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Sound from Mac mini to LCD 1080p tv.

projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
edited September 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
I know this has to be an easy thing and I will feel stupid once I get the answer but!

How do I get sound from my Mac mini to my hd tv? I have an hdmi cable going from the mini to the tv. The picture is great but I have no idea how to to get sound to go through the cable and out of the tv. Halp? Hearts!

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    projectmayhem wrote: »
    I know this has to be an easy thing and I will feel stupid once I get the answer but!

    How do I get sound from my Mac mini to my hd tv? I have an hdmi cable going from the mini to the tv. The picture is great but I have no idea how to to get sound to go through the cable and out of the tv. Halp? Hearts!

    Sound probably isn't supported through the HDMI. Does it have an optical out?

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  • baudattitudebaudattitude Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    HDMI is only on the latest mini afaik, and should support audio out. Here's the page from apple's support site on setting it up:

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4214

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    baudattitude wrote: »
    HDMI is only on the latest mini afaik, and should support audio out. Here's the page from apple's support site on setting it up:

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4214

    Go into your System Preferences -> Sound -> and then set the output to the HDMI.

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  • useless4useless4 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    He could be using dvi to hdmi.

    You can use optical out on all macs for sound ... so that should be good. You need that funky male optical cable.

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  • projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Esh wrote: »
    baudattitude wrote: »
    HDMI is only on the latest mini afaik, and should support audio out. Here's the page from apple's support site on setting it up:

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4214

    Go into your System Preferences -> Sound -> and then set the output to the HDMI.

    That was well. Very easy thank you :)

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  • AriviaArivia I Like A Challenge Earth-1Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    projectmayhem wrote: »
    Esh wrote: »
    baudattitude wrote: »
    HDMI is only on the latest mini afaik, and should support audio out. Here's the page from apple's support site on setting it up:

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4214

    Go into your System Preferences -> Sound -> and then set the output to the HDMI.

    That was well. Very easy thank you :)

    If you need to change the output in future, you can do it by Option-clicking on the volume icon in the menu bar.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Arivia wrote: »
    projectmayhem wrote: »
    Esh wrote: »
    baudattitude wrote: »
    HDMI is only on the latest mini afaik, and should support audio out. Here's the page from apple's support site on setting it up:

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4214

    Go into your System Preferences -> Sound -> and then set the output to the HDMI.

    That was well. Very easy thank you :)

    If you need to change the output in future, you can do it by Option-clicking on the volume icon in the menu bar.

    Hey! Nifty! I love OSX.

    I only had to do it once though, and now every time I plug the MiniDisplay to HDMI cord into my MacBook Pro, it automatically switches to that output.

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  • useless4useless4 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Do you have audio plugged into it somehow? I have never seen a DVI (on the computer) to HDMI that supports sound without some sort of input on the converter.

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  • UnknownUnknown
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