Connecting my KDL-40EX403 to an A/V amp

[Wilseus]

Hi, I have a Sony KDL-40EX403 TV which I have had for a couple of years. I have connected the TOSlink output on the back of the TV to my home cinema amplifier (it is not new enough to support HDMI switching.)

I want to use the TV to switch the audio outputs from my Sky HD box, Blu ray player etc (also via TOSlink), so that when I select the appropriate input on the TV it will pass through the audio bitstream from the appropriate device.

While the TV does do this, it seems to downconvert Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 to stereo before outputting it to my amplifier. Is there any way to configure this TV to just "pass on" whatever audio it recieves from my Sky HD or Blu ray player?

[Clem_Dye]

I think that it might work if you turn the TV speakers off in the menus. An alternative would be to use the audio from the HDMI1 socket, but you'd have to split it somehow.

Clem

[Bravia55HX]

Hi,

your tv will only output 2 channel audio to your Amp, in order to get the benefits of Dolby Digital from your Sky box and BluRay player you need to connect these to the tv in the normal way then connect via Digital Optical to your Amp from each of these devices. you cannot use the tv to switch the audio from these.

[Clem_Dye]

Errr -- my 40EX403 will happily route HDMI audio to the toslink output, but will only route 2/5.1 DD audio -- DTS input via HDMI, as I recall, just results in silence. The key (I believe) is the audio switching -- if the TV speakers are enabled, then only 2-channel audio is available via the toslink connection. The speakers need to be switched off (as would be the case if using HDMI1's ARC to an amplifier) before 5.1 audio is available. BTW, Sky boxes, unless there's been a change, don't route 5.1 audio via their HDMI output, only via their toslink out.

Clem

[Wilseus]

OK, thanks everyone for your replies. I guess that the general consensus is that it can't be done, at least not satisfactorily!

I was kind of hoping there would be an option that forced the TV to "blindly" pass on whatever it saw at the toslink input but it's not to be!