Sound? Is sound transmitted over HDMI or will I need optical or coaxial cables?
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HDMI, I have both my 360 and PS3 hooked up with HDMI and get full 5.1 sound. The PS3 will also decode HD audio and send it to the receiver so it's a great purchase if you want HD sound and have a PS3... I've had mine since April and love it to bits.
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That is a power surge protection feature. Check for a kink in the speaker wire and make sure all bare wires are tight and not touching each other in the back.
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If you can use the toslink cable, that's one less HDMI connection you'll use on your tv or receiver. To my knowledge there's no difference in sound data. Also sometimes, sound-only over HDMI is not compatible between devices.
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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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Thanks for the reply. Ill try that. Just to pass some info along, my friend told me the best way to hook up the audio is through an optical cable. Ive never used one. There is a port on my PS3 as well as my surrond sound. He said this cable was the best way to get the highest quality out of your surround sound. Kind of like comparing SD to HD. My optima will be coming in tomorrow, I cant wait. Kinda like christmas for me haha. Thanks for the advice on the ceiling mount. I was gonna buy the 20$ one but after your comment I went for the Atdec TH-WH-PJ-FM Telehook Universal Projector Flush Mountit was 54$ but had some good reviews. Cant wait till tomorrow....calling into work sick! Thanks for the reply. Ill try that. Just to pass some info along, my friend told me the best way to hook up the audio is through an optical cable. Ive never used one. There is a port on my PS3 as well as my surrond sound. He said this cable was the best way to get the highest quality out of your surround sound. Kind of like comparing SD to HD. My optima will be coming in tomorrow, I cant wait. Kinda like christmas for me haha. Thanks for the advice on the ceiling mount. I was gonna buy the 20$ one but after your comment I went for the Atdec TH-WH-PJ-FM Telehook Universal Projector Flush... » Read More Thanks for the reply. Ill try that. Just to pass some info along, my friend told me the best way to hook up the audio is through an optical cable. Ive never used one. There is a port on my PS3 as well as my surrond sound. He said this cable was the best way to get the highest quality out of your surround sound. Kind of like comparing SD to HD. My optima will be coming in tomorrow, I cant wait. Kinda like christmas for me haha. Thanks for the advice on the ceiling mount. I was gonna buy the 20$ one but after your comment I went for the Atdec TH-WH-PJ-FM Telehook Universal Projector Flush Mountit was 54$ but had some good reviews. Cant wait till tomorrow....calling into work sick! « Show Less
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I would purchase an HDMI cable and possibly a sound bar. The sound bar only if you want better sound than the tv speakers can provide but don't have a lot of space.
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you could get a $10 ish converter box to take the optical to rca digital, I've had to do that for my audio receiver as it came with more rca digital, than optical, and HDMI was yet to include audio pass through at the time.
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Can't tell from pictures and the info on your TV whether it has any kind of outputs (RCA or headphone out). If your sound currently gets to your TV through HDMI, you'll need some kind of output from the TV, unless the source (Bluray, cable box etc) has audio outputs separate from HDMI. In the latter case, you can just use a mini stereo or aux cable and run it to the sound bar. It also accepts Bluetooth, if you have a PC, phone, or tablet that has Bluetooth you can pair it.
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HDMI sends sound to monitor and mine has internal speakers, so it works that way. USB speakers work fine, if you don't have that kind of monitor
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I got a Sony surround sound / DVD system that sounds great. Any sound system that has an HDMI connection will work good.
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No, optical cords are for audio only. Usually people will run component video, or S video. If you're going to do the HDMI there's no need for the optical.
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Plug the attached sound cable to the port for your sound card and the usb cable into a usb port. there is NO need for the white and red cables at all. The sound from the computer will go thru through the hdmi port via the attached sound cable
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HDMI includes audio, that is what HDMI is all about (both video and quality audio). Typically 5.1 surround sound. GREAT !!!
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The optical cable is a nice-to-have. An HDMI cable will do the trick (it won't carry Dolby if your TV can produce it).
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You can't those two over coax or optical. HDMI definitely and most likely 5.1 analog
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Unless you want your audio to go to a source other than your TV... like a 5.1 stereo setup. And in that case, you'll probably want to use the digital optical or digital coaxial audio output over RCA cables (unless your stereo doesn't support that).
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Oh, I forgot. You probably need optical cables too if u use a smart TV And Will Have The Sound Coming Out From The T.V directly as opposed to sound from your cable box.
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yes it supports sound over hdmi. that is what i am using. go to sound and you will find drop down with a list of option. click on one you want.