Home audio & video forum: Lack of audio from PS3

you would get audio for certain things and not for others.

I can tell you that you are best served by running an optical audio from the PS3 directly to your receiver and also one from the cable box to the receiver as well.

Chances are that you are not getting surround sound from your setup now as almost all TVs will not output 5.1 audio.

If you hook up your equipment separately using an optical cable for each, you will not only actually get surround sound, but my guess is that you would fix your audio issues as well. Just make sure that you set the PS3 to output audio via optical in the settings menu.

Not familiar with your AVR. I can only assume that you have chosen to hook your equipment up this way because you only have one optical audio in. I can tell you one thing for sure though, the way you have it set up is far from ideal. That's why receivers have multiple optical and coaxial audio ins.


Good luck

I own a PS3 and I have it hooked to my TV with HDMI. For 5.1, I have my PS3 hooked to my Yamaha receive with Optical cable. (My Yamaha is pre-HDMI.) The stupid PS3 does not push audio out simultaneously from both HDMI and Optical. You need to go into the Settings menu on the PS3, go to Sound then choose Optical or HDMI Audio Out. What does this have to do with your problem? I'm not sure except that maybe the PS3's audio is attempting to use the Optical-Out or it's processed in such a way that the PS3 recognizes certain media and stops it's Audio-Out processing because of it's screwed up inability to output audio from both methods. I would do as Mike suggested and plug your Optical from your PS3 directly into your receiver (as I do) and then you will be fine. You will simply need to go back into the PS3 Settings and choose either HDMI Audio (for your TV speakers) or Optical Audio for your receiver. I complained to Sony about this, but they have no answer. Someone at Sony wasn't thinking when they made the PS3. Funny how all stand-alone DVD players (Blu-ray included) will output audio using both HDMI and Optical at the same time, but the PS3 won't. I hope they fix this with a Firmware upgrade. But on the bright side, I bought the PS3 Bluetooth remote and it made living with the audio quirk livable.

so what do you recommend if i want to take advantage of hdmi video to the tv?

run HDMI to my tv for video?

Is there any type of combiner for multiple optical sources? My receiver only has 1 optical cable input.

Any optical cable will work. I've got a variety of optical cables and I've tried them all with my PS3 and they all work...and the cables all came from different companies. I think the optical cables and connections are standard on all devices, thankfully. Sony has a terrible habit of making USB cable connections on their cameras different than anyone else's.