Help on LCD tv and HT connection

[anandg]

HI All,
My friend has following setup:
1) LG LCD 42" with -- one "IN" HDMI port and one SPDIF "out" port
2) Sony HT with -- one "out" HDMI port and one SPDIF "in port"

Now this is how they are connected:
1) HDMI out from sony to HDMI in of TV for movie viewing
2) SPDIF out from TV to sony HT for sound from TV (which is directly connected to tatasky settop box via RCA).

Now issue is :
1) No 5.1 channel sound while playing movies via usb connected to TV
2) No 5.1 sound when a new tatasky with 5.1 channel connected to TV (remember only TV has HDMI in and not Sony HT). sound only comes via 2.1 channel.

Please assist to let me know the reason or solution for this setup.

Thanks
anand

 

[sarge_in]

1) Depends whether TV is able to decode 5.1 with that input. Do the specs say anything about that? What format is the videos? Do they have 5.1 audio?

2) RCAs you are using is the culprit. They can only provide 2.0, not 5.1. What other connections does the settopbox have?

 

[aakashr]

HI All,
My friend has following setup:
1) LG LCD 42" with -- one "IN" HDMI port and one SPDIF "out" port
2) Sony HT with -- one "out" HDMI port and one SPDIF "in port"

Now this is how they are connected:
1) HDMI out from sony to HDMI in of TV for movie viewing
2) SPDIF out from TV to sony HT for sound from TV (which is directly connected to tatasky settop box via RCA).

Now issue is :
1) No 5.1 channel sound while playing movies via usb connected to TV
2) No 5.1 sound when a new tatasky with 5.1 channel connected to TV (remember only TV has HDMI in and not Sony HT). sound only comes via 2.1 channel.

Please assist to let me know the reason or solution for this setup.

Thanks
anand

Hi, can you give me the model no of the Sony HT you have, I need more info on the outputs/inputs. Also, I would connect the tata sky STB directly to the HT and not to the tv.

 

[anfjavid]

@anandg - Sometime back i heard that LCDs which have USB playback lack the decoder to process 5.1 channel. But not sure this is the case with all the LCDs, but yours appears that it lacks 5.1 channel support.

For your 2nd issue .. Your lcd lacks 5.1 audio passthrough...

Try connecting video to tv and audio to ht via rca....

 

[Yogesh]

Connect your STB via hdmi to TV. This should solve your problem.

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