Hook up problems New receiver. Owners manual not very helpful. Hooked up Direct TV box through HDMI cable to HDMI In1 and and HDMI cable back to HDMI input on TV. Signal passes through OK. Picture and sound from TV speakers fine. No sound from speakers connected to receiver. Can't find any directions on how to route TV sound to receiver. What am I doing wrong? Hook up problems New receiver. Owners manual not very helpful. Hooked up Direct TV box through HDMI cable to HDMI In1 and and HDMI cable back to HDMI input on TV. Signal passes through OK. ... » Read More Hook up problems New receiver. Owners manual not very helpful. Hooked up Direct TV box through HDMI cable to HDMI In1 and and HDMI cable back to HDMI input on TV. Signal passes through OK. Picture and sound from TV speakers fine. No sound from speakers connected to receiver. Can't find any directions on how to route TV sound to receiver. What am I doing wrong? « Show Less
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I had the same issue. One possibility (as in what I found) was that your PS3 is set to audio through a HDMI cable. You have to go into the manual settings in the PS3 and change it to the optical cable setting for audio. The PS3 will lead you through the setting changes.. Hope that helps.
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This receiver is HDMI passthrough only i.e. it does not decode audio from the HDMI. You need to either (a) connect an audio out from DirecTV box to the receiver or (b) connect an audio out from TV to the receiver. (a) is preferable so it preserves the sound for decoding by your receiver vs (b) which the TV would downmix to stereo and output to receiver.
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Hi Jennifer, Have you had any luck yet with your receiver? The Amazon web page asked me to reply. If you've fixed your problem then ignore my ramblings. So a few questions first off. Did the receiver work before and then just stop? Did you add new components or change any of your settings? Check those first. :) Maybe try to connect your devices directly to the tv to see if they still work. Good luck
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Does your receiver have an "optical" output? If it does, try hooking that to the Soundbar. Have an HDMI and an Optical hooked up and they both work fine . . . . .
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If optical is not working, HDMI pass throught will help for both video and audio. Also make sure the input for the optical on the receiver is setup correctly, on the back it will have TV or GAME as input for optical. Make sure the input is setup for either, and may have to cycle the inputs to make sure you have the right one.
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So I tried standard no luck, the light issue is still there making the entire background a washed out black. I tried putting my receiver on pure direct mode hoping this was a noise issue...no luck there either. I tried hooking the blu-ray player directly to the tv no luck agian still have the light issue. I also did the software upgrade on the tv. I'm now wondering if this a problem with the signal from my blu-ray player. Any help would be appreciated! Here is my setup: Samsung UN55B8500, Denon 3800DCI Blu-ray player, Denon AVR 5308CI all Hdmi cables are monster brand.
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Is it hooked into a receiver or directly to the TV? If it is the receiver try bypassing it and hooking it directly to the television. If not, try a different television. I have found this happens if the tuner in the receiver or television is of poor quality.
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I also had problems with the digital audio connection. I was never able to get any sound out of that output. I read in other forums that only TV audio will come out from that connection and it won't work to pass through audio from other sources (hdmi). Ultimately, I had to connect my devices' audio directly to my home theatre system. This work-around was not ideal, but got the job done. Just a little more hassle to change a/v sources since I have to change both the TV and the home theatre receiver.
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I'm afraid I am also stumped getting a signal to the TV. Currently I'm settling for VGA and audio to the high definition TV. The definition on more recent videos is quite good with this hookup. From the information from my graphics card coupled with the TV manual, the hookup is not simple. Sorry.
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This is true. I tried setting up my home theatre every way possible, but efter speaking to Sharp, they said you cannot use the audio optical out for HDMI. This is a shame. You must go directlyu from the audio source to the receiver via optical cable when using HDMI to the TV. No big deal, the TV is still awesome!
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Your receiver (TV set) is probably not getting connected to the source of signal. Using your TV remote control, press the TV/VIDEO button...a list of input will be displayed...if you are using an HDMI connector, try each of the 4 HDMI ports by continually pressing the TV/VIDEO button until you hit the right source of signal...good luck.
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Call Onkyo customer service. I had the same issue and they took care of the problem. My receiver was repaired and shipped back to me in about a week. I was very impressed. Hope you have the same experience.
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Thanks for the response A.L. I originally had everything hooked up with HDMI -- both my HD-DVR cable box and my upconvert DVD player. My first thought was maybe it was the cables themselves, as I bought less expensive ones off Amazon. Tonight I went out and bought top of the line HDMI cables from Best Buy. Same problem! Then I figured I'd take the HDMI cables out of the equation and test my iPod using the auxiliary RCA jack on the front of the receiver. Same problem!I'm positive the speakers are connected correctly and completely. And these are also brand new -- the Onkyo SKS-HT540 7.1ch home theater set!I think I have a bum receiver. I listen to my morning TV at level 60. That just doesn't seem right. Thanks for the response A.L. I originally had everything hooked up with HDMI -- both my HD-DVR cable box and my upconvert DVD player. My first thought was maybe it was the cables themselves, as I bought less expensive ones off Amazon. Tonight I went out and bought top of the line HDMI cables from Best Buy. Same problem! Then I figured I'd take the HDMI cables out of the equation and test my iPod using the auxiliary RCA jack on the front of the receiver. Same problem!I'm positive the speakers are connected correctly and completely. And these are also brand new -- the Onkyo... » Read More Thanks for the response A.L. I originally had everything hooked up with HDMI -- both my HD-DVR cable box and my upconvert DVD player. My first thought was maybe it was the cables themselves, as I bought less expensive ones off Amazon. Tonight I went out and bought top of the line HDMI cables from Best Buy. Same problem! Then I figured I'd take the HDMI cables out of the equation and test my iPod using the auxiliary RCA jack on the front of the receiver. Same problem!I'm positive the speakers are connected correctly and completely. And these are also brand new -- the Onkyo SKS-HT540 7.1ch home theater set!I think I have a bum receiver. I listen to my morning TV at level 60. That just doesn't seem right. « Show Less
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I remember having that issue when I first hooked mine up as well. I think the source for your audio on the TV is messed up. Make sure you have audio coming out of the TV and not through a receiver or make sure the receiver will play the audio.I have to turn off my TV speakers in order for the audio to play tthrough an external source.
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I am guessing you have a smart/web connected TV and you want the sound to come from the receiver. Check if your TV has an audio output either digital/optical . Look at your TV settings . I am guessing the TV has multiple HDMI ports. How would the TV know where to send the output ?
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I have everything going to my TV (so that is my limit on HDMI inputs). I then just run 1 optical from my TV to the soundbar.. and *any* input/sound combination then successfully is sent to the soundbar (hdmi1 for fios, hdmi2 for bluray player, hdmi3 for xbox etc)
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Yes, The optical output to my Receiver works great! I had the same worries before I hooked it up. The HDMI cable went to my HDMI TV and the optical cable I had went to the receiver for my room soundaround speaker system. The TV speakers work also if you don't want to play the receiver, a earlier mention in another post said, he could not get his TV to play sound out the speakers.... NOT true the sound still travels thru the HDMI cable to the HD TV even with the Optical cable plugged in and ran to the receiver. The sound does not designate one or the other and comes out both. I just keep the volume on my HD TV to 0.
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I have the same problem! Did you get it worked out. If so HOW??? I wonder if my AV receiver is too old.