[gtcayman]

Hey,

I have just had a dish installed and had my humax HDR box wired in. I'd like to explain my set up first:
I have a sony bravia television with Bose 3.2.1 system and now freesat to replace my sky box.
I have connected the HDR box to the TV with the HDMI lead and have the red and white phono leads running from the HDR to the Bose system.
I get a great picture however sound only plays through the television speakers not the bose system.

To test my connections i placed the HDMI lead from the HDR box to my PS3 and the bose speakers worked fine. plugged back into the HDR and no sound from Bose speakers.

I then tried an optical cable running directly from the back of the HDR box to the bose system and still no sound! Again tried with PS3 and worked fine.

I have tried ringing Humax but they are about as useful as a chocolate teapot and just recommended a factory setting fix. Obviously to no avail.


To sum it all up:
1. i have a picture and can watch all the channels and play sound through the TV speakers.
2.i have a picture and can watch all the channels but cannot play sound through external speakers.

I have fiddled with all the settings i could find but i just can't figure out what is going wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[grahamlthompson]

Originally Posted by gtcayman

Hey,

I have just had a dish installed and had my humax HDR box wired in. I'd like to explain my set up first:
I have a sony bravia television with Bose 3.2.1 system and now freesat to replace my sky box.
I have connected the HDR box to the TV with the HDMI lead and have the red and white phono leads running from the HDR to the Bose system.
I get a great picture however sound only plays through the television speakers not the bose system.

To test my connections i placed the HDMI lead from the HDR box to my PS3 and the bose speakers worked fine. plugged back into the HDR and no sound from Bose speakers.

I then tried an optical cable running directly from the back of the HDR box to the bose system and still no sound! Again tried with PS3 and worked fine.

I have tried ringing Humax but they are about as useful as a chocolate teapot and just recommended a factory setting fix. Obviously to no avail.


To sum it all up:
1. i have a picture and can watch all the channels and play sound through the TV speakers.
2.i have a picture and can watch all the channels but cannot play sound through external speakers.

I have fiddled with all the settings i could find but i just can't figure out what is going wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Taking the analogue output from the TV first, on my Sony you have to set audio to external system and don't forget to turn up the TV volume as these are often volume controlled, note you won't get any sound output from a HD channel this way because the Sony will only output DD derived from it's own tuners.

If you use the analogue phono audio outputs on the hdr rear you should get analogue stereo for all transmissions again remember to turn up the volume on the remote

Now taking the hdr digital ouptput (spdif), I am not sure what the capability of your Bose system is but this socket outputs pcm (mpeg 1 layer 2 stereo) for SD stations which any system should cope with. For HD broadcasts an amp with a dolby digital decoder is required as the output will be either DD5.1 or DD2.0.

[gtcayman]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply, managed to get into the bose sound settings via the TV using an S-video link and then selected optical source. works a treat now. you were right about it being pcm 2. thanks for the advice. helped me alot.

cheers,

Graham

[grahamlthompson]

Originally Posted by gtcayman

Hi,

Thanks for your reply, managed to get into the bose sound settings via the TV using an S-video link and then selected optical source. works a treat now. you were right about it being pcm 2. thanks for the advice. helped me alot.

cheers,

Graham

You are welcome

Graham

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