No Sound on new Home Theater SYstem

[julen23]

Here is what I have:
1-Yamaha HTR-5830
2-Sharp Aquos HD Monitor 32"
3-Comcast High-Def Box
4-Very cheap DVD Player


I hooked up my system Monday evening and it was working fine, surround
sound was in full effect for all related Inputs. Comcast came out
yesterday and installed my high-def box and now no surround sound
works.


Here is my setup:
1-Yamaha HTR-5830
--> Acoustic Research Digital coaxial and video cables running to DVD
player
--> PureAV RCA Component Video Cable 6-Foot running out to TV
--> Speakers: Surround (R,L); Subwoofer; Front (A&B)
2-DVD
--> A/R Digital Coaxial and video cables out to Receiver
--> S-Video Digital Cable 50-Foot to TV
3-Comcast High-Def Box
--> Comcast brand component video and audio cable out to TV
4-Monitor/TV
--> Comcast brand component video and audio cable out to Comcast
high-def box
--> S-Video Digital Cable to DVD player


I run Basic setup on receiver and try speaker check and get no sound at
all. I am 100% confident speakers are valid and working.


Any input would be appreciated!!!


Julen

 

[Reorx]

Have you verified that none of the connections are loose on the back of the receiver? Sometimes things get knocked loose.

Also, while you are back there, unplug the cable box and check for sound again.

Good luck.

Reorx

 

[corysmith01]

Julen23, couple of things as I was just a little confused with the post. One, is is just surround from the cable tv that you're not getting? Meaning, have you tried running a DVD in the DVD player to see if you get sound? The other thing I noticed is that on the section "Comcast Hi-Def Box" I only saw component video and audio running out to the tv. If that's the case, that's the problem as your tv doesn't have processing, your receiver does. This makes it sound like it's not running out to your receiver, then out to your tv from the receiver. If it IS running out to your receiver, is it through analog L/R (red & white) RCA plugs? If so, that's also a problem as those can't carry the surround signals...you need some sort of digital out, whether that be coaxial or optical. Look back there and see if you have a digital/optical out from the cable box that is connected to your receivers digital/optical in. If not, there's your problem.

Hope that helps some, or least helps us eliminate some potential problems and work our way to the real problem.

 

[MrKlister]

Looking at your post it appears that you need to run an audio feed from your cable box to your reciever. If your comcast box is the same as mine, this will be a coax digital cable for surround sound.

 

[julen23]

MRKlister,

I believe you're on it. I have component video jacks running from receiver to tv & receiver to dvd player, i need audio running from receiver to cable box also.

as far as component VIDEO jacks i have the following options:
Monitor/Out
DVD
DTV/CBL

Is it better to have component Video cable running from receiver to tv or cable box or both? Is the Monitor/Out option referring to my tv? If I run from receiver to TV ONLY, should I use DTV/CBL jacks, NOT monitor jacks?

Thanks

Julen

 

[MrKlister]

Julen,

You would need to run the component video cable from the box to your receiver, then another set from receiver to TV. Do this if you want/need your receiver to do video switching. If you run from the box to your TV, you will have to run a component cable from DVD to another component input on your TV.

I would use the monitor out.

MrKlister

 

[MDS]

If you use the DVD or DTV/CBL video out on the receiver to the TV, you will only get video when the receiver source selector is on DVD or DTV/CBL. The Monitor Out will output any video signals coming in from any of the other inputs.

The input format must match the output format unless the receiver can transcode from one format to another (eg. composite to s-video). Because you are using all component video cables, that won't be an issue.

 

[mnnc]

Here is what I have:
1-Yamaha HTR-5830
2-Sharp Aquos HD Monitor 32"
3-Comcast High-Def Box
4-Very cheap DVD Player


I hooked up my system Monday evening and it was working fine, surround
sound was in full effect for all related Inputs. Comcast came out
yesterday and installed my high-def box and now no surround sound
works.


Here is my setup:
1-Yamaha HTR-5830
--> Acoustic Research Digital coaxial and video cables running to DVD
player
--> PureAV RCA Component Video Cable 6-Foot running out to TV
--> Speakers: Surround (R,L); Subwoofer; Front (A&B)
2-DVD
--> A/R Digital Coaxial and video cables out to Receiver
--> S-Video Digital Cable 50-Foot to TV
3-Comcast High-Def Box
--> Comcast brand component video and audio cable out to TV
4-Monitor/TV
--> Comcast brand component video and audio cable out to Comcast
high-def box
--> S-Video Digital Cable to DVD player


I run Basic setup on receiver and try speaker check and get no sound at
all. I am 100% confident speakers are valid and working.


Any input would be appreciated!!!


Julen

Did the comcast person not test to make sure all was ok!? I would suggest running all video and audio outs of your gear to the Yamaha and then a single component monitor out to the the tv. Simplifies everything. If your dvd player has dual digi outs (optic and coax) you could opt to , in addition to mentioned suggestion, run an audio and svid to tv so as to be able to watch dvd without the whole recv'r/surround thing happening. The reason I say s- vid is because you will have allready used the component out from player to recv'r right? I like all going through the recv'r as it just makes things more simple.

 

[Cygnus]

Did the comcast person not test to make sure all was ok!? I would suggest running all video and audio outs of your gear to the Yamaha and then a single component monitor out to the the tv. Simplifies everything. If your dvd player has dual digi outs (optic and coax) you could opt to , in addition to mentioned suggestion, run an audio and svid to tv so as to be able to watch dvd without the whole recv'r/surround thing happening. The reason I say s- vid is because you will have allready used the component out from player to recv'r right? I like all going through the recv'r as it just makes things more simple.

I concur. I think it would be easier to use coax for digital audio, as opposed to opt, because coax, you can just use a standard RCA cable, which he most likely has at least one that he isnt using.