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Solved HDMI not working on Raspberry Pi 3 for Vizio P-Series

There is the theory that the HDMI output of the Raspberry Pi is only initialized if a monitor/television is connected and powered up before a Raspberry Pi 3 is turned on.
Yet when I connect my Raspberry Pi 3 to a old Panasonic Plasma display the Raspberry Pi actually turns on the device and the screen activates every time.
Not so with the Vizio P series I just hung on the wall.

Aside: some of the Panasonic HDMI ports were damaged in a painting disaster…never use a 20lb weight to hold a tarp.

With the Vizio, whether the monitor is on or off and the correct HDMI port is selected or not, the Raspberry Pi 3 simply never brings up HDMI output.

Edit the /boot/config.txt file and uncomment these two lines

#hdmi_force_hotplug=1

#hdmi_drive=2

And the device works every time from every state.  The first line is as it appears, the second activates HDMI and enables sound rather than DVI mode which does not.

I did like that the Vizio takes edits the HDMI connection in its table to Raspberry

Google Cloud Platform Products Described in 4 Words or Less

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Machine Learning  
Cloud Machine Learning Engine -- Managed ML (TensorFlow)
Cloud Job Discovery -- ML Job Search/Discovery
Cloud Natural Language -- Text Parsing and Analysis
Cloud Speech -- Convert Speech to Text
Cloud Translation -- Language Detection and Translation
Cloud Vision -- Image Recognition and Classification
Cloud Video Intelligence -- Scene-level Video Annotation
  
Internet of Things  
Cloud IoT Core -- Data Ingestion/Device Management
  
Big Data  
BigQuery -- Data Warehouse/Analytics
Cloud Dataflow -- Stream/batch data processing
Cloud Dataproc -- Managed Spark and Hadoop
Cloud Datalab -- Visualize and Explore Data
Cloud Dataprep -- Transform/Clean Raw Data
Cloud Pub/Sub -- Global Real-time Messaging
Genomics -- Managed Genomics Platform
Data Studio -- Collaborative Dashboards
  
Databases  
Cloud SQL -- Managed MySQL and PostgreSQL
Cloud Bigtable -- HBase compatible nonrelational
Cloud Datastore -- Horizontally scalable nonrelational
Cloud Spanner -- Horizontally scalable relational
  
Storage  
Cloud Storage -- Object Storage and Serving
Nearline -- Archival Storage
Coldline -- Archival Cold Storage
Persistent Disk -- VM-attached disks
  
Data Transfer  
Google Transfer Appliance -- Hardware for Data Migration
Cloud Storage Transfer Service -- Cloud to Cloud Transfers
BigQuery Data Transfer Service -- Bulk Import Analytics Data
  
Compute  
Compute Engine -- Virtual Machines, Disks, Network
App Engine -- Managed App Platform
Container Engine -- Managed Kubernetes/Containers
Cloud Functions -- Event-driven serverless applications
  
Networking  
Virtual Private Cloud -- Software Defined Networking
Cloud Load Balancing -- Multi-region Load Distribution
Cloud CDN -- Content Delivery Network
Cloud DNS -- Programmable DNS Serving
Dedicated Interconnect -- Dedicated private network connection
IPsec VPN -- Virtual private network connection
Direct Peering -- Peer with GCP
Carrier Peering -- Peer with a carrier
  
Identity and Security  
Cloud IAM -- Resource Access Control
Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy -- Identity-based App Signin
Cloud Data Loss Prevention API -- Classify, Redact Sensitive Data
Cloud Key Management Service -- Hosted Key Management Service
Cloud Resource Manager -- Cloud Project Metadata Management
Cloud Security Scanner -- App Engine Security Scanner
Security Key Enforcement -- Two-step Key Verification
  
Management Tools  
Stackdriver Monitoring -- Infrastructure and Application Monitoring
Stackdriver Logging -- Centralized Logging
Stackdriver Error Reporting -- App Error Reporting
Stackdriver Trace -- App Performance Insights
Stackdriver Debugger -- Live Production Debugging
Cloud Deployment Manager -- Templated Infrastructure Deployment
Cloud Console -- Web-based Management Console
Cloud Shell -- Browser-based Terminal/CLI
Cloud Mobile App -- iOS/Android GCP Manager App
Cloud Billing API -- Programmatically Manage GCP Billing
Cloud APIs -- APIs for Cloud Services
  
Developer Tools  
Cloud SDK -- CLI for GCP
Container Registry -- Private Container Registry/Storage
Container Builder -- Build/Package Container Artifacts
Cloud Source Repositories -- Hosted Private Git Repos
Cloud Tools for Android Studio -- Android Studio GCP Tools
Cloud Tools for IntelliJ -- IntelliJ GCP Tools
Cloud Tools for PowerShell -- PowerShell GCP Tools
Cloud Tools for Visual Studio -- Visual Studio GCP Tools
Cloud Tools for Eclipse -- Eclipse GCP Tools
Gradle App Engine Plugin -- Gradle App Engine Plugin
Maven App Engine Plugin -- Maven App Engine Plugin
  
API Platform and Ecosystems  
Apigee API Platform -- Develop, secure, monitor APIs
Apigee Sense -- API protection from attacks
API Monetization -- Monetize APIs
API Analytics -- API Metrics
Cloud Endpoints -- Cloud API Gateway
  
Mobile (Firebase)  
Realtime Database -- Real-time Data Synchronization
Cloud Firestore -- Document Store and Sync
Cloud Storage -- File Storage and Serving
Hosting -- Web Hosting with CDN/SSL
Authentication -- Drop-in Authentication
Cloud Functions -- Event-driven Serverless Applications
Test Lab for Android -- Mobile Device Testing Service
Performance Monitoring -- App Performance Monitoring
Crashlytics -- Crash Reporting and Analytics
Cloud Messaging -- Send Messages to Devices
See all Firebase products