Home threater- No sound with HDMI-DVI cable?

Question

I'm trying to put together my home theater system. I have HDMI from my cable box to my receiver. Then an HDMI plug end to a DVI end for my TV. The problem is when I hook up the HDMI-DVI plug, I have no sound, but a great picture. But as soon as I unplug the HDMI-DVI plug, I have sound, but no video.

Am I missing something here? The video with the HDMI-DVI plug is much better than my regular video hookups from my cable box, so I definately want to be able to do that. I'm just really confused because I was told that DVI had nothing to do with audio.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

HDMI DVI cables DO NOT supply audio, it will only provide Digital Video.  You need another source for audio.  Toslink cables can be bought for around $2.

Answer 2

You will need to configure the audio out for the source device to what you may have. There could be other issues as well. BUT YOU INCLUDED NO MODEL NUMBERS. So it is hard to tell you what you should do.

EDIT: that is one model number and at least two are needed. You will need to provide the model number for the TV as well.

Answer 3

The problem is that HDMI had the ability to pass video and audio through the same cable. Unfortunately the HDMI to DVI cable loses that audio capability, what you need to do is run a seperate cable for the audio, optical would be the best option. So run the optical cable out from cable box and into your receiver. This should fix things.

Answer 4

I assume ALL your audio is from your HT system.

I suspect something wrong with your HT setup.  Perhaps when you connect the HDMI cable it is setup to send audio via HDMI. Check your HT setup and make sure audio is always enabled, regardless of the connection.

Answer 5

you must plug the hdmi to wrong spot for the stereo

or you might have to use different audio cable for it

should be red head or  white.