HDMI Connection

[Enterprise]

Hi! I am new in the forum, I need your expertise in HDMI connection. There is no audio when I am connecting my HDMI cable from my Blu-ray player going to my Receiver (Harman AVR 147). Do I need to use separate optical/coaxial cable for audio? thanks

[djc11369]

This may be a stupid question but did you go into your receivers source configuration and change the audio in for your component to HDMI? Looks like it starts at the bottom of page 30 of your avr manual.

http://manuals.harman.com/HK/HOM/Own...0147om-new.pdf

[repete66211]

Originally Posted by Enterprise

Hi! I am new in the forum, I need your expertise in HDMI connection. There is no audio when I am connecting my HDMI cable from my Blu-ray player going to my Receiver (Harman AVR 147). Do I need to use separate optical/coaxial cable for audio? thanks

I have been unable to find a full spec sheet on that model, so I can't tell if it accepts audio via HDMI. Considering it's an older model you may be out of luck. Generally speaking, unless the receiver is 7.1 it isn't going to process audio via HDMI, especially the "HD audio" codecs. So if your player is set to output audio via HDMI and the H/K isn't accepting it then you may need to use an optical cable.

Sorry I couldn't do more for you.

[BIslander]

I am pretty certain the 147 does not process audio over HDMI. It just does video switching. You will need a separate optical connection for 5.1 audio.

[CAB]

What player do you have? Your AVR supports 6-channel direct so for lossless you can have your player do the decodes and output direct to analog to your AVR. Just need 6x RCA interconnects.

Edit: Oh! And welcome to Blu-ray and blu-ray.com!

[Enterprise]

Why is it that there are 2 HDMI INPUT PORT in my receiver (AVR 147) if it can't process audio? Is there any possibilities that I can use those 2 HDMI INPUT port?

[gonk]

Some receivers have HDMI ports that provide video switching only. Unfortunately, HDMI didn't think about this very well, so the only way to figure out if an HDMI-equipped receiver supports audio via HDMI is to read through the specs closely or dig through the manual. I'd have much preferred them to do separate "HDMI Video" and "HDMI" licensing / logo programs. There is a paragraph near the middle of page 14 of your receiver's manual that mentions that the switching of HDMI does not give the receiver access to the signal (no on-screen menus from the receiver and no access to the audio signal).