HDMI Pass Through Surround Sound not working - Sony Receiver

WD Legacy Products WD TV Live & Live Plus
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Hey Everyone,

I tried searching for this but came up empty handed. I can’t get a “sourround sound signal” to light up on my reciever. 

I have a brand new WD Live (latest gen) and a brand new Sony STR-DH510 receiver.  There is a single HDMI cable connecting one to the other. 

I configure the WD Live to do HDMI pass through, but when it auto detects functions, it only comes up with PCM 2 Channel, Sample 32, 44, 48. 

On the reciever, all it ever shows is LPCM. 

If I set manual settings on my WD Live, I don’t hear any audio at all. 

When I play movies / content on my WD Live, it’ll say Audio: Dolby Digital or Audio: DTS — but I can never get my reciever to actually do anything with it. 

Does anyone else have this problem? Any hints to help a brotha’ out? :smiley:

Thanks,

-Josh

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Well, it’s only been a few minutes since my last post, but rest assured I’ve spent hours trying to figure this out. 

SOLUTION: Don’t use **bleep**ty HDMI cables. 

I switched out the HDMI cable from the WD → Reciever and what-do-ya-know… everything works as designed. 

:flushed:

Hope this helps somone out in the future! 

-Josh

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Thanks for following up so people can learn from your experience. :slight_smile: