Bought an ATV3 a week ago!!
My setup, ATV is wired directly to local lan, I use an airport extreme base station, internet connection is a direct fibre link, very fast .
TV is Sharp Aquos LC-40G100H, about 18 months old.
If I have the ATV resolution set to auto it will connect to the TV at 1080p. In this mode after 10 mins the screen will flash i.e in about 2 secs it first goes black, then green, then black again and the TV will display a notification of a new signal on the hdmi port and that its connecting at 1080p.
This continue to repeat randomly but on average its about a 10 minute frequency.
If I force the ATV to use 720p the problem largely disappears, it still occurs but you can usually go for several hours before there is any problem, maybe its once or twice a day.
It happens regardless of how the video is streamed to the ATV, it can be from a local home library or from the internet via AirPlay from an iPad, its even happened a few times just sitting on the main ATV menu.
I have tried two different hdmi cables, no impact. If I connect an ipad directly to the Sharp TV with an hdmi cable, no flickering has ever been seen, it seems purely related to ATV.
Any ides? I am not sure whether its a fault in the ATV and I should return it or whether it's some incompatibility with the Sharp TV??
TIA
Rob
My setup, ATV is wired directly to local lan, I use an airport extreme base station, internet connection is a direct fibre link, very fast .
TV is Sharp Aquos LC-40G100H, about 18 months old.
If I have the ATV resolution set to auto it will connect to the TV at 1080p. In this mode after 10 mins the screen will flash i.e in about 2 secs it first goes black, then green, then black again and the TV will display a notification of a new signal on the hdmi port and that its connecting at 1080p.
This continue to repeat randomly but on average its about a 10 minute frequency.
If I force the ATV to use 720p the problem largely disappears, it still occurs but you can usually go for several hours before there is any problem, maybe its once or twice a day.
It happens regardless of how the video is streamed to the ATV, it can be from a local home library or from the internet via AirPlay from an iPad, its even happened a few times just sitting on the main ATV menu.
I have tried two different hdmi cables, no impact. If I connect an ipad directly to the Sharp TV with an hdmi cable, no flickering has ever been seen, it seems purely related to ATV.
Any ides? I am not sure whether its a fault in the ATV and I should return it or whether it's some incompatibility with the Sharp TV??
TIA
Rob
