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    No Audio Over HDMI !!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jayko, Mar 2, 2008.

  1. jayko

    jayko Newbie

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    Hello.

    I have a dell inspiron 1525.

    i am connecting via HDMI and the video works fine.

    Audio,however does not work at all !!

    I have tried setting the Intel(R) HDMI Audio as the default and it didn't work.

    I also tried setting the S/PDIF as default but it did not work!

    I am connecting my HDMi to my TV, and my tv is connected via optical to my amp.

    HELP !!
     
    jayko, Mar 2, 2008
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  2. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    Remove the optical from tv to amp out of the picture and just use your tv speakers. Does it work then?
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 2, 2008
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  3. kozzney

    kozzney Notebook Evangelist

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    You may need to put your computer to sleep and wake it back up after switching the audio over to HDMI default. That is what I have to do in order to get the audio switched over from my computer speakers to LCD TV speakers.
     
    kozzney, Mar 2, 2008
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  4. jayko

    jayko Newbie

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    Well. It seems as if my TV does not want to send the audio from the HDMI to my AMP (via optical)

    :(
     
    jayko, Mar 2, 2008
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  5. Jedi007

    Jedi007 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hmm... I really don't know, but on vista if you right click on the little speaker and you go "playback devices", you can set which output to go to (it's how I change between spdif headphones and analog speakers)... Maybe you have an hdmi option (if you installed drivers?)... Just a theory!
     
    Jedi007, Mar 2, 2008
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  6. ljhfasfdadds

    ljhfasfdadds Notebook Enthusiast

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    On tvs with optical out its ususally just for the digital tuner, it doesnt do passthrough from input
    So with my ps3 i use hdmi to the tv then optical from the ps3 to the receiver
     
    ljhfasfdadds, Mar 2, 2008
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  7. stevey5036

    stevey5036 Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah, there should be an HDMI audio option under playback devices.. as there is for the M1530.
     
    stevey5036, Mar 2, 2008
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  8. sstackho

    sstackho Notebook Guru

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    Do the PC speakers automatically shut off when a HDMI cable is plugged in? Or is it always necessary to go to the Volume Controls each time to set the audio output to HDMI?
     
    sstackho, Mar 11, 2008
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  9. Sa*ad159

    Sa*ad159 Notebook Consultant

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    Wait, the inspiron 1525 has a HDMI port?
     
    Sa*ad159, Mar 11, 2008
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