Monitor not displaying picture

[Triston M]

Ok so I hope this isn’t a stupid question but I own a Samsung monitor. One night I hooked up my Xbox to the monitor and used the hdmi option. After using my Xbox on the monitor for a while I decided to unhook my Xbox and hook it back up to the tv. The next day I decided to use my computer which is always on analog, but there was no picture. I can’t figure out what’s wrong because everything starts up normally, and this all started after using my monitor to play my Xbox.

 

[Cycloid Torus]

Check your monitor's manual for 'set-up'. Many monitors set a default mode and may need a special instruction to accept a new port definition.

 

[Triston M]

Check your monitor's manual for 'set-up'. Many monitors set a default mode and may need a special instruction to accept a new port definition.

Unfortunately I don’t have the manual anymore.

 

[mailpup]

For your manual, try going to the Samsung website, support section, https://www.samsung.com/us/support/.

 

[Triston M]

For your manual, try going to the Samsung website, support section, https://www.samsung.com/us/support/.

It seems like that doesn’t help either, even the menu does not show up, it’s just a blank screen.

 

[Cycloid Torus]

Umm, not good. Confirm electrical power connection and try for menu using buttons as described in manual. Most manuals have some troubleshooting suggestions in the last 2-3 pages. If you cannot get menu on screen then you may want to contact Samsung support for troubleshooting ideas before you ask for RMA as a warranty claim

 

[Cycloid Torus]

A special instruction?First time I heard of this.

...which is why one checks the manual. There is a forest of cutie-pie little keystrokes and button presses and the manual helps find them (like, press the 3rd button from the left twice and hold the right button down for 5 seconds while facing East, etc, etc).

Hope there is one - or even a 'full reset' kind of thing - otherwise it is RMA time.