30-04-2021 11:41 PM
I bought 4 Samsung TVs (3 x 43 inch and 1 x 50 inch) for my office.
All connected to PCs and MACs, also networked and registered etc.
All TVs are connected to either a MAC and PC via the HDMI cable, and the systems uses "extended display" mode (i.e. using the Samsung TV as a secondary monitor as opposed to "duplicate display")
Now, the problem I have is that on all TVs, when they are switched OFF, the MacBook still treats them as ON, i.e. when I am moving the mouse on the laptop's screen and then go up above my laptop's screen, it would go higher as-if it's going into the Samsung as an extended display region, also when opening up a browser, I don't see it but then when I switch the TV on with the remote I then see the browser getting opened on the TV instead.
PCs are even worse, every about 2-3 minutes they would go into some sort of refresh and stops for about 8 seconds, the fan would go high during this time, and then back to normal again.
This is all seems to be caused by the TVs connected, (all 4 TVs are acting exactly the same).
It can be very annoying sometimes as the TVs are not always on by default, and the PCs would flicker (off for 8 seconds) every now and then.
I wonder if there is a solution to this issue? I tried changing many settings on the TVs nothing seems to shut it down, if there is no option then it must a bug right?
I would appreciate any help.
Thanks
07-06-2024 04:38 PM
Hi Heider..
Did you ever figure this out ?? Drives me crazy!
07-06-2024 05:20 PM
Hi, thank you for your reply.
Other than using an external manual 3-way splitter to totally cut the signal off, there is nothing on the TV that can be configured unfortunately.
You can get these on Amazon (HDMI Splitter), if you are getting one then try to aim for one that is HDMI powered to reduce the cabling around.
I hope this helps.