[Google Chromecast] Sithlyone:
Hello, I am having an issue with connecting my new CC to a projector. It works fine on my home TV but when I take to a community location with a projector I can't get it to work. I get it to log into the WIFI and my CC app on my phone & Tablet recognize it but I can't get the projector to receive a stream from it.

Background on the projector. Brand New Epson projector Model # EX5220. Ceiling mounted. Apple TV connects to it just fine and streams without hesitation. Audio is split back at a sound booth and only Video is sent to the projector.

At first I just removed the Apple TV from the equation and put the CC in its place (had to use a HDMI coupler to connect it to the male end of the other HDMI cable) with no result. After some investigation I noted that there are a two different junction boxes that the signal is being run through. One is a switcher box that allows several different HDMI cables to connect to it and you choose which one you want to show. The other is a converter box (It splits the audio from the video, it sends the audio to our switch board and the video to the projector).

I then just plugged the CC into the switcher box in place of the cable that ran to the Apple TV with no result. Then I bypassed the Switcher box altogether and used the HDMI coupler to connect to the HDMI Cable that ran from the converter box to the switcher box with no success. Then I just plugged right into the converter box with the CC and still had no signal at the projector.

Even though it wouldn't separate the sound I wanted to see if the CC would at least send something to the projector so I bypassed the converter box altogether and connected (using the HDMI coupler) directly to the HDMI cable that went right into the projector and still received no signal whatsoever at the projector.

One other note regarding the Projector is that between it and the converter box there is probably somewhere around 50 feet or so of cable (I didn't set it up but I think it is CAT6 cable from what I'm told).

I never connected my CC right to the back of the projector (didn't have a ladder to reach that high) so I couldn't test if a direct connection would at least show video.

My two thoughts as to what the issue might be is:

1) length / type of cable causes degradation of signal from CC (even though it allows the Apple TV to send signal to projector). Possibly the CC doesn't have enough power to send the signal that far... not sure if that could be a legit issue here, so I might be reaching.

2) The CC doesn't like My HDMI coupler and thus the signal doesn't send.

I've attached pics below to show what I'm talking about. Since the AT works fine with the setup I feel that CC should too. Please give me any feed back you can and let me know if you need any other info.

Side note: I just bought the CC yesterday and this was my first test with it. I took it home and got it to work perfectly with my TV. I made sure it had power and it was right next to the WIFI and my Phone was within 3 feet of it the entire time. After I reconnected everything (The AT to the projector) I retested the AT and it worked fine with the same exact setup as before.

Thank you for any help you can provide!

[IMG="Whole View"][/IMG]

[IMG="Switcher or Junction box"][/IMG]

[IMG="Converter box, sends Audio to switch board and Video to projector"][/IMG]

[IMG="Projector - Front"][/IMG]

[IMG="Projector - Rear"][/IMG]

[IMG="HDMI - Coupler"][/IMG]

[IMG="HDMI - Coupler"][/IMG]

Hopefully these shots help. If this setup is incorrect or if you have a better solution please feel free to give suggestions, I need to figure this out. Thanks so much!