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Question

Blu-ray not connecting to tv

Sep 10, 2016 1:35PM PDT

My Blu-ray player no longer works via hdmi to the TV it's been connected to for the past 3 yrs after we lost power one day. The Blu-ray player works fine with any other TV via hdmi just not the original tv. I have replaced hdmi cables and still nothing I have introduced other Blu-ray players to the TV and it works just fine. I have even tried a hdmi switch and it won't work. Only seems to work with rca cables but the picture isn't as clear. I have reset both tv and Blu-ray player to factory settings and nothing. Any ideas what I can do to fix this problem.

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One last test.
Sep 10, 2016 2:18PM PDT

Unplug all connections to the TV, unplug the power and wait 10 minutes. Connect ONLY the power to TV and BR player then HDMI for the player to the TV.

I don't see a BR player model but be sure it's reset too (Samsung uses the FF button on some models.)

After that, it's not good news. If other players work, that may be the cheap fix.

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Nothing
Sep 10, 2016 6:47PM PDT

Nothing happened still doesn't work the Blu-ray player is a Sony BDVE280

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Frankly I think if other BD players work
Sep 10, 2016 9:18PM PDT

You should go with that. I'm not there to check over resets and such but I take it you have good cables too.

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Cables are good quality
Sep 11, 2016 7:27AM PDT

I guess I'll stick with a different Blu-ray player I just hate that I have to remove all the speakers that came with the Blu-ray player thanks for the help though

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I was checking the manual.
Sep 11, 2016 7:48AM PDT
https://docs.sony.com/release//BDVE280_T28.pdf and it looks like this is one the last systems that supported both composite and HDMI. This is not a player only but a HTIB system.

Why I note this is if you connected the composite cable some of these units disable the HDMI. You may want to go through the resets one more time after you remove any cable to the composite video output of the HTIB.
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I've done that already
Sep 11, 2016 10:38AM PDT

and still nothing I'm already disconnecting the surround sound I'm going today to buy a new Blu-ray player and sound bar for this TV

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Read initial post...
Sep 12, 2016 10:16AM PDT

Since your BR works on other TVs then the player more than likely isn't at fault. I would find that the HDMI port of the TV is gone. If your TV has another HDMI port, try that. Under any setting if you refresh or reload them, try it. But, as I see this as a blown HDMI port which is h/w based and nothing going to fix other than some PCB install(r/r) to correct this. Alas, if Samsung website is visited they may shed light on any int. fixes to apply or review and proceed. You already tried the BR player swap and cabling that leaves the TV HDMI port in my thinking. If multiple HDMI ports are available be sure under the setting selection you direct to proper I/O(HDMI) port as in HDMI-1, HDMI-2, etc.. good luck

tada -----Willy Happy

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I have 3 hdmi ports on the TV
Sep 13, 2016 5:30PM PDT

All of them work just fine with any other Blu-ray player or any of the other gaming system my kids have... it just seems to be the one Blu-ray player that doesn't work with the TV anymore... The original hdmi cable that was being used works just fine with anything I hook it up to