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    HDMI audio via hp laptop, through a receiver?

    I found a fix for this. I have a 3 into 1 hdmi switch i bought a couple years ago when i had 1 too many devices for my TV and didn't yet have a receiver with HDMI ports. I had tried to use this the other day to split the laptop signal but it's only for using 3 hdmi outputs on 1 input, not 1...
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    HDMI audio via hp laptop, through a receiver?

    Ironically, i may have accidentally ordered one of those yesterday. I couldn't get the vga and hdmi working at the same time for some reason. i got that resolved and tried to cancel the order but it was already shipped. it's a 1 out 2 input splitter. i suppose i could use my dvi to hdmi that i...
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    HDMI audio via hp laptop, through a receiver?

    only other output is the headphone jack which works when using a 3.5mm to rca adapter hooked to the receiver but that's only 2.1. i wanted to use the hdmi for 5.1. it doesn't seem to matter what's on the TV, as long as it's turned on and the surround sound receiver is hooked to the BD port (i...
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    HDMI audio via hp laptop, through a receiver?

    yes, the receiver shows up in the audio outputs when the TV is on, and immediately disappears when the TV is shut off. The screen on my desktop monitor which is hooked to the VGA port flickers and i hear the tone of the hdmi disconnecting from the machine. I basically want to take the TV out...
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    HDMI audio via hp laptop, through a receiver?

    I have a 3 year old HP laptop running windows 7 that i just turned into a home pc. I'm trying to run dual monitors (one via hdmi, one via vga) and audio through the HDMI. I got it all working but for some reason, the hdmi audio will only work when my TV is on. I could understand this if my TV...