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Hi there
I used to have a 1080p projector connected via hdmi to pc and av receiver (yamaha htr-2067) to get very good 5.1 sound and i was quite pleased with this.
However i decided to upgrade to a 4k projector (px727) and whilst the image is great i cannot use hdmi to connect this to the receiver because it will not passthrough 4k. I am stuck with a 1080p image if i want 5.1 sound.
My other options the way i see it is to go via the source. The only source at the moment where it is 4k material is my pc so i guess i connect my pc to the receiver somehow.
First i tried another hdmi from the pc to the receiver (1 hdmi slot on pc but i used a hdmi>DP adapter so that i could connect both the projector to the pc and the pc to the receiver) (Richersouunds guy also said try this)
result: didnt work projector didnt seem compatible (no signal) with the hdmi>dp adaptor.
Then I bought an optical cable (there is an optical input on the receiver) and connected one end to the receiver and the other end to the pc speakers slot (green) using the adaptor i got included with it. The pc detected that something was connected and it went through the realtek configuration menu etc and when i test it i get green bars playing but no sound at all. Not sure how to get the sound coming out on the receiver. Tried cycling through the 5 audio channels on the receiver but didnt get any sound out.
Yamaha HTR-2067 Owner's Manual (Page 18 of 68)
Im not sure what else i can do to connect pc to the receiver. There is analogue input connections on the receiver so i could see if i could buy some analogue cables for those?
If the problem is the optical connection then i did find a spdif out header on the motherboard (asus z97-k) so i could see if i could buy a backplate for that and that should give me a digital connection that i should be able to connect to the receiver.
More expensive option is to buy a sound card with optical out and connect to receiver that way.
Just find it odd that the receiver isnt playing through the optical cable i connected up? (ive only ever used hdmi with this receiver) Possibly it wont work me connecting it to the speakers or headphone outputs on the pc? Only to another dedicated digital port?
Any help is appreciated
I used to have a 1080p projector connected via hdmi to pc and av receiver (yamaha htr-2067) to get very good 5.1 sound and i was quite pleased with this.
However i decided to upgrade to a 4k projector (px727) and whilst the image is great i cannot use hdmi to connect this to the receiver because it will not passthrough 4k. I am stuck with a 1080p image if i want 5.1 sound.
My other options the way i see it is to go via the source. The only source at the moment where it is 4k material is my pc so i guess i connect my pc to the receiver somehow.
First i tried another hdmi from the pc to the receiver (1 hdmi slot on pc but i used a hdmi>DP adapter so that i could connect both the projector to the pc and the pc to the receiver) (Richersouunds guy also said try this)
result: didnt work projector didnt seem compatible (no signal) with the hdmi>dp adaptor.
Then I bought an optical cable (there is an optical input on the receiver) and connected one end to the receiver and the other end to the pc speakers slot (green) using the adaptor i got included with it. The pc detected that something was connected and it went through the realtek configuration menu etc and when i test it i get green bars playing but no sound at all. Not sure how to get the sound coming out on the receiver. Tried cycling through the 5 audio channels on the receiver but didnt get any sound out.
Yamaha HTR-2067 Owner's Manual (Page 18 of 68)
Im not sure what else i can do to connect pc to the receiver. There is analogue input connections on the receiver so i could see if i could buy some analogue cables for those?
If the problem is the optical connection then i did find a spdif out header on the motherboard (asus z97-k) so i could see if i could buy a backplate for that and that should give me a digital connection that i should be able to connect to the receiver.
More expensive option is to buy a sound card with optical out and connect to receiver that way.
Just find it odd that the receiver isnt playing through the optical cable i connected up? (ive only ever used hdmi with this receiver) Possibly it wont work me connecting it to the speakers or headphone outputs on the pc? Only to another dedicated digital port?
Any help is appreciated