HDMI Audio through Fiber Cable (No Sound)?

Question

I have a Pioneer plasma 50810HD. It is currently connected with a playstation 3 and xbox 360 via HDMI. The TV outputs sound through its speakers fine, the problem lies when I try to output sound through a fiber cable. This fiber cable is connected from the TV ouput to my receiver which does not support hdmi, thats when the PS3 nor The 360 get through to the receiver. If i take the fiber cable to the PS3 it works fine but not when i try from the TV.

The TV will out sound only from the cable broadcastings or HD air, but not from the connected HDMI components.

Is it possible that the TV cannot convert the HDMI sound to the fiber output?

Answer 1

For copy protection reasons most HDTVs will not pass through HDMI audio through their s/pdif output.

If you want multi-channel audio, you need to connect directly s/pdif from the PS3 to the av receiver.

Answer 2

most tvs will not convert hdmi or whatver audio that you put into the tv to optical simple because hdmi sound is analog it does not have digital sound so it will not send it to the output of the optical cable.  only way would be if the input to the tv for audio was optical IN and then you would send optical OUT to the reciever. so only a hd box or sat or dvd player will work an dit will go from box to reciever but will not loop from tv to reciver like audio left and audio right does because optical has digital 5.1 sound meaning each channel is digital so remember hdmi only sends stereo sound to tv so how can that be converted to 5.1 digital thru the tv when only 2 ch audio is being sent to the tv via HDMI

Answer 3

Most sets have digital coax or digital fiber output on the rear of the HDTV in your case.The amp in the set will be no where near that of a 500w to 1000w multi-channel dolby digital EX or DTS EX. Does the set say on front or in the manual that it output to Dolby Digital Surround? If not then it's matrix surround. The best thing you can do is this:

Use your HDTV video ports as video input for display and use your or get a Pioneer Multi-Channel Sound Receiver the Elte Series or next one down with enough inputs you need for digital audio. The new ones can handle HDMI, Component Video now. I myself use the HDTV for video and I use the HDMI from digital DVR to the HDTV for both digital audio/digital video. That's works. Everything else goes into the Pioneer Receiver for digital fiber and digital coax.

The newer Pioneer Receivers will have Dolby Digital True HD, DTS HD 7.1 these receivers will support HDMI  v1.3 which will blow away current digital fiber cable shich can't produce true HD sound levels.

So I recomend you go with a receiver like VSX Series or Elite Series from Pioneer. 5.1 or 7.1, with active sub woofer. You don't want passive one. The reason why is that active one has it's own power amp the passive does not and uses the receiver power. Most of these integrated systems have passive sound. It's okay but you might one to go the component way shich to me is better. You can pick and choose your own speakers.