It looks like some people have problems with the audio. I need to split both video and audio from a Comcast HD box to my Audio amplifier and the TV. Does anyone know if this box works, or there is a better splitter? Lots of thanks.
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I have been using this product for a while now and my experience is it has performed exactly as it should with no problems. I have it splitting an HDMI connection from a PC to a desktop monitor and a wall mounted LCD TV and I have video and audio on both simultaneously with no issues.
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I just tried for you it works fine. Its probably something to do with your devices arc is very poorly implemented it should work with any HDMI cable even ones made before arc was even a thing. Another thing most arc only supports 2 channel audio so if your serious about sound its not even an option.
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Tom, Like you, have a Samsung HD cable box from TW. Connected HDMI to my Pioneer Plasma. Problem I am having is when changing HD channels picture is scrambling for about 5-10 secs before coming in. Analog stations change without a problem, just in HD. I switched out the box twice, same problem. Had a techinician come over, he switched out the box again, same problem. Put the component connection and works fine. Tells me it's the monitor. Pioneer says that's ridiculous, it's the cable box. I have been reading numerous threads about this problem. It's the TW cable box, it does not have the proper software to support HDMI. You have to call TW up and complain and see if they will fix the problem. R
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Both of my minis worked right out of the box. One thing to consider, though - and I'll confess this hadn't occurred to me until my first install - is that the audio is transmitted on the HDMI cable.... so if you don't have an HDMI port on your TV (mine didn't), then an HDMI-to-other-video adaptor isn't sufficient - you get picture but no sound. In my case, I had to pick up an HDMI-VGA converter with separate audio out, and run that audio into the TV audio in... then I was good. On my *next* install, TV with HDMI - plugged right in and worked immediately, no problems. Maybe you're in a similar situation... good luck!
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Yes, I'm sorry to report we had similar trouble: It knocked out the sound to our whole TV system, which is hooked up through a stereo. We eventually got it back, but every time we plugged the splitter back in, it knocked it out again. I wound up returning it.
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I would suggest you either have a bad cae or box. I have the unit and it works with both my dtv dvr and roku box with both sound and video no problems. I would check each cable by bypassing the box, and direct connecting first. If both cables are good the wire the box with the out going to the tv and inputs 1-5 going to your device. if the output is still either or then rma the box.
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Some HD cable boxes produce unstable video when routed through an AV-Receiver/AMP.My neighbor and I both have several HDTV's along with HD cable boxes and Sony AV-Receivers (2 910's and 3 920's along with 1 Onyko 606) and have experienced best overall picture with least problems by hooking HD Cable Box directly to HGTV with Component Video.However, when using a non HD Cable Box (Digital) there was a better picture by routing Component Video cables from the Cable Box to the AV-Receiver/AMP and from the AV-Receiver/AMP to the HDTV.In all cases an Optical cable was run from the Cable Box to the AV-Receiver/AMP for surround sound. Some HD cable boxes produce unstable video when routed through an AV-Receiver/AMP.My neighbor and I both have several HDTV's along with HD cable boxes and Sony AV-Receivers (2 910's and 3 920's along with 1 Onyko 606) and have experienced best overall picture with least problems by hooking HD Cable Box directly to HGTV with Component Video.However, when using a non HD Cable Box (Digital) there was a better picture by routing Component Video cables from the Cable Box to the AV-Receiver/AMP and from the AV-Receiver/AMP to the HDTV.In all cases an Optical... » Read More Some HD cable boxes produce unstable video when routed through an AV-Receiver/AMP.My neighbor and I both have several HDTV's along with HD cable boxes and Sony AV-Receivers (2 910's and 3 920's along with 1 Onyko 606) and have experienced best overall picture with least problems by hooking HD Cable Box directly to HGTV with Component Video.However, when using a non HD Cable Box (Digital) there was a better picture by routing Component Video cables from the Cable Box to the AV-Receiver/AMP and from the AV-Receiver/AMP to the HDTV.In all cases an Optical cable was run from the Cable Box to the AV-Receiver/AMP for surround sound. « Show Less
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I have not experienced the problem you describe. Have you tried connecting the computer directly to the TV; or connecting the computer to the splitter input and either splitter output to the TV (with and without the connection to the monitor)?As the error message indicates, I suspect that the video format of the computer is not a format that is recognized by your TV. Good Luck
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This only splits the audio from the HDMI cable. You need to find audio and video spliter. Or get a new TV. The quality won't be very good anyway
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hi john,what you need to do is feed the HDMI from the comcast box to the back of the tv and then run a optical cable from the box to the reciever ,when you want to listen to audio just press the bottom from were you are feeding the cable DVD,DVR/VCR,CABLE,ETC,ETC.you decide wish one to use,i hope this help you out good luck.
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I'm afraid I am also stumped getting a signal to the TV. Currently I'm settling for VGA and audio to the high definition TV. The definition on more recent videos is quite good with this hookup. From the information from my graphics card coupled with the TV manual, the hookup is not simple. Sorry.
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Your HDMI cable may be older and not support audio. Try switching cables. Try switching output from the splitter.
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You may find that only one digital video output is active at a time, due to copy protection laws. (I know this is true for digital sound, anyway.)If so, perhaps you can find an inexpensive device that will split the DVI so that one can go to the receiver and the other to the TV?
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The splitter with deliver the signal in the 720p resolution to the 1080p tv. I know this because when I first hooked up the splitter I had it going to a 720p and 1080p tv. The picture on the 1080p tv was terrible since it was outputting the lower resolution signal. I remedied the situation by replacing the 720p tv with a 1080p tv. Now it works great!
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Are you sure it's the receiver and not the program? I have noticed with watching football games that I get a lot of volume ups and downs from the surround speakers. Sometimes I can hear a fan yell something from the back left and then it's gone. I think it's difficult for the broadcasters, when broadcasting live, to get the surround levels all perfect. I've had less problems with watching a drama show in the evening for example. This, and I think the surround sound with a lot of programming is pretty primitive. I wouldn't worry about it unless your blu-rays also have problems.
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I've run mine from my Dish main receiver to this splitter then to my HD TV and my HD projector with a 25' HDMI Cable. Works great what plays on the tv plays on my projector. However we watch our main tv 90 % of the time without using our projector and about 50% of the time I get an error message on my TV screen that said audio not compatible with this device. By accident I found at all I had to do wasto turn off my Dish box with the remote and turn it back on again and voila! Audio worked.
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Mam I haven't yet purchased this item. However, I am seriously considering it. I see from the picture of the rear that there is not audio output. Most folks have some form of cable/satellite or a component connected to their television. The no audio output problem can be remedied by connecting cable/satellite box to audio receiver or component audio to receiver not television. Just feed in the video into television. That is what I intend to do if this television becomes my final choice. Hope this info helps.