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I have attached my MacMini over DVI and a digital coaxial audio cable to my BV5. The picture shows well, but there is no audio. I have mapped AV to DVD2 (DVI). Any idea whether I need to do anything else to activate the digital coaxial in for audio. Thanks in advance!!!
Hi Steve,
you have already connected the coax cable to the input on the BV5?
Where (on the Mini) did you connect the other end?
MM
There is a tv - and there is a BV
Yes, already connected. I have bought an active converter, which extracts the audio signal from the HDMI. So, HDMI-out from Mac converting to DVI (video - working) and digital coaxial (audio - not working). Thanks for any advice and thoughts you may have.
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Sorry for the link, but no idea how to paste the pics without uploading to my media files on beoworld...
Maybe you Need to active Dolby Sound?
Ralf
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Thanks for your response. I went into proposed menu. Selected is mono/stereo, which cannot be changed.
Any other / further ideas?
steve1977: Yes, already connected. I have bought an active converter, which extracts the audio signal from the HDMI. So, HDMI-out from Mac converting to DVI (video - working) and digital coaxial (audio - not working). Thanks for any advice and thoughts you may have.
Did you map the coaxial input to the source in the BV connections setup?
I have no idea if it is the same as on the BV10 which I own. I connect the Mini audio jack (digital optical) to the coaxial input of the TV (with a converter from optical to coaxial, obviously) and it works like a charm.
I mapped AV to DVD2(DVI), which gave me video. No idea how to map the digital coaxial audio. How did you do it? You doing it in Beo4 settings or over the BV menu?
steve1977: I mapped AV to DVD2(DVI), which gave me video. No idea how to map the digital coaxial audio. How did you do it? You doing it in Beo4 settings or over the BV menu?
In the BV menu. This is what my connection settings look like. The SPDIF settings tell which digital input to use (there is only one in my case, hence the "1").
However, are you sure your extractor works? Are you able to test it with another device/receiver?
Back in the days when Mac's did not carry audio over the minidisplayport, I remember buying a Minidisplayport+USB Audio to HDMI, and it never worked.
Edit: sorry for the picture... the image hosting rotated it and I have no idea why...
Also make sure that you output your Mac audio through HDMI (You click Alt+The sound icon in the menubar). Sorry for being obvious but sometimes it's the little things..
Did You plug-in the coax into Input 1? This is assigned to the AV-connector.
Which audio format are you outputting from your mac?
BV5 accepts limited audio formats only: Dolby Digital, DTS, PCM 16 Bit. When inputting other formats, it expects analog audio input via AV-connector.
hfat
Thanks for all your replies. A few reactions below:
Mac settings - I thought for a second that I am so stupid and this was the solution. However, the Mac is actually properly configured to output to HDMI. So, this was not the issue.
Converter - I don't have any other device that inputs digital-coaxial, so cannot test. The converter also extracts a standard headphone jack (stereo) from the HDMI. This works, so it is not the issue.
Audio format - I tried all kind of different formats including Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1, MP3. None of them is working. I cannot even get the standard Mac system sound to work (no idea what format it is on).
Port - The BV5 has only one coax-digital, which is right next to the DVI input.
Settings - I am quite sure that it is somehow related how it is mapped. Thanks for the photo, but the BV5 settings are quite different.
As far as I remember, the coax-inputs are assigned to the inputs used.
Means - if you have set up the DVI, you can/must use the coax-input located in that input block - must be nearby. There is nothing to activate (like on later BV's).
It is important to be sure, that there actually is something coming out of that cable!!!
Will be difficult to test, if you don't have any other device with a digital coax-input.
By the way - it would have been much easier (and probably cheaper) to use a simple HDMI to DVI adapter and (for the optical sound output from the Mini) a small optical to coax converter.
Could you please post the type/brand of the converter you have used?
Connections: Digital audio Input3 x Coax phono, Input-1 for AV-scart, Input-2 for DECODER-scart, Input-3 for DVI
You should have 3 times the same input
That's not correct.
It is if it is an Avant (DVD) RF. But with a BV5 it's VTAPE, AV and DVI (Camcord). Slightly difference between the BV5 and an Avant there.
It also depends to which of the 3 scarts (or Camcord) the DVI is assigned. That's set in the "plasmaversion" setup in the servicemenu.
New software (version 3.0x) was released during last year for the Soundmodule. It was meant for Apple-support (digital stereo).
So I installed the version for the BV7-32 (mk3) and still couldn't get the BV respond to any other format than Dolby Digital and/or DTS. Despite the suggestion from B&O support.
How is your HDMI device setup in the midi-setup tool on your mac?
Beobuddy: That's not correct. It is if it is an Avant (DVD) RF. But with a BV5 it's VTAPE, AV and DVI (Camcord). Slightly difference between the BV5 and an Avant there. It also depends to which of the 3 scarts (or Camcord) the DVI is assigned. That's set in the "plasmaversion" setup in the servicemenu.
How can I access this "plasmaversion" setup in the servicemenu?
Millemissen:As far as I remember, the coax-inputs are assigned to the inputs used. Means - if you have set up the DVI, you can/must use the coax-input located in that input block - must be nearby. There is nothing to activate (like on later BV's).
Are you sure of that? I remember B&O service rep once told me that I could also use DVI (video) and the analogue stereo input (for audio). No idea though how I should have done this either.
Millemissen:It is important to be sure, that there actually is something coming out of that cable!!! Will be difficult to test, if you don't have any other device with a digital coax-input.
I can see whether I can borrow some device from a friend to understand where the issue is. Besides B&O who is using digital coaxial input these days (in modern devices)? The audio extraction process works as the "converter box" also have a stereo out, which works.
Millemissen:By the way - it would have been much easier (and probably cheaper) to use a simple HDMI to DVI adapter and (for the optical sound output from the Mini) a small optical to coax converter. Could you please post the type/brand of the converter you have used?
Below is what I have bought. Definitely not cheap, but neither are the optical-to-coax converter you mention above. And the one below is quite some advantages as I can work with more than one device. So, I thought this was the best solution. I am quite confident that the "box" is not the issue.
http://www.dx.com/p/1080p-4-port-hdmi-input-to-hdmi-optical-coaxial-audio-output-converter-100-240v-ac-16553#.U64ewJT_koF
Another separate question - you are describing that (even if I get it working) only Dolby/DTS will work. What about regular MP3s. Will they not work at all?
hfat:The player you use on your mac has to decode mp3 and output on hdmi. The hdmi sound output has to be setup as two channel pcm 44100 khz.
The hdmi sound output has to be setup as two channel pcm 44100 khz.
I have checked and this is how it is set up. Also the "audio midi utility" shows that the BV5 is identified. Just no sound...
hfat:The midi tool identifies the hdmi connection. Which is OK. Then it seems the input is assigned to a different connector. To test this: play some music on your mac to hdmi sound device. Then activate the different sources and listen if you hear the music. If the BV can decode the input it overrules the analoge input. If you hear the music you have idetified the source which the input is assigned to. hfat
Then it seems the input is assigned to a different connector.
To test this: play some music on your mac to hdmi sound device.
Then activate the different sources and listen if you hear the music.
If the BV can decode the input it overrules the analoge input.
If you hear the music you have idetified the source which the input is assigned to.
Thanks. I have identified the issue. I have connected audio from the mac to the input right next to the DVI input (on right hand side of the television). Once I connect the cable instead to the audio-input at the back of the television (spdif-1), I have both audio and video (dvi).
Not fully solved yet as I need this port for my dvd player (beocenter). Is there any way that I can keep my dvd player using spdif-1 and use for my mac spdif-2 or the spdif on the side of the television (next to the television)?
Thanks again!!!
Glad that you have come closer to a solution.
What is a 'dvd player (beocenter)' - do you mean the BeoCenter2?
And - now I am curious - from the description of the sockets on your BV5 I can't figure out which connections you have.
When I look at a BeoVision5 userguide, I don't recognize any DVI-input at all.
You probably have the MKIV version - where are the DVI/Coax input located on that model?
By the way - the converter box, you bought, seems very handy indeed, if you need more inputs!
Millemissen:Glad that you have come closer to a solution. What is a 'dvd player (beocenter)' - do you mean the BeoCenter2?
Yes, I have a Beocenter 2 (the version with DVD functionality).
Millemissen:And - now I am curious - from the description of the sockets on your BV5 I can't figure out which connections you have. When I look at a BeoVision5 userguide, I don't recognize any DVI-input at all. You probably have the MKIV version - where are the DVI/Coax input located on that model?
Exactly, I have the MKIV version with DVI-input The DVI/coax input is located on the right side of the television. There are also two coax inputs at the back of the television.
I am making one step at a time. But there are more issues. The audio volume is terribly high now when accessing Beocenter2. I can then turn it down. Upon switching back-and-forth, it is terribly loud again though.
And the video from the DVI disappears when switching back-and-forth.
What I am curious about: DVI output from a Beocenter 2 Socket unit. To my knowledge it only has Scart/S-Video/RCA Video out.
How is the socket unit connecten to the BV5? Is there something in between?
Carolpa: What I am curious about: DVI output from a Beocenter 2 Socket unit. To my knowledge it only has Scart/S-Video/RCA Video out. How is the socket unit connecten to the BV5? Is there something in between?
Now I know where your confusion comes from. Let me elaborate:
1) Beocenter 2 connected via Scart / dig-coax / ML to the respective inputs of the BV5 (the dig-coax goes to spdif-2)
2) MacMini goes via HDMI / converter box to DVI (right side of BV5) and dig.coax (spdif-2)
Issues as described above. Thanks in advance for any thoughts you may have.