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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.
The fact the device reports as a Generic Non-PNP monitor is not necessarily a good omen for compatibility. If you decide to try to update the driver via Control Panel, that driver will have to already be residing on the Surface - for example, in the download folder. That way you can browse for it.
As to what driver to try, I wouldn't even hazard a guess. Check what the manufacturer website says, and use your own best judgment.
Since I am vacationing in San Diego, I decided to go to the Microsoft Store and set up an appointment.
The guy said that my whole problem was not using the Microsoft adapter. He said the pins weren't standard for HDMI. I think that is completely false, but I would like to ask.
Has anyone used a standard MicroHDMI to HDMI cable and gotten sound working?
I do suspect that with the orientation of the connector that it is possible my cable is not connected well. I do know that I can wiggle the connector and lose video, so I don't know maybe a standard cable can't be seated correctly.
Does anyone remember where the cable came from? My cable (that isn't working) came from Monoprice and I got it to be able to hook my GTX 580 to a TV. I hate to say something like this, because I can't stand Apple, but if you have to buy stupid proprietary adapters that cost a fortune, why would someone switch back to a PC from an iPad?
I didn't want to buy the adapter because I am just borrowing this Surface while I wait for the Surface Pro. Obviously that will have a different adapter since I think that has a display port output.
The fact the device reports as a Generic Non-PNP monitor is not necessarily a good omen for compatibility. If you decide to try to update the driver via Control Panel, that driver will have to already be residing on the Surface - for example, in the download folder. That way you can browse for it.
As to what driver to try, I wouldn't even hazard a guess. Check what the manufacturer website says, and use your own best judgment.
