HDMI switching

[AwestruckWEEB]

 

 

I bought a 4-in-1 HDMI switcher  for my Nintendo switch and pc

I've tried connecting them 2 different ways but my monitor never shows the switch

1. connecting monitor and switch to input and connecting switcher output to computer

2. connecting Nintendo  switch directly to pc while taking out one of the monitors

 

but no image from the switch appear on the monitors

 

monitors info.

2 Matching HP 22-27"(I forgot) Widescreen LCD Monitors 

- vga/dvi port

-2 usb ports on the side

I connected one monitor vga to vga to and another from vga to hdmi from my monitors to graphics card

-I have a 1050ti graphics card

 

[Kilrah]

-> Moved to Displays and duplicate topic removed

 

What?

 

You need to connect your various HDMI sources inputs to the switcher's input, and the switcher's output directly to the monitor's HDMI.

[AwestruckWEEB]

36 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

-> Moved to Displays and duplicate topic removed

 

What?

 

You need to connect your various HDMI sources inputs to the switcher's input, and the switcher's output directly to the monitor's HDMI.

does that also mean connecting the computer to the input as well? cause then I think I need to buy  different monitors

[Kilrah]

If you want to select whether the Switch or the computer is displayed on the monitor then you connect both the Switch and computer to the HDMI switcher, and the output of that to the monitor.

 

Might be easier to help if you said exactly what inputs/outputs each thing has and what exact setup you want. If your monitor has DVI in you might be able to use a passive HDMI to DVI cable between the switcher and monitor. 

[AwestruckWEEB]

7 hours ago, Kilrah said:

If you want to select whether the Switch or the computer is displayed on the monitor then you connect both the Switch and computer to the HDMI switcher, and the output of that to the monitor. 

oh, ok I will try that method. but to be sure, connecting to the computer, not the graphics card? cause I might be out of hdmi slots. should I get an hdmi hub?

 

 

7 hours ago, Kilrah said:

Might be easier to help if you said exactly what inputs/outputs each thing has and what exact setup you want. If your monitor has DVI in you might be able to use a passive HDMI to DVI cable between the switcher and monitor. 

I think the inputs for the might be dvi since I remember buying more cables to connect the monitors to the graphics card instead of the computer

[Kilrah]

39 minutes ago, AwestruckWEEB said:

oh, ok I will try that method. but to be sure, connecting to the computer, not the graphics card?

Again you didn't say what you had. If your computer has a GPU then yes you connect to that of course...

 

 

[AwestruckWEEB]

11 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

Again you didn't say what you had. If your computer has a GPU then yes you connect to that of course...

 

 

I have a nvidea 1050ti 

[AwestruckWEEB]

4 hours ago, Kilrah said:

 

 

 

so I jsut tried it the way  said. with computer and switch input and monitor connected to output, could be the dvi to hdmi monitor but then why wont the switch show up?