How MHL works perfectly for Samsung Galaxy SII, Galaxy Notes

I am so happy to present you guys on the MHL user guide for the Samsung Fans.

Keep your phone handy and play HD TV while we are charging as well

NOTE & Warning:

For the first time, you have to restart the phone after the MHL is properly connected to the phone
Only newest Mobile phone support MHL function can be used with this adapter
Warning: Make sure that you use the Travel Charger that was included with your phone. If you use an un-authorized travel charger, there is a possibility that the MHL adaptor might not function properly

FeatureMHL in Samsung Galaxy S II: can connect to an HDTV with a rechargeable battery

Along with the launch of Samsung Galaxy S II, apparently there is a new technology that is in the Android phone this is called the Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL). If a new sort of hell but also not arguably MHL is a combination of existing technologies today is microUSB and also HDMI.

With the MHL, we can connect the phone to a HDTV to watch, playing games or browsing but it also can recharge batteries in mobile phones. MHL features considered important enough to remember we often could not connect to an HDTV just because the battery in the phone is gone.

An Easy and Nice Way to Put Phone Video on TVs, Samsung, HTC, Nokia

One of the neater features on many recent smartphones is support for displaying high-def video stored on the phone on an HDTV through an HDMI connection. I bought an MHL adapter for doing this with my iPad, but using it can be a little awkward: Once you hook up the phone to the TV, you often have to worry about also connecting it to a power source, and to pause or otherwise control the video on the phone you might have to crouch next to the set since connector cables typically aren’t that long.

A standard called MHL (Mobile High-Definition Link) seeks to address these issues. It allows the TV to charge the mobile device over the same HDMI connection used to deliver video and other content to the set. The MHL spec (version 1.0 is already out) also lets you use your TV’s remote to control playback on the connected device.

The MHL Consortium says you should be able to add MHL functionality to your TV through an short adapter cable that hooks into an HDMI port. As for phones and mobile device support, MHL Consortium members include Nokia, Samsung, Silicon Image, Sony, and Toshiba, so that’s a decent start in the manufacturing community.

MHL Specification To Deliver 1080p HD Media Streaming From Mobile Device To HDTV

Nowadays mobile devices are much more capable in handling HD (high definition) media decoding as compared to previous and in order to not limit its content playback on tiny internal screen, a consortium has been formed to look into new interface and standard definition to extend its usage beyond current capability. The consortium, consisting of five major industry players such as Samsung, Silicon Image, Nokia, Sony and Toshiba have recently drafted a new MHL (Mobile High-Definition Link) with the intention to deliver high resolution uncompressed AV data streams from mobile devices to HDTV directly with extra enhancements.

Even though there are already some mobile makers utilizing mini HDMI for similar goal, but the new standard is expected to further improve it with few major advantages. First, the physical connector will have less pin counts (exact number of pin-out is still unknown but will be much lesser than existing 19-pins mini HDMI connector) and eventually smaller form factor, which is quite crucial for mobile manufacturers to simplify design and cost saving for much slimmer and stylish end products. However, it doesn’t sacrifice existing features provided by mini HDMI such as control signaling but instead, the new specification has defined an additional power rail to continue powering up mobile device (sourced from connected HDTV) so that users can enjoy the media streaming without depending merely on internal battery juice. Last but not least, it includes the HDCP (High bandwidth Digital Content Protection) so that protected media clips can be viewed and more importantly, a full HD 1080p contents can be streamed seamlessly and displayed on full HDTV without losses.

Currently the abridged version of specifications is already available for download at MHL Consortium official website (at $100 non-refundable purchase) and a full specification is planned to be released officially by mid of this year. Only one drawback, there will be adopter and licensing fee (details will be available in Adopter Agreement when it is available) as similar to HDMI technology that will definitely add some cost to end products.

OEM calbe - Micro USB to HDMI, fits for Samsung Note, Galaxy S2

This official MHL adaptor for the Samsung Galaxy S II I9100 allows you to create an HDMI output via your handset's microUSB connection. It supports automatically switches the phone into USB data / charging or MHL audio / video modes