And what that means is with rare exceptions no HD content shall pass.
On top of that, not all 5.1 audio gets reduced to stereo (bug or limitation.) I will not debate why this is but head to how I fix these. I either recable the setup to run audio direct from the source to the audio system or set the source to send stereo.
I have been always connecting my Samsung TV (LE32C450) to a couple of Behringer monitors via Toslink. As a source, I had only used the TV itself or the internal Media Player, which plays audio or video from an external drive connected to the TV's USB connection.
A few days ago I connected a sat receiver to my TV through HDMI and I was amazed in hearing no audio from the Behringer monitors.
I browse the manual to discover that this configuration was perfectly right: the only limitation was the 5.1 audio would have been reduced to 2-way audio.
"When the source is a digital component such as a DVD / Blu-ray player / cable box / STB (Set-Top-Box) satellite receiver and is connected to the TV via HDMI, only 2 CH audio will be heard from the home theatre receiver."
Instead, I hear no audio at all.
Any suggestions?
Daniele

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