Trying to connect external monitor but Spin doesn't see it

imlostpleasehelp

hi

wondering if anyone has advice? It's an older ViewSonic. Is it possible to connect to Chromebook Spin that was bought in 2020?

thanks!

JackE

If the older ViewSonic only has a VGA video signal input port, it won't connect to the Spin's HDMI video signal output port even with a passive HDMI-to-VGA cable adapter. A much more expensive active HDMI-to-VGA video signal converter would be needed.

billsey

Which Spin Chromebook do you have? How are you trying to connect the monitor? Over the years they have done a bunch of different models, and they have different capabilities.

JackE

If the older ViewSonic only has a VGA video signal input port, it won't connect to the Spin's HDMI video signal output port even with a passive HDMI-to-VGA cable adapter. A much more expensive active HDMI-to-VGA video signal converter would be needed.

William_mk2

@imlostpleasehelp

You can always connect the monitor to laptop using vga, dvi, hdmi cable and through the help of docking station if you have multiple monitors.

 

Please take a picture of the ports of laptop on your smartphone, take it to a nearby store and purchase the right docking station.

 

You can purchase a switch splitter.  It will be helpful if you have only one hdmi port on your computer and you need to use two hdmi ports. 

Please make sure whether the docking station, splitter is compatible for chromebook.  Please check with docking station or splitter vendor regarding this.  

You can also use the docking station for charging devices 

https://www.diamondmm.com/charge-your-laptop-or-mobile-device-on-your-docking-station/

Kindly go through the details from links given below:

The info provided below will be very useful for you..  I encourage you to read everything to get more details about it.  

https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/1060909?hl=en

https://www.howtogeek.com/262282/how-to-connect-an-external-monitor-to-a-chromebook/

https://www.lifewire.com/connect-chromebook-to-monitor-5090184

https://www.groovypost.com/howto/connect-your-chromebook-to-an-external-monitor/

https://cbookreviewguide.com/chromebook-blog/connecting-chromebook-to-external-monitor/

https://www.androidcentral.com/how-connect-chromebook-external-monitor

https://www.recompute.com.au/blog/5-easy-ways-to-connect-a-laptop-to-a-monitor/

https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000801.htm

https://www.theverge.com/21436346/laptop-monitor-external-display-how-to-connect

https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/how-to-connect-two-monitors-to-a-laptop/

https://www.alphr.com/features/389164/how-to-connect-a-second-screen-to-your-laptop-1/

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/monitors-extended-desktop-3-check/

JackE

If the older ViewSonic only has a VGA video signal input port, it won't connect to the Spin's HDMI video signal output port even with a passive HDMI-to-VGA cable adapter. A much more expensive active HDMI-to-VGA video signal converter would be needed.