I’ve hooked it up to my TV to play some games with a PS4 controller. But I’ve encountered some really annoying issues. Audio not outputting through my TV speakers unless I go into desktop mode, then reset the console. When I go into desktop mode, the controller no longer registers so I can’t play. So I have to go back to gaming mode, where I can’t get sound from TV speakers. I’ve tried adjusting settings on both my steam deck and TV to no avail. That is, display options on desktop mode, and steam input settings.
The performance is also horrendous, with a very unstable ~20fps. This is even at 720p resolution and lower. When I reset the console docked, I have to unplug it then plug it back in or the screen just stays black.
It’s all incredibly frustrating. Is it just human error, or is SteamOS still really buggy when it comes to docking? I feel like it should just be plug and play, but I’m tired of having to set so many things up just to play on my TV. And then it being subpar visually compared with just using the deck’s own display.
From what I understand the official dock is the only one that doesn’t have issues. Don’t ask me why, but I have seen this issue multiple times online. The only solution seems to be the official dock.
No problems with my Anker hub.
I’ve heard the opposite, people having lots of issues with official dock while 3rd party docks will work fine.
I’ve got a $20 3rd party dock, and it’s been doing fantastic for me.
The funny part is that the official dock was what gave me a ton of issues. Steam Deck’s screen would go blank like it was outputting to a screen, but the TV would refuse to accept the video signal. So it just looked dead until I unplugged it. The JSAUX dock has been hassle free.
I only have a JSAUX dock and its been flawless. I even had a game running, put it on the dock and it switched over to the TV without issue - I was really impressed