HDMI or ARC Issues. Help!

I have a Yamaha RX-V483 and the rare times I get issues with the audio from my HDMI devices not playing it's because the audio input channel is wrong. The video still shows because it passes through the HDMI (and the TV has the HDMI ARC port selected in input).

For example if my ATV 4K is on HDMI 1, HDMI 1 must be selected in the AVR. If the AVR doesn't select it automatically, select HDMI 1 (or the HDMI port you're using for your satellite box) manually from the AVR remote.

One last thing, all of this should be automatic enabling HDMI-CEC in all devices (Satellite, AVR, TV). In my Yamaha it's called "HDMI Control" in the HDMI settings. If your Satellite doesn't support HDMI-CEC you may have to always switch to the right input channel manually.

 

I know this may seem like a stupid question, but you 100% have ARC turn on, on the TV and external source selected for audio?

For example, I have an LG TV and if Simplink (its version of HDMI-CEC) is not turned on, I will get video but no sound when going through the AVR.

 

Is this issue only with your cable box? Have you tried a blu-ray player? If you can try a blu-ray player that supports split audio/video and see if that works.

I knew right away that this must be something really odd because I always seeing you answering questions, not asking.

 

If you're sourcing the signal from the satellite box and not from the TV, it's unlikely to be anything to do with ARC.

My previous receiver was a low-end Yamaha; one of the things I found odd was that selecting the input required two steps: selecting the 'device' (e.g. "DVD", "DTV/CBL") then also selecting which port type for that device (component or HDMI).

If that doesn't help, what audio format is the satellite box outputting?