HDMI connectivity

[Tabac]

Morning. For a while now there's a connection hickup between the mibox and my tv. Intermittently it would "scratch" the sound/image. Then i'll take out the hdmi cable, blow on the pins (As i assume there's dust or something) and plug back the cable. All good for a while and then the same problem.
Recently the scratching/disconnecting is very frequent. Tried 3 different hdmi cable that was lying around, tried all 3 Hdmi ports on the tv, it scratches befok.
So... cable problem ? Mibox hdmi output problem ?

 

[DapperDanMan]

Haunted house / Haunted electricity box.

 

[chrisc]

Does the TV have multiple HDMI ports?
Try another device like a DVD player
I suspect the MiBox

Have a MyGica 495X box here with a wireless mouse looking for a new home - R300,00

 

[Tabac]

Does the TV have multiple HDMI ports?
Try another device like a DVD player
I suspect the MiBox

Have a MyGica 495X box here with a wireless mouse looking for a new home - R300,00

Yip, 3 ports. Have a PS3 on one which gives zero schit. I suspect the mibox port to be the bugger.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Could be a cheap kak quality HDMI cable, Ive had the same issues over the years
Edit: My bad, I read your 2nd sentence and see you have already tried that

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

What frame rate is been outputted on your media player?
Are you getting this problem on certain frame rates or on all of them no matter what the video is?

 

[Tabac]

What frame rate is been outputted on your media player?
Are you getting this problem on certain frame rates or on all of them no matter what the video is?

Doesn't matter what the video is. Video can be paused and it will "stutter""scratch" the sound.

 

[Tabac]

Could be a cheap kak quality HDMI cable, Ive had the same issues over the years
Edit: My bad, I read your 2nd sentence and see you have already tried that

All my hdmi cables are cheap. Maybe buy a decent one ?

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Try the AV connector as a test

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

All my hdmi cables are cheap. Maybe buy a decent one ?

Very likely but borrow before you buy, just in case there is something wrong with your actual HDMI port

 

[AxField]

If it becomes more frequent then likely a bad connection. Try mibox on another input of tv to figure out if it’s on tv or mibox side

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Cheap cable to test with
All Pakistanian shops will sells this

 

[Tabac]

Try the AV connector as a test

Mibox only have a hdmi output ?

 

[P924]

If the video is good and the audio is bad, it is not the connector or cable - as these signals are multiplexed (carried on the same signal wires).
Most likely it is a bug on the mibox software or the TV.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Mibox only have a hdmi output ?

Bummer, the older models had an AV output as well

 

[Tabac]

If the video is good and the audio is bad, it is not the connector or cable - as these signals are multiplexed (carried on the same signal wires).
Most likely it is a bug on the mibox software or the TV.

Both video and audio does this scratching thing.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

 

[P924]

Both video and audio does this scratching thing.

Then try another cable? NVM, see you already did that. All signs point to a bad connector in the mibox.

 

[Tabac]

Then try another cable? NVM, see you already did that.

I did. 3 cables. Some of them the issue is a bit less.