BRAVIA KD49XG8096BU automatically turning on home cinema

[robstopper]

I got a BRAVIA KD49XG8096BU yesterday. I have a Sony home cinema kit, through which I run my Sky+ HD box for certain shows. When I turn on my TV and the Sky box, the TV is automatically turning on the home cinema kit. Whilst that's not too much of an issue, I don't always want to use the home cinema kit.

I can't see a way to disable this. My tv is connected to the amplifiers TV HDMI socket, the Sky box is connected to the amp via the Satellite HDMI socket. I get audio from the Sky box when the amp is set to the Satellite output, but I don't get any audio from the tv's inbuilt freeview when the amp is set to the TV output. I have an HDMI splitter box on its way to me, hoping that if I plug both the tv and Sky box in to the Satellite HDMI socket on the amp, and then switch between inputs, it may work?

[robstopper]

Thanks for that recommendation Pat. Just got home and taken a better look at the back of the amp, and the tv opt socket is free....no idea how i missed it! The xbox is just via an hdmi lead and gives me 5.1 dolby, so that means all i need is an extra optical digital cable, and i should be up and running!

[robstopper · Accepted solution]

Happy days, all sorted. New optical digital cable arrived last night; plugged between the tv and the tv opt in port on the amp, and i now have 5.1 sound from the amp on tv, netflix, prime tv etc 😁