Will the AVR-1565 play the audio from the HDMI inputs or would I need to run additional cables for optical or analog to hear the audio?
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Forgot to mention...of course you'll need to have speakers to plug into the receiver as well...but that goes without saying. RCA cables work fine from the speakers to the receiver, but I like to make my own. :)
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It will play the audio. No need for additional cables. It has three HDMI inputs.
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All it takes is an hdmi cable from the source to the receiver and speaker wire from the receiver to the speakers.
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in my case with the HDMI cable to the TV plus cables for suround sound speakers
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HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed video data and compressed/uncompressed digital audio data from a HDMI-compliant device ("the source device") to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device.[1] HDMI is a digital replacement for existing analog video standards. In other words and to answer your question, yes the audio will play through HDMI from anything you plug into the receiver.
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That's its function no need for any other cables , that's the beauty of HDMI.
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You can choose different audio inputs for HDM1, for example either get the sound from the HDMI cable or one of the optical inputs. I don't know if that answers your question but that's currently what I'm running, to either play the sound from the TV itself (Optical in) or form the Cable Box (HDMI in).
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Robert you can hook up optical audio input or an rca cable. i prefer the optical, the sound quality is definitely better :) . hope this helps
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No it is best with optical cable or they come with AV adapter cables for analog input as well.
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I believe that the HDMI does handle audio but the other end, DVI or VGA does not.
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No but there is a solution.The audio output is via stereo jack or the hdmi. What I did to have 5.1surround through a n optical cable was to connect the hdmi audio/video out to an hdmi / sprig (optical) splitter. You get as an output the hdmi signal + optical audio. I am using the viewHD splitter and it works perfectly
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Use HDMI into your receiver and it will drive 7.1 speakers with no problems, assuming that your video is encoded for 7.1 sound.
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This can be confusing, but I have tested this extensively. Yes, the HDMI audio will play out through the 3.5mm audio out port on the back to drive a pair of speakers or headphones. If you are on "HDMI 1" then the audio will play from that source. If you switch to "HDMI 2" then the audio will switch to that source. If you switch to D-SUB VGA then you need to have a 3.5mm cable running from your computer audio output/sound card to the 3.5mm input on the monitor. You can only get 1 source at a time and that source has to be the active screen on the monitor. In other words you cannot be looking at "HDMI 1" and getting audio from anything other than "HDMI 1." Also keep in mind that if you want to use the D-SUB audio setup then you "might" need to go into your audio settings in your operating system and make it the default or enable it. "HDMI 1" then
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If you set the wiring up to not have hdmi play thru the receiver first then output picture to the tv you can have it so the tv plays its own sound. But if you run it thru on the one hdmi cable from output source to receiver then to tv the tv will not have speaker capability. Also if you were to go hdmi from output source to tv directly you can have tv sound when you want it, and then run an optic cable from output source to receiver and you can have tv sound and/or receiver. There is a small loss in sound this way as some of the current decoding does not support optic transfer but it'll be a minimal difference if you aren't a real picky audio enthusiast.
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You can use the audio cord supplied, or you can use the optical cord which newer hdtv's have. I used the optical cord on my setup (before I sent it back) and it worked fine. The other audio connections are the standard audio connections you use to plug up to any stereo system, dvd player, etc.
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You can hook it up with the regular red and white audio cables, optical cable or an hdmi cable the system comes with the regular cables and the optical cable. I have mind setup with the optical cable and it sounds great.
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HDMI is capable of carrying much higher resolution audio than optical can carry. If you are going to go through this sound bar system with multiple source devices feeding one display, then hook it up all HDMI. The sound from every source will be through this audio system, the picture will be on your TV. Make sure your HDMI cables are "high speed" if you will be trying to play 3D Blu-ray movies through this on a 3D TV.
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Typically, you would use a 15-pin VGA cable, (just like connecting to your computer's monitor) and a component audio if you want sound to play through the tv as well. If your computer has HDMI out, you can use that as an alternative.
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I would assume you can use the red and white cables and hook them up to the television and go into the audio settings and change it to Av out. That's what I did for my playstation and the audio comes out just fine.
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My question to you is "If you are hooking up with an HDMI cable, why are you also using and optical cable?". HDMI carries the complete spectrum of audio and does not require an additional audio cable. You may be confusing either the player and/or your audio receiver.
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No, probably not. The reason for 2 HDMI out is because some AVRs do not pass through 3D, so it is sometimes necessary to split the video and audio streams. If your AVR does not pass through 3D or is not HDMI 1.4 compatible, then you might need to send one HDMI output to your TV or projector and one to your AVR for sound. Otherwise, there is no need to split the video and audio streams.
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Assume you're asking about playing videos for a home theatre system. If so, the original PCM audio will be transmitted via the HDMI output to your receiver/decoder. So if the video contains encoded multi channel audio (e.g. 5.1/7.1 Dolby, DTS, etc.) then your receiver will decode it to the correct analog (speaker) outputs, assuming it contains the appropriate (Dolby, DTS, etc.) decoders.This will work regardless of the operating system you install on the PC (Windows, Linux, OsX) as long as the video player permits audio PCM pass thru, which I believe most do.