FHD2400 Problems, need help.

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BukkaKing

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I recently got an awesome deal on a FHD2400, and it's an awesome monitor. Everything looks crisp, clear, hell it's better'n real life :) Anywho, my main problem is this: I have a PS3 80gig and got the monitor because of it's HDMI input, when I plug it on I see great graphics but no sound. (here's where my newbie-ness shows). Do I need to buy the optional Speaker system that clips on to get Audio? Or could something else be causing the lack of Audio? I know the HDMI Cable works fine, and the PS3 is less than a week old.

Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
 
I'm guessing the monitor doesn't handle the audio portion of the HDMI. On your PS3, there should be 2 options for audio out. There's the optical audio out if you have a sound system that supports that or else you can stick with the older analog. Unfortunately, the PS3 cannot output both audio signals at the same time if you have a need for that.
 
I'm not exactly sure of the PS3's input/output options, but it's probably trying to send the sound over the HDMI cable as well. The audio output connector for the speaker bar on the FHD2400 looks a bit funky, too, so you probably won't be able to find a connector to route it back through your sound system. Check through the PS3's output options. If you find anywhere that says to use a different output for audio, switch it to that.
 
HDMI does both Video and Audio. The Gateway does not have any sound unless you buy the additional speaker bar.

You can use HDMI for video and still use RCA (Red, White, Yellow) at the same time for sound. But in order to do that, you would need an amplifier or separate stereo to do that.
 
If you want audio from your PS3, you have two options. You can plug in your compsite cable included with the system as that has the RCA audio plugs. You can also buy a TosLink audio cable (very cheap) to deliver digital audio. The thing is that you will need to buy external speakers to plug this in and will need to make sure it has the appropriate audio inputs.

If you buy the speaker bar for the FHD2400, it will route the audio from the HDMI cable to the speakers and you will not need to plug in any additional cables.

Whichever option you choose, make sure you select the appropriate audio output from the PS3's OS.
 
or you can use the optical out of the PS3 for sound. that is how i use my ps3, since my receiver is a pretty old pioneer w/o HDMI. so i have HDMI of the PS3 into my TV, just carrying video. and Optical out of the PS3 into my receiver carrying audio.
 
Thanks everyone for the help.

I ordered the optional Speaker Bar from Gateway and had it delivered overnight. It arrived earlier today and of course, I was excited to finally have audio. Lo and behold the Speaker Bar doesn't fit into the monitor. I triple checked everything before ordering online and it was the one and only Speaker Bar available for the 24' models. After the torturous 2hr long distance call to Gateway I came to find out the FHD2400 I bought is the latest model. This newer model has a metallic band covering the outside, apparently covering up the slots for the Speaker Bar to click into. Obviously Gateway's ineptness of linking the speaker bar accessory on their site to a monitor it doesn't fit into. Retards.

So I can hookup the HDMI cable from my PS3 to the monitor and then the composite cables from the PS3 to an external speaker and this should grant me sound finally aye?
 
Edit (11-10-2007):
I just got off the live chat with Gateway during which I placed an order for the speaker bar. They say the TDX speaker bar is also compatible and attachable to the FHD2400. We will see...

I currently have my PS3 hooked up to FHD2400 through HDMI for video and RCA-to-audio jack adapter (RadioShack) for audio (my speaker only had audio jack as an auxiliary input). The adapter links red/white audio outputs of the connector that came with PS3 to the audio jack. Under the sound setting on PS3, you have to change the output setting to RCA (or analog or something, whichever it says. I think it was the second option, not the optical, digital option).

As for the speaker bar, there are actually two available from Gateway: 24-inch monitor speaker bar and monitor speaker bar. I do not know which one you got. I assume the 24-inch (TDX) monitor speaker bar since it is what is linked from the Gateway FHD2400 website. But then again, on the speaker bar website, it does only mention FPD2485W as a compatible monitor. Furthermore, if you do look at the other thread (I again assume you probably did not look at it since you just posted a new thread), there is one person who purchased a speaker bar through the live chat. I am not sure how it turned out, though.
 
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