Help setting up second screen (not working)

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  1. headnodders, Mar 19, 2013

    headnodders macrumors newbie

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    Hello,

    Thanks for reading this. I am trying to set up another screen for my mac. I have an Insigna 24" 1080p TV. I have the Mini Display adapter as well. I plugged all that in and at first the MAC screen flash blue for a few second and goes back to normal my TV screen goes back to NO SIGNAL.

    I opened the display menu in the preference and no arragement tab exists there even if the screen is plugged. Any one have an idea of how this could be fixed?
     
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  2. justperry, Mar 19, 2013

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    Maybe the problem is the TV, try looking in the TV's menu if there are any settings concerning a PC connection.
    Btw, it's Mac, not MAC, that's something else.:p
     
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  3. headnodders, Mar 19, 2013

    headnodders thread starter macrumors newbie

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    lol. I fiddled with the TV menu and everything looks normal. I plugged the same wire directly into my gilfriend's HP computer and it worked just fine. So cable is ok. The minidisplay adapter is borrowed from a friend just unplugged it and was working fine there . . . bullocks
     
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  4. justperry, Mar 19, 2013

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    You did all things right, so it is the OS giving the problems.

    Two more things you can try although I don't think they will work, one of them is a safe boot and the other is making a new User Account and login into that account, see if this helps, if not you could try installing OS X on a USB stick (minimum 8 GB and boot from there, if it still does not work I run out of ideas, must be a bug in OS X.
     
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  5. headnodders, Mar 20, 2013

    headnodders thread starter macrumors newbie

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    Thats weird...I plugged the macbook to my 42" inch Samsung downstairs. This time a new tab appeared in the display menu called Gather windows. Once I click on it, it open a second window called samsung where I can select the resolution I want to use on the second screen. No matter what resolution I pick, my TV says, resolution not compatible please select another resolution....

    Has anyone ever experience something similar?
     
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