HDMI Audio Passthrough: Does this system decode HDMI audio and just pass the video on to your TV, or does it pass audio through to the TV so you have to send it in via optical?
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Just got my system. Hate to argue with folks but, I am getting DTS-HD ok via HDMI and no other cable from my Sony BDP-BX1 player. After playing around with the settings I discover DTS scrolls across display window when I switch between different DTS sources and change tracks of DTS audio recordings and movies. Plus DTS is lit in the window. I am happy with that. Just set BD player's audio output priority for HDMI, DTS set for DTS, BD audio set for direct (mix reverts system back to pcm/48); HT-SS2300 video menu: "audio for HDMI" set for AMP. We watched Mamma Mia! (blu ray/dts-hd) and was amazed at wonderful audio clarity. I had to reduce center channel volume to -5 to suit us. But, we are hearing subtle things we never heard before all around us. Then I cranked volume to 30 and tried a couple of DTS audio cd's and again was amazed as a 2-8-4 steam locomotive passed though the living room. And again with a SR-71 fly by.
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HDMI passthrough requires a separate audio connection. Basically, you're not going to be able to get DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD, or Multi-channel PCM through optical. This would require a receiver capable of handling HDMI audio (i.e. the 605 and higher). I would STRONGLY recommend going with the 605 over the 505 - it's much more future proof (because of the HD audio capabilities), and will keep you from having to buy a new receiver in the near future.
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"Standby pass-through of Audio & Video""Conveniently access all your HDMI connected devices without having to power on the receiver". Hope that answers your question my friend.
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If I plug component cables in (say from my wii) will the head unit convert the a/v signals and send it out through the hdmi out? Our does the hdmi out only push through hdmi signals?
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The reciever depends on the back channel from the TV. I agree it probably requires an DDCP handshake. It is depending on the TV to decode and send audio etc on the back channel. My "TV" is actually an old school monitor with no back channel so I could never get this to work. I was hoping for a straight through switch from the HDMI so that I could send multiple sources to my TV and pull off the sound. I was not able to do this with my TV
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Although I've never tested it, the 5 HDMI 1.3 Audio/Video Inputs are supposed to have 3D pass through (according to their owner's manual).
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It has an optical output. Generally speaking one would use HDMI to get audio into the tv, and then optical audio it out to something with a better sound quality.
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If I have my ps4 hooked into the receiver, can I do pass through audio having my AVR/Surround sound turned off if I chose? With audio still coming into my tv speakers?Thanks
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You will have to connect the optical cable from the TV to your home theater receiver. Once this is done then you have to select the TV source on your home theater system to get sound through the TV. That is how I was able to get it to work for me. Hope this helps.
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James, do you have an HDMI connection on your cable box and or other peripherals (DVD, bluray etc)? Optical is a good solution for component or analog video connections with digital audio (surround sound) decoders. If you have HDMI then your best possible video and audio solution is to go directly from your cable box and DVD/bluray with HDMI cables which would carry 1080p (high definition) video as well as 7.1 surround sound on a single cable. If this option is out of the question then you could go the lesser quality route of using optical connection into 2 inputs on the rear of the v375. This unit would replace your current surround processor. Any further questions feel free to reply! James, do you have an HDMI connection on your cable box and or other peripherals (DVD, bluray etc)? Optical is a good solution for component or analog video connections with digital audio (surround sound) decoders. If you have HDMI then your best possible video and audio solution is to go directly from your cable box and DVD/bluray with HDMI cables which would carry 1080p (high definition) video as well as 7.1 surround sound on a single cable. If this option is out of the question then you could go the lesser quality route of using optical connection into 2 inputs on the rear of the v375.... » Read More James, do you have an HDMI connection on your cable box and or other peripherals (DVD, bluray etc)? Optical is a good solution for component or analog video connections with digital audio (surround sound) decoders. If you have HDMI then your best possible video and audio solution is to go directly from your cable box and DVD/bluray with HDMI cables which would carry 1080p (high definition) video as well as 7.1 surround sound on a single cable. If this option is out of the question then you could go the lesser quality route of using optical connection into 2 inputs on the rear of the v375. This unit would replace your current surround processor. Any further questions feel free to reply! « Show Less
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Yes, The optical output to my Receiver works great! I had the same worries before I hooked it up. The HDMI cable went to my HDMI TV and the optical cable I had went to the receiver for my room soundaround speaker system. The TV speakers work also if you don't want to play the receiver, a earlier mention in another post said, he could not get his TV to play sound out the speakers.... NOT true the sound still travels thru the HDMI cable to the HD TV even with the Optical cable plugged in and ran to the receiver. The sound does not designate one or the other and comes out both. I just keep the volume on my HD TV to 0.
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PamRosa,We haven't tested that, so it's difficult to give a definitive answer. You can try by using an RCA cable to your receiver from the "audio out" port while it's connected. If not, however, we can't offer support on how to make that happen. HDMI usually carries both the audio and video through the same cable, and the design may not offer an option.--Mr. S
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Will,Why do you need an optical cable and an HDMI between the TV and the Bluray? Doesn't the HDMI do both audio and video?Brian
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No but there is a solution. The audio output is via stereo jack or the hdmi. What I did to have 5.1surround through a n optical cable was to connect the hdmi audio/video out to an hdmi / sprig (optical) splitter. You get as an output the hdmi signal + optical audio. I am using the viewHD splitter and it works perfectly
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actually it will pass through video but not audio when powered off (at least for my experience/TV) if you turn off hdmi p.save (power saving) in the menu. I do this when playing my PS3 with my headphones connected to the secondary audio/RCA output of the PS3 with an adapter on the PS3 since the HTSS360 has no headphone jack. To do this however you have to enable multiple audio out in your PS3 settings, and remember to turn that off if you want 7.1 sound for blu ray since for some reason enabling multiple audio out for PS3 cuts down LPCM to 5.1 instead of 7.1 with it off. As for TV audio if you use a cable box I'm not sure you can that way, unless you plug a second audio cable from cablebox to one of your TV's inputs and then in audio settings in your TV can set that input as TV audio. Mine has the ability for that but it's not a Sony TV which I'm unfamiliar with.
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John, This particular happens to have an HDMI output on the video card that also allows audio passthrough. All that would need be done is to connect the computer to the TV via the HDMI ports on each device. The computer should automatically select the HDMI output as the correct output, and you would need to set your TV to the correct input. If you have a receive your are instead hooking this up to (like a surround sound receiver or a multi DVD player/DVR) then the process is similar. Consult your auxiliary box's manual for further assistance.
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that was my experience; somewhere in the literature in fact says that if you use HDMI or Digital Optical cable, that you have to use the audio cable out as well (defeats the purpose of the HDMI or Digital Optical cable IMO), however it works well with that set-up