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Purchased a new TV last week & on connecting everything up I’m getting an intermittent sound problem from the Hummy as the sound seems to be dropping out for a fraction of a second so everyone sounds like they are stuttering.
Hummy connected to Samsung TV using HDMI, TV connected to Samsung DVD/amp using optical. Sound from tuner in TV is fine so is PS3 all routed through TV. I tried changing the HDMI cable & at at first it made no difference, then swapped ends and after a bit of wiggling the problems seemed to go away but now it’s come back. Also tried different HDMI ports on the TV.
Any suggestions as to what might be wrong gratefully received.
Is the problem associated with all channels or just HD ones. Does your TV output surround sound from the digital output when input from another source (many only output Stereo). Does the Samsung amp decode Dolby Digital using it’s s/pdif input.
Welcome by the way.
Hi – Thanks for the welcome.
Problem seems to be all the channels on the Hummy, I believe the tv output is just stereo as the dvd/amp is just 2.1. I tried swapping the HDMI port with the PS3 where the sound is fine but it didn’t make a difference.
Never had this problem with the old, also Samsung, TV since getting the Hummy about a year ago, previously had a 9100.
My 3 year old Samsung TV will not pass through DD5.1 from an HDMI input to the optical audio output (It only outputs stereo on the SPDIF) So it is better to connect the Humax optical SPDIF output directly to the Amp. The HDMI will still cary DD5.1 to the TV in parallel
ezra pound – 1 hour ago »
My 3 year old Samsung TV will not pass through DD5.1 from an HDMI input to the optical audio output (It only outputs stereo on the SPDIF) So it is better to connect the Humax optical SPDIF output directly to the Amp. The HDMI will still cary DD5.1 to the TV in parallel
Sounds like an all one jobby with only 1 input. If that’s right then a manual optical selector switch would be needed. Not really ideal.
I connect the TV using the SPDIF so that sound from all sources goes to the amp, there’s a PS3 & a Wii as well as the Hummy.
The problem with doing it that way is that most TVs do not pass through digital surround sound from external sources to its SPDIF out giving only stereo / DPL.
As I’ve only got 2.1 it doesn’t really worry me at the moment, I’d just settle for the sound not breaking up!
spoke – 15 minutes ago »
As I’ve only got 2.1 it doesn’t really worry me at the moment, I’d just settle for the sound not breaking up!
Does connecting the box directly to the amp resolve the issue ?
The amp only has HDMI out so I’ll have to try using SPDIF. I’ll have a go tomorrow & post back.
spoke – 31 minutes ago »
The amp only has HDMI out so I’ll have to try using SPDIF. I’ll have a go tomorrow & post back.
Confused, I thought you connected the amp audio in to the TV using s/pdif. All I was asking was to connect the FOX direct to the amp to eliminate the TV as a cause.
No – connecting TV SPDIF to amp, Hummy connected to TV via HDMI.
spoke – 14 minutes ago »
No – connecting TV SPDIF to amp, Hummy connected to TV via HDMI.
Aha, are you sure the TV outputs audio from s/pdif for hdmi inputs. My TV doesn’t, only from the analogue audio outputs.
Yes as sometimes it’s fine must most of the time it stutters on the Hummy input though always fine from the pS3 also connected via HDMI to the TV.
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