Dell Inspiron 1525 - HDMI to Sony Bravia sound problem

jack24

Hi,

Apologies for the rambling title of the thread! I have a Dell Inspiron and have found that when I connect it to my LCD (Sony Bravia V3000) using the HDMI cable it doesn't, except when I am playing a DVD on it, pick up the audio. Can someone point me in the right direction? When it's connected and I have say something from youtube on the sound will come through the laptops speakers, I've checked the sounds in control panel and can't see what the problem is. When I play a DVD it the TV picks up the audio properly, am I doing something wrong??? It is the TV? I have another Philips LCD which has this 'easyplay' facility and when I connect using the HDMI to it it does pick the audio up automatically. Can someone help??

Thanks,

Jack

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Ricghtclick volume>Playback devices>Digital Output [Set to PRIMARY]

jack24

Hi,

Thanks for that, I had tried that before and it didn't work (wouldnt let me select the option to set as primary device - it was greyed out). I had a youtube video on the go before I plugged the HDMI cable in and no joy. However I opened a new internet explorer window and hey presto it picked up the audio without having to mess with the settings. I googled it and came across someone with a similar problem and it was recommeded that they try your solution and open a new browser window (if that's what they were trying to playback). It makes sense in that previously when I had tried a DVD it had worked, probably because I had inserted the dvd and started the player program after the HDMI cable was plugged in. Thanks for the help, it was driving me mental!!!!!

Jack

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simply refreshing the youtube page usually works for me. but resetting the browser/offending program is always a good place to start