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Thread ID: 114426	2010-12-02 19:19:00	How to get sound via HDMI from a laptop?	stuffed (1469)	Press F1

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1158205	2010-12-02 19:19:00	With a Satellite A500/02J Laptop W7 am trying to hook it to a TV via HDMI – can get the picture fine but what do have to do to get sound – are there some settings somewhere?! Thanks	stuffed (1469)
1158206	2010-12-02 19:23:00	The sound output will have to come through the same device as the video. Your PC\Laptop will have an on-board sound card probably select as default device, however as the HDMI comes from the graphic card, you will have to change the sound output device to the sound option from the graphics card. Does that make sense? Go to Control panel>sounds and check the options for default device	SolMiester (139)
1158207	2010-12-02 19:39:00	Gulp! Hey thanks for that - would I need to change the settings each time that used the HDMI output?	stuffed (1469)
1158208	2010-12-02 19:51:00	Gulp! Hey thanks for that - would I need to change the settings each time that used the HDMI output? Yes, unless you have the TV on all the time! Sound and Video are separate devices on a PC, with HDMI, they got round this by adding either a cross-over interface between them or just adding a sound output to the video card.... However, remember the PC will always use the last select device!	SolMiester (139)
1158209	2010-12-02 21:45:00	if you set the default sound device to hdmi then it should revert back to the normal laptop speakers when no hdmi cable is plugged in (at least that is how my one works...).	lagbort (5041)
1158210	2010-12-02 21:48:00	if you set the default sound device to hdmi then it should revert back to the normal laptop speakers when no hdmi cable is plugged in (at least that is how my one works...). Ah, that would make sense...!	SolMiester (139)
1158211	2010-12-02 21:52:00	True because it may say HDMI isnt plugged in (like it says here), and you cant set HDMI as default	Speedy Gonzales (78)
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