Got it ... and bite me while you're at it!

I'm pretty basic around here. We just have basic cable that comes in with the old-timey coax. The tv is just a tv, no stereo, sound bar or surround sound. Just a screen in a box with noise coming out of it ... except now, there is no noise.

I haven't junked the tv yet, so maybe I'll pick up a sound bar at Best Buy and see if it works. If not, I can always return it. In my nimrod way of thinking, I just figured ALL audio would be passed from the audio board, no matter what speaker configuration I had set up or what output jack I tie into. I figured ANY audio had to come from the audio board originally and would be dispersed from there. Like a dang backhoe or sumpin' ... you have one hydraulic pump, but you can switch to whatever lines you want, bucket L/R, up/down, tilt/lift, etc. etc. Many "outlets' (output jacks), but if the pump (audio card) goes out, NOTHING hydraulically operated (speakers) will work. I guess I'm wrong.