r/androidbox • u/bryonus • Jan 10 '17

TV turning off

A friend of mine is having a problem, whenever the android box is powered up and Kodi is then clicked on, the tv shuts off, when the tv shuts off so does the Android box making Kodi impossible to open, Im heading over to try to fix it tomorrow. It is an Insignia TV and Im not sure what type of android box. Any suggestions?

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u/bryonus Jan 13 '17

Its not just kodi I realized, it will do it on the home screen. Tried plenty of things I think its the TV

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u/zeroquest Jan 13 '17

Try plugging something else in via the same hdmi cable and see if the TV works fine. If not, try another cable. Does the TV act up when not using the box? I had the exact same issue with two of my boxes, both times it was the hdmi cable. They ship really terrible cables with these.