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What is HTPC mode?

HTPC mode exists because of one specific Windows annoyance: turn a second display off and your icons rearrange themselves.

In plain language

When a display disappears, Windows decides that screen is gone and moves everything on it to a remaining one. Turn the display back on and the layout does not come back. Anyone running a PC into a projector or television has met this.

HTPC mode addresses it at the HDMI level: the PC keeps seeing a display, so it never triggers the rearrangement.

Why it matters in your setup

If your source is a PC, this is the difference between a machine that behaves and one that reshuffles itself every time the projector goes to standby. If your source is a player or a console, the setting is irrelevant.

What the DR HDMI 8K does with it

HTPC mode is a switch on the DR HDMI 8K's CONFIG page. One important limitation from the manual: HTPC mode is not compatible with an HDCP signal, so it is a setting for desktop and application use rather than for protected playback. The related TX +5V force option controls the same behaviour from a different angle.

DR HDMI 8K in one line: it is a 48Gbps HDMI 2.1 EDID manager, emulator and repeater that sits between your source and the rest of the chain, so you can see what is being negotiated and decide what the source is allowed to see — instead of guessing which device is at fault. What it is and what it solves →

Related terms

TX +5V force →EDID emulator →hot plug →HDCP →GPU →

Read more

Manual: CONFIG options →EDID manager guide →

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