topic Re: T6i and external monitor won't work in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

T6i and external monitor won't work

mderksen — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 00:07:44 GMT

I have a T6i and when I connect it to an external HD monitor using the HDMI out port no image is displayed on the external monitor. the camera acts like nothing has changed.

I went into the camera settings and set the Ctrl over HDMI to Enable, but that didn't change anything.

Am I missing something?

Re: T6i and external monitor won't work

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:20:48 GMT

Did you press the blue playback arrow.

Re: T6i and external monitor won't work

kvbarkley — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:48:07 GMT

I would try a different cable.

Re: T6i and external monitor won't work

mderksen — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:31:07 GMT

yes I have tried these steps using a few different monitors. I'm beginning to think the port on the camera is defective 😞

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kvbarkley — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:40:23 GMT

I asked if you tried a new *cable* not *monitor*, and yes, if a new cable does not work, it is probably the camera. The "control via HDMI" has nothing to do with this. That simply allows you to control the camera with the TV remote - which I have never had success with, though my T6S displays on my HDMI TV's just fine.

Have you tried the composite video output?

Re: T6i and external monitor won't work

mderksen — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:47:23 GMT

Sorry my response was to the first person who responded. and I also tried multiple cables as well.

I don't believe my camera has a composite video out option. the HDMI is the only one I can see, unless I'm missing something which is possible.

Re: T6i and external monitor won't work

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:58:04 GMT

It does have composite out with Canon cable. Plugs into USB port.

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mderksen — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:59:26 GMT

oh interesting. I don't have one of those cables so I'll have to go pick one up. it's worth a shot, Thanks!

Re: T6i and external monitor won't work

Waddizzle — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 15:04:47 GMT

@mderksen wrote:
Sorry my response was to the first person who responded. and I also tried multiple cables as well.

I don't believe my camera has a composite video out option. the HDMI is the only one I can see, unless I'm missing something which is possible.

Is your LCD still active when you plug in the HDMI cable? It shouldn't be.

Re: T6i and external monitor won't work

Sarah1989 — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 06:17:28 GMT

I'm having the same issue and my LCD is still active even while the HDMI cable is plugged in. It was working fine yesterday. Could it be the port or the cable?

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Waddizzle — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 07:15:54 GMT

@Sarah1989 wrote:
I'm having the same issue and my LCD is still active even while the HDMI cable is plugged in. It was working fine yesterday. Could it be the port or the cable?

It is one or the other. I would suspect the cable first. Try a different cable. Avoid the cheap ones.

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pturgeon — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 02:56:00 GMT

Had this same problem. After trying different cables and monitors i went into the menue and cleared all settings. It cleared the camera of everything i had changed and brought it back to factory defaults. Pluged the camera into my portable monitor and it was working.

Re: T6i and external monitor won't work

ipsprod — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 17:21:23 GMT

Had the same problem and then found that you have to disable the WiFI/NFC setting and it will work!!

Good luck hope this helps!

Re: T6i and external monitor won't work

ipsprod — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 17:22:03 GMT

Disable the WiFi/NFC setting and it will work

Re: T6i and external monitor won't work

supersaiyan81 — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 01:38:45 GMT

The steps needed to get a canon T6i connected to a TV with HDMI is to:

- connect HMDI cable to camera

- Connect HDMI cable to TV

- turn on camera (swich to on)

- to display images, press the play button

At this point your camera screen will not display anything anymore but everything else should be displayed on the TV directly.

So, disabling the WiFi is not mandatory, and enabling Ctlr over HDMI is not required either.

Now, if you run into problems and the steps above dont work, and as suggested earlier, resetting the settings to factory default might work however, the best solution is to remove the memory card from the camera and then reinsert back in.

please let us know if this resolves your issue

Cheers

Re: T6i and external monitor won't work

monroe — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 01:03:34 GMT

@ipsprod wrote:
Disable the WiFi/NFC setting and it will work

YOU are genius! Thankyou!

The simplest thing i didnt do. ... a million posts online and NO ONE suggested this. I specifically made an account here to comment on and give your post a bump.

Thank you very much. I was ready to throw our camera out the window.

Re: T6i and external monitor won't work

monroe — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 01:17:04 GMT

@supersaiyan81 wrote:

The steps needed to get a canon T6i connected to a TV with HDMI is to:

- connect HMDI cable to camera
- Connect HDMI cable to TV
- turn on camera (swich to on)
- to display images, press the play button

At this point your camera screen will not display anything anymore but everything else should be displayed on the TV directly.

So, disabling the WiFi is not mandatory, and enabling Ctlr over HDMI is not required either.

Now, if you run into problems and the steps above dont work, and as suggested earlier, resetting the settings to factory default might work however, the best solution is to remove the memory card from the camera and then reinsert back in.

please let us know if this resolves your issue

Cheers

Youre wrong when it comes to my t6i. I disabled this option and worked straight away. This was after a day of diking around with everything.

... as a matter of fact, if you go to the "Wi-Fi/NFC" option and ENABLE it, it clearly states that it " will disable all connections via DIGITAL and HDMI terminals.

Re: T6i and external monitor won't work

ashish0831 — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:43:26 GMT

Try disabling your Wifi/NFC it will solve the issue

Re: T6i and external monitor won't work

ashish0831 — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:45:44 GMT

this will solve the issue ...