# Picade HAT audio via HDMI? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [August 23, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-hat-audio-via-hdmi/8463 "2018-08-23T12:13:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alexd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alexd/32/4487_2.png) [@alexd](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alexd)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-hat-audio-via-hdmi/8463/1 "2018-08-23T12:13:37Z")
Hi, I have just today installed and loaded the software for my Picade HAT onto a Raspberry Pi 3B+ for the main purpose of wiring up a power button, which works well. Sound was working fine to my monitor before I rebooted (after installing the picade software) and now I do not get sound? I assume it is because the software has changed something to redirect sound to the Picade HAT audio terminals? How can I change just those settings back so the sound comes back out via HDMI? Sorry if this has been asked before, I could not find it anywhere I searched. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![gadgetoid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/gadgetoid/32/13_2.png) [@gadgetoid](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/gadgetoid)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-hat-audio-via-hdmi/8463/2 "2018-08-23T18:12:16Z")
You should edit `/boot/config.txt` and change `#dtparam=audio=on` to `dtparam=audio=on` IE:: uncomment it. Or remove a line `dtparam=audio=off` if it exists. The software also changes `/etc/asound.conf` which you can safely remove or rename to `/etc/asound.conf.hp4` ---
**Author:** ![alexd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alexd/32/4487_2.png) [@alexd](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alexd)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-hat-audio-via-hdmi/8463/3 "2018-08-23T23:53:11Z")
Awesome thank you I will try this tonight. I did the first part but that did not seem to make any difference, but I have not tried renaming the asound file so I am sure that will do it. Thanks again! ---
**Author:** ![Zshazlez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@Zshazlez](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Zshazlez)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-hat-audio-via-hdmi/8463/4 "2019-02-04T02:38:38Z")
I registered so that I could say thank you for the easy instructions to change this and for the suggestion to rename the file. I reverted the change so that I could hook the Picade Hat up to the single speaker on my Nintendo Vs can. Now I have very authentic sound. Very happy. ---
**Author:** ![john3994](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@john3994](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/john3994)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-hat-audio-via-hdmi/8463/5 "2021-04-10T11:48:45Z")
HI, felt i had to say thanks. spent countless hours trying to fix this assuming it was an issue with the build image. All sort with a single ‘#’ - THANK YOU!!! ---
**Author:** ![KevAdams](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/kevadams/32/11426_2.png) [@KevAdams](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/KevAdams)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-hat-audio-via-hdmi/8463/6 "2025-02-03T15:55:29Z")
One more thank you here, I also spent way too long on this before reading this simple fix. That inbuilt speaker on the picade console kit is brutal, way too loud to not have a quick hardware volume control in reach. Much happier being able to set volume through the HDMI instead.