Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter with Surface Pro 3 Resolution Problem

Anonymous
2015-01-23T23:46:25+00:00

My Surface Pro 3 is fully updated with the latest firmware and updates and the wireless display also has the latest updates.

When I have my bluetooth on and I connect to the wireless display adapter, my TV's max resolution that I can set is 1366 x 768 but when I turn my bluetooth off first and then connect to the wireless display adapter I can set my TV to 1920 x 1080.

It's kind of annoying to have to turn bluetooth off first before I connect to my tv. Is there something I can do to fix this issue?

Surface | Accessories | Wireless display adapter

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-06-25T11:09:46+00:00

    On Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:51:55 +0000, onurg wrote:

    >>Tried with latest Surface pro 3 firmware just released yesterday. Still no joy!

    the reduced screen resolution problem isn't firmware. It is a "feature" that

    Intel introduced in their custom video driver to reduce the impact of BlueTooth

    interference. If a BT device other than the Surface Pro 3 Pen is active when a

    Miracast session is started, the screen resolution is DELIBERATELY reduced.

    Intel is not going to fix this.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-06-24T16:51:55+00:00

    Tried with latest Surface pro 3 firmware just released yesterday. Still no joy!

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-06-02T01:12:32+00:00

    OK another quirk:

    When I did the test above I had my SP3 in the docking station. I removed it from the docking station and it lost contact with the wireless display adapter. Took several tries to get it reconnected and when it did the resolution was at 1366 X 768 again!

    I had tried moving the SP3 back and forth from the docking station....(.that's ultimately what I want the wireless adapter for....when I'm on a conference call I want to take notes on the SP3 but retain the external display so I can look things up, etc.) Even before I found this thread and knew about the bt issue it was loosing connectivity with the adapter when I would move it from the dock or replace it. This is probably a totally different issue but somehow it seems to be connected.

    Anyone here have the same issue?

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-06-02T00:26:55+00:00

    Resolution on my Samsung monitor was 1366 X 768. After reading through this thread I shut down Bluetooth on my Samsung Galaxy S6. Reconnected my MSFT wireless display adapter and PRESTO CHANGO the resolution went to 1920 x 1080. I have reestablished Bluetooth on my S6 and the resolution is still 1920 X 1080. I did not disconnect nor flatten my Arc mouse. It remained connected as did my pen.

    So, it seems to be the phone that was causing the problem.

    Thanks everyone for working through this problem - July 29 (Windows 10) can't come soon enough!

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-05-31T17:01:19+00:00

    They are waiting for the launch of Windows 10. I think...

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