Why can't I change to spdif audio? digital cable plugged into the jack for it, and to my theater system, but spdif is "greyed out" in menu
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I never had luck with APEX. I agree could be for an update or try another cable. Even if cable is new, doesn't necessarily mean they work.
504666
It was probably for another model or future update. Also try plugging in a smartphone via hdmi. Doesn't work. It's just something Apex didn't install inside. The best thing i ever did was buy an extended warranty on that tv. It died long ago but was able to replace it with something better for almost nothing.
1806992
Not being one to use that feature, I had to check for myself. And to confirm what has been answered previous, there's 2 audio out ports, 1 for analog audio, and the other for digital audio [optical].
671976
First, ensure that your external audio system is set up to receive a digital audio signal. Then, you may want to try to adjust the SPDIF output type on the TV. You can toggle between Dolby Digital and PCM audio by navigating to MENU/SOUND/SPDIF TYPE.
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Yes, you can. I have the same setup you described and it works. HDMI connected to a flat screen TV and at the same time have the SPDIF connected to my surround receiver and both can output sound simultaneously using the View HD switch. You have to check the menu on your bluray/DVD/ cable box supports sending the audio out on both outputs at the same time. Hope that info helps.
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Documentation does not suggest any onboard SPDIF. Microcenter review also confirms. For 7.1 see this note: To configure 7.1-channel audio, you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver.
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It has a switch where you can choose the audio output between 2.0 stereo, 5.1 or passthrough. I use it to feed my DTS receiver and I'm getting 5.1 surround sound through SPDIF, and HDMI feeds my projector. So the answer to your question is Yes.
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Yes. The HDMI picture and sound from any input can be routed to either or both outputs simultaneously. Watch a blu-ray in one room and a ball game on cable tv in the other room. The SPDIF Digital Optical or Hi-Fi Stereo 3.5mm outputs only go through the A output. This is only limiting if you are not using HDMI to send sound to something like an older AVR or sound bar. The only caveat with almost any splitter is that when switching inputs and outputs it might affect both outputs, meaning the devices resync resulting in temporary picture and or sound loss on one or both outputs. All HDMI components are different and the degree of these switching glitches can vary in length and severity from a few seconds to as much as 20 seconds. This is not necessarily going to be your case but it is likely to happen to some degree and is something most of us can live with. Once you are settled in on your selected sources viewing should be clean on either output. J-Tech makes some good splitters and switches so I would give it try. The worst case scenario is that you end up returning it for a full refund. I would bet it will work for you albeit with some switching transients.
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The device you're connecting to is most likely not HMDI Audio Return Channel (ARC) capable, if you read in the instruction manual it says you can only use the HDMI with devices that are ARC capable. I personally connect mine through the SPDIF / optical connection, optical cables are cheap if you look around online, and most modern TVs within the past 3 or 4 years all have SPDIF outputs. The SPDIF jack kind-of looks like a USB type-b acceptor but with a flap over it. I would suggest seeing if your TV or other device has this.
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that was my experience; somewhere in the literature in fact says that if you use HDMI or Digital Optical cable, that you have to use the audio cable out as well (defeats the purpose of the HDMI or Digital Optical cable IMO), however it works well with that set-up
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If your TV has a digital audio SPDIF connection you can simply purchase one of these;Digital Audio Coaxial SPDIF Coax to Toslink Optical Digital Converter
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I've never done that, but I'll give you a qualified "I think so." This is based on the fact that when I go to the sound properties, I see there is a "SPDIF In" recording device, as well as a SPDIF In port on the back of the unit. I'd defer to someone else who's done that though since I don't know for certain.
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I got a digital optical cable to hook this Sony unit to my PS3. I set the PS3 audio setting to digital optical but can not get any sound. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? My TV even has a digital optical connection and I don't get any sound from it eitehr. I know the cable is ok because I see the red glow on one end.
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goin crazy here . . . connected speakers to a new Vizio HDTV . . . speaker cable into the subwoofer . . green connector into audio female on the TV . . pink to nothing . . . turned speakers to "off" on the vizio . . . and NOTHING . . . do i need a "Y" ?? . . . . it's gotta be something so simple, right ???
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You probably have discovered by now that this unit does not have optical (toslink) audio out, only digital coax (a single RCA jack that may have a yellow colored collar). Hope this helps! - Dr.Maxx
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I didn't see any ouptput audio options so I contacted the company and they said the only output is HDMI. To get a separate audio out J-Tech recommended I purchase this unit plus an "Audio extractor" which takes HDMI in and outputs HDMI plus SPDIF/RCA Stereo.
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Looks like you only have digital audio out so you will need to buy Orei DA21 Optical SPDIF/Coaxial Digital to RCA or other converter. The Orei is what I bought and it works great.
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.