if you are having a hard time getting optical out to work you probably need to select that input on your reciever. often the optical connection defaults to work with only a specific input, but can be reassigned for use with any input you desire. this is something that you will of course need sighted assistance with because it will be buried in the setup menus fo ryour htr. also it is possible that the manual meant dvi not hdmi dvic onnectors such as is used by the apple mcbook pro and older video equipment is a video only connection and does not carry audio. hdmi carries audio and is the only way to get the high resolution audio formats from a blueray player into yur reciever. they are also somethignt hat the recieve rhs to handle, although how it handles the audio is dependant on menu settings many recievers allow you to either pass audio or take it from the hdmi and use it but usually not both at the same time. Ca you tell me the model o fyour home theater reciever? I'll do some research on that model if I can find it. using rca connections from the tv to feed your reciever as another problem you loose any dolby digital or dts multichannel audio that may be delivered by whateve ryou happen to be watching or listening to and you also introduce noise from the tv itself into your signal path. i fyou must use the audio output from the tv set the tv's audio out at leaast half way or better and then control the level with your amplifier, or set the tv's volume so it matches the level of other componants on the reciever, such as it's fm tuner you don't want either volume control aproaching full volume as this introduces more noise or distortion depending on your equipment. if you are using your tv only as a soruce seletor and to pass audio to the recieer from the source, many tv sets offer a fixed audio output mode in their sound setup menus. this works well for making sure that the reciever is getting the proper signal level hope some of this helps a little
Michael On Dec 29, 2010, at 9:33 AM, Chris G wrote: > Hi, > > I connected a set of RCA cables from my TV to my home theater system as > I couldn't get the optical out working. Only disadvantage to this is > the TV must be on. > > > > On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:41:08 -0800 > Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Regarding having the hdmi and optical cables connected at the same time, the >> manual for our surround receiver specifically says that the hdmi cable only >> carries video not audio, so if you want audio through the surround receiver, >> you have to connect the digital optical cable. Cery annoying, especially as >> this was not a cheap home theater in a box set up, and you'd think they'd >> have the more or less standard set up. >> >> Mary >> >> Mary Otten >> motte...@gmail.com >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > Chris G <cgrabowsk...@gmail.com> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
