Topic: Analog audio on an HDMI receiver

[rzlorayes]

Hello Everybody,

Pardon my ignorance but I'm thinking of buying an HDMI home theater receiver. What bothers me is if I connect my media player to play an avi file using HDMI but the soundtrack is analog, will the HDMI cable still carry the analog sound or do I have to plug analog RCA cables for the sound?

Thanks very much for nay help in this!

Ric

[joko11]

ric there is no such thing as analog soundtrack.
hdmi cable carry both audio and video so no need for extra rca if your avr support hdmi connection/s

[Billabong]

No need to use an rca cable. The HDMI cable will also carry the audio signal.

[toys4geeks]

HDMI carries audio.

Note some media players can output to both HDMI and stereo out (L+R) so if you have an old receiver you want to receive output from your media player, check this out first if it already satisfies your audio requirement, but then a new AV reciever is the way to go long term.

[rzlorayes]

Hi Everyone,

Thanks very much for all your replies! They were most helpful!

Ric