Second Monitor to TouchSmart 600?

[terracotta]

Hello! 

• I have a TouchSmart 600--an all-in-one with several inputs except one for a second monitor. (On Windows 7). 
• I purchased a VGA - HDMI (AV?) adapter hoping it might work.
• It did not.

Asking for help, or a direction, please. I've searched through several different forum threads similar to mine, but the responses were several years old with no resolution besides perhaps I should have gotten a USB adapter. I've yet to find someone who successfully paired a second monitor.

I did get to Display - clicked detect. Nothing was detected. Second monitor (19inch Acer) says no signal.

Appreciative of any advice 🙂  

[banhien]

Hi,

What is your  touchsmart 600 ? Must be  touchsmart 600-xxxx. Please check its label at the back. The following links show two examples:

       http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c02507381-2

       http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01862319

HDMI port on your machine probably is an HDMI IN port that why it won't work.  You need an USB-VGA adapter to be able to connect to a second monitor.

Regards.

[terracotta]

Thanks for replying!

Ok, it's a 600-1350. And so the HDMI input can't be used for a second monitor? 

If you don't mind, could you give me an example of a USB adapter? I saw several online and don't want to buy the wrong thing again.

Thank you again 🙂

[banhien]

Hi,

1. You can't plug in port to another in port, this won't go anywhere.

2. The following adapter is one example. You can but many similar ones around, cheaper

          https://www.startech.com/au/AV/USB-Video-Adapters/slim-usb-3-vga-adapter~USB32VGAES

Regards.

[terracotta]

Ok, thanks. Just to clarify, this will not work because the hdmi is in-put only? The adapter I bought plugs into it, and the vga plugs into the adapter...

[banhien]

Hi,

Your machine it not an HP 600-1350. The HP 600-1350 does not have HDMI port.

Regards.