Other Home Theatre

[micha3y]

Hi,

I have a Sony Bravia LCD TV (KDL-46W5100), Sony Home theater in a box (BDV-E500W) and Videotron HD terminal.  I have connected the HTIB to the TV with a  HDMI cable and the Videotron terminal to the TV with another HDMI cable.  

Right now, I cannot get the TV sound on the Home theater speakers as I scroll through the all the different HTIB functions (e.g.,  TV, SAT/CABLE, AUDIO, etc.).  When I play a DVD I do hear the sound on the HTIB speakers.  I can only hear the TV using its own speakers and this is with HTIB function set at DMPORT, which makes no senses since the only thing I have connected to the DMPORT is the IPod stand.

Do I also need audio (red and white) and video (yellow) cable connections?  My understanding was that with HDMI you do not need additional cables.  The thing is even when I tried adding the audio and video cable connections between the home theater and TV, it did not change anything.

Would really appreciate any advice. PLEASE HELP!!!

Thanks.

[micha3y]

Thanks to everyone for your help!

I figured out that I needed to run an audio cable from either the TV or Cable box to the Receiver.  I did that using an analog cable (2-color pair).  I find the sound is not that loud.  When I run my IPod off the HTB it is much louder.  I am wondering if I change for a digital optical audio cable, if it will sound better and louder. Any comments?

[Juice0904]

When going through your cable box, is the volume for that low or high?  I find that sometimes when I watch cable, my box has reset itself, and the volume on it is set very low.  Turning that up helps set the rest of the volume louder.

That said, a digital audio signal is of better quality than an analog one, though I can't comment as to whether or not that would make the base volume louder.

JB