When watching regular FIOS TV I can get audio through my stereo receiver, but when I switch to Roku (Roku Express | HD Roku Streaming Device) , I cannot. Older Samsung TV - any options?
Hi tomgold,
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Thank you for letting us know that you are not getting audio from your stereo receiver when you use your Roku device streaming platform. No worries, we are here to assist.
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It is an older receiver - Yamaha HTR-5540
it looks like that one came out about 6 years before HDMI took over the AV world. Another possibility is if the TV itself has analog audio outs, you could run those into the receiver? How is the box that works connected? Does its audio outs go straight to the receiver or to the TV?
You haven't really told us much. For example I have:
[all input devices] -- HDMI --> AV Receiver --> Speakers and TV
So, Satellite TV, Roku, Blu Ray, etc. all have their audio handled in exactly the same way.
However, decades ago I used to have a more convoluted set up where video went straight(ish) to the TV and audio connections went to an audio-only receiver. This one required making the right connections and setting the right inputs to get everything working together. If you're doing something like that, you will probably need something like an HDMI audio extractor to take audio from Roku's HDMI output and run it to the stereo. I say probably on the extractor because there were some old "Express+" devices that had separate analog audio outs.
