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    My TV overides the Amp via the Laptop?

    An odd one this (although hopefully not to someone here!) and Google hasn't bee much help.

    I have recently bought a Sony Vaio Laptop, equipped with a BR Drive and a Nvidia GeForce 410m video card. As an owner of a region A BR palyer, I wanted to connect the Vaio to m amp and run some region B's on it; Mrs.S would not tolerate another box under the TV!!

    I have a Toshiba Regza TV and a Yamaha RX-V565 amp. connected to each other via HDMI.

    I can connect the Vaio to the amp (via HDMI) and get 5.1. No probs setting it up and the test tone indicates all is good, with the amp recognized as an option.

    The problem arises when I turn on the TV, the amp disappears as an audio device and only the TV is shown, giving me 2.0 sound. If I turn the TV off, 5.1 is back and the Vaio "sees" the amp again. Somehow the TV is overriding the amp as an option/audio device...

    I know surround sound isn't the be all, but I would like to use my kit properly...

    Any help/guides/ideas gratefully received!
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    Does your amp have an option to only output the sound via it's own speakers, rather than passing it through to the TV too? If so try turning it to not transmit sound to the TV. Otherwise perhaps fiddle with the HDMI control settings on the TV/look in the sound options...

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      Originally posted by SteveStuart View Post
      An odd one this (although hopefully not to someone here!) and Google hasn't bee much help.

      I have recently bought a Sony Vaio Laptop, equipped with a BR Drive and a Nvidia GeForce 410m video card. As an owner of a region A BR palyer, I wanted to connect the Vaio to m amp and run some region B's on it; Mrs.S would not tolerate another box under the TV!!

      I have a Toshiba Regza TV and a Yamaha RX-V565 amp. connected to each other via HDMI.

      I can connect the Vaio to the amp (via HDMI) and get 5.1. No probs setting it up and the test tone indicates all is good, with the amp recognized as an option.

      The problem arises when I turn on the TV, the amp disappears as an audio device and only the TV is shown, giving me 2.0 sound. If I turn the TV off, 5.1 is back and the Vaio "sees" the amp again. Somehow the TV is overriding the amp as an option/audio device...

      I know surround sound isn't the be all, but I would like to use my kit properly...

      Any help/guides/ideas gratefully received!
      Turn off HDMI audio return on the amp's laptop source??

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        #4
        Thanks for the replies gents.

        The TV does have some audio options for PC audio via HDMI 1, I changed the socket over to HDMI 2 but to no avail. I also tred changing the sound option on the Yamaha to Amp only, but no change.

        The Amp doesn't appear to be new enough to have the ARC option, so it looks like I'm stuck with 2.0 for the time being...

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