no 5.1 surround sound coming out of HDMI from PS3

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no 5.1 surround sound coming out of HDMI from PS3

01-19-2008, 09:04 PM

gearyt

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Originally Posted by natieamwong

Do you mind to explain little more please?

What I have seen is the Optical connector on TV's is to provide an Output to an aux amplifier to tap off the 5.1 sound from the internal off-air receiver, not used as an input to its internal amps and speakers. The port is usually turned on/off thru menu functions such as Dolby Digital "on"

I think you by-passed the audio by hooking up the HDMI from the PS3 to the TV, and then optical back to the AMP. You need to tap the audio at the source , not the destination

hope this helps

Last edited by gearyt; 01-19-2008 at 09:07 PM.

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