Will this trick my cable box to send 5.1 audio to my receiver instead of 2.0 audio through HDTV over ARC?
1969710
Not sure what "tricking" has to happen - the detective does an HDMI handshake with the receiver and remembers it. For me, I need this as my HTPC lost the handshake any time the receiver powered off or switched sources causing me to lose HDMI audio and reboot the HTPC. The detective does that job perfectly including sending 5.1 audio from the HTPC to the receiver over HDMI.
447726
I have mine hooked to a surround sound system through both a cable box & my receiver. It's fine.
13200
If your cable box has HDMI output,then it should be no problem.......otherwise you can use the component outputs on the cable box.
722483
Not sure where CAT5 (copper) would come into play for audio. Optical (fiber) is sound. If that is what you are talking about then, yes, it would work as that is how my Sonos Playbar is set up. That is the only way I can get Dolby 5.1 surround sound as my tv doesn't pass it to my sound bar directly.
223651
I do not think this is what you are looking for. It won't help with input to the AV receiver. As for the AV output, this would split that signal into two identical signals, and I'm guessing you don't want to put the same signal into both 1 and 2 hdmi inputs on the TV.
1716410
If you have anynet setup, then yes. I would plug your TV hdmi into ARC (Audio Return Channel) hdmi port on this unit and make sure ARC is enabled... although I think its enabled by default but just make sure. The unit also has a dedicated button on remote that switches the sound from unit to TV and back if you ever want to listen to sound on TV itself but I hardly ever use it. Hope this helps.
85003
Hmm, well the tv is only really a monitor and wouldn't have anything to do with sound in this case right? Wouldn't you need to get the dolby sound from the broadcast source like your cable or directv box? e.g. connect your audio optical cord to the cablebox directly & plug directly into your HT setup.
1332269
This is a digital broadcast receiver and will receive HD "over air" transmissions with a digital antenna, like TV in the old days. It will not work as a cable box.
798545
Turning surround 5.1 to stereo work great. I run my TV audio to my stereo receiver as an option for movies or sports anyway so I didn't notice any difference
292251
I prefer to hook my critical video equipment, especially reference equipment, directly to my monitor. You can use the ARC HDMI to get TV sound out of the Receiver.there 'has' to be 'some' information lost in the translation, imo.
440970
Yes. I have the exact setup you describe. I hear audio through the HDMI to my TV, and can turn on the stereo receiver and change the switch to 5.1 when I want surround sound. One point is, there is a slight audio delay between the HDMI and fiber outputs depending on the switch being on 2ch or 5.1ch. If the Monoprice is on 2ch, the tv is muted, and the receiver is turned on, the audio is slightly (milliseconds) out of sync with the video signal. But if I'm using the receiver and the Monoprice is on 5.1, the audio is synced up.
1958271
It depends on the TV. Some televisions allow the optical output to be configured as a 2.0 channel or a 5.1 output, but this is usually a soft-setting (i.e. in the advanced audio menu). I think some TVs are hard-wired to be 2.0 only, but I could be wrong about that. Long story short, check the manual / technical specification for the audio in your TV; if the optical output can be configured (or already is) for a 2.0 output, then yes, this converted will work. However, if your TV's optical is strictly a 5.1 output (and can't be reconfigured to 2.0), then no, this will not work. One thing to remember - assuming you can get the 2.0 signal at the optical output of the TV, when an optical signal is absent (TV turned off), then this converter has a tendency to pass along low-level random noise...which makes sense because there's nothing to decode (no digital data stream). Yes, it would have been nice for them to include a "MUTE OUTPUT IF NO DIGITAL INPUT IS PRESENT" feature, but for this amount of money... So, keep that in mind - if you have the volume up on your old-school receiver, and the TV gets turned off, you might hear something like white noise (i.e. kind of like what rain on a roof sounds like). Hope this helps... Mark
873103
I saw a few Denon receivers featuring the ability to convert analogue signal types (like component and composite) up to digital, but that feature is the exception. The rule is, if the source uses a type of connection, that same type of connection has to go from the receiver to TV.FYI, ARC just deals with passing audio back from a TV to the receiver. If, for example, you have your cable TV hooked up directly to the TV, or you're using the TV's built in tuner, and sometimes you want to pipe the audio out to speakers, ARC allows the TV AUDIO to be output to the receiver.
1664963
No, this box only modulates an input onto a selected CATV channel. You need something else to transmit over the air.
1444168
Yes, as listed in the description it specifically states audio return. Should have HDMI 1.4 on the package to denote compatibility with arc.
1693899
Joe I,Typically the television connection will downcovert signals to 2-channel stereo for HDMI inputs. Few apps support 5.1 surround, so you might want to see if that option is available first.--Mr. S
224019
You can connect it via a digital optical cable...not a big deal. Just purchase one. You will have to the same thing with most all audio systems since your TV doesn't support ARC.