Switching between TV and external speakers? I believe I have everything hooked up properly- but I am baffled by how to play audio through TV speakers vs external speakers.HDMI from Cable Box to Receiver. HDMI from Receiver to HDTV.HDMI from DVD and ROKU in to receiver. I have played TV, DVD and ROKU through the TV speaker and other times through external speakers (just by chance?) but I can't figure out HOW TO do it reliably. (what buttons to push)When I 1st turn on the TV and cable (the Yamaha also tuns on automatically)- the TV speakers play. When I wanted to play the external speakers I pressed some buttons on the Yamaha remote - (to select HDMI 2 as the inputor to select 5ch surround) - sometimes the external speakers play but sometimes they don't.I have read the manual over and over - I just don't get it. Help me please.What am I missing?? Switching between TV and external speakers? I believe I have everything hooked up properly- but I am baffled by how to play audio through TV speakers vs external speakers.HDMI from Cable Box... » Read More Switching between TV and external speakers? I believe I have everything hooked up properly- but I am baffled by how to play audio through TV speakers vs external speakers.HDMI from Cable Box to Receiver. HDMI from Receiver to HDTV.HDMI from DVD and ROKU in to receiver. I have played TV, DVD and ROKU through the TV speaker and other times through external speakers (just by chance?) but I can't figure out HOW TO do it reliably. (what buttons to push)When I 1st turn on the TV and cable (the Yamaha also tuns on automatically)- the TV speakers play. When I wanted to play the external speakers I pressed some buttons on the Yamaha remote - (to select HDMI 2 as the inputor to select 5ch surround) - sometimes the external speakers play but sometimes they don't.I have read the manual over and over - I just don't get it. Help me please.What am I missing?? « Show Less
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I'm having the same problem, I do not get sound from the external speakers either. I originally did, but all of a sudden it just cut off. I can still get sound from the external speakers when using the apple TV and the blue ray player, but not the TV to external speakers. Can someone from Yamaha please respond and help with a resolution?
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I am having this exact same issue. I know this is an older posting but I thought I would see if I can ressurect it. I find that if I go to hdmi control and turn the switching off and then back on again it comes to life. sometimes. sometimes it just starts working after a while like it has to warm up or something. did any of you guys figure out what was going on?
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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
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Try pressing the "A.F.D/2CH" button on the reciever remote. Try making sure the "pure direct" button on the reciever isn't on. If you have an hdmi cable connected to the tv you can access plenty of speaker and sound options if you press the "home" button on the remote. Hope this helps!!
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If you can run all the Wii inputs to the TV and then use optical out from the TV to the sound bar. This is how I have mine set up with satellite receiver, Toshiba DVD player/recorder and Amazon Fire TV box. I leave the sound bar input to TV, never have to switch it.
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First of all, you need an amplifier (or receiver) that connects TV and speaker. In this case, your TV is like a CD player.Buy a cheap receiver that have several connecting option including traditional stereo jack, optical. Of course you need to buy a optical cable.New TVs tend to have only optical.
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I am not sure about your second question because I don't use my TV's speakers for sound at all (why would I when my 5.1 set up sounds amazing). The receiver has an audio option where you choose either: amp, amp+tv, or just tv, so make sure you have the correct option selected.Also to clarify upscaling, this receiver does not process the signal but just passes it thru, so if you have a 480i signal coming to the receiver a 480i signal will be sent to the TV. Use of the term upscaling is confusng in my opinion, all the receiver does is transcode a non-HDMI input signal so that it can be output to the TV thru HDMI. I am not sure about your second question because I don't use my TV's speakers for sound at all (why would I when my 5.1 set up sounds amazing). The receiver has an audio option where you choose either: amp, amp+tv, or just tv, so make sure you have the correct option selected.Also to clarify upscaling, this receiver does not process the signal but just passes it thru, so if you have a 480i signal coming to the receiver a 480i signal will be sent to the TV. Use of the term upscaling is confusng in my opinion, all the receiver does is transcode a non-HDMI input signal so that it... » Read More I am not sure about your second question because I don't use my TV's speakers for sound at all (why would I when my 5.1 set up sounds amazing). The receiver has an audio option where you choose either: amp, amp+tv, or just tv, so make sure you have the correct option selected.Also to clarify upscaling, this receiver does not process the signal but just passes it thru, so if you have a 480i signal coming to the receiver a 480i signal will be sent to the TV. Use of the term upscaling is confusng in my opinion, all the receiver does is transcode a non-HDMI input signal so that it can be output to the TV thru HDMI. « Show Less
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matspi -- see the manual, p. 18:"Connecting audio from TV"...Use an audio cable (red/white - not supplied) to connect the AUDIO IN jacks on the main unit to the AUDIO OUT jacks on the TV."To listen to the sound, press TV on the remote control as the sound source you want to listen to."The manual goes on to describe digital and analog connections for other audio (cable box, DVR, or whatever) via the AUDIO IN and AUX inputs at the subwoofer.All very straightforward. It sounds quite good, too!BL
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"If you had 2 outputs (usually they're composite outputs made for RCA jacks) a computer system like this would be useless with your TV."So if I have anything other than a headphone jack, I can't use this for TV speakers? How exactly do I listen to audio from video discs or tapes if I can't use the RCA jacks? Is the same true for HDMI connection of a Blu ray player to a TV?
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My sound system receiver fried. I would like to hook this directly to my tv or dvd system. Neither of them have speaker jacks. They both have one rca out or multiple s video/audio spots. How does this hook into them? I do not see any outlets other than speaker wire.
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With this guy, you must switch inputs on TV, receiver doesn't convert component to HDMI signal. From receiver you will have 2 sets of wires to TV: HDMI for HDDVD
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I have no experience with dealing with surround sound systems, but I would suggest making sure the connections are not loose and double check the criteria for connecting your yamaha to tv per the yamaha manual. I would imagine if there is sound from your tv with out it being hooked up to your yamaha and once you connect it and set it for surround sound then its a problem somewhere in the connection or setting with the yamaha. I wish I could give you a better answer but I don't have a surround sound connected to my LG TV and never played around with sound systems, A quick Google or visiting the site for either device in FAQ might also help sorry man. I have no experience with dealing with surround sound systems, but I would suggest making sure the connections are not loose and double check the criteria for connecting your yamaha to tv per the yamaha manual. I would imagine if there is sound from your tv with out it being hooked up to your yamaha and once you connect it and set it for surround sound then its a problem somewhere in the connection or setting with the yamaha. I wish I could give you a better answer but I don't have a surround sound connected to my LG TV and never played around with sound systems, A quick Google or visiting... » Read More I have no experience with dealing with surround sound systems, but I would suggest making sure the connections are not loose and double check the criteria for connecting your yamaha to tv per the yamaha manual. I would imagine if there is sound from your tv with out it being hooked up to your yamaha and once you connect it and set it for surround sound then its a problem somewhere in the connection or setting with the yamaha. I wish I could give you a better answer but I don't have a surround sound connected to my LG TV and never played around with sound systems, A quick Google or visiting the site for either device in FAQ might also help sorry man. « Show Less
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I have this receiver and wanted to let you know that on this model the HDMI ports are ONLY FOR Video. You need to use an optical cable to get at least 5.1 sound. The advantage of HDMI is that the audio and video signals are on the same cable. I don't know why it doesn't work like that on this one? It is not the top of the line so the newer ones probably have it. I think the norm now is 7.1 or 7.2 channels. It is a good receiver though. I don't even have a subwoofer hooked up to it and it still sounds good. I hope that helps you out. You can plug an optical cable from the tv to the receiver but it might be only 2 channel surround sound. I use that setup for my roku 3 I hope this helps. I have this receiver and wanted to let you know that on this model the HDMI ports are ONLY FOR Video. You need to use an optical cable to get at least 5.1 sound. The advantage of HDMI is that the audio and video signals are on the same cable. I don't know why it doesn't work like that on this one? It is not the top of the line so the newer ones probably have it. I think the norm now is 7.1 or 7.2 channels. It is a good receiver though. I don't even have a subwoofer hooked up to it and it still sounds good. I hope that helps you out. You can plug an optical cable from the tv to the receiver... » Read More I have this receiver and wanted to let you know that on this model the HDMI ports are ONLY FOR Video. You need to use an optical cable to get at least 5.1 sound. The advantage of HDMI is that the audio and video signals are on the same cable. I don't know why it doesn't work like that on this one? It is not the top of the line so the newer ones probably have it. I think the norm now is 7.1 or 7.2 channels. It is a good receiver though. I don't even have a subwoofer hooked up to it and it still sounds good. I hope that helps you out. You can plug an optical cable from the tv to the receiver but it might be only 2 channel surround sound. I use that setup for my roku 3 I hope this helps. « Show Less
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I am guessing you have a smart/web connected TV and you want the sound to come from the receiver. Check if your TV has an audio output either digital/optical . Look at your TV settings . I am guessing the TV has multiple HDMI ports. How would the TV know where to send the output ?
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We're going Roku to TV with HDMI, then TV out to receiver/stereo with RCA and that works; but no way to go direct from Roku 2 to receiver with RCA
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The speakers have to plug into the DVD box it comes with. If you want to have your PS3 play sound through the speakers, you have 2 options, (unless you have a TV with arc HDMI. I did not have this.) Your first option, use an optical audio cable to direct the sound from te TV to the DVD box. Your second option, use A/V cables to play sound from the PS3 or TV to the DVD box. If you don't have those cables, you can find them for pretty cheap in various places. I used A/v for my Xbox until I bought an optical audio cable. They both work well, but you'll get better results with the optical audio cable. Bare in mind, you'll have to have the DVD box on in order for the sound to come through. Hope this helps!
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So if I want to watch TV the receiver must be turned on? How can I hook up the cables so the TV and it's speakers work with the cable, and the extra speakers work only when the receiver is turned on?
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i connected all of my hdmi devices to the sound bar including the TV which is plugged in to hdmi 1; i also used the digital audio out (optical) connex. All sound/video feeds through just fine. I just switch the input to hdmi port (hdmi 1 for tv, hdmi 2 for dvd/blu ray, hdmi 3 for roku).