Broken Hdmi Cable In Wall

My in wall hdmi cable was damaged at the end.

Broken hdmi cable in wall. Fixing a broken hdmi cable end that got torn off this fix can help for cables that are stuck in walls or ceilings. I see hdmi repair kits on line. If it is not any good go to an electronics parts store to purchase a new connector. You can use an electrical current tester to determine if the connector is still viable for use with the broken hdmi.

The crimping tool is about 120. I decided to use the 3rd unused cable for that tv but that cable is broken too. Replacing the whole cable is not an option. Just a day or so ago one of the cables failed.

Check your local building codes for what you need. Those who have installed hdmi cables in their walls are ill equipped to removing them if a connector becomes broken. I m not entirely sure why but i think there was too much stress on the cable at the tv input. The cable was installed while my house was being built and is run behind my sheetrock.

Lastly if you want to run the cables through a wall make sure you get hdmi cables specifically made for that. An hdmi cable provides a single solution for sending high definition video and audio from one device to another. The old high definition multimedia interface cable that you use should have a good connector that can be salvaged. Recently i had 3 hdmi cables run in wall to two tvs mounted on the wall.

Your instructions were great and i followed everything exactly. I tore the connector off of an hdmi cable. It s always worth spending extra time to fault find the exact cause of your problems rather than assuming the worst straight away. There seems to be two kinds a crimp on type and a soldering type.

You can repair the broken connector by replacing it with a new connector. For 4k technology this is referred to hdcp 2 2 hdcp which was developed by intel corporation attempts to prevent consumers from copying distributed media such as movies video games and. Didn t like the unappealing technique of joining two cut ends of different hdmi cables together especially when i couldn t find the exact same cable. In the end i got a working hdmi cable again.

Also worth trying hdmi cables 1 2 into port 3 one at a time to 100 confirm that both cable heads are goosed might only be one of them.