LCD defeated by HDMI or mini USB

[sharpt]

The LCD on my Canon T5i goes black when HDMI or mini USB is plugged in. Thoughts?

[Waddizzle]

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@sharpt wrote:

The LCD on my Canon T5i goes black when HDMI or mini USB is plugged in. Thoughts?

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Merely "plugged in", or do you mean when something is connected to the other end, too?

What does your instruction manual say about it?

[sharpt]

Merely plugged into the camera

[Waddizzle]

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@sharpt wrote:

Merely plugged into the camera

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Okay.  I'm pretty sure that is normal behavior for both ports. 

[jrhoffman75]

If you plug in an HDMI cable camera assumes you want to display on TV so it shuts off LCD. 

[sharpt]

It does display on the TV (though not camera)  but then it doesn't convey audio - through either mini USB/RCA or HDMI.  Is there a setting to fix these problems? 

[Waddizzle]

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@sharpt wrote:

It does display on the TV (though not camera)  but then it doesn't convey audio - through either mini USB/RCA or HDMI.  Is there a setting to fix these problems? 

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Those are not "problems", not at all.  I'm not sure if the T5i even has "Audio Out".  First and foremost, it is a still photo camera, not a video camera, which is a different device from a camcorder.

[sharpt]

I've been viewing YouTube videos to monitor headphones.  Several explain how that can be done with the mini USB out to RCAs to a mini plug (sometimes with an amp between). 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZwBeeYCDlU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnEtj5l3acs

Canons appear to be used in some of those videos.  Also if you're not able to send audio through either of these cables, why do the ports exist?

[jrhoffman75]

I can't help with that. You could call Canon at 1-800-OK-CANON

[jrhoffman75]

It does have audio out.