James, Ok...the computer complicates things. Also, since you have the motorola receiver, and that is known to be flakey, things are doubly complicated. Did you check in the menu system of your TV to see if it needs to be set to get sound off the HDMI cable? If it works, you're only going to get two channel sound out the TV speakers using this approach. Does your TV have an HDMI out too?
I have a motorala HD receiver too, but I don't know which model. I didn't have to do anything special other than plug it into the receiver using the HDMI output, IIRC. I would not have the patience to stay on the line with cable company people. I run my monitor on my PC using a cable that is DVI on one end and HDMI on the other. However, the sound comes out the PC via the sound out jacks and goes to the speakers. Only the video goes over HDMI. Good luck. ----- Original Message ----- From: James Maki To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [H] HDMI Audio Problems Anthony, I use my computer to play Blu-ray discs. That is one of the reasons I am upset that I cannot get the computer connected with HDMI to output any audio. Today is a new day and I hope to get back to the problem. I was on chat with Comcast for hours yesterday and they haven't a clue! They work from a script and began with: Problem : running an hdmi cable from motorola dch3416 to a Westinghouse HDTV. No audio. Also looking at the compatibility of attaching the dvr to a yamaha av receiver but get an error message. Comcast > Connect the cable from the wall outlet to the Cable In input on the DCT. James_ > done Comcast > Connect a cable from the Video output on the DCT to the Video input of the TV . Comcast > Or Connect a S-Video Cable from the S-Video output on the DCT to the S-Video input on the TV When she started talking about using an S-Video cable I knew I was in trouble! I indicated that everything worked fine with component cables for video and RCA cables for audio and I wanted to utilize the HDMI cable for both audio and video, her next script began with a description on how to add a VCR to the mix! We went in circles and it ended up that she said that what I wanted to do SHOULD work, but since it didn't, resort to component to TV and optical digital to receiver for audio, oh, and have a nice day :) Jim Maki [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: Anthony Q. Martin > James, > > Which Blu-ray player do you have? Focus on that. The cable boxes are > known to be problematic apparently, but the Blu-ray should > work to your > receiver and then receiver to TV. I would remove everything else from > HDMI until you get this part working. For sure there are setting with > the player that you need to adjust to get it to output over HDMI. > > James Maki wrote: > > I am not blaming HDMI directly. Just the entire mess that > doesn't allow > > equipment to work together.
