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I connected my Surface via HDMI to watch some movies on the home theater system, but I'm only hearing sound through the Surface speakers. How do I get audio to go through HDMI so that I can use my nice home theater sound system?
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Hi all.
I found probably a solution. When I connected the HDMI I only heard the sound in the surface and at the sound devices box the HDMI option won't appear, so I get in into Device Manager and Right click on my Surface and Scan for HW changes, then the sound starts to listen on the Home Theater. I expect this probably works in most of cases like me.
Regards.
Greetings all,
Please contact the manufacturer of you television for furthers support and possible firmware updates. This feature works with other TVs.
Use the Sound applet in control panel to check what audio devices are installed. If you have a choice make sure the right one is selected.
With 11 pages on this thread and it is already answered few are going to see your question and have you read it through and looked at the possible solutions? If you have then it might be better to start your own question.
Detail what you have tried and what your hardware is, with laptops because everything is on the motherboard getting audio onto the HDMI is normally inbuilt but with desktops it could be different. Even with a desktop if you are using an integrated HDMI/sound card then that is the same as a laptop but if you have a discrete graphics/sound interface then that requires different settings.
Recently picked up a generic hdmi for my Surface, and found this thread when I was trying to troubleshoot it. Since then I have found out that I only have problems with audio on Vizio televisions. My other flat screen, an Insignia, works fine. Any word on when Microsoft will work out the compatibility issues?
I believe that the original surface had a lot of issues (being first gen and all) and many were sent back to MS to be refurbished. I also bought 2 of those; of course the packaging was new, have you never bought a first party refurb before? The very same company moves tons of refurb units for many companies. Many other companies have been accused of this practice, including Apple with their ipads. But until you have some evidence, its just a conspiracy theory. Sorry bud.
Anyway, I did say a lot of people's problems, including one of mine. Most people don't think about shaving away a part of the wire. In fact, when I first started researching the issue, I also had trouble with intermittent video and thought my wire was going out. Many people on many forums stated that shaving the extra part off due to the angle solved their problems. I'm just saying, that part was helpful for many people. BTW, I did a refresh on my surface 2 and still no luck. Maybe I'll head to the MS store at some point (not expecting much) and update you guys. It seems the refresh has worked from some; oh well.
