Link Speaker - no video sources

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CharlieWednesday

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Posted May 5, 2025 at 19:20 GMT

I'm hoping this is just a(nother) thing I don't know but is common knowledge for the experts here! I cannot get the sound from video sources to play through my Beolab 3500 speaker. Audio sources are fine, but none of the video sources which are connected to my Beosystem 3 via HDMI. It only seems to be the HDMI sources - I have an HDR2 connected as AV1 via SCART and I can get that sound via my BL3500, and I have also tested an audio source connected to the RCA inputs on AV4 and that works too, but none of the 4 HDMI sources will play through theBL3500. Is this some kind of restriction with HDMI sources perhaps? Note, My Beosystem 3 is in Opt.2, my Beocenter 9500 in Opt.0 (connected into the ML network via 1611 converter) and my Beolab 3500 is in Opt.4, as it's in the same room, so I control it with LINK commands.

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Madskp

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Posted May 5, 2025 at 20:00 GMT

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There are some limitations in distribution of HDMI sources to masterlink. This older thread might help you

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CharlieWednesday

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Posted May 5, 2025 at 21:25 GMT

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I had a feeling it would be something to do with HDMI protection, thanks. I only really want one of the four HDMI inputs to be available to listen to from the link room speaker (my PC), so I'm wondering, if I get hold of an HDMI audio extractor with a digital coax out, then connect that to the BS3 and choose that as the sound input for that particular AV input, that might work. Those extractors are available cheap so I might get one and try it as an experiment. Thanks for the help.

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Posted May 6, 2025 at 09:12 GMT ? Edited May 6, 2025 at 09:25 GMT

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NOTE! Only sources with an analogue signal can be distributed from a main room TV to the link room system.
I have had mixed results trying to distribute hmdi sources from BV10-32, as described in this post (and the wider thread):
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CharlieWednesday

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Posted May 6, 2025 at 19:15 GMT

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Thanks for the advice. I've checked the connection settings in the BS3 and if you use HDMI as the video source, it only gives you two choices for audio - HDMI, or SPDIF. It does not give you the option of using analog for audio if you are using HDMI for video. I found an HDMI audio splitter with a digital coaxial out on Amazon, and it was cheap enough to be worth ordering, just to try it. I'll let you know if it works when it arrives.

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CharlieWednesday

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Posted May 8, 2025 at 20:41 GMT

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Update - the HDMI audio splitter arrived, so I connected it as AV4 with HDMI D used as the video input and SPDIF used as the audio input. As I suspected, this works for the main speakers connected to the Beosystem 3, but not the link speaker. It's specifically sound from my PC I was hoping to get through the link speaker, so I'm going to conduct another experiment. My PC has a digital audio out socket, but it's optical not coax, so I've ordered a little converter to convert optical to coax. I'm wondering: if the sound is coming from a separate source, and not split-out from the HDMI, maybe that will work. I think it's unlikely to be honest, but worth a try. I'll add another update when I've tried that.

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