Does this receiver process the audio from the hdmi inputs or do you need to run a separate audio cable from the source?
1110659
Yes it does that straight from the hdmi inputs. No need for another audio cable from the source.
1110660
Just need a Hdmi cable. It will work in pcm, bitstreem, and many other modes.. You also have two digital optic and one digital RCA input for older equipment you may want to use. I suggest you buy good to great HDMI cables, this makes a rather moderate to excexceptional upgrade in both sound and picture quality. The unit also has a good set of tools to tailer your systems digital surround sound to your speaker choices, room acoustic situations, and of course your Own personal tonal qualities. IT'S NOT a $1,000 dollar performer but it well exceeds it's price point in quality and performance/features. The rest lies in your speakers performance capacity. Hope that helped..... Just need a Hdmi cable. It will work in pcm, bitstreem, and many other modes.. You also have two digital optic and one digital RCA input for older equipment you may want to use. I suggest you buy good to great HDMI cables, this makes a rather moderate to excexceptional upgrade in both sound and picture quality. The unit also has a good set of tools to tailer your systems digital surround sound to your speaker choices, room acoustic situations, and of course your Own personal tonal qualities. IT'S NOT a $1,000 dollar performer but it well exceeds it's price point in quality and... » Read More Just need a Hdmi cable. It will work in pcm, bitstreem, and many other modes.. You also have two digital optic and one digital RCA input for older equipment you may want to use. I suggest you buy good to great HDMI cables, this makes a rather moderate to excexceptional upgrade in both sound and picture quality. The unit also has a good set of tools to tailer your systems digital surround sound to your speaker choices, room acoustic situations, and of course your Own personal tonal qualities. IT'S NOT a $1,000 dollar performer but it well exceeds it's price point in quality and performance/features. The rest lies in your speakers performance capacity. Hope that helped..... « Show Less
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I believe zone 2 will take any audio source from the receiver... However, HDMI Out 2 will only mirror what is on HDMI Out 1. It will not let you output two separate video streams. Hope that helps!
1856354
Yes you can. There's a "by-pass" audio option that allows the signal - including audio to go from the source (cable box/dish box), through the receiver, and to your TV (using HDMI cables). This works very well for me when I don't need the surround system on.
68905
I just bought this unit, so I can understand the question. It is really quite simple.There are three HDMI inputs and one HDMI output on the Onkyo HT-S5100 (also tons of other RCA, etc. inputs, no problem there!). The HDMI output feeds into the TV, of course. But I found I needed to connect a cable or an optical cable to the back of the TV in order to feed the audio back into the Onkyo amplifier. Now EVERYTHING sounds great!
970738
yes, if you come out of the receiver with hdmi into the unit (you must set your receiver to pass the audio to the TV under the hdmi settings) then it will give you an analog stream for your TV ears. If your receiver cannot output the hdmi audio along with the video, then you can insert it between the source you want and the receiver (the downside to this scenario is you only get the option of that one source, as opposed to all the sources connected to your receiver with the first option)
447728
I assume you are looking to run the audio out from TV to an audio receiver or similar. The Audio Return Channel (ARC) running through the HDMI connector labeled for ARC appears to only support stereo (2 channel) audio. The original source should be irrelevant. I have a Sony 7.1 channel audio receiver hooked up and attempted to run all my sources (Verizon FIOS box, PS3, etc) directly into the TV and then have it forward the audio to the receiver via ARC in order to avoid having to use the HDMI video switching in the receiver. However I found that it took my 7.1 sources and only passed through 2 channels (L/R)!!! It's not clear whether the TV internals or the connection is limiting this, but if you dig into specs you'll see that the quality of audio that you'll get via ARC is dependent on what the device is built to send through and TVs often only support 2ch as their own built-in speakers are limited to this. With this TV however, you do have the option of using the optical audio out connector from the TV to receiver which does support 5.1. It does NOT support 7.1. Since I refuse to have two useless speakers I had to wire all sources back through the A/V receiver first and then a single HDMI out to the TV so the TV is not in the audio path at all. The drawback is less clean input source changing but I can live with that. The only exception is when the TV itself is the audio source for example when using the Apps like Skype, Amazon VoD, HBO Go, etc. For those I used the optical audio out from TV mentioned above which results in a good 5.1 to my audio system (I doubt the apps or their content really support 7.1 anyway). Sorry for the lengthy explanation, but as I learned there are a lot of details to this. If you only care about 5.1 and not 7.1, then I suggest you use the optical audio instead of ARC and then it should work fine at the very least for any HDMI input to the TV (I haven't tried any others).
523463
What it does is take the input HDMI and then outputs HDMI, SPDIF (digital audio) and RCA jacks for analog audio all at once. I bought this for my projector as my setup does not allow HDMI in for audio so i bought it to pass the video through to the projector while the audio goes to the surround sound via the RCA jacks.
148261
There is only one component/composite input, one RF coaxial cable input, and two hdmi inputs(side/rear). I run all my devices through a A/V receiver with the hdmi. There is an optical audio out as well.
959334
You can either use a hdmi cable or us a composite cable and connect only the audio signal from tv to receiver
1682239
no, no audio will be passed through the hdmi cable, these are PASS THROUGH hdmi sources (video only - no sound, always NOTE the (pass through) notes in the product description, in PASS through... audio never works), you would need to connect audio to one of the other connections on the rear of the receiver
517290
Yes it does. If your receiver supports return of audio then you can even utilize the same hdmi cable to feed audio back to the receiver provided your hdmi cable also supports it.
820515
Yes, I do understand the concept. What I am saying is that, typically, older generation HDTVs will NOT be capable of splitting the HDMI audio through to the receiver. Instead, the receiver will be producing simulated surround sound. Yes, you will hear audio from all speakers, but no, it will not be true surround.
459927
I bought this unit as it has 2 HDMI outputs. 1 goes to my projector and the other 1 (for audio only) goes to my receiver.
753686
Essentially you will connect your cable/satellite providers HDMI cable to the receiver then run your main "out" HDMI to your TV. In short, HDMI carries audio along with video. If your cable/satellite box provides it, connect the SPDIF cable (optical) to the receiver. Just know there is only one SPDIF plug in, so pick whatever you want to have the best clarity in audio (bluray/tv/game system etc).
1944734
I have not tried this audio should come out with HDMI I wonder if you have to change sound output in control panel settings
25173
My question to you is "If you are hooking up with an HDMI cable, why are you also using and optical cable?". HDMI carries the complete spectrum of audio and does not require an additional audio cable. You may be confusing either the player and/or your audio receiver.
478145
I have a new HDTV and it only has the optical output. We went from the cable box to the TV with HDMI, but I also want to connect to a home theater system. My receiver is an older one and does not have HDMI or optical. Can I just use the left- right audio outputs that are on the back of the cable box for the audio receiver as well as using the HDMI for the television??? Sal