no sound from digital cable box..help

[Erman_94]

have a DVI-HDMI connection from cable box to receiver. cant get sound when watching cable tv (works fine with my blu-ray player/xbox 360)

do i need to connect audio components? if so, where on the back would they go? there are no audio components for hdmi

[acritzer]

If I understand correctly, you're running DVI out from the cable box...HDMI in on the receiver? DVI only does video, no sound. You'll either need to run HDMI to HDMI (if the cable box offers that), or run an alternative audio cable (optical, coax).

[BIslander]

Originally Posted by Erman_94

have a DVI-HDMI connection from cable box to receiver. cant get sound when watching cable tv (works fine with my blu-ray player/xbox 360)

do i need to connect audio components? if so, where on the back would they go? there are no audio components for hdmi

The DVI output doesn't have audio, so there's no audio arriving from your cable box. You would need to run a separate audio connection from the set top box to the receiver. If the cable box has an optical or coax audio output, that would be the one to use as it will give you DD 5.1. If not, you would need to use analog stereo (the red/white cable pair).

[Erman_94]

Originally Posted by BIslander

The DVI output doesn't have audio, so there's no audio arriving from your cable box. You would need to run a separate audio connection from the set top box to the receiver. If the cable box has an optical or coax audio output, that would be the one to use as it will give you DD 5.1. If not, you would need to use analog stereo (the red/white cable pair).

thanks for the responses guys...i have the analog stereo cables coming from cable box but im not sure where to connect it on the receiver every connection ive tried produces no sound

i would like to connect the analog stereo cables for the time being until i get an optical cable

[Sammy]

Could you post more information as to the cable box manufacturer and model number as well as that of the receiver and TV? Pictures of the connections on the back of these devices would really help.

[wdhays]

You have to go into the receiver setup menu & tell the receiver which analog inputs to use for sound. By default it is trying to get it from the HDMI input.

[D]

Use one of the analog cables as a digital coax, assign the input on the receiver to use digital coax for audio. It will work until you can get a coax or optical cable. If you have a Scientific Atlantic cable box go into more settings in menu and select digital for audio, if motorola, no setup needed. Best of luck.