Fix HDMI No Sound In Your Pc

By Prince Charlse
Dec 5, 2017

HDMI is the industry standard for high definition video and audio. An HDMI connection bundles audio and video into one signal and can provide your PC or home theater system with the best and easiest audio and visual experience. However, just like any other connection there’s always something to go wrong. Often times connecting an HDMI cable from your Windows PC to a home theater system or television will result in a loss of HDMI audio, even if your HDMI video signal is pristine. There’s a few different reasons for this to happen, but thankfully this problem is easy to troubleshoot.

CHANGE YOUR DEFAULT PLAYBACK DEVICE #1

By far the most common cause of this issue is your default playback settings. Your Windows PC has several different ways to output audio. Speakers may use a normal audio jack, a USB port, an optical port, or HDMI audio. Unless you have used it previously, rarely will HDMI be selected by default to be your playback device. Thankfully, this is easy to fix on your Windows 7 or Windows 8 PC.

To change your default playback device you have two options. The first option is the simplest.

  1. Look in the bottom right corner of your screen
  2. On the taskbar you should see a small speaker icon
  3. Right click this icon and select Playback Devices
  4. This will open a new window showing a list of your playback device options
  5. Find the option labeled HDMI and right click it
  6. Select Set as Default Device

CHANGE YOUR DEFAULT PLAYBACK DEVICE #2

The second option is just as simple but requires a few extra steps.

  1. Open the Control Panel. (In Windows 7 this can be found by clicking Start. In Windows 8, simply press the Windows key and type Control panel and hit Enter.)
  2. Click the option that says Hardware and Sound
  3. Click Manage audio devices
  4. Find the option labeled HDMI and right click it
  5. Select Set as Default Device

CHANGE YOUR DEFAULT PLAYBACK DEVICE #1

By far the most common cause of this issue is your default playback settings. Your Windows PC has several different ways to output audio. Speakers may use a normal audio jack, a USB port, an optical port, or HDMI audio. Unless you have used it previously, rarely will HDMI be selected by default to be your playback device. Thankfully, this is easy to fix on your Windows 7 or Windows 8 PC.

To change your default playback device you have two options. The first option is the simplest.

  1. Look in the bottom right corner of your screen
  2. On the taskbar you should see a small speaker icon
  3. Right click this icon and select Playback Devices
  4. This will open a new window showing a list of your playback device options
  5. Find the option labeled HDMI and right click it
  6. Select Set as Default Device

CHANGE YOUR DEFAULT PLAYBACK DEVICE #2

The second option is just as simple but requires a few extra steps.

  1. Open the Control Panel. (In Windows 7 this can be found by clicking Start. In Windows 8, simply press the Windows key and type Control panel and hit Enter.)
  2. Click the option that says Hardware and Sound
  3. Click Manage audio devices
  4. Find the option labeled HDMI and right click it
  5. Select Set as Default Device