No sound after changing the channel?

[francorosso]

I have this problem where I change a channel after an extended period of being tuned to one channel and the sound just stops. I fix it by playing a movie or selecting some other media momentarily and then going back to live tv. Anybody else had this issue and is there a fix? Also I have had the jittery video problem too, fixed it each time by rebooting the WMC PC.

Franco

[Scallica]

Can you provide some details about your wiring setup? Are you going directly to the receiver or TV?

[francorosso]

The hdmi cable goes to the tv and I have the speakers in the tv disabled. Then I have a optical output from the tv going into my receiver. However, I have also had the tv speakers turned on and the same issue happens. What is interesting is that the computer sounds -the dings that WMC makes when you move around inside the program - they all still work. So it is just the tv channels that have no sound. Let me know if you have any other questions.

[Scallica]

For testing purposes, can you connect the HDMI cable directly to the receiver?

[francorosso]

Nope, it's a Sony that I bought in 2003 before they were putting HDMI's on mainstream AVR's......

[Scallica]

Can you connect the optical cable from the PC directly to the receiver?

[francorosso]

I didn't know there is an optical cable on the PCI card! I can, but the problem hasn't happened for a few days. I'm going out of town in the morning but I will try it when I get back and post here.