No Surround Sound With HDMI?

Question

I have a Panasonic TH-50PZ700A plasma tv and a Panasonic SC-HT65 home theater system. Ive connected them together with a HDMI cable but no sound is being produced by the Home theater. I know both the tv and HT work but i dont know why no sound is passing, can anyone help me? I am pretty sure the cable is plugged into the right sockets.

Answer 1

unless your HDMI cable is V1.3 it wont carry an audio signal to your home theatre... you need to use an optical or a coaxial  cable.

or just some bog standard RCA cables whilst you upgrade your HDMI cable.

Answer 2

What is your video source? It is likely that you are getting the original sound from a source like a cable box. The TV has to be "told" to transmit this sound via the HDMI to the Home theater system.

There are two options for you:

1) Adjust the settings on the TV so that the sound is being output via the HDMI cables.

2) Connect the video source (cable/satellite box) directly to the home theater reciever via HDMI then run an HDMI from the home theater to the TV.