rather than assuming the worst straight away.
Your instructions were great and i followed everything exactly.
Lastly if you want to run the cables through a wall make sure you get hdmi cables specifically made for that.
The old high definition multimedia interface cable that you use should have a good connector that can be salvaged.
Replacing the whole cable is not an option.
Also worth trying hdmi cables 1 2 into port 3 one at a time to 100 confirm that both cable heads are goosed might only be one of them.
You can repair the broken connector by replacing it with a new connector.
For 4k technology this is referred to hdcp 2 2 hdcp which was developed by intel corporation attempts to prevent consumers from copying distributed media such as movies video games and.
I decided to use the 3rd unused cable for that tv but that cable is broken too.
Just a day or so ago one of the cables failed.
