I'd like to connect my Macbook Air to my Home Theater system. I want to play movies directly from my laptop onto my large TV. I have the necessary mini display to HDMI cable. When I hooked it up, I got HD picture through the AV receiver but no sound. Do i need to connect a separate cable into my receiver to get sound? The receiver is a Denon AVR-3311 CI. Ideally I thought the HDMI connection could covey picture and sound into the receiver. Thanks.
connecting macbook air to Home theater system
- Thread starter Arunatic
- Start date
- Joined
- Mar 9, 2011
- Messages
- 751
- Reaction score
- 4
- Points
- 18
- Your Mac's Specs
- mbp 15 2009, mbp 13 2010
if your mba is pre 2010 you need an audio cable to your tv.
- Joined
- Mar 4, 2008
- Messages
- 1,115
- Reaction score
- 43
- Points
- 48
- Your Mac's Specs
- Unibody MacBook Pro 2.26, 4gb RAM, 500gb HD
ycl1866 was asking what year your MacBook Air is. Click the Apple logo in the upper left corner of your screen. Select "About this Mac". Click "More Info" on the box that appears. What model year does it say you have?
Hi
I am having the exactly same problem and my pro is 2012. the only difference is my output is an epson projector instead of a tv. how can i get sound from the denon avr?
thanks in advance
e.
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2010
- Messages
- 2,513
- Reaction score
- 134
- Points
- 63
- Location
- Warrington, UK
- Your Mac's Specs
- PPC Mini, 10.4.11. Intel Mini, 10.6.8. MacBook Pro, 10.14.6. M1 MBA 11.6.3 iPhone 5 iOS 12.5,
Well the Denon has audio out sockets. Does your Epson have a separate audio in? Which Epson do you have?
- Joined
- Dec 22, 2006
- Messages
- 26,561
- Reaction score
- 677
- Points
- 113
- Location
- Texas, where else?
- Your Mac's Specs
- 15" MBP '06 2.33 C2D 4GB 10.7; 13" MBA '14 1.8 i7 8GB 10.11; 21" iMac '13 2.9 i5 8GB 10.11; 6S
ecevik:
Connect a mini toslink to toslink cable up from the Mac to the Denon.
Head into Sound preferences and select the headphone port.
Either that, or connect to the Denon via HDMI from your Mac - am "assuming" it can be used as a HDMI switch since we don't know what model you have and then go from the Denon to the Epson for video.
Connect a mini toslink to toslink cable up from the Mac to the Denon.
Head into Sound preferences and select the headphone port.
Either that, or connect to the Denon via HDMI from your Mac - am "assuming" it can be used as a HDMI switch since we don't know what model you have and then go from the Denon to the Epson for video.
Shop Amazon
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon and affiliated sites.