Troubleshooting Thread for 3D Blu-ray Players, Receivers and Televisions

[chip75]

Originally Posted by ZIROK

Yes active glasses. Plain plastic non active glasses will not work . Shop Amazon for a pair that are compatible with your projector. Should not be too expensive.

Originally Posted by peep6543

Got it. Thank you! My first attempt at 3d, I appreciate the help.

From what I remember there were some sync issues with certain brands, so it might be worth doing a bit of research first, the BenQ glasses are supposed to be excellent, but they're quite expensive.

Hopefully you'll be up and running with active glasses.

[peep6543]

Originally Posted by chip75

From what I remember there were some sync issues with certain brands, so it might be worth doing a bit of research first, the BenQ glasses are supposed to be excellent, but they're quite expensive.

Hopefully you'll be up and running with active glasses.

Yep, thanks. I ordered a highly-reviewed please from Amazon to deliver tonight. I'll report back after trying a few discs.

[Joe D.]

Originally Posted by peep6543

Got it. Thank you! My first attempt at 3d, I appreciate the help.

Hi peep.

Welcome aboard. And glad you resolved the issue!

[chip75]

Originally Posted by peep6543

Yep, thanks. I ordered a highly-reviewed please from Amazon to deliver tonight. I'll report back after trying a few discs.

From what I've read some glasses do have sync issues, so if you do experience problems try HDMI2, the lower bandwidth port seems to help.

[peep6543]

Originally Posted by chip75

From what I've read some glasses do have sync issues, so if you do experience problems try HDMI2, the lower bandwidth port seems to help.

That is interesting, if I have trouble I'll give it a try. It would seem (at least coming from more UHD experience) that a larger bandwidth port would always be best.

[peep6543]

Whelp, no luck. Popped in Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter 3D in the 3D BD player and it immediately said you need a 3D player and a 3D display to view this disc.

This was being routed through my receiver up to HDMI 1. 3D turned on on the projector.

I got too frustrated to try anything else. I'll give it a shot tomorrow.

[peep6543]

Got it to work! I tries HDMI 2 (1.4) on the projector and it auto detected too 1080/24hz 3d signal. New glasses worked right out of the box.

The trouble now is that this input will not allow a 4k signal. I only have a single HDMI out via the receiver, so do I need to climb up and move the cable over to HDMI2 every time I watch a 3d disc? And leave it in slot 1 for everything else?

[chip75]

Originally Posted by peep6543

Got it to work! I tries HDMI 2 (1.4) on the projector and it auto detected too 1080/24hz 3d signal. New glasses worked right out of the box.

The trouble now is that this input will not allow a 4k signal. I only have a single HDMI out via the receiver, so do I need to climb up and move the cable over to HDMI2 every time I watch a 3d disc? And leave it in slot 1 for everything else?

You could plug the Samsung 3D player straight into the projector, but you'd be stuck with lossy audio. The other option is a splitter, but you'd have to make sure the one you get doesn't downgrade all the video to 1080p. You need to get one that outputs 4K one way and 1080p the other.

[ZIROK]

Originally Posted by chip75

You could plug the Samsung 3D player straight into the projector, but you'd be stuck with lossy audio. The other option is a splitter, but you'd have to make sure the one you get doesn't downgrade all the video to 1080p. You need to get one that outputs 4K one way and 1080p the other.

If you do plan do do a switch this is a good one. Note: this is a switch and not a splitter. One input and select only one output at a time. I have a few of these and they work fine no power supply need as its only a switch.

https://www.amazon.com/DotStone-Bi-D...gateway&sr=8-9

[peep6543]

Excellent! I ordered the switch and two 1.5ft HDMI cables. I will mount the switch on the wall just behind the projector and hit the button if I need to jump to the 3D input source.

I greatly appreciate everyone's help here. Thanks!

[chip75]

Originally Posted by ZIROK

If you do plan do do a switch this is a good one. Note: this is a switch and not a splitter. One input and select only one output at a time. I have a few of these and they work fine no power supply need as its only a switch.

https://www.amazon.com/DotStone-Bi-D...gateway&sr=8-9

I think that's b-directional, so it's a switch and a splitter. You'd need a splitter as you'd have to send the HDMI signal to the projector and the receiver (alternatively). A switch basically doubles your inputs.

[peep6543]

I was thinking just a switch. A single long-run HDMI leaving my receiver up to behind the projector, then a short run from the switch headed to HDMI 1 and HDMI 2. Leave it as default to HDMI 1 for cable TV, anything on Xbox one (standard BD, 4k, apps, games etc.) and hit the switch to send the signal up to HDMI 2 for 3d discs. Manually select the source with the projector remote.

Shouldn't that do it?

[chip75]

Originally Posted by peep6543

I was thinking just a switch. A single long-run HDMI leaving my receiver up to behind the projector, then a short run from the switch headed to HDMI 1 and HDMI 2. Leave it as default to HDMI 1 for cable TV, anything on Xbox one (standard BD, 4k, apps, games etc.) and hit the switch to send the signal up to HDMI 2 for 3d discs. Manually select the source with the projector remote.

Shouldn't that do it?

That will work, but that's splitting, not switching.

A splitter sends one signal two directions.
A switch sends two signals (assuming it has two HDMI inputs) one direction.



Imagine the picture above but change the TVs at the top to your projector (HDMI1 and HDMI2) and change the laptop to your AV receiver (assuming your XBox and cable box are plugged into that)..

[peep6543]

Yep, that makes sense. I guess in my mind I was thinking of it as a switch because I'm switching which input the signal is headed to. Either way, as long as it works and I don't need to move the cable around from Port to Port I'll be sound as pound!

Updates to follow.

P.S. I have been doing lots of painting, wiring, tidying, etc. so all of the work is due for a mini build thread. As I make that available I'll post a thread link for those interested. Cheers.

[peep6543]

Update, and its not a good one. Finally plugged in the splitter (Techole brand from Amazon) and two short HDMI cables (Zeskit brand from Amazon) and no video. I bought two pairs of the cables and they worked behind the AV equipment. So it has to be the splitter? I was only testing it for cable TV broadcast but it immediately returned when I ran the HDMI direct.

Maybe I should try the one suggested a couple posts above?

[Joe D.]

Originally Posted by peep6543

Update, and its not a good one. Finally plugged in the splitter (Techole brand from Amazon) and two short HDMI cables (Zeskit brand from Amazon) and no video. I bought two pairs of the cables and they worked behind the AV equipment. So it has to be the splitter? I was only testing it for cable TV broadcast but it immediately returned when I ran the HDMI direct.

Maybe I should try the one suggested a couple posts above?

Hi peep,

I once got a splitter and it messed up the signals. A switch box would be preferable.

Hope this works out for you.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by peep6543

Update, and its not a good one. Finally plugged in the splitter (Techole brand from Amazon) and two short HDMI cables (Zeskit brand from Amazon) and no video. I bought two pairs of the cables and they worked behind the AV equipment. So it has to be the splitter? I was only testing it for cable TV broadcast but it immediately returned when I ran the HDMI direct.

Maybe I should try the one suggested a couple posts above?

Some of the Techole devices don't seem to split. What were you attempting, outputting the cable box to HDMI1 and HDMI2 with your BenQ?

Originally Posted by Joe D.

I once got a splitter and it messed up the signals. A switch box would be preferable.

How can you send one AV signal to two HDMI inputs with a switch?

[peep6543]

[QUOTE=chip75;16230349]Some of the Techole devices don't seem to split. What were you attempting, outputting the cable box to HDMI1 and HDMI2 with your BenQ?



Correct. A single long-run HDMI out of the AV receiver, into the splitter on the wall behind the projector, and a 1.5 ft. HDMI each going to input 1 (cable tv, BD, 4k, etc.) and input 2 (3d only) on the projector. Once I placed that piece of the puzzle in the video cut out. It immediately returned when I removed it and put the long-run HDMI back in Input 1 of the BenQ.

so that leads me to believe the splitter is fouling up the video signal? I'm trying to make double sure before I return it and pick out another. I'll happily spend a few extra bucks if it means I got a rock-solid one.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by peep6543

Correct. A single long-run HDMI out of the AV receiver, into the splitter on the wall behind the projector, and a 1.5 ft. HDMI each going to input 1 (cable tv, BD, 4k, etc.) and input 2 (3d only) on the projector. Once I placed that piece of the puzzle in the video cut out. It immediately returned when I removed it and put the long-run HDMI back in Input 1 of the BenQ.

so that leads me to believe the splitter is fouling up the video signal? I'm trying to make double sure before I return it and pick out another. I'll happily spend a few extra bucks if it means I got a rock-solid one.

If you unplug one of the outputs does the signal get through? How do you change direction with the signal?

[peep6543]

It has been removed so I can't test that for sure. It's a simple push button switch from 1 to 2 on the switcher.