Used A/V adapter hooked up to IPhone SE and HDMI cable to TV to watch live broadcast of Football game at the beach. I selected the game on DirectTV App and could see live game on phone but only got sound on TV. WHY? null

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Norm · Accepted Answer

My understanding, somewhat limited, is that in order to prevent recording the signals are not passed through - I tried the same thing and didn't get sound or picture. I also understand that if the TV and the Phone had been on the same wifi that might not be an issue but I have been avoiding putting wifi in at the beach house to keep costs down since we don't use it all the time. I'm a bit miffed at this odd control over services I pay for.

Answered by Norm 8 years ago

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Aziz · Answer

Once you connect your phone with the AV adapter the sound will come out only from your TV

Kenny · Answer

Try selecting “play on iPhone “ mine did the same thing when I chose “play on TV” but image appeared on TV screen in iPhone mode.

Payisabuckeye · Answer

This maybe something that the app has built in to not allow external video play, for copyrights sake:( I run into this a lot with safari, and apps like amazon etc....

Beak · Answer

Did you A) check connections at the TV and adapter of the HDMI and B) did you try different HDMI cables? And If not that it would be some settings on the TV sound input or on the DirectTV app itself. Sorry I’m probably stating the obvious, but you never know. Trying to help.

Answered by Beak 8 years ago

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“Used A/V adapter hooked up to IPhone SE and HDMI cable to TV to watch live broadcast of Football game at the beach. I selected the game on DirectTV App and could see live game on phone but only got sound on TV. WHY?”

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