On 21 Nov 2013, at 15:37 , Andy Ringsmuth <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Nov 21, 2013, at 4:34 PM, LuKreme <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I have an older MacBook that has 10.6.8 on it (the max it will run) and has 
>> one of those weird looking mini-dvi ports on it.
>> 
>> I have a mini-DVI to DVI dongle connected to it, then a DVI to HDMI cable 
>> connected to a TV.
>> 
>> The trouble is, the TV will only look for audio on the HDMI if it is 
>> connected and will not check the analog audio inputs (this is common on TVs).
>> 
>> I think we covered this at some point, but I don’t recall the solution 
>> (other than adding an external speaker to the laptop).
> 
> Some TVs do have audio inputs for one specific HDMI port but that's sorta 
> rare.

Yes, not on this TV. I think that was a thing on some TVs about 3-5 years ago. 
This is a brand new TV.

> Your best bet is to do VGA.  Those pretty much always have an accompanying 
> audio port.

The TV has component and HDMI, no VGA.

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