Thunderbolt to AV receiver and on to HDTV

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Thunderbolt to AV receiver and on to HDTV

I am trying to play movies through my new Yamaha RX A-2010 AV receiver from my Macbook Pro via the thunderbolt connection converted to HDMI.

The receiver recognises the sound, but the laptop does not see the HDTV through receiver. As a consequence, no image signal is sent to the receiver, and then on to the HDTV.

When I connect the laptop directly to the HDTV - the TV appears as a display choice alongside the laptop, and when chosen, the image is perfect.

I then connect the headphone jack out via phono/RCA plugs to the receiver and I get sound, which appears to decode into surround sound,but this is quite inelegant.

Am I doing something wrong, and is there a way of getting the laptop to recognise there is anothe monitor?

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 15" 2.3 GHZ Core i7

Posted on Oct 19, 2012 11:48 AM

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Answer 1

Jinovich

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Dec 1, 2012 4:41 AM in response to Timothy Holt

I have the exact same problem.

Annoyingly I found that if I mirrored my display I could get it to work. however the only way I could do it was to plug in to my tv first, change settings to mirror and then back into av receiver.

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Dec 1, 2012 4:40 AM in response to Timothy Holt

OK, back before I bought my Apple Thunderbolt Display, I used this adapter from Monoprice to connect to my Denon receiver and thus to my LG television. Worked a treat. I just had to get the setup right on my MBP and everything just worked.

I don't know if the problem is your adapter or not - the one I bought from Monoprice carried both audio and video without any extra cables. All of the DSP was done through the receiver.

Clinton

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Jinovich

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Dec 1, 2012 4:42 AM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

It could actually be my adapter I have been considering this. I have a monitor which my mac just detestes when trying to use it in extended mode but can mirror fine to.

I do plan to eventually buy an apple approved adapter for a bajillion $$$

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