Aaaaagggghhhh

My brand new HDTV finally arrived on Friday night. An Olevia 537h. I spent an hour and a half today at a Time Warner "store" exchanging our old cable box for an HD cable box. I then went out and bought the various cabling I'd need to hook this sucker up. I then tried to hook it up. Got the video going -- looks great. No audio. After futzing around a bit, I called me bro Mike, the only one in the entire family with a techno gene in his body (and as a computer engineer, it appears that he horded a bunch of them), and he gave me some direction. Still no success. I printed out the user's manual. I stared at the pages. I tried this. I tried that. I tried this and that several more times. I tried calling Olevia customer support (not open on weekends!). I downloaded the user's manual. I tried this and that several more times. Thinking the speakers just might be broken, I hooked up the DVD player and turned it on...audio sound came out of the TV! This, I think frustated me even more. The solution, no doubt, is simple and straightforward, and yet it eludes me.

Oh, cruel audio. Why do you taunt me?

If I had my life to do over, I would more carefully plan out my circle of friends so that I surround myself with folks whose talents and expertise fill in the gaps and shortcomings in my life. The top two friends I'd hunt for are 1) an auto mechanic, and 2) a techno geek who can get the effing audio on my TV to work.