Stupid question; provided your video card has an HDMI port, all you have to do is connect an HDMI cable to a home theater receiver in order to get picture & sound, right? How come I had no sound when I connected my laptop to the receiver using the same method? Please help as it will make or break my purchase of this item. Stupid question; provided your video card has an HDMI port, all you have to do is connect an HDMI cable to a home theater receiver in order to get picture & sound, right? How come I had no... » Read More Stupid question; provided your video card has an HDMI port, all you have to do is connect an HDMI cable to a home theater receiver in order to get picture & sound, right? How come I had no sound when I connected my laptop to the receiver using the same method? Please help as it will make or break my purchase of this item. « Show Less
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HDMI does carry sound, but it depends on your software.On Linux, you'd have to check if the drivers you use for the card work with ALSA (if not, no sound). You may have to change or duplicate the sound output to hear over HDMI. Most video cards expose audio through a PCI interface, so you may see something an audio device listed in lspci.On Windows, you may need to go into your sound settings and change the default sound output to use HDMI Audio (if you even have that option). The sound options should show the available outputs and inputs.
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It depends on the HDMI cable and the video card, some video cards don't transmit audio but if it is your laptop you are talking about then their should be audio this is where the type of HDMI cable comes in play, usually and HDMI 1.2 and up will transmit audio. A video card for a desktop computer usually does not transmit audio, you would have to do it through the normal audio port (green) to transmit the sound. Also you might have to adjust where the sound is going if you are using your laptop, if it has a control manager for the video card you can shoose the defualt where to send the sound i.e HDMI. It depends on the HDMI cable and the video card, some video cards don't transmit audio but if it is your laptop you are talking about then their should be audio this is where the type of HDMI cable comes in play, usually and HDMI 1.2 and up will transmit audio. A video card for a desktop computer usually does not transmit audio, you would have to do it through the normal audio port (green) to transmit the sound. Also you might have to adjust where the sound is going if you are using your laptop, if it has a control manager for the video card you can shoose the defualt where to send the... » Read More It depends on the HDMI cable and the video card, some video cards don't transmit audio but if it is your laptop you are talking about then their should be audio this is where the type of HDMI cable comes in play, usually and HDMI 1.2 and up will transmit audio. A video card for a desktop computer usually does not transmit audio, you would have to do it through the normal audio port (green) to transmit the sound. Also you might have to adjust where the sound is going if you are using your laptop, if it has a control manager for the video card you can shoose the defualt where to send the sound i.e HDMI. « Show Less
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Whenever I connect by HDMI from laptop to TV I've had to use the audio out as well for sound. But like others have said it depends....
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It actually depends on the video card. Radeon 5000/6000/7000 series will carry audio over hdmi. The laptop most likely had the capability to display but not pass thru audio. I'm not too sure on which nvidia cards do it
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I don't have a home theater receiver but I suspect it needs a direct connection to the HDMI port on the TV unless there is a pass through function on the receiver. Try asking a question about hooking HDMI to the receiver you have for a better answer. Good luck!
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My Lenovo is about 2 years old. I connect an HDMI cable into this, then into my laptop and the sound and video come through the TV. The only issue I have had with sound related to my OS setup which had changed when I connected the laptop to a monitor. I simply had to adjust the settings back to what is was before, then the video and sound played through the TV. Hope that helps.
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If your laptop has a VGA out or S-Video connection all you need is the appropriate cable.v if you have HDMI, you will need an active HDMI to VGA adapter. Keep in mind that this will not pass sound, and you need an extra USB port to power the active adapter. DO NOT buy the HDMI to USB cable, it will not work.Otherwise, it is an excellent projector for the money. I picked up a refurbished unit for $169, and it works wonderfully. Steam streaming to a 100" screen is awesome looking on it. This is playing with all the graphics at max.
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Please excuse my ignorance, but could someone tell me what HDMI out actually allows you to do? I'm guessing hook up your netbook to an external monitor/tv for alternate display? I'm I correct? Thanks!
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I do NOT have that video card, but this cable converts HDMI output to VGA. On my laptop (setup at 1920*1080) resolution this cable did NOT work to an InFocus analog only projector. When I lowered the laptop resolution to 1600*900, the cable worked fine. Eventually, I switched to a different projector at the school that accepted HDMI at 1920*1080.
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If you are using an HDMI cable from the TV output to the receiver you should have audio through the receiver. I assume that you have multiple inputs that are selected by the receiver and you have selected the input that is connected to the TV. I found that there are different audio configurations in the receiver that need to be selected also. The manual offers a lot of information but for me it's too difficult to understand. Try a different HDMI cable and/or input port to begin with.
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hdmi hookup has audio, but dvi and vga cables dont have audio, if u want audio u got to use the audio port jack or use the HDMI. mine is plugged into a 6770 video card using the dvi cable to get a picture to my tv. and using the audio jack cable plugged into the back of my surround sound.
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The HDMI cable works as expected but if you are connecting it to your computer and only have DVI connections, then no, the audio will not work. If you have an HMDI output on your computer, make sure the video card is connected to the motherboard with the bi-pass cord (i forget the name)
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I have the same issue with my onboard HDMI, it only passes 2 ch sound through the cable, hd sound requires an optic cable. According to toms hardware 5770 (and for that matter I believe all 5xxx) cards pass both HD audio and video. I double checked also on a forum and this was confermed.
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Depends on the video card you have on your computer. If you have a intel i3,i5,i7 series with integrated video card. Yes. If you have an older video card with HDMI but without digital sound support, no. This really doesn't depend on the cable rather, depend on your hardware. IF your computer's not over 3 or 4 years old, its should have the updated HDMI video and audio drivers. Also, you have to set up the software so that the sound comes through you hdmi rather than optical or analogue as well.
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I have a slightly different unit going from S-Video / RCA to HDMI. I don't really feel there is any real signal upgrading, I use it rather to be able to run all my sources though my receiver that only has HDMI. Can you not upgrade the video card to give you an HDMI out in your pc?
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please help. i have a laptop with an hdmi port and i want to be able to connect it to a vga projector. shouldn't this cable be able to do it? i can't get it to work.
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I just bought an HP Pavilion dv7-4270us which has an hdmi port. I want to hook it up to watch stream Netflix to a Toshiba 40RV525R which also has an hdmi port. What else do I need to do or be concerned about? How much should I spend on this cable - there are some really cheap ones out there.
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Hi Deborah,I have been successful with my hookup and audio. At this point I would make sure your laptop supports a direct HDMI connection and that you have changed your audio output in the control panel under whatever O.S. you have.Hope this helps.Also, in some situations, the audio is going to default to the laptop if the connection is a HDMI Input. You want a HDMI Output on the laptop.
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my laptop has just a VGA port. I dont have HDMI on my laptop. What do i do in this case??
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Why do you connect audio separately? HDMI should be sufficient to give you both video and audio if you hook it up through a common receiver. At least it works in my case. Try that. Bob.
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I had to change the sound source on my lap top when I first hooked up to the HDMI converter. Check your lap top (or whatever device providing HDMI output) and make sure the sound is not directed to the headphone connection (or plug into the headphone jack to check for sound). If it is, you should be able to redirect sound from headphone output to HDMI output. This is what I had to do with my Windows lap top. Good luck.....