Ext monitor turns camera off!

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Sagan

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Hi. I have been trying to test run a little Viltrox DC-50 monitor on a Canon 550 D, prior to buying a GH5 next week. Just wanted to make sure it actually worked before hooking it up to the new camera when I get it.

I plug the HDMI cable into the monitor, switch it on, and then plug the other end into the camera. But then the camera will not switch on. I've got Live View enabled, but nothing happens.

If I turn the camera on first, then plug the HDMI cable in, the camera instantly switches off by itself! And when I take the cable out, the camera still won't turn on. I have to remove and reinstall the battery, to get it to switch on.

Another curious thing is that I don't get the monitor's own "menu" on the monitor screen when I switch it on.

Can anyone suggest what's going wrong here?

Thanks.
 
I don't know why the external monitor is causing your camera to shut off, but I do know that the Canon 550D does not allow monitor mirroring. The 5D and 7D allowing monitor mirroring. The 60D, 70D, 80D do not allow it, but on those models, when you attach an external monitor, the external monitor overrides the camera's screen but does not actually cause the camera to shut off.
 
Yes, I think it's a feature of all HDMI external monitors, to turn off the evf when they're plugged in. But not to shut the whole camera down. Strange.

Anyway, I took the gadget back and got a refund.
 
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