

- Chromebit says no signal on tv 1080p#
- Chromebit says no signal on tv full#
- Chromebit says no signal on tv Bluetooth#
Chromebit says no signal on tv Bluetooth#
You'll need a wired keyboard to complete the process, though, since ChromeOS' pre-boot firmware UI doesn't recognize paired Bluetooth accessories.

To enable it, turn the Chromebit off, and then stick a paperclip into the small pinhole on the bottom of the device. If you're a technical type and you want to tinker, the Chromebit supports Developer Mode the same as any other Chromebook or Chromebox. This is a nice touch-Windows still won't do this, making setup more difficult if you're using Bluetooth accessories rather than wired ones or ones that use an IR receiver. The first time you turn the Chromebit on, it will automatically try to pair with any nearby Bluetooth keyboards and mice that are in pairing mode, much like OS X will try to do if it doesn't detect any keyboard and mouse.
Chromebit says no signal on tv 1080p#
Powering the monitor on and then plugging in the Chromebit was enough to get it working at 1080p (4K isn't supported). On both a Vizio TV and a Dell monitor, powering on the Chromebit and then turning on the screen resulted in an incorrect maximum supported resolution of 1024×768. One word of warning: make sure that the TV or monitor you're plugging the Chromebit into is powered on before you power on the Chromebit so that it can properly detect its maximum resolution. If you shut it down, it will stay off until you press a button on a paired Bluetooth device, at which point it will automatically turn back on (a power button would be nice, though). There's no power button-the stick just defaults to being on when it's plugged in. Plug in the Chromebit using the HDMI extension cable Asus gives you and the stick's power adapter, and you're ready to begin setup. But there's no microUSB port to power the device using a port on the back of your TV or monitor, an unfortunate omission. You don't get a microSD card slot like the one in Intel's Compute Stick, which is understandable since ChromeOS relies overwhelmingly on cloud storage. You've got one male HDMI connector underneath a removable cap you'll probably lose, a power jack on one side, a USB 2.0 port on the end for peripherals, and a security lock slot underneath to deter theft. It's a sleek plastic tube with a bit of heft to it, and it fits in the bare minimum of ports.

The Chromebit looks and feels nice, not that it especially matters for something that will primarily live buried behind a TV or monitor or receiver somewhere.
Chromebit says no signal on tv full#
For $90, Asus will sell you a full ChromeOS device running on ARM hardware, and while neither of those two things are going to blow anyone away, they're actually pretty well paired if you're looking for something that walks the line between PC and appliance. You're going to be able to do more with a Windows PC, just as a cheap Windows laptop can do more stuff than a Chromebook despite having similar hardware to do it with.īut ChromeOS feels like it might actually be a better match for the sort of hardware that will fit inside an HDMI dongle (at least until that beefier Core M Compute Stick from Intel comes out, assuming it doesn't have major hardware problems). Asus' new Chromebit isn't the first computer-on-an-HDMI-stick, nor is it the fastest or the most flexible.
