DVI to HDMI no audio

[PanamaMarco]

Hey guys,

I am using the high end cable from mono DVI out of my blu-ray laptop
into the HDMI of my new TV.

I am trying to watch a show I downloaded and I see the Video on the TV but
no audio and I have gone into settings on the TV and nothing works.

Can anyone help me????

Newbie needs to experts ASAP.

Thanks.

Marco.

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by PanamaMarco

Hey guys,

I am using the high end cable from mono DVI out of my blu-ray laptop
into the HDMI of my new TV.

I am trying to watch a show I downloaded and I see the Video on the TV but
no audio and I have gone into settings on the TV and nothing works.

Can anyone help me????



Newbie needs to experts ASAP.

Thanks.

Marco.

DVI carries video only. HDMI carries both video and audio. You need to connect additional audio cables to carry the audio signal.

[PanamaMarco]

I don't have any audio outputs on my Laptop.

Do you mean out of the TV into a receiver??

Thanks.

[Blu-Dog]

Originally Posted by PanamaMarco

I don't have any audio outputs on my Laptop.

Do you mean out of the TV into a receiver??

Thanks.

You probably have the basic two-channel audio that you'd hook up headphones to.

You also probably have a USB port, but I don't know what kind of sound that will output, or if it's even selectable.

[CAB]

Originally Posted by PanamaMarco

I don't have any audio outputs on my Laptop.

Do you mean out of the TV into a receiver??

Thanks.

Headphone jack is stereo out. You can get a headphone to RCA splitter cable at most A/V stores.

[Ranger-R]

or you can go with something like this http://us.creative.com/products/prod...&product=16642

[PanamaMarco]

Why the hell did I buy this cable??? I guess I have a nice Monitor output..haha.

Anyways thanks for the help.

Ciao.

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by CAB

Headphone jack is stereo out. You can get a headphone to RCA splitter cable at most A/V stores.

Go to Radio Shack and get a cable that connects from the headphone out of the laptop to the RCA inputs of your TV.

[Papi4baby]

Hey Marco, como estas.

What kind of laptop do you have, most likely you might have Optical out of the laptop and might be able to use TosLink for audio. Please post the laptop specs, or a manufacturers page would be better.

[PanamaMarco]

I have the new Acer Aspire model number 7720-6395.

Thanks for helping.

Buenos.

[robgmun]

One of the weirdest things about the PS3, no headphone jack. It was a mission to get the right connectors so i can feed the audio through my PC

[Footloose301]

Originally Posted by Papi4baby

Hey Marco, como estas.

What kind of laptop do you have, most likely you might have Optical out of the laptop and might be able to use TosLink for audio. Please post the laptop specs, or a manufacturers page would be better.

I thought only our Apples had that feature. hmm

Yeah, I think he'll be stuck with 2 channel.

[JadedRaverLA]

Originally Posted by Papi4baby

Hey Marco, como estas.

What kind of laptop do you have, most likely you might have Optical out of the laptop and might be able to use TosLink for audio. Please post the laptop specs, or a manufacturers page would be better.

We have a winner.

His model, Acer Aspire 7720 series, uses a single auto-detect jack for headphone and SPDIF output.

To the OP, look at http://www.monoprice.com/products/su...02&cp_id=10229 for some cheap optical cables. You need to scroll down to the toslink-to-miniplug cables for the ones that will work. Alternatively, your local Radio Shack should have some available though at a higher price.

Once you have that cable, you can connect your laptop to a Toslink optical in jack on your receiver, for digital sound (including Dolby Digital and DTS). If you don't have a receiver and are running sound through your TV, you can still use this cable if your TV has an optical in jack that can be assigned with the HDMI port (most do NOT however). If you have analog audio inputs that can be assigned to go with the HDMI port, then you can use a simple 1/8" headphone jack-to-stereo RCA cable -- such as this, http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2 .

Hope that helps.

[Papi4baby]

Yup beat me to the punch, i had the same laptop, it does have SPDF out for sound, so pretty much you can use an optical cable for sound. Looks at what looks like headphone jacks, one of them is it, probably on one of the end. The one that does not have a headphone or microphone next to them.

[Papi4baby]

Originally Posted by Footloose301

I thought only our Apples had that feature. hmm

Yeah, I think he'll be stuck with 2 channel.

Actually thats new for Apples Windows based computer have been having this feature for the most part, laptops and desktops.

[PanamaMarco]

Hey Guys,

Thank you very much for the help on this. I move around a-lot and need my laptop for presentations and also once in awhile to show someone HD.

So as you know I have the MONO cable DVI to HDMI. What would the best and safest way to go when going into people offices or homes to show??

Everyone I know has a TV and or a receiver, so I should buy the Mini jack on one end and the Optical on the other?? Or should I be safe and go with a really really good Mini to RCA straight into the tv??

I don't have Radio Shack here in Panama but I can order from MONO.

Thanks again for helping me.

P.S. Why couldn't they have just put a HDMI on the DAMN laptop.

[JadedRaverLA]

Originally Posted by PanamaMarco

So as you know I have the MONO cable DVI to HDMI. What would the best and safest way to go when going into people offices or homes to show??

Everyone I know has a TV and or a receiver, so I should buy the Mini jack on one end and the Optical on the other?? Or should I be safe and go with a really really good Mini to RCA straight into the tv??
P.S. Why couldn't they have just put a HDMI on the DAMN laptop.

To be safe, you should get a mini-to-analog-RCA as many more people have that type of input capability, especially on TVs. Personally, those cables are so cheap, I would buy one of each that way I could use the digital connection to a receiver when possible, in order to get Dolby Digital/DTS sound.

As to why Acer used DVI instead of HDMI -- they've done a lot of weird things like that. There first notebook with a Blu-ray drive had a DVI port that wasn't even HDCP compliant, so you couldn't even use it to output the Blu-ray video! At any rate, it saves them a bit of money in development costs, and keeps them from having to have a second output port (VGA), as the DVI output is generally DVI-I port that can be used as either digital or analog depending if you stick the VGA adapter on or not. HDMI doesn't allow for that flexibility, so notebooks with HDMI generally have a separate VGA port.

[PanamaMarco]

I will follow your advice and buy both types of cables.

Thank you for the advice.

Have a great weekend.

[superdynamite]

Originally Posted by PanamaMarco

Why the hell did I buy this cable??? I guess I have a nice Monitor output..haha.

Anyways thanks for the help.

Ciao.

That cable is really just for converting the older models. DVI is audioless. (c:

[PanamaMarco]

I bought mine in December 2007, wow it's been 3 months and I now own a

OLD MACHINE....

Hmmm............useless DVI.