[CLTSchwarz]

I bought a HDMI to VGA cable on Ebay and when I plug it in (via the Nokia mini HDMI adaptor) nothing happens.

Also I have a CA-75U cable that goes in the headphone jack.  Apparently that is supposed to work also.  When I plug it in I get the headphone symbol showing but no video-out happens.

I never see the TV-OUT icon showing on the phone at any stage.

Any ideas?  Does my phone have a hardware problem??

[CLTSchwarz]

I got the CA-75U cable working!  The yellow cord has to be plugged in first.

However still no joy with the HDMI to VGA cable.

[noki2000]

I have the same issue. Have a Nokia N8 and just got the Nokia Video-Out Cable CA-75U, but nothing happens. Any encrypted procedure to make it work, please?

Thanks in advance.

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CLTSchwarz wrote:

I got the CA-75U cable working!  The yellow cord has to be plugged in first.

However still no joy with the HDMI to VGA cable.

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Also I've tried the yellow cord fist but still nothing happens.

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CLTSchwarz wrote:

I got the CA-75U cable working!  The yellow cord has to be plugged in first.

However still no joy with the HDMI to VGA cable.

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[CLTSchwarz]

Go to Settings->Phone->Accesories and set TV-OUT to default.

Then when you plug the cable in make sure it says TV-OUT (plug it in fast to help with detection).  If it doesn't say that then unplug it and plug it in again.

[krisq]

Not sure, but N8 may require HDCP handshake and AFAIK, VGA connection does not support it.

[CLTSchwarz]

If you change the default setting to TV-OUT then the N8 will accept the cable as TV-out even with the other end not plugged in.  Should work a treat.  I only had problems with the cable when the default setting was not for TV-OUT

[rayhipkiss]

@noki2000.

 To set as default you need to long press on TV - OUT, and from the pop-up select Set as Default.

Ray

[ghostinv]

Maybe i'm wrong but i looked on ebay for hdmi to vga cables and all i find are 1 way cables vga (input) to hdmi (output) not the other way around so that might be the problem.

[ReWood]

Thanks to this forum, I have just worked out today how to put my video recordings from my nokia N8 on to DVD. This thread was the final piece of the jigsaw.   Thanks eveyone for some very helpful advice. 

[CLTSchwarz]

Yes, the HDMI to VGA cable was a sham.  There are converter boxes that convert the digital signal to analogue, but not direct cables!