No sound using HDMI cabling

[Charles W Davis]

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?

 

[Curious]

What graphics card are you using that supports HDMI with sound output?

 

[Richard G. Harper [MVP]]

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.

 

[Curious]

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.

 

[Charles W Davis]

Richard, that worked. Our computer club member thanks you.

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] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/

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?