I am having issues hooking up my stereo (Sony: STR-K840P) to my TV (Panny: 50PZ80U) and Blueray player (BDP S350) and have become baffled and irritated. The Blueray player and Cable are directly connected to the TV into HDMI inputs 1 and 2, respectively. I have used a digital coax cable to get the audio from the blueray to the stereo and the optic cable to get the sound from the Cable Box (Scientific Atlanta: 4250HDC) to the stereo. My issue is I can not get digital sound (DOLBY 5.1?) to the stereo from the cable service unless I switch the TV input to HDMI 1, and therefore I am not watching what I am listening to, and I can not get digital sound from the Blueray player no matter what input I select. Any suggestions? My only thought is that if you use an HDMI cable from your cable box or DVD player then the other outputs are not functional, but that would be silly.
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