DVI to HDMI

randombar

Hi Lads,

Looking at this cable

http://store.apple.com/us/product/TR842LL/A

For my oldish mac mini has dvi out and I'm just wondering what happens with the sound? Does DVI output sound?? Or do I have to put that into the audio in for the tv or how does it work??

Sad Professor

Yeah, sound must be carried separately. What cable depends on the connections on your tv, but you'll probably need a 3.5 mini jack to 2 RCA phono cable.

randombar

Nice one for that.

Does the sound come across so on every channel when you've it plugged into the RCA inputs?

Any other solutions out there??


One of the lads sent me on this??

http://www.amazon.com/Audio-SPDIF-Toslink-Converter-Adapter/dp/B0015YYOQQ/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Sad Professor

GaryCocs wrote: »

Does the sound come across so on every channel when you've it plugged into the RCA inputs?

How do you mean?

randombar

As in if you have 4 HDMI inputs and one RCA input when you have sound coming through the RCA does the sound come through over all hdmi inputs, but I'm guessing now that's really a tv question.

maggy_thatcher

GaryCocs wrote: »

As in if you have 4 HDMI inputs and one audio input when you have sound coming through the RCA does the sound come through over all hdmi inputs, but I'm guessing now that's really a tv question.

Most TVs only bring the audio input on one of the HDMI channels (usually HDMI1).

In fact, if you look at the HDMI1 connector, you might see it say something like "HDMI1/DVI" to emphasise that fact.

Any of the TVs I've seen with this (LG, Samsung) use 3.5" line-in sockets for it.

Sad Professor

Yeah, see if there's a 3.5 phono input on the TV. That's how I've usually carried sound from Xbox, WDTV and other devices to my TV. The RCA inputs are usually used for component/composite connections.

randombar

Savage, only getting the tv today so will have a good root around after, have the wireless keyboard already and plex is installed so my entertainment centre is almost complete!!

ZENER

There was a thread on Home Entertainment recently like this. The TV in question had 4 HDMI inputs - Sony I think ? - in the manual it stated that only HDMI-4 would use audio fed to the Line in RCA connectors.

Ken

cbr954

I use this setup from Amazon to connect my 2009 mac mini to my tv. It works fine.

opinion guy

cbr954 wrote: »

I use this setup from Amazon to connect my 2009 mac mini to my tv. It works fine.

Jaysus its a bit pricey!