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Question

Connecting Sony Vaio notebook to tv with hdmi

Oct 7, 2011 11:36PM PDT

I have connected my notebook to Samsung tv with an hdmi cable .. I am able to get sound via tv speaker but want to get sound via surround sound... not sure what to do.. please could any one help.. I have done some research but not sure how/what to use..
Thanks in advance

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You are unlikely to get surround sound
Oct 7, 2011 11:51PM PDT

if the notebook is not capable of pushing 5.1 out.

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Thanks
Oct 8, 2011 5:50PM PDT

Thanks for your reply mrmacfixit.... however not sure about the notebook pushing 5.1 out.. I presume that is the kind of sound.. how would I know? Apologies but I am a novice at all this tech-talk. So I would have to get a cable that has both ends with an audio jack on it... one to go in the notebook and the other in the front of the surround amp? Thanks again

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5.1 is surround sound, so we'll just use the word
Oct 8, 2011 11:28PM PDT

surround sound to cover all the bases.

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re :Connecting Sony Vaio notebook to tv with hdmi
Oct 10, 2011 4:54PM PDT

Thanks yet again mrmacfixit.. I have just gone and checked the surround sound to see what sockets there are.. so in the front there are 2 sockets - mic in on both and a smaller socket - aux 1 in/asc in and at the back there is on one hdmi out and a digital sound which is already plugged into the cable tv.. so any other help would be appreciated.. thanks in advance..

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Looks like you will have to use the front input
Oct 10, 2011 9:48PM PDT

but I have to say that for a Surround Sound system, it is severely lacking in input ports.

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Does your surround system . . .
Oct 8, 2011 3:59AM PDT

have an HDMI input/output? If so, run the laptop to that input. Then, again, we assume you have a surround sound receiver. If not then you get what the TV will give.

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Re: Connecting Sony Vaio notebook to tv with hdmi
Oct 10, 2011 4:56PM PDT

Thanks Coryphaeus.. I have been using info from mrmacfixit.. and have posted another reply if you could help would be appreciative..