TV blanks out..."pcm" light flashes on receiver

I looked at the manual and they provided the following settings.

To listen to audio received by the HDMI IN jacks through your TV's speakers:

• Set the "TV Control" setting to "On" (? 37) for an p-compatible TV.
• Set the "Audio TV OUT" setting to "On" (? 36) when the TV is not compatible with p or the "TV Control" setting to "Off".
• Set your Blu-ray Disc/DVD player's HDMI audio output setting to PCM.
• To listen to TV audio through the AV receiver, see "Connecting External Components" (? 17).

hi i have a pioneer plasma tv pdpro4e all it doses is flash green red green red and on the mediar reciver as well tv dont come on help please

I suppose pcm light means that the pcm mode is turned on (pcm meaning pulse code modulation), in other words, the unit was switched to digital signal, so if the digital rca or optical TV input on your reciever is not connected to anything, then you're not getting any signal into the reciever in digital mode. You probably just need to switch the unit back to analog mode (see if there is a button that says something like digital/analog, pcm/analog, optical/coax or similar, try pressing it, see if there is any change).

I might just be totally wrong on this, however, probably the best way to learn what happened is to read the user manual if you do have it (see what the pcm light signals for and check any chapters inside the manual related to that topic).

good luck

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sounds like the graphics chip is on its way out might just be a cold solder joint normaly turns to 3 red lights when ppl mention this to me

maybe it is your video reciever try new av recievers

OK, I just figured this out. Go to the audio options in your DVD player and switch from pcm to bitstream. Now my movies sound right again.

yes go in main menu of tv audio output and use dobly digital out ok not pcm anlog ok

Have you tried unplug the system then turning it back on

if not you may need it repaired
https://service.xbox.com/servicehome.aspx

The optical connection on the TV is most likely an input, not an output. You need to connect the Xbox to the receiver, then the TV. If the receiver does not have a HDMI input, use another audio or digital out from the Xbox to the receiver.

use the towell trick! Wrap the 360 in 2 towells turn on and leave running for 15 minutes. It gets very hot but after the 15 minutes turn off the console and power it back on again and it should work. Dont know if this is a permanent fix but my 360 hasnt broken again so far. Dont ask me how but it works, google it if you like. It also cures the 3 red lights problem.