MHL Cable/Adaptor Recomendation

[kanekanekane]

Hi,

Does anyone on this forum use their Z2 over MHL?

I was wondering what MHL Cable / Adaptor you would recomend.

I have seen a Sony one, but is is very expensive (£30).
I was wondering what the thoughts on the cheaper ones were.


Thanks
in Advance.

 

[TheOnlyIntruder]

Anyone got any recommendations for this? I too am interested.

 

[BigladUK]

Bought this from Maplin today ( for us with my HTC one. Tablet Z and Z2 ) so will report back when I've had time to test

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/maplin-mhl-5-pin-adaptor-to-hdmi-n97nf

Si

 

[ahvipardik]

Bought MHL 2.0 11 pin adapter today-didn't work. I'll try 5 pin tomorrow.

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[BigladUK]

Sorry forgot to post back ( on holiday ). The maplin cable works like a dream but requires power if your tv isn't mhl compliant

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[vicedens2002]

Sorry forgot to post back ( on holiday ). The maplin cable works like a dream but requires power if your tv isn't mhl compliant

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Is it version 1. 0 or 2.0? Does cec work?

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[BigladUK]

Sorry don't know about either but I suspect it is cec compliant

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[eric1214]

I can provide information on z2 of mhl, if necessary, can pm me check

sent form my xperia z2 or z2 tablet or z or z tablet??? im dont think so ~~

 

[Felborn]

I bought two adapters now and will test, but how new does a television have to be to be mhl compatible? Leaving on holiday tomorrow and would like to use my Xperia2 on the TV in the room, any good guesses on if that's a longshot?

 

[cookie2]

I bought two adapters now and will test, but how new does a television have to be to be mhl compatible? Leaving on holiday tomorrow and would like to use my Xperia2 on the TV in the room, any good guesses on if that's a longshot?

I bought this:
amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00CI42C4S/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i02?ie=UTF8&psc=1
which works perfectly but on my TV requires a separate power source for the MHL.

 

[lovemyram4x4]

I've been using a Rocketfish MHL adapter for the appradio in the wifey's car until I can get an adequate mirrorcast dongle.

I haven't had any issues with it. It also comes with a 11 pin adapter for newer Samsung devices.

The Samsung branded 5 pin MHL adapters should also work and be found in stores(they had them at my local Bestbuy along with the Rocketfish I bought).

I'm not sure exactly what you're looking to do, but maybe some sort of cast dongle might be a better option.

For streaming I like using chromecast best(there's 3rd party ones that support chromecast/mirrorcast/DLNA/airplay in one unit). The user experience is much nicer with chromecast but you're limited to using apps with cast icons and a wireless network(mirrorcast/dnla don't require this).

For screen mirroring a straight HDMI cable works best but not even Motorola puts HDMI ports on their devices anymore. MHL adapters work for the most part just as well but can have more failure points and compatibility issues. I haven't tried mirrorlink yet(I do have a new appradio that supports mirrorlink as well as HDMI but it's still in the box) but from what I under stand it's not as fast as HDMI and may give noticeable lag.


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[ahvipardik]

Bought chromecast, and it gets the job done with rooted device.

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[cHoLoCoY]

got one from amazon (brand: Cable Matters),.... ordered a 11-pin by accident,... and obviously that didn't work,..

so i ordered the 5-pin version and it worked just find,.... but it does need to be powered with the micro USB for it to work
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006V6N9NM/ref=twister_B00JXUCVXC

does anyone know if there's an MHL adapter that doesn't require to be plugged in the wall outlet????