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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.
Greetings,
By "System Info" I was referring to the System Information screen that should be listed when you click "Menu" on your TV. Not all TV's have it, but it should list things like:
Firmware
Model Number
Revision
Source
Modulation (NTSC or PAL)
Thank you for the screenshots, does your LG TV have a "System Info" screen? If not, can you tell me what the Make/Model is?
Greetings Peggy,
Sorry to hear you've been having an issue connecting the Surface to your LG TV. From what you've noted, you are getting video correct?
If so, would it be possible for you to take a picture of the LG Icon showing up, along with the System Info screen of your TV?
I'm looking into the HDMI issue and trying to get as much info as possible.
This is the same problem I had.
This is the screenshot when attached to the display (as you can see, the second display shows up, but the device isn't listed in playback).
This is the screenshot when I unplug the display - only now does it appear as a playback device, but it's (obviously) listed as unplugged and therefore can't be 'set as default' as so many people are prone to recommend.
What do you mean by "system info of your TV"?
