Just got this awesome phone yesterday and I've been running it through my new phone tests. I wanted to try out the HDMI output to my TV and it is incredible! It output movies, maps, browser, etc just fine. When I went to play NOVA, it worked perfectly at first.
After a few minutes of playing, the audio on the TV stopped working. The game still played fine, but with no audio. I unplugged to HDMI cord from the phone and the sound on the phone no longer worked. I tried making phone calls, listening to voice mails on Google voice, playing movies/games and nothing would fix the lack of sound. (And yes, I did make sure media volume was all the way up.) I ended up having to reboot my phone and everything went back to working fine again.
I am able to duplicate this problem every time I have the HDMI cable plugged in for a few minutes (regardless of what app I am using). Has anyone else had this issue?
i had the same issue though it happened before connecting to an outgoing call and then later while playing some games via HDMI
I watched a Thor bootleg the day before the movie hit USA and it played just fine. Watched it again last night with a friend and again the whole movie played fine with us even watching some youtube vids on the big screen before hand.
I LOVE THIS PHONE!
Zspy1985 said:
I watched a Thor bootleg the day before the movie hit USA and it played just fine. Watched it again last night with a friend and again the whole movie played fine with us even watching some youtube vids on the big screen before hand.
I LOVE THIS PHONE!
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What brand is your cable and how long is it?
I experienced the audio loss similar to the OP, but mine wasn't permanent. After about 15 minutes of playing some games via HDMI the sound would die for a few seconds, but then it would be normal. Sometimes the video signal would get lost as well, but would come back on in a few seconds.
However, I watched some youtube clips and didn't have any issues.
I bought mine from buy.com. It didn't even list the brand, but it was only $6.40 with free shipping. 6ft.
Come to think of it... I did notice when i played games all was fine. but playing videos the picture would cut out after a few seconds no matter what
mines have the same problems but when I play videos i recently captured or shot, the audio echoes really bad
When I watch programs on DICE Player (fully paid version) it will sometimes go into a slow motion mode and close down the sound. I use a small brick BT loudspeaker to get better sound than provided by the Transformer. Could BT be the culprit? Why slow down? Did not have the same problem on my ViewPad, hence thinking that it is hardware related to the Transformer.
Kumabjorn said:
When I watch programs on DICE Player (fully paid version) it will sometimes go into a slow motion mode and close down the sound. I use a small brick BT loudspeaker to get better sound than provided by the Transformer. Could BT be the culprit? Why slow down? Did not have the same problem on my ViewPad, hence thinking that it is hardware related to the Transformer.
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It is probably the BT, IMHO. I had lots of trouble on my Archos 101 while watching videos with BT. Seems like high system loads will desync BT, and worse.
I'll try using a regular speaker, but kind of defeats purpose, I was thinking of using it on planes wearing BT headphones. No need to disconnect when running to the galleys.
There is a huge thread about the same issue for the prime tablet, but I have it with my tf101.
If bluetooth speakers are used when streaming video over wifi, the video becomes very choppy and the sound is couple seconds behind. As soon as bluetooth is disabled everything goes back to normal in a second.
Is it a hardware issue?
Any ideas how to fix it?
I think it's an interference issue, but the odd thing is I just tried it with my old BT headset and had no problems. Maybe software? I'm rooted and running the stuff in my signature btw, perhaps the custom kernel and rom I flashed fixed something, or I never had the issue in the first place.
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There is a huge thread about the same issue for the prime tablet, but I have it with my tf101.
If bluetooth speakers are used when streaming video over wifi, the video becomes very choppy and the sound is couple seconds behind. As soon as bluetooth is disabled everything goes back to normal in a second.
Is it a hardware issue?
Any ideas how to fix it?
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I'm having the same problem. I also have the problem that youtube won't output to my bluetooth speakers (Creative D200) and it causes nothing to output to the speakers after trying. This is true even after unpairing and turning bluetooth off and back on. This is not an issue on my Android phone (Galaxy S3), though the video streaming lags while outputting to bluetooth, just not as badly as on the TF101. I guess it has to do with the bluetooth audio codec used in the speakers (aptX).
Which bluetooth speakers are you using?
I have noticed that my MAXX HD will not stream via bluetooth to save its life. It is nerve racking to say the least. It is something isolated to this device as my HTC Rezound worked fine.
Here is what happens. When connecting to my 2012 Tundra it says it is connected for bluetooth streaming. If I pick an mp3 saved to the device it streams it just fine, but if I open Rhapsody or any other streaming app I get nothing. A work around I have found is to send myself a text message and not check it. Once the alert comes through for the new message it streams until I check it at which point it stops streaming. While streaming Rhapsody or any other streaming program it shows my ringtone name, when playing an mp3 it shows the mp3 name.
After searching I see this is an issue with various other vehicles as well. Anyone know a way to fix this? From what I have found Moto is not addressing the issue at this time. With 90% of my music coming through my Rhapsody subscription it is quite a pain to deal with.
Played around a little more. If I try to play my Amazon music through the cloud player I get no sound, but if I download the tracks to the device then open the Google Play Music app they play just fine.
FWIW this happened on the first sw, 7.2 update, and now on the 4.1 leak.
I wish I could help find a solution but all I can do is say it seems isolated to your phone. I use a jawbone big jambox at work and my pioneer in dash DVD player in my car. Both work flawlessly with the exception, sometimes they fail to connect without toggling Bluetooth. I can even use my jambox for media and headset for phone with both devices connected simultaneously. I spend most of my time with slacker radio, pandora or Sirius xm app.
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I use it with power amp and Pandora streaming music to my motorcycle helmet, no issues here.
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I have some issues sometimes I have to reconnect it with my prius as the bluetooth audio will stop working sometimes. Also sometimes even though bluetooth audio is working phone calls will not and I have to fool around with the settings and disconnect and reconnect. Kinda a pain since my iphone works 100% flawless with the prius.
OP, which headunit are you using in your Tundra, Entune or non-Entune? I have a 12 CM 4x4 Platinum with the non-Entune Nav headunit. I haven't tried audio streaming unfortunately as I use satellite. But I can give it a shot on Fri when I come home from travel.
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I use Bluetooth in my truck all the time for Pandora...works great .
Even after a ROM flash. Just pair with the head unit and done
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brockeverly said:
I have noticed that my MAXX HD will not stream via bluetooth to save its life. It is nerve racking to say the least. It is something isolated to this device as my HTC Rezound worked fine.
Here is what happens. When connecting to my 2012 Tundra it says it is connected for bluetooth streaming. If I pick an mp3 saved to the device it streams it just fine, but if I open Rhapsody or any other streaming app I get nothing. A work around I have found is to send myself a text message and not check it. Once the alert comes through for the new message it streams until I check it at which point it stops streaming. While streaming Rhapsody or any other streaming program it shows my ringtone name, when playing an mp3 it shows the mp3 name.
After searching I see this is an issue with various other vehicles as well. Anyone know a way to fix this? From what I have found Moto is not addressing the issue at this time. With 90% of my music coming through my Rhapsody subscription it is quite a pain to deal with.
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I have similar issues with my Droid RAZR MAXX HD and my 2012 Subaru Outback. The ONLY workaround I have found is to adjust the music volume slider in settings/sound/volumes after bluetooth is connected and audio is playing. I haven't found any common link between downloaded audio vs streaming. I have had issues with ICS and now JB with the bluetooth on the MAXX HD. My previous Droid RAZR worked with the same bluetooh system just fine.
I have a 2011 Toyota corolla with Bluetooth non En tune .
Mine has trouble streaming as well, but saved audio works just fine. Must be a Toyota thing. This happened on my windows phone too. My Bluetooth is a little finicky. Drives me crazy.
Everything works much better with the navigation dock. But still no streaming without auxiliary
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OP, which headunit are you using in your Tundra, Entune or non-Entune? I have a 12 CM 4x4 Platinum with the non-Entune Nav headunit. I haven't tried audio streaming unfortunately as I use satellite. But I can give it a shot on Fri when I come home from travel.
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Non-entune. Let me know what happens, thank you!
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I have similar issues with my Droid RAZR MAXX HD and my 2012 Subaru Outback. The ONLY workaround I have found is to adjust the music volume slider in settings/sound/volumes after bluetooth is connected and audio is playing. I haven't found any common link between downloaded audio vs streaming. I have had issues with ICS and now JB with the bluetooth on the MAXX HD. My previous Droid RAZR worked with the same bluetooh system just fine.
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Sending yourself a text and not checking it will also work most likely. This is definitely a Motorola thing, I have been streaming with various other devices in Toyota's for years and had no issue with my HTC Rezound streaming in this same truck prior to this phone.
If any Devs see this and can find a fix, I will happily PayPal you for your efforts!
Another issue
I have LG HBS-700 headphones paired to my phone (Droid Razr HD running Stock 4.1.1), and when I receive a call while streaming music, The music plays on my external speaker while the call is ringing. The occurs from any media streaming app (Google Music, Rdio, IHeartRadio, etc). I've tried everything I can think of to resolve this issue (including factory resets), and I'm curious if there's a ROM out there for the Razr HD's that would address this problem.
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I have LG HBS-700 headphones paired to my phone (Droid Razr HD running Stock 4.1.1), and when I receive a call while streaming music, The music plays on my external speaker while the call is ringing. The occurs from any media streaming app (Google Music, Rdio, IHeartRadio, etc). I've tried everything I can think of to resolve this issue (including factory resets), and I'm curious if there's a ROM out there for the Razr HD's that would address this problem.
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This is a very annoying bug that was introduced with the jelly bean update. If you keep your ringer on, music won't play through the external speaker. The ringer will play though the external speaker instead. Its still not perfect, but better than letting your coworkers know you're playing the Dixie Chicks.
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This issue has been around from day 1 with mine and my Tundra - with ICS and JB.
It will stream some of the time but haven't quite figures out the funky sequences that'll make it work.
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Similar problem with Droid RAZR and 2013 Mercedes GLK350
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I have similar issues with my Droid RAZR MAXX HD and my 2012 Subaru Outback. The ONLY workaround I have found is to adjust the music volume slider in settings/sound/volumes after bluetooth is connected and audio is playing. I haven't found any common link between downloaded audio vs streaming. I have had issues with ICS and now JB with the bluetooth on the MAXX HD. My previous Droid RAZR worked with the same bluetooh system just fine.
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I'm having the exact same problem with my Droid RAZR and 2013 GLK350. Only with the default 'Play Music' application, does the car bluetooth system seem to realize that music has started playing and not act like the phone player is paused and report music metadata to the player. In Pandora, Slacker, Audible, Amazon player and any other app I've tried it's as if it the phone is not sending a proper 'I'm playing music now' cue to the car. As stated in the post above, if I go into Settings/Sound/Volume and just touch the Music volume slider the audio then plays and the music metadata the car displays is the last notification ringtone that phone has played. I've even tried putting a shortcut or widget from AudioManager on one of my home pages to adjust the volume so that I can more easily tap that instead of going through the Settings menu but this doesn't work either - whatever the bug is, the only workaround is an actual notification playing on the phone or the 'manual' volume adjustment. After the volume adjustment is made however, I can skip to the next song or chapter or whatever in the app I am currently using so it doesn't seem like the problem is in AVRCP. It is such a frustrating problem because it seems like it shouldn't be that hard to solve. I've had this problem in ICS and now the JB update that Verizon recently sent down. I was hoping the problem would be fixed with the JB update but unforetunately not.
BRZ with same issues
What I get with my BRZ, is it asks me to pair every single time, and it never saves the key. It's extremely annoying because I have to click pair on the phone each time when the car is on. At least it 'works' after that, but like someone said, the metadata is only read from Play Music.
I'd just like to note for anyone still having trouble that they should consider upgrading if at all possible to 4.1.2 jellybean. However, though I thought it was fixed at first, I will need to troubleshoot a little more, but it certainly has improved.
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I'd just like to note for anyone still having trouble that they should consider upgrading if at all possible to 4.1.2 jellybean. However, though I thought it was fixed at first, I will need to troubleshoot a little more, but it certainly has improved.
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The problem I described above IS on 4.1.2. I haven't experienced any Bluetooth functionality improvements whatsoever in this version compared to the previous. It seems that many people are having the same exact or very similar problems with 4.1.2 on many different vehicles. Motorola seriously needs to raise the bar when testing. We often have to wait a VERY long time for any new OS releases for their phones to come out, so one would hope this means that they are thoroughly tested. Instead, we have to wait a very long time for poorly implemented and spottily tested software.
Mine is literally useless with Bluetooth in my 2011 Toyota corolla. Will not stream music from any player on the phone. Does not route text messages through the car. Sometimes it will route a call through, but only once or twice. After that it will pick up through Bluetooth. But no sound so I have to put speakerphone on. Like I said, useless.
I have now turned Bluetooth off and use my work blackberry with the car and it works fine. My old windows phone worked fine too.
Between this, the constant lag and freezing, poor home screen implementation, and sometimes poor audio quality, don't know which is worst.
Its been much worse for Bluetooth since jb and got worse again after the most recent update. Whats the point?
Not helpful I know but it is my experience.
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The problem I described above IS on 4.1.2. I haven't experienced any Bluetooth functionality improvements whatsoever in this version compared to the previous. It seems that many people are having the same exact or very similar problems with 4.1.2 on many different vehicles. Motorola seriously needs to raise the bar when testing. We often have to wait a VERY long time for any new OS releases for their phones to come out, so one would hope this means that they are thoroughly tested. Instead, we have to wait a very long time for poorly implemented and spottily tested software.
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It bugged me to all hell. I really wanted to like the RAZR MAXX HD, but I ended up getting Galaxy S3 and I never looked back. Pairing my phone with my car was too big of a deal breaker for the RAZR. Hope they fix it though, I did love that phone.
Have a couple of year old Vizio TV 'P602ui-B3' that will not produce sound through ARC (have tried 2 differene Vizio soundbars (VHT215 and SB46312-f6) . The TV's CEC registers the soundbar connected just fine, but produces no sound through ARC. HOWEVER sound works fairly well through Optical connection except that that one intermittently varies the sound level by itself, annoying. Vizio Support wants me to get another soundbar. Seems to be a TV issue, buut how?
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Have a couple of year old Vizio TV 'P602ui-B3' that will not produce sound through ARC (have tried 2 differene Vizio soundbars (VHT215 and SB46312-f6) . The TV's CEC registers the soundbar connected just fine, but produces no sound through ARC. HOWEVER sound works fairly well through Optical connection except that that one intermittently varies the sound level by itself, annoying. Vizio Support wants me to get another soundbar. Seems to be a TV issue, buut how?
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SOLVED!
Had a similar problem where my TV (P602ui-B3) showed soundbar connected on HDMI-5 (ARC port), but no sound. Turns out the ARC port is MISLABELED and the sound plays beautifully through the TV's HDMI-1 port!!