Sound I am receiving no sound from my system

1. Turn the TV and receiver off and back on. This is called "power cycling" the devices.
2. Check the menu settings to make certain the TV is still sending a sound signal out to the receiver.
3. Disconnect the cable, blow both ends out, reconnect, and see if the cable was partially disconnected or has dust or lint interfering with the connections.
4. Change the cable for another cable that you know to be working.
5. Use a different source for the TV: DVD, Cable, different channel, etc.
6. Connect the receiver to another TV.

Huh? why? would you not want to get sound from the lousy TV speaker to the receiver and it speakers instead? That's how I have my Onkyo THX system set-up. My Samsung TV actually has decent speakers but even they are junk compared to a real speaker system. Even $500 worth of real speakers can sound better then the speakers on a $5000 TV. Do not do it.

I despise this receiver. It has a mind of it's own and I cannot get it to work. I have had fits for 2 years with the Optical output and TV sound only working every now and then. I am not a sound guy but have competently set up dozens of home systems and worked in bar/restaurant industry dealing with sound systems. This thing is a piece of over or under engineered POS

It sounds like the output ic's may have failed, because of the complexity of system I would have a professional come and look at the unit for an evaluation, chances are he will need to take it back to the shop for service.

Hi, It all depends on the system you are using. Most sound systems sub woofers comes with in built Amplifier, So if the system your using does not have amplifier to amplify and make the sound system sound better,That means, you will have to get a receiver for your system for great performance.

Hope that helps.

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Do you have set-top-box or antenna-cable directly to TV?
You have connected TV with received via HDMI, but that won't work in this direction - TV has HDMI INput only, not output.
You can use HDMI to connect HDMI-out on DVD player for example to HDMI-in on receiver and HDMI-out of receiver to HDMI-in on TV.
But to get sound from TV to the receiver, use spdif optical or coax cable if TV supports that - this way you will get surround sound.
But also your connection via analog white/red RCA plugs should work, but only for stereo sound.

no sound coming out

This seems to be a problem that has to do with your HDMI audio output.
First check in your TV setting if audio out is selected on your correct HDMI port. Than check if your receiver is able to receive audio via HDMI (i assume you used the HDMI connection). Some receivers have HDMI IN connections but are not able to receive audio on it, the latest receivers/sets do have this feature. If your receiver doesnot support audio IN via HDMI you can only do one thing, connect the stereo audio-out of your TV to an AUX IN connection on your receiver.

optical connection in tv is only input optical connection in receiver is only input will not work.need to connect rca jacks to tv's audio out jacks behind tv to any available input in receiver

confirm good wiring condition of celling speakers and disconnect it and connect it again-keep good ventilation around.