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    Dell XPS M1530 HDMI TV audio out of sync?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by sheitmar, Apr 26, 2010.

  1. sheitmar

    sheitmar Newbie

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    Hi all - I hope someone out there can help me. I'm not very well versed in any of this so I apologize if I don't provide enough information...

    I have a Dell XPS M1530, and have recently joined the HD Television world and bought a Toshiba 40" 40RV525RZ. I was checking out the HDMI feature on the laptop, checking out how I might be able to use the tv as an awesome monitor replacement. Looks great so far!

    My problem is that the audio from the TV is slightly out of sync from the audio on my laptop. Considering I can't turn off the audio on my laptop without turning off the audio on the television (at least, if I can I don't know how), it's annoying having the echo effect coming from my TV and the stereo attached to it.

    I'm running Windows 7 ultimate, 64 bit. My dell has Sigmatel audio, and I was using an HDMI 1.3B cable.

    Thanks!
     
    sheitmar, Apr 26, 2010
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  2. smjohns

    smjohns Notebook Consultant

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    In your audio settings you should be able to disable the laptop onboard speakers and just output via your TV when a HDMI device is connected. Certainly works ok on my m1330.
     
    smjohns, Apr 28, 2010
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    maxh Notebook Consultant

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    How do you access these audio settings? My girlfriend has an m1530 and we're not getting any sound out of the hdmi port. It'll output video but audio only comes out of the laptop speakers until I plug a jack into the headphone port. She's running vista.
     
    maxh, Apr 29, 2010
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    smjohns Notebook Consultant

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    In windows 7 (I assume vista is the same) you right click on the volume icon in the taskbar an select playback devices. Alternatively select Sound from the control panel and then select the playback tab. In this should be all available audio devices including speakers and HDMI. The HDMI port will be displayed there if not then you have not installed all the relevant drivers. In here you can also disable the speakers with the HDMI enabled. Play around and you should get it working.
     
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    I can't get this 1530 to output sound to both its speakers and to the hdmi port at the same time. I'll have them both set to active, and when I click the test button I get a tone from both, but only the one marked default gets any sound from the movies I stream in the browser from netflix. Each time I plug in the hdmi cable I have to open up this menu and change hdmi to the default device, then close and reopen the browser. Then do the opposite when done to get sound back out of the laptop's speakers. It works fine on my 1645, though. Any idea what's the deal with the m1530?
     
    maxh, Jul 10, 2010
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