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Audio Drop Out HDR
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I've got a Humax Foxsat HDR and since I've upgraded to a HD TV and connected via HDMI I've noticed the sound drops out briefly when watching some recordings. It happens on both HD and SD recordings but doesn't appear to happen when watching live or when watching the TV Freeview or using the smart TV functions to watch over the internet.
The Humax is connected to the TV via HDMI, the audio out from the TV is via an optical cable to a cheapy box that converts digital to analogue before feeding into DVD home cinema system. My first thought that it was the D/A converter but the as far as I can tell the problem doesn't occur except when watching recordings. It never happened when everything connected via scart.
I've googled the problem and found the occasional hit but nothing very helpful.
I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced a similar problem and if anyone has any suggestions. I do wonder if it's a disk issue but there do not seem to be any options for carrying out a disk check. Firmware is up to date.
Ken
The Humax is connected to the TV via HDMI, the audio out from the TV is via an optical cable to a cheapy box that converts digital to analogue before feeding into DVD home cinema system. My first thought that it was the D/A converter but the as far as I can tell the problem doesn't occur except when watching recordings. It never happened when everything connected via scart.
I've googled the problem and found the occasional hit but nothing very helpful.
I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced a similar problem and if anyone has any suggestions. I do wonder if it's a disk issue but there do not seem to be any options for carrying out a disk check. Firmware is up to date.
Ken
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http://support-us.samsung.com/cyber/popup/iframe/pop_troubleshooting_fr.jsp?idx=51629&modelname=LN-T4671F
Your post makes it sound like you are using the TV to output the audio to a seperate set of speakers rather than the built in speakers. If so trying to ascertain if the audio drop outs are related to this connection.
I used to have this drop-out problem on HD transmissions from the Metopera which were in AC3 audio. Ross suggested that my box was not handling the AC3 properly and to switch to Mpeg. This was not possible with that box but I now have a later model and the problem has disappeared.
The problem doesn't appear to occur when the source is anything but the HDR and doesn't appear to occur when I'm watching live on the HDR the output chain is always the same. I am wondering if there is maybe a heat build up. I watched several programs last night with no drop outs for the first few hours then occasional drop outs in the last two programs I watched. I'll now have to monitor to see if this is a trend.
Thanks for the link. I'll monitor for a bit but may have to try a new HDMI cable.