samsung c650 and 5.1 home theater - need input

[ka_rajesh05]

Hi,

i own a samsung c650 40'inch LCD tv .. i am planning to buy a 5.1 channel home theater ( probably go with onkyo ht-3300)
currently, LCD tv is the only audio source -
i wanted to understand this -

does this LCD has an optical pass through ? (through coaxial cable or hdmi (?) )
if i have a 5.1 HD audio - does the LCD player decode this by itself or it can "passthrough" to the audio receiver (AR) so that the AR can decode the raw stream accordingly, like when we have dts-hd audio content ?


thanks,

 

[Kittu]

Hi,

i own a samsung c650 40'inch LCD tv .. i am planning to buy a 5.1 channel home theater ( probably go with onkyo ht-3300)
currently, LCD tv is the only audio source -
i wanted to understand this -

does this LCD has an optical pass through ? (through coaxial cable or hdmi (?) )
if i have a 5.1 HD audio - does the LCD player decode this by itself or it can "passthrough" to the audio receiver (AR) so that the AR can decode the raw stream accordingly, like when we have dts-hd audio content ?


thanks,

If you have optical out port on your TV (rear or side) it has optical pass thru. So you can get HD audio from TV to AVR -> speakers....

 

[skumar]

40C650 should have Optical Audio out, at least my40C530 has it. However, if you are playing HD content on your TV, you will only be able to pass thru 2.0 HD Audio or 5.1 DD/DTS thru optical out and you will not be able to pass-thru 5.1/7.1 HD Audio from TV to AVR.

Another way to do it is to connect Source-->AVR-->TV.

 

[sgajjala]

40C650 should have Optical Audio out, at least my40C530 has it. However, if you are playing HD content on your TV, you will only be able to pass thru 2.0 HD Audio or 5.1 DD/DTS thru optical out and you will not be able to pass-thru 5.1/7.1 HD Audio from TV to AVR.

Another way to do it is to connect Source-->AVR-->TV.

Hey Kumar,
Is there any workaround to get 5.1 Audio through Optical out of TV. I have 40C650 and I am only getting 2 Ch output from optical even though source is 5.1 DD.

Any help would be appreciated!!

 

[jayan007]

Hey Kumar,
Is there any workaround to get 5.1 Audio through Optical out of TV. I have 40C650 and I am only getting 2 Ch output from optical even though source is 5.1 DD.

Any help would be appreciated!!

Hi sgajjala,

I have posted the steps which I followed regarding this issue, in the Onkyo 3400 owners thread.

Hope that helps....

Thanks