Cant get tv audio through receiver directly (without satallite, Game, DVD connection)

Smart TV's make up the audio output for your smart tv apps. You will need to use the Optical output of the TV and plug it into an available Optical input to the home theater receiver. Make note of the name of the input on the home theater receiver (i.e. CD/DVD, TV, DVD, etc) because that is the input you'll have to select on the receiver to hear the App audio. Hope that helps

You need to update your software (TV/DVR and the netflix app)

Check the cable connections on the back of your TV and whatever unit you use to receive TV service whether it is Direct TV or Cable. Is this a new setup? Your audio cables must be installed wrong. Look through your manual for a set up diagram.

First off what kind of connection are you using to connect it to the tv, Is it going directly to the tv or through a receiver? Also what is the model of the tv? You may want to try an analog audio connection first to troubleshoot. Once I have more information I can assist you further.
Thank you,
Lee

It would help to know some details about tour TV - like its make and model. Or do you mean the CABLE BOX?

And there are TWO signals to consider - audio and video. WHICH is the one you need to hook up without involving the dvd/vcr?

Let's start with basics:

1) TV's are not audio sources. They are end-units for video and its medium-fi audio.

A TV's internal audio capacity is more a convenience for stand-alone listening than a serious approach at hi-end audio. Many of us have monitors with NO audio capability.

TV-related audio and video are best VIEWED via direct video connection to the TV; and HEARD through direct digital audio connection to the receiver.

2) The one NECESSARY connection you need from the receiver to the TV is the basic VIDEO that let's the receiver communicate with you through the TV.

Your TV is NOT an audio source by itself. It's job is to make pretty visual stimulus for your eyes, not your ears. Everything IT hears comes from somewhere else like a DVD, BluRay, Cable Box, right?

Get the absolute best TV-related audio directly from the digital audio outputs of each source you're watching, not the TV.

Connect the DVD player audio with digital coax into the digital audio connection as you described and the DVD video directly to the TV. Now switch the input mode on the receiver to DVD. Then switch the video output mode on the TV to correspond to the input you plugged into. Any source in 5.1 dolby digital or dts should now work properly and have picture too.

Is your DVD player hooked up to a surround sound receiver, or directly to your television?

See www.avforums.com/forums/onkyo-owners-forum/696423-faq-setting-up-ps3-onkyo-amp.html

This should give you the info to set up the ps3.