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Can anyone please tell me how I can splice different cables together to make a HDMI cable with a micro USB end? I need to do this to connect my HTC Desire 626 to my Emerson HDTV to watch Netflix.
Imsodope90s
Posted 2017-10-13T06:25:25.320
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To my surprise such connectors do exist, as for example in Amazon : Generic Micro USB to HDMI MHL Adapter for $9. I can also see it has a processor housed in the big box.
So you cannot splice these cables - you need an adapter. Just buy a ready-made one with its dedicated processor.
harrymc
Posted 2017-10-13T06:25:25.320
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Your question is off-topic here. Google "MHL wiring" or, even better, buy that $2 cable.
– gronostaj – 2017-10-13T06:32:37.9633You don't. Depending on the device "USB" cables that connect to HDMI can use a special USB connector that has extra pins embedded in it to allow the transmission of the HDMI signals. You cannot simply cut and splice a standard USB cable to a HDMI in many cases. Buy a cable suitable for your device. – Mokubai – 2017-10-13T06:36:47.463
5 pin 11 pin? To splice to a regular HDMI cable – Imsodope90s – 2017-10-13T06:51:01.833
2No such (passive) cable could work, because it's not a matter of connectors nor the number of wires. USB is a protocol for a bus, whereas HDMI is a point-to-point protocol for video+audio. You are looking for either a USB video adapter or a MHL adapter (or active "cable"), and your phone will have to support such an external device (but for 65% of the Amazon buyers the generic adapter didn't work). – sawdust – 2017-10-13T07:55:28.737