Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1308298" data-attributes="member: 24160">gilbert:Option 1This is not the cheapest way to do it, but is the easiest.This adapter will combine the audio and video into a single HDMI output - <a href="http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&amp;cp_id=10428&amp;cs_id=1042802&amp;p_id=6331&amp;seq=1&amp;format=2" target="_blank">link</a>.That one will give you 5.1 out when you're playing 5.1 content.Then add a high speed HDMI cable and run it through the Pioneer just like any other piece of equipment.Option 2The cheap way if your Pioneer allows you to assign any audio port to any HDMI port is going to be with individual connections.mini displayport (mdp) to HDMI adapter and a HDMI cablealong with a mini toslink to toslink cableThen you'd have to head into the Pioneer menu and assign the Opt # 1 to HDMI # 5 - as an example - naturally using whichever ports you actually use.&nbsp; Can save $20 this way if you get them from monoprice or Amazon.I use the 2nd option with my Onkyo and works fine - only because I don't have a choice as my old MBP has DVI instead of the mdp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1308298, member: 24160"] [B]gilbert:[/B] [B]Option 1[/B] This is not the cheapest way to do it, but is the easiest. This adapter will combine the audio and video into a single HDMI output - [URL="http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10428&cs_id=1042802&p_id=6331&seq=1&format=2"]link[/URL]. That one will give you 5.1 out when you're playing 5.1 content. Then add a high speed HDMI cable and run it through the Pioneer just like any other piece of equipment. [B]Option 2[/B] The cheap way if your Pioneer allows you to assign any audio port to any HDMI port is going to be with individual connections. mini displayport (mdp) to HDMI adapter and a HDMI cable along with a mini toslink to toslink cable Then you'd have to head into the Pioneer menu and assign the Opt # 1 to HDMI # 5 - as an example - naturally using whichever ports you actually use. Can save $20 this way if you get them from monoprice or Amazon. I use the 2nd option with my Onkyo and works fine - only because I don't have a choice as my old MBP has DVI instead of the mdp. [/QUOTE]

Verification

Name this item. 🍎