I assisted a Computer Club member setting up his new Acer computer running
Window Vista Home Premium. The cabling to the Samsung 35in TV/Monitor is
HDMI. All manuals state no other audio cables are necessary. I have been
unable to start sound. If I plug standard speakers into the output jacks on
the computer, all is well....

Any thoughts?

Hello Charles,

The sound card or chip will also need to support HDMI audio passthrough
to the graphics card for it to work like this. Otherwise, you will need
to use a separate audio connection from the audio output jacks on the
computer to the monitor.

Hope this helps some,
Shawn

Charles W Davis;929378 Wrote:
I assisted a Computer Club member setting up his new Acer computer
running
Window Vista Home Premium. The cabling to the Samsung 35in TV/Monitor
is
HDMI. All manuals state no other audio cables are necessary. I have
been
unable to start sound. If I plug standard speakers into the output
jacks on
the computer, all is well....

Any thoughts?


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What graphics card are you using that supports HDMI with sound output?
"Charles W Davis" wrote in message
...
I assisted a Computer Club member setting up his new Acer computer running
Window Vista Home Premium. The cabling to the Samsung 35in TV/Monitor is
HDMI. All manuals state no other audio cables are necessary. I have been
unable to start sound. If I plug standard speakers into the output jacks on
the computer, all is well....

Any thoughts?

Hi Curious,

I do not have one, but the ATI Raden HD 4800 series support HDMI audio.

'ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series - Overview'
(http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonhd4800/index.html)

Shawn

Curious;929402 Wrote:
What graphics card are you using that supports HDMI with sound output?
"Charles W Davis" Anthemwebs@xxxxxx wrote in message
news:98F5B353-81F9-46A3-A9DB-04278DE2D8DA@xxxxxx
I assisted a Computer Club member setting up his new Acer computer
running
Window Vista Home Premium. The cabling to the Samsung 35in TV/Monitor
is
HDMI. All manuals state no other audio cables are necessary. I have
been
unable to start sound. If I plug standard speakers into the output
jacks on
the computer, all is well....

Any thoughts?


--
Brink

*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
'*Windows 7 Forums*'
(http://www.sevenforums.com/) *and* '*::Vista Forums::*'
(http://www.vistax64.com)
*Please post feedback to help others.*

Right-click the speaker icon in the taskbar and select "Playback Devices".
Is the HDMI output available to be selected? If so select it, connect your
HDMI cable, you should be all set. Be sure to put it back onto speakers
when the HDMI is disconnected. If there is no HDMI output to be selected
your system does not support sound-out on the HDMI cable and you won't be
able to send sound to it.

--
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"Charles W Davis" wrote in message
...
I assisted a Computer Club member setting up his new Acer computer running
Window Vista Home Premium. The cabling to the Samsung 35in TV/Monitor is
HDMI. All manuals state no other audio cables are necessary. I have been
unable to start sound. If I plug standard speakers into the output jacks on
the computer, all is well....

Any thoughts?

I should have said WHICH instead of What graphic card do you have that
supports HDMI with sound output.
I am aware of several ATI and several Nvidia cards that do.
"Brink" wrote in message
...

Hi Curious,

I do not have one, but the ATI Raden HD 4800 series support HDMI audio.

'ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series - Overview'
(http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonhd4800/index.html)

Shawn

Curious;929402 Wrote:
What graphics card are you using that supports HDMI with sound output?
"Charles W Davis" Anthemwebs@xxxxxx wrote in message
news:98F5B353-81F9-46A3-A9DB-04278DE2D8DA@xxxxxx
I assisted a Computer Club member setting up his new Acer computer
running
Window Vista Home Premium. The cabling to the Samsung 35in TV/Monitor
is
HDMI. All manuals state no other audio cables are necessary. I have
been
unable to start sound. If I plug standard speakers into the output
jacks on
the computer, all is well....

Any thoughts?


--
Brink

*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
'*Windows 7 Forums*'
(http://www.sevenforums.com/) *and* '*::Vista Forums::*'
(http://www.vistax64.com)
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No problem Curious.

I may get one the next time I upgrade. Whenever that may be.

Curious;930098 Wrote:
I should have said WHICH instead of What graphic card do you have that
supports HDMI with sound output.
I am aware of several ATI and several Nvidia cards that do.
"Brink" wrote in message
...

Hi Curious,

I do not have one, but the ATI Raden HD 4800 series support HDMI
audio.

'ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series - Overview'
('ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series - Overview'
(http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonhd4800/index.html))

Shawn

Curious;929402 Wrote:
What graphics card are you using that supports HDMI with sound
output?
"Charles W Davis" Anthemwebs@xxxxxx wrote in message
news:98F5B353-81F9-46A3-A9DB-04278DE2D8DA@xxxxxx


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hi brink,at the moment im using standard audio connections for my pc
sound output,it also has spidf output,is it worth using that?i will need
to buy new amp and optical lead.so before i do that i was wondering what
every1 nelse uses and wots the dif,,,thanks to all.


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garyboy;930394 Wrote:
hi brink,at the moment im using standard audio connections for my pc
sound output,it also has spidf output,is it worth using that?i will need
to buy new amp and optical lead.so before i do that i was wondering what
every1 nelse uses and wots the dif,,,thanks to all.

Hi Gary,

For the best quality is to have the audio to run through '*HDMI*'
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI). '*Optical*'
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_audio) is second, and '*S/PDIF*'
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPDIF) is third in quality.

Personally I just use the standard audio '*output jacks*'
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS_connector) on the back of the computer
since I have no need for high quality sound. Unless you just want or
need the higher quality sound for movies or games, then it would not be
worth the costs for it over the standard jacks.

Hope this helps,
Shawn


--
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Richard, that worked. Our computer club member thanks you.
"Richard G. Harper [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Right-click the speaker icon in the taskbar and select "Playback Devices".
Is the HDMI output available to be selected? If so select it, connect
your HDMI cable, you should be all set. Be sure to put it back onto
speakers when the HDMI is disconnected. If there is no HDMI output to be
selected your system does not support sound-out on the HDMI cable and you
won't be able to send sound to it.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Desktop]
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/


"Charles W Davis" wrote in message
...
I assisted a Computer Club member setting up his new Acer computer running
Window Vista Home Premium. The cabling to the Samsung 35in TV/Monitor is
HDMI. All manuals state no other audio cables are necessary. I have been
unable to start sound. If I plug standard speakers into the output jacks
on the computer, all is well....

Any thoughts?