I bought 2 adapters like this because I have 2 monitors that accept HDMI input and a Thunderbolt docking station that only has DP output.

However, when I connect my monitor using the adapters that I bought, I get no signal.

Can someone help me troubleshoot this?

P.S., Both the monitors and the cables I use are tested to be working. I do not have other adapters to test with and I do not have another docking station.

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The adapters you give as examples are passive, they require that the source provide the HDMI signal. It's quite common for a DisplayPort output to be backward compatible with HDMI, and this is often noted with a DP++ icon next to the port as opposed to a DP icon (lacking the "++"). DisplayPort outputs without HDMI backward compatibility will require an active adapter to get an HDMI output, like this one:

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