So, with one of those Denon boxes, I could plug the HDMI Out from the laptop into it, with the TV as the monitor, and be able to play music from the laptop into speakers, without the TV monitor being on? The only way I can get audio out of the laptop to the Sony TA-1150 amp is by un-plugging the HDMI wire. Laptop can't seem to send audio anywhere else while the HDMI wire is in the socket (grumble grumble . . .).
On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 8:27 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Bought one on Thursday from Costco. 65” Samsung LED TV. Got it hung and > fired up yesterday. Downloaded firmware updates and uploaded them to the TV > via USB stick. No connectivity for this bad boy, it’s going to be sandboxed > for life. It bitched a bit about not being connected to the interweb, but > too bad. I had to go in and manually disable the “apps” it has built in so > that garbage doesn’t come up when you first turn it on. > > Had fits trying to get it to play nice with the Logitech programmable and > cable remotes. > > Everything goes through a Yamaha AV receiver that’s from 2012. While it > plays nice with switching and sensing what’s turned on, it predates 4k HDMI > standards, so I’m not getting the highest possible resolution to the TV > from the 4K cable box and Apple TV as a result. > > So I bought a new AV receiver: > > > https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C49F2LD/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 > > Not a huge fan of Denon, but this was relatively inexpensive and rings all > the bells for what I need. It will be here tomorrow so I’ll be able to get > everything hooked up through it and get full resolution, and hopefully a > remote that won’t have SWMBO going apesh*t trying to turn things on and off. > > Lesson learned. Update one major component, expect to have to bring > everything else into spec as well. At least Mitch will be happy to know the > TF400s don’t have to be replaced. > > -D > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
