Cable Matters 10 ft Mini DisplayPort Male to HDMI Male Cable with Audio Transmission in White in Retail Package

Cable Matters 10 ft Mini DisplayPort Male to HDMI Male Cable with Audio Transmission in White in Retail Package Review

Cable Matters 10 ft Mini DisplayPort Male to HDMI Male Cable with Audio Transmission in White in Retail Package Feature

• Supports uncompressed digital LPCM 7.1, 5.1 or 2 channels and compressed digital Bit-Stream audio
• Supports full 1080p HD video
• HDCP compliant
• This cable can only pass signal from Mini DisplayPort to HDMI port. It is not a bi-directional cable.
• It won't pass signal from HDMI port to DisplayPort.
• Color: White

Mini DisplayPort was first used by Apple on October 14, 2008. Apple added support for audio output using Mini DisplayPort in April 2010.

Thunderbolt compatible. Audio will pass through Thunderbolt port.

Technical Specifications:

    * Supports full 1080p HD digital video
    * Supports HDMI Deep Color 12bit per channel (36bit color depth)
    * Supports uncompressed digital LPCM 7.1, 5.1 or 2 channels and compressed digital Bit-Stream (Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD Master Audio) through HDMI Input.

    * Connector: male Mini DisplayPort | Thunderbolt to male HDMI
    * Length: 10 Feet

List of Apple computer models (must be made after mid 2010) with audio pass through :

   * MacBook 13-inch (MC516LL/A)
   * MacBook Pro (MC374LL/A, MC375LL/A, MC371LL/A, MC372LL/A, MC373LL/A, MC024LL/A, MC700LL/A, MC700LL/A, MC721LL/A, MC723LL/A, MC724LL/A, MC725LL/A)
   * MacBook Air (MC505LL/A, MC503LL/A)
   * iMac 21.5-inch (MB950LL, MC508LL/A, MC509LL/A)
   * iMac 27-inch (MB952LL/A, MB953LL/A, MC510LL/A, MC511LL/A)
   * Mac Mini (Server) (MC270LL/A, MC438LL/A)
   * Mac Pro(Server) (MC915LL/A, MC561LL/A, MC250LL/A)
   * All thunderbolt models

After connecting this cable from your Mac computer to HDTV, please follow the below steps to send sound to HDTV:

   1. Open Apple > System Preferences
   2. Select 'Sound' with a speaker icon
   3. Go under 'Select a device for sound output' section to find your HDTV is listed as an output device
   4. Choose HDTV instead of built-in speaker as your audio outlet