connecting Macbook to Toshiba HDTV, no audio

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connecting Macbook to Toshiba HDTV, no audio

I am trying to connect my MacBook 5.1 to my HDTV and am unable to recieve audio.

I know that there are many posts on this subject but this is slightly different and would appreciate any help.

I have used the mini-dvi to HDMI cable and am able to get picture on the TV. I understand that my old MacBook does not support audio via the HDMI cable, so I tried to connect a headphone input that splits into a red/white audio cable and plug that into the TV.

The problem is that there is no audio input on the TV associated with the HDMI input. I have to change the TV to the correct audio input to get sound, but then there is no picture.

Any idea how I can combine these two inputs to form one working picture/sound devitce?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on May 2, 2011 7:21 AM

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Answer 1

Jojonah

Level 1

4 points

Nov 26, 2011 9:51 PM in response to kevinfromberlin

I have my Macbook Pro connected to a Toshiba HDTV through a VGA cable and a mini DVI-to-VGA converter that I icked up for 50 bucks. Then I had to use an audio cable in the headphone jack to connect the sound, but it STILL DIDN'T WORK!

As it turned out, I had to go into the TV menu > audio settings > PC audio ON.

If that still doesn't work, go into the Macbook settings panel, set headphone jack to audio output (if you oly have one audio port), and make sure your master output volume isn't too low. I keep iTunes playing music so I know when something I've done has worked.

Hope you've already figured it out, and this is redundant!

~Jonah

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Answer 2

May 2, 2011 8:19 AM in response to kevinfromberlin

You'll either Have to buy a new MacBook 7,1 which has the ability to carry sound and video by HDMI. Or a TV which allows an external sound source to be used with HDMI. Or use DVI if your TV has an input plug for that.

The only other way is to run the audio to an external set of speakers or a stereo system.

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Answer 3

stedman1

Level 10

264,430 points

May 2, 2011 8:28 AM in response to kevinfromberlin

Hi Kevin: Does your TV have a second HDMI input? My TV has a 2 HDMI inputs, one with an associated

white/red audio input and one without.

Stedman

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