Four types of hdmi grabber tests (hdmi-cec, rainbow signal)

  • Looking at the pictures you have provided I can't seem to find R12 like on @blaisebarrette's. So there is no "easy" fix for you, but you could do the same as I did to solve it. I have found out that with my potato fingers I cut some slices of Kapton tape and "isolated" pin 13 before soldering to it. I tried to do it freehand without tape at first, and just some marker on the pins that were not 13, and that made a giant mess. If you have some Kapton, use that, if not, order a roll off the web, or ask some friends/local shops if they have some scraps for you. you only need 4 small pieces, so it's not a lot, but it does help with soldering the correct pin. Use a toothpick or a plastic spudger to help make sure the tape is properly applied to the pins so solder shouldn't leak/bleed over on the wrong ones.

    Hope that helps.


    Or get the two breakout boards, solder pin 13 on each (either with a cable or pins to add a cable) and done.

    Edited once, last by BuzzBazz: Merged a post created by BuzzBazz into this post. ().

  • I was going to just wire a bridge to each HDMI port but my god that is a really small area to work with. I am good at Soldering but aint no way in hell I can solder that small. I am going to look for that post where ever it is that someone just used 2 break out boards to bypass the grabber

  • tratzum Yeah that area is tiny. That's why I was the one to use the breakout boards before I tried with kapton tape😅😂👍 The breakout boards where a godsend for making things a whole lot simpler😂 And they where cheap as well👍

  • Wanted to add my 5 cents.
    I had a different grabber that did't have the pin 13 connection. Used the extra PCBs with PIN13 jumper cable connection and my TV always switched HDMI channels when CEC connected. So something with that grabber and my TV didn't work.
    So I bought the same grabber as yours. (at least on the picture)
    The PCB Layout again is different and Pin13 are not connected at all on either of the HDMI Ports.

    I still had those extra PCBs, so I tried out the jumper cable connection again.
    now it's working!!
    Hyperion and CEC parallel.
    Thx for all your help.

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