HDMI Audio Passthrough Does this system decode HDMI audio and just pass the video on to your TV, or does it pass audio through to the TV so you have to send it in via optical? It doesn't say it does, so I'm guessing not. HDMI Audio Passthrough Does this system decode HDMI audio and just pass the video on to your TV, or does it pass audio through to the TV so you have to send it in via optical? It... » Read More HDMI Audio Passthrough Does this system decode HDMI audio and just pass the video on to your TV, or does it pass audio through to the TV so you have to send it in via optical? It doesn't say it does, so I'm guessing not. « Show Less
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It passes the audio to the speakers, not the TV, so you don't need any optical connections to the TV.Also, it won't decode any of the HD audio codecs from your BluRay or HD-DVD player, but it will accept the signal and pass it to the speakers. If your component doesn't have the option to convert the HDMI HD audio, then this receiver will down sample to Dolby Digital/DTS and pump it to the speakers,
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Sony has been very bad about clearing this up. Unfortunately, the SonyHome Theater System HT-SS2300 does not support DTS-HD format Sound.The Home Theater System supports Digital Cinema Sound (DCS), DolbyDigital, Dolby Por Logic II, Dolby Surround (Dolby Pro Logic) andDTS Digital Surround. Now the question becomes how do we play over 1/3 of the discs out there with some kind of surround sound???
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I keep seeing conflicting reports about this. Sony's specs state point blank that it does decode 5.1 DTS via hdmi, if you set it up right. I'm connecting to a Sony BDP-BX1 bluray player. Specs for that also state 5.1 DTS via hdmi. If I must use the optical connection to do this then I will, but I doubt it's necessary. Only reason I'm going from my cambridge soundworks/creative labs DTT-3500 system is because it does not offer DTS at all. Until I get the ht-ss2300, I've temporarily configured the bluray player to output DTS as a downmix. It sounds pretty good and does give me rear channel audio which I feel sounds more like pro-logic with no right and left rear channel seperation. I keep seeing conflicting reports about this. Sony's specs state point blank that it does decode 5.1 DTS via hdmi, if you set it up right. I'm connecting to a Sony BDP-BX1 bluray player. Specs for that also state 5.1 DTS via hdmi. If I must use the optical connection to do this then I will, but I doubt it's necessary. Only reason I'm going from my cambridge soundworks/creative labs DTT-3500 system is because it does not offer DTS at all. Until I get the ht-ss2300, I've temporarily configured the bluray player to output DTS as a downmix. It sounds pretty good and does give me rear channel... » Read More I keep seeing conflicting reports about this. Sony's specs state point blank that it does decode 5.1 DTS via hdmi, if you set it up right. I'm connecting to a Sony BDP-BX1 bluray player. Specs for that also state 5.1 DTS via hdmi. If I must use the optical connection to do this then I will, but I doubt it's necessary. Only reason I'm going from my cambridge soundworks/creative labs DTT-3500 system is because it does not offer DTS at all. Until I get the ht-ss2300, I've temporarily configured the bluray player to output DTS as a downmix. It sounds pretty good and does give me rear channel audio which I feel sounds more like pro-logic with no right and left rear channel seperation. « Show Less
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If you set the wiring up to not have hdmi play thru the receiver first then output picture to the tv you can have it so the tv plays its own sound. But if you run it thru on the one hdmi cable from output source to receiver then to tv the tv will not have speaker capability. Also if you were to go hdmi from output source to tv directly you can have tv sound when you want it, and then run an optic cable from output source to receiver and you can have tv sound and/or receiver. There is a small loss in sound this way as some of the current decoding does not support optic transfer but it'll be a minimal difference if you aren't a real picky audio enthusiast. If you set the wiring up to not have hdmi play thru the receiver first then output picture to the tv you can have it so the tv plays its own sound. But if you run it thru on the one hdmi cable from output source to receiver then to tv the tv will not have speaker capability. Also if you were to go hdmi from output source to tv directly you can have tv sound when you want it, and then run an optic cable from output source to receiver and you can have tv sound and/or receiver. There is a small loss in sound this way as some of the current decoding does not support optic transfer but it'll be... » Read More If you set the wiring up to not have hdmi play thru the receiver first then output picture to the tv you can have it so the tv plays its own sound. But if you run it thru on the one hdmi cable from output source to receiver then to tv the tv will not have speaker capability. Also if you were to go hdmi from output source to tv directly you can have tv sound when you want it, and then run an optic cable from output source to receiver and you can have tv sound and/or receiver. There is a small loss in sound this way as some of the current decoding does not support optic transfer but it'll be a minimal difference if you aren't a real picky audio enthusiast. « Show Less
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Yes, It can pass through HDMI with the unit completely turned off. There are indicator LEDs that come on when active in this mode. One thing to note is that you must pre-select the HDMI source to pass through. IE- it doesn't autoselect the source to pass through.
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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
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You might have issues there. I'm getting Audio through my other ports as I have had both a PS3 and Wii U hooked up to the unit as well as a Computer from time to time. I've never had any trouble getting Audio through the HDMI. Do you have good cables? If you haven't swapped the cable from your other device, there are plenty of OLDER HDMI cables out there that don't have the audio pathway. HDMI carrying Audio is a slightly newer piece of technology. And also, the device you take the Audio from also has to support passing it over HDMI as well. Older DVD players that can't take firmware updates may not account for this. The PS3 in its infancy didn't do this in the beginning for instance, and I had the audio through an extra optical cable. They updated the firmware to fit the new standard so one nice cable for everything. Hope that helps. Good luck,
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Hello Justin, This device has both inputs and outputs in the back of the unit (component, RCA audio (left and right), and digital audio) in high definition and it has composite and audio inputs on the front for standard definition. The outputs are the pass-thrus and the USB port is the main output that goes to your computer. It does not have HDMI. The video/audio pass-thru outputs are really not needed for recording but they come in handy for connecting a TV so you can see what you are recording, even though the software on your computer can also show you what you are recording (such as MythTV in Linux or the software that came with the installation disk for Windows). If I understand your question correctly, there is no need to record using the pass-thru ( to record using the pass-thru would involve hooking another recording device) because the USB cable from the back of the device directs your recording to your computer. By the time the signal reaches the pass-thru outputs, it has already been recorded and sent to your computer via the USB cable. Note that the component input on the front of the device is not high definition and is only in 4x3 aspect. I use Linux and don't use MythTV for playback but I use the cat command in a terminal window to launch a linux video player (similar to Window's Media Player). All the best, Roy
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Double check that you plugged the HDMI cable into a output port. It has in and out HDMI. (4 in and 1 out) Page 23 of the manual. "Video input signals flow through the AV receiver as shown, with composite video and component video sources all being upconverted for the HDMI output. The composite video and component video outputs pass through their respective input signals as they are."
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James, do you have an HDMI connection on your cable box and or other peripherals (DVD, bluray etc)? Optical is a good solution for component or analog video connections with digital audio (surround sound) decoders. If you have HDMI then your best possible video and audio solution is to go directly from your cable box and DVD/bluray with HDMI cables which would carry 1080p (high definition) video as well as 7.1 surround sound on a single cable. If this option is out of the question then you could go the lesser quality route of using optical connection into 2 inputs on the rear of the v375. This unit would replace your current surround processor. Any further questions feel free to reply! James, do you have an HDMI connection on your cable box and or other peripherals (DVD, bluray etc)? Optical is a good solution for component or analog video connections with digital audio (surround sound) decoders. If you have HDMI then your best possible video and audio solution is to go directly from your cable box and DVD/bluray with HDMI cables which would carry 1080p (high definition) video as well as 7.1 surround sound on a single cable. If this option is out of the question then you could go the lesser quality route of using optical connection into 2 inputs on the rear of the v375.... » Read More James, do you have an HDMI connection on your cable box and or other peripherals (DVD, bluray etc)? Optical is a good solution for component or analog video connections with digital audio (surround sound) decoders. If you have HDMI then your best possible video and audio solution is to go directly from your cable box and DVD/bluray with HDMI cables which would carry 1080p (high definition) video as well as 7.1 surround sound on a single cable. If this option is out of the question then you could go the lesser quality route of using optical connection into 2 inputs on the rear of the v375. This unit would replace your current surround processor. Any further questions feel free to reply! « Show Less
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This will explain the analog pass through:http://www.ezdigitaltv.com/Analog_Pass-Through.html
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actually it will pass through video but not audio when powered off (at least for my experience/TV) if you turn off hdmi p.save (power saving) in the menu. I do this when playing my PS3 with my headphones connected to the secondary audio/RCA output of the PS3 with an adapter on the PS3 since the HTSS360 has no headphone jack. To do this however you have to enable multiple audio out in your PS3 settings, and remember to turn that off if you want 7.1 sound for blu ray since for some reason enabling multiple audio out for PS3 cuts down LPCM to 5.1 instead of 7.1 with it off. As for TV audio if you use a cable box I'm not sure you can that way, unless you plug a second audio cable from cablebox to one of your TV's inputs and then in audio settings in your TV can set that input as TV audio. Mine has the ability for that but it's not a Sony TV which I'm unfamiliar with.
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HDMI passthrough requires a separate audio connection. Basically, you're not going to be able to get DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD, or Multi-channel PCM through optical. This would require a receiver capable of handling HDMI audio (i.e. the 605 and higher). I would STRONGLY recommend going with the 605 over the 505 - it's much more future proof (because of the HD audio capabilities), and will keep you from having to buy a new receiver in the near future.
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I will say No. The HDMI passes through unmolested without any sort of bandwidth reduction of the content. So there's is no reason I can see to pass video thru this if you want an HDMI video source. If you are looking for analog audio with the intent of digitizing THAT and then streaming the audio only from an HDMI source. Then this is your gadget.
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You connect it by using and hdmi cable (best option) or a optical audio cable from your TV. If you use and HDMI cable make sure your TV has an output labeled ARS, that means that it can accept audio both ways
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Sorry about the delay to answer your question...the HDMI does pass an audio signal.
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It doesn't have conversation to HDMI. What it does is route the selected HDMI input to a single HDMI output. It only outputs the video however. It strips off the selected HDMI audio, processes it and sends it to the attached speakers. So if you have a TV attached, it will display the selected video but won't play the audio. But if the unit is turned off it will pass both audio and video from a single active HDMI on to the HDMI output.
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All I can tell you is that it works good with Apple TV. I took the digital optical audio out of my Apple TV unit and this unit converted it to analog (stereo). I am not using the HDMI out of the Apple TV unit for audio; I am using a HDMI to DVI cable for the video. Apple TV does send a HDMI and a digital audio out at the same time. Neither one overrides each other. I believe this answers your question. I hope this helps.
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Dear Mediabridge,You are right. I am having trouble getting audio through TV when I connect HDMI to my HP PC with Window7 and 37LG10 TV. I changes audio playback device setting to TV/HDMI default. On testing HDMI audio, it says this device is already in use. Could you please help me to get Audio. Thank you.Regards,BK