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HDMI with audio not working

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louse1312

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Jan 16, 2011
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I am trying to connect my macbook to an HD tv with an HDMI cable (cable is WITH audio), i plug it all in, go to 'audio' in system preferences to change the output location. However, the only thing that comes up is internal speakers.
I have tried it on two different tv's with two different cables, and somebody else has used their mac with my cable and tv and it worked fine. But for some reason, my macbook wont give me the option to change audio output. How can i do this?? Whats going wrong?
It is only the audio that is the problem, the picture is fine.
Any help? PLEASE!?
 
alust2013

alust2013

macrumors 601
Feb 6, 2010
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What model is yours? is it one of the ones that were introduced after april 2010, or is it older? If it's the older model it won't output audio through MDP
 
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louse1312

macrumors newbie
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Jan 16, 2011
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I got it in January 2010 and i think the model came out just before. Also, whats MDP??
 
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iThinkergoiMac

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Jan 20, 2010
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Well there's the headphone jack on the side. It also has an optical output in the same jack, so if you connect the optical adaptor to it, you can still get HDMI-quality digital audio out of your computer.
 
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louse1312

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Jan 16, 2011
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Thank you! Where would i connect it to on my tv? Does it fit in with HDMI cable somehow?
 
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