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Robotboy44

If I use HDMI direct to my TV, I get video and audio. If I use HDMI into my amp and then out from amp to TV, I only get video, but no audio, so I have to use an optical cable. That works fine, but I was trying to clean up my wires and saw that audio ...

Robotboy44 · 05-21-2021

Tried to watch hockey outside, so set up my Optik box outside and connected by wifi. I have 300mb speed and had a full connection, not far from the router, but the playback kept freezing and the playing and then freezing. The TV is a 55" 1080p HD (...

Robotboy44

Okay, so finally got around to trying brand new HDMI cables and then pulled the plug on the optical cable and sound played just fine! So the assertion by Telus support that the only way to get audio was through optical, turns out to be completely fa...

Robotboy44

Yes, I take the optical cable away and no sound comes out of the amp, so the cable is not disabling the HDMI audio and as I say, audio passes through without issue for other devices. Anyway, you are confirming here that you use an amp and have audio...

Robotboy44

Right, but I think my first issue is determining if what Telus told me is correct or not. Does audio from the box to the amp have to go through optical? That would surprise me as HDMI should always carry audio as it does for the other devices, but t...

Robotboy44

Yes, Apple TV and DVD player works with HDMI only for audio and video.

Robotboy44 · 11-06-2019

I am having the very same problem with Macs and iPhones since my hardware was upgraded to the boosters. If I plug in my own Apple router, wifi is perfect. Wired ethernet internet is perfect too, so it's just wifi via those boosters. This thread is...

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