I just recently bought a Samsung T23A950 Monitor/TV (see link below) to hook up to my Sony F series laptop.
I have the monitor connected using the HDMI cable that came with it. Its plugged into the first HDMI port on my monitor (labeled DVI, whereas the second port is labeled ARC). The picture and display work fine, but there is no sound coming from the monitor speakers...
I tested the speakers while using the monitor as a TV (hooked up to cable) and the speakers work fine.
The strange thing is that in Control Panel, it lists my laptop's built-in speakers as using RealTek Audio drivers while the monitor speakers are using Nvidia High Def Audio. And when I click "Test" for my monitor speakers, the green bars show up but no sound comes out.
I have no idea what to do...and Samsung tech support was useless so I would greatly appreciate any help.
My graphic card is a Geforce 330M, in case that would help.
Link To Monitor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001494&Tpk=t23a950
Thanks!
EDIT: Ok I now realized (after looking in the monitor manual) that apparently the monitor requires a provided stereo cable to be plugged in as well as an HDMI for both video and audio...now my laptop has a combined headphone out / optical out port but when I use the monitor's stereo cable for this, there is no sound from its speakers (apart from some noise). I don't know how I can connect an optical out (that looks like a standard headphone jack) to a stereo in...help please?
I have the monitor connected using the HDMI cable that came with it. Its plugged into the first HDMI port on my monitor (labeled DVI, whereas the second port is labeled ARC). The picture and display work fine, but there is no sound coming from the monitor speakers...
I tested the speakers while using the monitor as a TV (hooked up to cable) and the speakers work fine.
The strange thing is that in Control Panel, it lists my laptop's built-in speakers as using RealTek Audio drivers while the monitor speakers are using Nvidia High Def Audio. And when I click "Test" for my monitor speakers, the green bars show up but no sound comes out.
I have no idea what to do...and Samsung tech support was useless so I would greatly appreciate any help.
My graphic card is a Geforce 330M, in case that would help.
Link To Monitor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001494&Tpk=t23a950
Thanks!
EDIT: Ok I now realized (after looking in the monitor manual) that apparently the monitor requires a provided stereo cable to be plugged in as well as an HDMI for both video and audio...now my laptop has a combined headphone out / optical out port but when I use the monitor's stereo cable for this, there is no sound from its speakers (apart from some noise). I don't know how I can connect an optical out (that looks like a standard headphone jack) to a stereo in...help please?