HDMI question

krabby5
krabby5 Posts: 923
edited March 2006 in Troubleshooting
A lady at work just bought a Bose speaker system (it has 2 speakers and a control module)..not my choice but....

There is a little module that has red and white RCA inputs...which plugs into the main Bose control module...no digital..shock

She has a tv with HDMI which she uses to connect her DVD player..she uses regular RCA connection from cable box..

She was only getting sound from the cable box so I told her to use RCA from cable to the "IN" RCA if tv....I also told her to do the same from the DVD player.....

then connect another RCA from the "OUT" tv input to the Bose RCA...

My question is will this work for the DVD player since she is using HDMI? or won't she be able to use the HDMI if she can't use digital sound? Can you use BOTH HDMI and RCA? or will she have to get a DVI for video only?

thanks
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,018
    edited March 2006
    I say the DVI will be only for video, the RCS type cable will carry the sound.
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  • krabby5
    krabby5 Posts: 923
    edited March 2006
    Yep...when she used my suggestion she only received sound out of the tv speakers, not the Bose....I'm guessing she will have to use DVI, instead of HDMI...

    Am I correct in assuming that if she had a digital receiver (without HDMI) that she could use the digital sound OUT from the tv to the receiver? THEN she could use the HDMI connection from her DVD?
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