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Hi,
my Surface Pro 1 does connect well with my Samsung Smart TV series 7. However, my new Samsung Pro 3 wont connect. It finds the TV and then tries to establish connection and asks to wait - maybe the TV should not popup a PIN code - but that never happens and the connection times out. Interestingly the Surface Pro 3 gets listed in the Samsung network device settings and is set to "allowed" for connection but the Surface Pro 3 still wont connect. Note i have deployed all latest updates on Samsung TV as well as Surface Pro 3.
I would appreciate to get this working again.
Thx,
Bernd
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Changing the resolution works. The link isn't specifically referring to mirroring but it's why I tried changing the resolution. Somewhere else I read that it's the responsibility of the device, not the TV, to negotiate the connection. Perhaps the Surface Pro 3 isn't following the Miracast protocol. That would be a bummer, I was hoping I purchased state of the art.
Responding to Barb so everyone else will hopefully see this.
On the Samsung site, it's spelled out that Mirroring may not work if the screen resolution is not 1024x768. It doesn't exactly word it that way but if you change the Surface Pro 3 screen resolution to 1024x768 and then try to mirror, you will be pleasantly surprised. Didn't test DLNA connection but wouldn't work at 2160x1440.
What Microsoft should do is update the Video software to remember that screen 2, in this case the mirror, needs to be 1024x768. It's not, it's trying to project 2160x1440.
I hope this helps some, it solved it for me. But what a pain to have to make the resolution change!
Miracast is supposed to negotiate the resolution. Can you please provide a link to this statement on the Samsung site?
Responding to Barb so everyone else will hopefully see this.
On the Samsung site, it's spelled out that Mirroring may not work if the screen resolution is not 1024x768. It doesn't exactly word it that way but if you change the Surface Pro 3 screen resolution to 1024x768 and then try to mirror, you will be pleasantly surprised. Didn't test DLNA connection but wouldn't work at 2160x1440.
What Microsoft should do is update the Video software to remember that screen 2, in this case the mirror, needs to be 1024x768. It's not, it's trying to project 2160x1440.
I hope this helps some, it solved it for me. But what a pain to have to make the resolution change!
Thanks for the update - will NOT purchase after your review + reading the other threads about all issues with this adapter. Never, if there are bugs present. I have HDMI adapter instead.
My conclusion is that SP3 can most probably only connect to TV via HDMI if I want something that works without issues.
I almost feel sorry for Microsoft, because whoever signed off such poor connectivity on this otherwise high-powered device, has done them a huge disservice. Especially just as they have been making a good effort at gaining back some lost ground to Apple and the explosion in mobile in general.
