Try listening thru the TV speakers and see if you notice a delay.
I think it could be your set up that is causing this.

Is this normal?
Yeah.

You have sellected that channels that are dolby 5.1 be sent down the digital audio cable and that is only going to your home theatre. Set the decoder to stereo if you want to hear those channels via your TV and the audio will be sent in stereo via the HDMI connection. HDMI does not send 5.1 audio, you can't get dolby by using HDMI.


It seems that most programmes on History and National Geo are real 5.1 but so far I've not noticed any on HBO. It is a programme by programme thing so even though a channel might be 5.1 the actual programme is where the audio comes from and if that isn't 5.1 then we won't get it. In this case the channels do a kind of stereo feed over 5.1 channels but it's not real "surround sound" as in 6 seperate channels of audio.

This post has been edited by TVSPY: Jan 12 2010, 03:58 PM

so tell me again, why are people connecting the video feed via component cable?

Do you really think the picture quality is so noticable better or is just a matter of colour brigthness that can be tweaked on the TV itself?

Why go to the hassle of doing this when it mean having to change TV inputs when changing channels? and if you use Dolby it also means having to go into the menu and change the digital audio setting everytime you change inputs too.

The SD signal is compressed to all hell It's like polishing a turd to say that you notice a better PQ on SD by connecting via component and then I bet you also go and stretch the picture too.

Set up like this
Byond decoder HDMI to TV (HDMI 1 slot) and HDMI 2 out to HT plus digital audio from Byond to HT

You need to correctly sync your TV to the home theatre using braivia sync (Surprisingly this is a pain of a task and if you haven't done it you will need the manual of both the TV and HT to do it) then lastly ensure you programme the sony remote.

Sync the astro remote using the code 1825 or was it 1285? check the manual

Then sync the remote to control the audio by pressing ok and vol up. This time it will control the audio of the HT instead of the TV.

If you have set all menu functions correctly on the TV and HT your astro remote will now control

HT
power
mute
volumn

on the TV
power
input sellection

Byond
all functions

Yeah that still functions

HDMI does not support 5.1 you can only get 5.1 via a digital audio coax.

and there is no dolby on SD channels in fact dolby only happens on some programmes on HD.

if you getting "surround sound" and you aren't using digital audio coax then your amp is simulating it via an effect and it isn't true

This post has been edited by TVSPY: Jan 16 2010, 01:27 AM

This is a software update.

You need to change the Digital In setting of your Home Theatre
you will have an option in the custom settings on Sony to have Digital In via Coax or OPT. set it to OPT.

This post has been edited by TVSPY: Jan 17 2010, 12:55 AM

Because the Home Theatre needs to be synced to the TV before it can be synced to the astro remote.

I ve already told you what the solution is!

The Digital In setting on your Home Theatre.
You need to set that correctly
I have the same set up as you and all works for me

It's the same issue.
You have 2 digital connections one is HDMI & the other digital audio coax going into a SAT/cable slot. The home Theatre needs to set one of them as the priority for switching when power is turned on.

But you only have an SDTV?

ah geez I take it all back about the HDMI settings.
I had it perfectly set up before.
I could turn the power on the TV and Home Theatre with one button and it would automatically select the HDMI channel input.
Now it is going to the TV input and I have to change the input (with the astro remote) to hdmi ch.

All I know is this has nothing to do with the B.yond decoder and is TV an Home Theatre related, possibly needs a separate post about proper syncing of multi devices over HDMI

only an issue if you never change channels and never turn your tv off

FOr me I don't need to OK anything just press AV multiple times till it lands on the input i want and then it will do the switch. Of course you need to have synced the remote before this option can work.

1) no
2) the only way to get dolby 5.1 is via a digital audio connection to you amp.

Connecting via HMDI only sends a stereo signal.

That is assuming it is a static graphic. Lots of tv stations do this and use moving grapics. Anyway you only do this on shows that aren't wide screen and why would you broadcast a wide screen picture if you have no programmes therefore it won't be used all the time and you won't burn anything into the TV.