Is this system's sound harsh, or are my ears screwy? Is there any way to listen to music through laptop WHILE watching tv?
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Unfortunately I don't have much information to help because I'm considering the purchase of the same system. Has your impression changed much from the original post? I enjoy classical music but don't know much about different audio outputs and quality differentiators. Is there a better system at a similar price that you know of? Thanks for any additional thoughts.
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your computer may not have this capability to send the sound through your HDMI cable. you can get a seperate sound cable for your jack in the back of the tv or get speakers for your computer. I use speakers on my computer.
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You can, but ...If your TV is an old, analog model with a 4:3 aspect ratio screen and your laptop is newer with a 16:9 aspect ratio screen, the image on the TV will be horizontally compressed to fit and there's no way to change that. If your TV is recent enough to have a 16:9 aspect ratio, that shouldn't be a problem. You may not get audio output through the TV either. In that case you'll have to connect your laptop's headphone jack to the TV's RCA audio inputs or use other external speakers.
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Perhaps, I just don't expect much from any TV set in terms of sound quality, and maybe that is why in my opinion LN40B500 is perfectly adequate in that regard. When I watch DVDs or listen to music I do fire up my amp.As for watching news, etc. TV's sound is loud enough, perfectly clear... The darn thing even has a programmed-in EQ. What else one might want? It's a TV, not Hi-Fi system.
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i had no luck either. in fact i bought a new computer with hmdi and bought hp wireless connectors and the only way i get sound is to unplug my computer speakers. i still am trying to be able to use my surround system connected to the tv. good luck
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Make sure TV sound is disabled. All sound will come through SoundPlate. It has much better sound than the TV.
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tell me what outputs your laptop has. if nothing else...your LT probably has hdmi out...run that to your tv direct and use the headphone out and an adaptor cable to run that to the hk
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You can plug it into your laptop's headphone jack (assuming it has one). However - my laptop has a crappy built-in sound card, so the audio quality was bad. I ended up getting a USB sound card (about $50) and plugged the speakers into that - much better. I'd say try it straight in first and see if you are OK with the sound.
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Yep. I really like mine. Maybe look at your windows settings? Ensure stereo is enabled?
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I bought a sound bar for my T.V. The sound from the set itself is not too bad, but not good enough if you have a big living room.
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While the audio out on your tv works fine, I've found that you get better sound if you plug it directly into the audio out jack on your desktop set. (assuming you have cable or satellite tv.)
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You may have to change the setting on your tv to use the external speaker. Mine sounds great.
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If you like music, you probably will not e satisfied with the sound from the laptop. when playing music, I always rout my sound to some external speakers or player.
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Mine works fine. I'd try to reset your computer and/or confirm that the audio out is automatically switching to the display port (when TV is turned on). Win 7 automatically does this (not sure about older OS systems). You may also want to look for an updated audio driver for your laptop.
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You would need an optical audio output from the laptop which is not standard. Your best bet for high quality sound from your setup would be to use separate speakers and amplifier and get the sound from your laptop directly from the line output jack. You would need a 3.5mm stereo cable with RCA plugs on the other end.
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You have to (a) make sure you have a 3.5mm stereo jack for the audio and (b) adjust the volume on you computer to be high enough to load the input of the device. Don't mute the volume on your laptop (or keep it very low) as otherwise the sound will not pass through to your TV.
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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.