Solved! Lenovo Thinkpad won't stay HDMI connected to my Samsung Smart TV

[hnderson]

I've connected my Lenovo thinkpad X1 Carbon Windows 10 to my new Samsung Smart TV model UN43J5202AF via HDMI to the HDMI 1 port on the TV. To get the connection to work, every time the laptop goes to sleep, I have to 1st turn the TV back on, then wake the laptop. Most of the time that works. However, sometimes it doesn't and I have to restart my laptop. That works but is a pain. Sometimes, after waking the laptop, the screen appears on the TV for about a second, then goes black and notification says that there's no connection.
Is there a solution to this that doesn't involve returning the TV?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

New TV won't help as the problem is with using Sleep mode on your laptop. Set your laptop so nothing happens when you close the lid (ie no sleep). I used to have a similar problem with WiFi when I put my laptop to sleep --- when I woke it up the WiFi connection would drop. So I changed what closing the lid does to "nothing" -- problem solved.

I know that will run battery down quicker but that didn't bother me because my laptop was always plugged in to mains socket on wall.