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Receiver won't put out sound to LCD Sharp aquos

I've connected my 803 to my sharp LCD via HDMI, and my comcast hd cable box and my dvd player to the 803 receiver via HDMI; but i can't hear any sound on TV? I have not yet connected my surround speakers... the message keeps stating that the "...input device is not proper..." Please help.

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  • Apt Pupil Dec 13, 2007

    I agree with you that this (pcm vs. dolby) is a problem, but my comcast cable box does not have pcm selection, it only has hdmi, dolby and other...additionally, sharp aquos lcd has pcm setting and it is still a problem. One remedy i discovered, is that I simply connected the hdmi cable directly to the tv, bypassing the receiver and the tv has no problem with hdmi carrying audio for the hd channels in dolby/hdmi. And I have connected my dvd player to receiver and then receiver to tv via hdmi so i get my surround just fine that way...



    my concern was i did not want to have to watch TV (cable) in my surround...and so the original set up where cable box and dvd player went to receiver then one single cable Hdmi went to tv was not allowing me to hear hd channels thru tv speakers, i could always hear non-hd channels via hdmi cable connection just fine thru those same tv speakers.



    I hope this makes sense. Thank you for your assistance.



    apt pupil.

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I have the same problem with my Sharp Lcd and Onkyo 804. I believe one problem is that the TV can not accept dolby digital or dts digital audio signals through HDMI. It will play sound if it receives a PCM signal through HDMI. You can try switching the type of signal on the cable box settings and on the dvd player. I switched to PCM and got sound through the TV and the receiver. The problem is that PCM is usually only a 2 channel signal and Dolby 5.1 will sound better through the surround sound theater system. I have not found an absolute solution to this yet, but I am willing to not get sound through the lousy TV speakers in order to get top notch sound through the Onkyo.

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