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My laptop has an HDMI out port and my new TV has HDMI in ports. Hooking them up so that I can use the laptop to play movies with sound on the TV works fine. However, I haven't been able to find a way to send out just video without sound. Sometimes I want to keep the audio coming through my laptop speakers so I can put headphones on and not have everyone around me tell me to turn the sound down... is there a way to do that?

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You haven't said which operating system you're using, but on Windows I believe you can just change the default playback device in via the Sound control panel applet. It will probably change to HDMI automatically when you plug the cable in, but then you should be able to just go into control panel and switch it back to your laptop.

Alternatively, your media player may have options for which device to use for sound.

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+1. Much better answer than mine! – outsideblasts Sep 22 '09 at 6:27
Oh Skeet... because dominating just SO wasn't good enough for you. – Mark Sep 22 '09 at 6:42
You were absolutely right, of course, I don't know why I didn't check the control panel myself. I'd give you +1 if I had enough rep, but for now this comment will have to do. – Lord Torgamus Sep 22 '09 at 21:53
I have finally come back and given you your upvote. – Lord Torgamus Jan 22 '11 at 4:34
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Would breaking off the audio pins help, if you can identify them? Otherwise- headphones from TV?

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Clever, but I would like to be able to use the cable in the future for both audio and video. The TV doesn't have an audio output. – Lord Torgamus Sep 22 '09 at 21:47
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Follow this steps after connecting the HDMI cable.

  1. go to control panel
  2. Hardware and Sound
  3. Manage Audio Devices
  4. Select speaker/hp
  5. make Default and apply

this should work if you have windows 7.

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