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My third problem, (apologies if any of these have come up before, but I had a look and I did not see anything.)
As the title says, I cant get 5.1 sound outpu through HDMI.
I deliberatly record the BBC HD preview as a test source and it’ds just not happening. I have yet to try a direct optical link from the box to the reciever, and maybe this will work (maybe it won’t) but I would rather that the HDMI carry the signal so that I can keep the amp on one source (TV).
Any ideas?
Cheers
Matt
Only two things come to mind.
The amp doesn’t support 5.1 over hdmi
or
Dolby Digital is turned off in the HDR TV setup menu.
If you are passing the audio to the amp via the TV then that is unlikely to work as most TV sets do not support pass-through of DD5.1 audio. It is more usual to connect the sources (including the Fox T2 in this case) to the TV via the amp and use the amp for source-switching.
grahamlthompson – 20 minutes ago »
Only two things come to mind.
The amp doesn’t support 5.1 over hdmi
or
Dolby Digital is turned off in the HDR TV setup menu.
Yeah… TBH I’m thinking that the second suggestion maybe true. (unless somebody on here can get 5.1 through HDMI?)
I guess I’ll have to bite the bullet and tackle the wire forest at the back of the amp.
Thanks
gomezz – 15 minutes ago »
If you are passing the audio to the amp via the TV then that is unlikely to work as most TV sets do not support pass-through of DD5.1 audio. It is more usual to connect the sources (including the Fox T2 in this case) to the TV via the amp and use the amp for source-switching.
This had occured to me, but the pS3 happily supplies 5.1 to the TV through HDMI only, and then the optical lead from the TV relays it to the amp, so TV is ok. Thanks for suggestion though mate
A bit confused here, The box provides 5.1 out on hdmi (I have a HD FOX T2 connected by hdmi to a Denon amp). Can you detail the connections.
Are you trying to pass 5.1 audio back down a single hdmi cable connecting the TV and amplifier ?
What confused me is the mention of an existing optical audio connection from TV to amp which apparently can pass DD5.1 from a PS3. In which case why not use that same optical audio connection for the Fox T2?
grahamlthompson – 4 hours ago »
A bit confused here, The box provides 5.1 out on hdmi (I have a HD FOX T2 connected by hdmi to a Denon amp). Can you detail the connections.
Are you trying to pass 5.1 audio back down a single hdmi cable connecting the TV and amplifier ?
No. My amp is an older model and cannot accept an HDMI connection – only optical and co axial.
The TV has an optical cable connecting it with the AMP (allocated to source =TV.)
The PS3 is connected to TV via HDMI only- ( 5.1 passes from the PS3 thru the tv to the Amp ok)
The PVR is connected to TV via HDMI only.(5.1 Doesn’t pass through, but should)- I just get normal sound.
As the majority of what the Humax broadcasts is not 5.1 anyway, I only really noticed when I used the BBC HD preview test.
This allows the current thing the TV is displaying to output sound via this single optical cable without having to select a different source on the amp eg DVD, AUX, VCR1, VCR2 etc.
My next step is to try oupputting 5.1from the HUMAX via an extra optical cable running from this to the AMP. This will of course mean I have to switch source on the amp eg CD is ‘free’ but I really shouldn’t have to if the HUMAX does support 5.1 output via HDMI. It should pass through the TV as the PS3 does. Does that make more sense. Please ask if you need any more info
Have you tried swapping the HDMI cables from the PVR and the PS3 to different inputs on the TV set? Just in case the TV only passes DD5.1 from one input and not another?
My old Denon amp also has no HDMI inputs and only one Optical input and rather than spend thousands on a modern amp and speakers that would give me an appreciable improvement in performance I spent around £50 on a combined HDMI/Optical/Co-ax four-way switch (Thor HDC75) and use that for all my source switching as it switches the paired HDMI and Optical inputs in unison. An option to consider.
Presumably you do have your HDR-FOX T2 set to Multi-channel output, and not Stereo?
MENU > Settings > Preferences > Audio > Digital Audio Output > Multi-channel
Just to add all Humax HD boxes output 5.1 over hdmi provided the downmix option in the menus isn’t selected.
Foxsat-HD, Foxsat-HDR, HD FOX T2 and HDR FOX T2.
gomezz – 20 hours ago »
Have you tried swapping the HDMI cables from the PVR and the PS3 to different inputs on the TV set? Just in case the TV only passes DD5.1 from one input and not another?
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I’m pretty sure I tried that a bit ago. I thought it may echo old TV’s having multiple scart, but only one of them being RGB capable. I’ll try again though as I’m only 80% sure I tried it.
brian – 11 hours ago »
Presumably you do have your HDR-FOX T2 set to Multi-channel output, and not Stereo?
MENU > Settings > Preferences > Audio > Digital Audio Output > Multi-channel
Yeah I have, though I had to check just now to make sure. That would have been embarrassing lol.
It’s quite rare for TV’s to output 5.1 input on a hdmi socket over s/pdif. You may have to use s/pdif direct to your amp. Manual optical switches aren’t very expensive if you only have 1 s/pdif optical input.
grahamlthompson – 3 weeks ago »
It’s quite rare for TV’s to output 5.1 input on a hdmi socket over s/pdif. You may have to use s/pdif direct to your amp. Manual optical switches aren’t very expensive if you only have 1 s/pdif optical input.
Just an update on this. Finally doing it the ‘old fashioned way’ and connecting the pvr via an optical cable to a separate source on the amp does indeed give me 5.1 sound. Its a little bit of an issue (not girlfriend friendly as she’ll need training to switch) and I lose a bit of volume, but it will do.
Incidentally though, my tv does output 5.1 input on a hdmi socket over s/pdif via the ps3 (blurays, dvd, divx and netflix) so I am a little puzzeled as to why the pvr does not. Maybe a software routine in the ps3 which is absent from the pvr? I dunno
:Cheers for the suggestions though people
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