Connecting Laptop to TV using HDMI - Pictue is Good, But no sound

I am connecting my Laptop using a HDMI connection from the computer directly
to the TV. I can watch movies etc from the computer on the TV, but there is
no sound. I do know that HDMI cables carry both video and sound. How do I
get the sound to come out of the TV and not just the computer?

What make model laptop do you have?

Gateway T1625 14.1 inch - I heard from someone else that Laptops are not
capable of converting sound to a tv... not sure if this is true

Kevin - depends on your application and your budget. You will either need
to adapt the mini-phono analog stereo output of the pc to traditional RCA
connections and attach them to the (likely) mated audio input associated
with the HDMI input of the TV. Or, you can run the digital audio output of
the laptop into a similarly mated digital audio input of the TV. Both of
these would be parallel connections. If running another cable isn't viable,
then there are modular technologies you can buy that will integrate the
audio into the HDMI at the PC side. The composting would still occur
outside the PC, but if your HDMI is in the wall or something, then this
approach is likely more feasible. Check gefen dot com - no, I don't work
there. (Gefen's would require you spot adapt the HDMI to DVI - it has a DVI
input and a digital audio input - and voila, one HDMI output w/ audio. Good
luck (also applies to many other video cards, by the way.)

It's not that laptops are not capable of connecting sound to TVs. It is
does your HDMI output from your laptop include audio or is it just video. I
suspect that it is just video since it is only the latest graphics cards
that include HDMI outputs including audio but I could not find your user's
manual at the Gateway Website so I could not confirm this.

[des2185]

All you have to do is restart your computer after you connect the hdmi cable, and turn you Hd tv off and on. It has nothing to do with the video card, you just have to reboot the video and sound cards. Hope it helps

[EnidTazz]

i have rebot my laptop two time and i still cannt connect to my tv what do i do now

[llllll]

What worked for me: right click on the speaker icon in the bottom right corner of taskbar

select playback devices

Now by default mine was set on "speakers" with the additional option of "Digital Audio (S/PDIF)" being unselected.

highlight digital audio and set _IT_ to default.

and walla, it worked.

I have an Asus g1s with an Nvidia 8600m GT built in.

[anarchistbot]

Exactly what llllll said right click set as default and sometimes you may have to refresh the video (player) or the browser for the sound (sometimes)


Gateway T1625 (w250a)
Amd x64 duo 2.o
2gb ram (safe with no horizontal lines)
Windows 7 32bit Installed today
I have no sound from my hdmi but it because windows 7


Sorry to break a new thred just incase someone is reading. Has anyone put win 7 on t series 1625 and got the hdmi sound to work?

[EINSTEIN_007]

Originally Posted by anarchistbot

Sorry to break a new thred just incase someone is reading. Has anyone put win 7 on t series 1625 and got the hdmi sound to work?

I think that T series have sigmatel IDT sound. You can try to build a working INF to install the latest drivers from here. The last posted drivers on Gateway's website for our T series works fine in Windows 7. You will get all functionality back. The HDMI audio driver is installed by the Legacy ATI drivers package you downloaded above. However, if you want the latest and Win7 compatible for sure, you can download it at realtek.