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  1. Jason Charlton

    Can't hear TV Through Surround Speakers

    Bizarre... Sorry for the confusion, but I found more than one source online that indicated 2 HDMI inputs on the 550 (here's one). Regardless, that doesn't help you at all... OK, there's no way to get your TV to output digital 5.1 audio. As I see it, there are two options: 1 -...
  2. Jason Charlton

    Can't hear TV Through Surround Speakers

    Then I suppose you ALSO have a Blu-ray player that brings your total number of external sources to three. Still one short of the number of inputs on the 550. For the Blu-ray player, the 550 does not support the lossless audio codecs of Blu-ray, so if you hook up a Blu-ray player to it, you...
  3. Jason Charlton

    Can't hear TV Through Surround Speakers

    OK - now I'm confused... I did a search for the D550 and found a spec sheet that says it has two HDMI inputs... are you saying you've tried running HDMI from dish and xbox into the 550 and you get nothing to the TV?
  4. Jason Charlton

    Can't hear TV Through Surround Speakers

    OK, let's take a quick step back and clarify a few inconsistencies in this thread. I'm pretty sure we both mis-typed the model number for the Samsung unit - it should be the HT-D5500, not the HT-D550, correct? Second, the HT-D5500 is a system with a built-in Blu-Ray player, not a...
  5. Jason Charlton

    Can't hear TV Through Surround Speakers

    Your TV's "digital optical out" will only output analog stereo for all external devices. Virtually all TVs downmix audio the same way. TVs are not designed to serve as the hub of a multi-source system. That's the domain of an A/V receiver. Unfortunately, the biggest drawback to many of...
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