Component in hooked up to HD TV, but only sound on my TV, not going out to speakers???

Question

I have my HD cable box hooked up to my Samsung HD TV. I am using Component 1 in and I also have the regular coaxial cable plugged in. When I am viewing tv through component 1, I get sound only through my tv speakers, but when I am viewing it through the coaxial cable, I get sound through my stereo as well. I have the red white audio out cables going from my TV to my stereo system. Can someone tell me why I cannot get the HD picture with sound coming from my stereo? Please help

I have the Red and White stereo audio cables going from my HD cable box to the TV. Then I have Red and White stereo audio cables going from the audio out to the stereo (it is a simple two speaker system with a sub). The problem is the TV does not give an audio out signal to the stereo when I have the video selected as component. It does send the audio out signal when I have a dvd player hooked up with s-video or the cable hooked up with the coaxial, but if the DVD player or the cable box is hooked up with the component video cables, I get no sound to the stereo speakers, only the TV speakers... I hope this clarifies my situation... thank for trying to help so far

Answer 1

This is a strange TV, not to output analog audio when the input is component! (but output in s-video or RF)

You may want to call your TV manufacturer for support or check the manual first to see if that is indeed the case.

If that's the case, connect audio directly from the HD box to your stereo system.

Answer 2

UPDATE:
Ok, first step is you'll have to make sure that it's hooked up correctly... The red and white from the HD box should be going to the red and white on the tv, but make sure that it's next to your component cables. When you select component1 input, it will get audio and video from a specific receptacle on the back of your tv. Use the labels and diagrams to help you. Normally it will say the input label (component 1) and there will be a small box drawn around the inputs that are grouped together. If your HD box audio is going to the back of your tv, and isn't in the component 1 group, it wont work. If it is connected correctly, then there are two things to check. You might have to change a setting on the tv (thats unlikely because you said your dvd player audio works). Otherwise, it's possible you either have a bad cable or the audio isnt coming through correctly (either a prob with the HD box, or bad receptacles on your tv). Test it out by disconnecting your dvd player audio from the tv and plugging in the HD box audio and see if you just get the sound when you set your tv to the input normally for the dvd player. Also, do you have another component input? component 2?
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Component cables only transfer a video signal; there is no sound. You also won't be able to just grab the sound from the cable signal if the input is set on component. TVs just aren't setup for that. You'll have to hook up one of these outputs from your HD box to your tv, or wire them directly from your HD box to your stereo:
- the Red and White stereo audio cables
- Digital coaxial audio cables (the receptacle looks like an rca plug colored either orange or black)
- Digital fiber optic cable (the receptacle looks like a squarish and sometimes has a little door that keeps dust out)

If you route it directly from the HD box to the stereo, you will have to control the tv for the picture and the stereo for the sound separately. If you use the passthrough (which is alreadh half hooked up in your case), which requires you to connect one cable from the HD box to the tv and another from the tv to the stereo, you won't have to change your stereo input every time you change your tv input.

Alternatively, if your HD cable box has an hdmi output, which is a slotted receptacle (its about an inch or so wide and looks like something you'd plug an xbox video cable into) you can use that to transfer the HD picture AND the HD sound. It will do just as high of a resolution as component video and will also transfer multi-channel surround sound. If you want surround sound on your stereo, however, you'll have to make sure its a surround sound receiver and use one of the digital connections from your tv to your receiver (digital coaxial, fiber optic, or hdmi). By the way, "stereo" implies a 2 speaker setup, even though it's commonly interchanged with "receiver", "amplifier", "sound system", etc., so I'm not sure if you're stereo is literally in stereo.

Also, HDMI has a slight advantage over component, because its digital, whereas component is analog. The difference is you will be getting the EXACT signal with and HDMI cable (if you aren't its very obvious on your tv). With component you are getting a signal that may or may not be distorted by outside interference (power cables with magnetic fields, or rf, etc). It will be harder to tell if you have interference with analog cables, because even if the signal is distorted, it may only make a slight difference on your tv, which will be hard to notice unless you make a side-by-side comparison.
Hope that helps.

Answer 3

Component is Video only you will need red & white cables for this hook up also. Or you will need a digital audio cable.