help required in connecting lcd-avr-laptop

[shani_raval]

Hi friends,
I need a bit of help understanding the problem before i can solve it.

I have the following equipements which i want to connect through an AVR

1) Harman Kardon - AVR 142 (With HDMI In & Out Ports)
2) JBL 5.1 speakers
3) Sony Bravia LCD (BX300) (With HDMI IN Ports)
4) Toshiba satellite laptop (With HDMI IN port, ATI Radeon VIDEO card)

Now, i am trying to watch movies which are on my laptop on the tv throught the avr and surround system.

I connect the LCD HDMI Cable to the AVR on the Monitor Out HDMI Port or the Out port as said. The laptop through another HDMI cable to the avr on the HDMI 1 port.
This helps me getting the picture on the t.v. so far so good. The problem lies - the sound also is transfered to the speakers of the TV instead of the surround system. Now if this was the case, i could easly connect the tv to the laptop and be done, which was and is working fine, but i need the sound through the AVR and want to experience the surround sound through the capability of the AVR.

Could anyone guide me as to what needs to be done to solve the issue? or rather if anyone could tell me where the problem lies so that i can find some means to rectify the same.

 

[edwiuxas]

hey did you found solution? I have the same problem:/

 

[NutBucket]

Its gotta be a setting in the AVR. If you had read the manual you would have come across this bit:

"The AVR142 is equipped for HDMI switching, which
means that it is able to select either of the three HDMI
inputs as the source that feeds your system’s video
display. This preserves the digital signal in its original
form by passing it directly through from source to
display. However, this also means that the AVR does
not have access to the signal and thus it is not able to
add menus or on-screen messages to HDMI signals, or
to process the audio that may be part of the signal in
an HDMI connection."

So the short answer is, get a better receiver.