Using a Pioneer VSX-520, can I get sound from the TV and speakers using HDMI?
I recently bought a VSX-520 Pioneer Receiver and hooked it up to my VOJ32f1A Vizio LCD. I have my PS3 and XBOX 360 hooked up to the receiver via HDMI cables. Then I plugged the HDMI out from the receiver to the input HDMI on my TV. I can get sound to come out of my speakers separately and also from my TV separately. Is there a way I can get it to come out of both? I only have two tower speakers as of yet and use the TV as a kind of make shift center mode. I really would appreciate any help, as I really would like to have sound coming out of both. All picture and audio sounds great, just will not play sound out of both TV and speakers at the same time.
Setting up surround sound with HDMI or digital optical?
- Make sure the speakers are hooked/plugged to the receiver correctly. - Make sure you configure your receiver correctly (put on A or AB I think, adjust hdmi settings, adjust other audio settings like volume, distance and what decoder to use ect). - Make sure your playing a surround sound encoded audio file, then make sure your outputting that signal from your output device such as dvr, blu-ray, xbox.ect - You already using the correct cable and cable setup = hdmi from output device to hdmi input on receiver, then hdmi output on receiver to hdmi input on tv. Make sure you configure the tv settings for video. Real surround sound formats the receiver should be able to decode. - DTS-HD Master Audio > Dolby TrueHD > DTS > Dolby Digital. Fake surround sound formats the receiver should be able to decode. - DTS:Neo 6 > Dolby Pro Logic II. Other surround sound formats the receiver may be able to decode. - DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, DTS 96/24, DTS Neo:X, DTS-ES, DTS 70 mm, DTS Connect. - Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital Live, Dolby Digital Surround EX, Dolby Digital EX. - Receiver may have special effect modes like jazz, gaming, matix.ect not really needed. Remember the A, AB, B modes is useful if you want to use 2, 5.1 or 7.1 or no speakers. - Should be able to do stereo or surround sound on 5 channel stereo decode mode. For receiver audio: - You need a hdmi cable if you have a 8 channels of audio=7.1 surround sound speaker system and you also want to use a hdmi cable if you have a receiver that supports the dolby-true-hd and dts-hd loseless surround sound formats (Supports higher bitrates/sample rates than s/pdif). - S/pdif coaxial or s/pdif optical cable is only capable of doing up to 6 channels of audio=5.1 surround sound and only capable of doing up to the lossy compression formats such as dts or dolby digital (16, 20, 24 bit depths, 32.0k, 44.1k, 48.0k sample rates).
How does sound quality compare when using optical versus HDMI cables?
First, an answer, and then a few comments related to other answers.In practical terms, there won’t be a terribly meaningful difference, as even though HDMI can handle higher sample rates and bit depths, I will challenge any normal human (i.e. not a Stereophile reviewer) to tell the difference between two otherwise equivalent PCM streams of the same source material in a double blind comparison.)The major distinction that HDMI has is that due to that higher maximum bandwidth, and the ability to send some additional metadata about the audio stream, it can provide support for some audio formats such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, which provide higher audio quality than the more-compressed codecs that can be used in Optical, as well as higher channel count, e.g. 7.1 and now Dolby Atmos soundtracks. These more recent encodings cannot be sent through the optical audio output. Such formats need to be decoded internally by the player and possibly merged into a lower-channel count format before sending over the optical output.The main reason for there being a maximum length of an HDMI cable has absolutely nothing to do with the introduction of RF interference, as one writer implied. Rather, the signals being sent are of extremely high speed, which itself imposes length restrictions, for the following reasons:The signals must be of a low voltage (a few hundred millivolts, typically) so that the extremely fast rise and fall times required of the signal can be met. This means that even the relatively low resistance and parasitic capacitance of a high quality electrical cable will start to degrade the received signal after a certain distance.Signal skew between the pairs of adjacent cables due to slightly different lengths of cable causes the signal to appear at slightly different times at the far end, which decreases the margins available in detecting the proper data relative to the recovered clock signal. Controlling the possible skew in a lengthy cable due to tight tolerances becomes more difficult with increasing distance, but the first point is really the one that has more of an effect in practice. However, the video signal typically degrades much sooner than the audio, as it consumes the bulk of the available bandwidth in HDMI and contains no error detection capability (whereas the audio portion does.)
Optical or RCA cable for TV to home theater system?
I'll throw out my setup first, I think it'll better help you guys understand. Ok, so on my TV stand I have my 46" Sony Bravia, DirecTV HD receiver, PS3, Apple TV, and a Sony 5.1 home theater system. Now my question is how to get the best audio from my TV to the sound system? Right now I'm using an RCA cable from the back of my TV going to my sound system. I want to know if switching that cable to an Optical cable will make a difference. Mind you that I have all the devices listed above connected to the 4 HDMI inputs on the back of my TV, but whether I'm listening to music, watching TV, or playing PS3, I always have my sound system on to get a better sound obviously. But my concern is that- I may not be getting the best audio from my TV to the sound system because of that RCA cable. Example- I have music playing from my Apple TV, to my TV, and it's carrying HD audio via the HDMI. But that audio is coming out from the TV speakers only. And when it comes to getting that audio to my sound system, the RCA cable is then responsible for carrying that signal from the TV to the sound system. And that's where I'm curious to know if the HD audio is lost once it's going through the RCA? Cause as far as I know the Apple TV produced the original HD audio via and HDMI cable. Same applies for PS3/Directv receiver, to TV via HDMI, and TV to sound system via RCA. So is the outcome once it hits my sound system HD audio or not? So after all of that, should I switch to optical for a better sound? Hope somebody knows what I'm asking, I probably made the question harder than it is with all my examples and repetitive terms. Sorry lol, but I do appreciate anybody's help in advance! Thanks! Cheers
Getting 7.1 sound on Yamaha RX-V650 that only has optical input?
Your receiver can output audio to 7.1 speakers, but that does not mean that it can also decode 7.1 audio formats found on some Blu-rays. It can decode DTS-ES Discrete and Dolby Digital EX soundtracks, both of which are 6.1 channel formats found on DVDs, and both of which can be sent over an optical cable connection. In order to hear sound from all 7.1 speakers, you need to set your receiver to output audio using one of its Cinema DSP sound presets. When you activate this feature on the receiver, a sixth channel of audio is sent to the two surround back speakers. These speakers are also referred to as presence speakers, and can be positioned in the front of the room instead of the back.
Do I actually NEED an optical cable for my surround sound?
What you need is a way to get the sound information from your TV to your surround sound system. There is more than one way to accomplish that. It all depends on the capabilities of your surround sound system and your HDTV. It sounds like you are routing all of the video/audio through your surround sound system and use just one HDMI cord from your receiver to your HDTV. Is that the way you are doing it? If so, you need to read up on your receiver to see if it does digital audio pass through OR if it intercepts the digital audio. What is digital audio pass through? If does exactly what it says, it passes the digital audio to your HDTV without intercepting it and thus CANNOT play the digital audio signal present on the HDMI cable. For receivers such as this, you need to input the digital audio in some way - which is why the recommendation for optical cable. However since you do not list your model numbers or the way that you have things hooked up it is impossible to tell for certain what your real problem is. You may wish to sit down with the manual for your receiver and figure out what the capabilities are and which is the best way to hook things. up. From personal experience, I had to read through the manual for my receiver several times before I could figure things out and even at that it took a bit of experimentation with hookups to know what was going on.
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DVD player W/HDMI hooking up to a RCA Surround sound system?
I am trying to hook up a Sony DVP-NS75H dvd player using a HDMI cable but I also have a 5.1 surround sound system (Venturer AV1000) and it only has RCA jacks I do not want to use the TV's speakers and I will not accept RCA jacks picture Quality (surround sound system has optical and coax, dolby pro logic and digital) please help thanks.
What do I need on my tv to buy a sound system for it and be able to hook it up?
There are many options out there. And many don't require any special wires or anything. I have a soundbar hooked up to my TV. It has 3 different ways to put sound through it: HDMI, optical audio, and auxiliary audio. I use optical audio because it will automatically turn the soundbar on when the TV comes on. This just required me to buy an optical audio cable. Many TVs may not have this output, but most if not every new TV should have RCA audio out which is a very common one. I just bought a new monitor for my PS4. It probably just has a single 3.5mm audio output which is fine as most receivers, soundbars, and amplifiers will accept this. Right now with that setup, I am just using a cheap pair of computer speakers that plug directly into that port. Now if you are talking about a surround sound system, I haven't hooked one up in a long time, but they should be very similar. Probably RCA inputs, HDMI inputs, and/or optical inputs. Once you have the input type chosen for your setup, you will just need speaker wire to run to the speakers.