I have this unit hooked into a LG's digital optical audio jack with a toslink cable, and out with the red and whites to my surround sound, works great for blu-ray sound, but sound drops out on Netflix sometimes? any hints on a fix? Thanks!!!
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Not sure why it is only doing it on Netflix. When I started having trouble with it dropping out the unit was going bad. Gefentv was very good to work with for replacement in warranty.
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I will try this when I get home (I'm almost 100% positive that it will work :-)). I'm seeing the same problem in my blueray home theatre system. Thanks for sharing the resolution.
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Hi, I just bought this TV and I have a Netflix account. I'm trying to stream Netflix on my TV but I can't hear audio. I bought an HDMI cable and connected it to my Macbook Pro. This TV functions nicely as a giant monitor, but I want to be able to watch movies with the audio coming out of the TV. Does anybody know how to do this? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! I was trying to find a Netflix ready icon on the box -- it doesn't have one. I'm assuming I can't?
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I'm just trying to understand this stuff myself but, as I understand it, the optical connection works with Dolby Digital and I guess DTS up to 5.1. The other issue is just for people who need 7.1 (2 more speakers) sound with newer higher resolution sound modes. I just got surround sound in the last year and I am still thrilled with Dolby Digital 5.1. I'm not about to buy whole new receiver and speakers plus more expensive BR player to upgrade a sound system I love. Heck I don't even think I could fit 2 more speakers into my TV room.
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Nothing from amazon on this after 8 months. I am surprised and annoyed that they have an app for the tv's but not for the blu-ray players which drive surround sound systems. It seems that amazon supports the lowest common denomintor of consumer devices samsung tv sets, but not the next notch up. Time to move on to a more robust solution, imho.
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Go to Audio/sound..Uncheck dolby digital and use normal audio. This WILL solve your problem, but you must do it for every movie you watch. I got a refund for this problem, but got to keep the blue ray. Small price for a good product :))
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This was the same issue I had and why I bought this product along with the optical audio cable. Prior to getting this, I was plugging my wireless headphones through RCA audio into the cable box since the TV did not have an RCA audio out. Unfortunately, when I wanted to watch movies on Smart TV Netflix or Apple TV, the sound in headphones did not work. With this converter, I plugged the Optical cable from the Optical Audio out to the converter than sent RCA audio cable to the wireless headphones. I now have sound for everything watched through the TV. You might need to shut off the Television speakers when using the headphones for Smart TV features like Netflix and Apple TV. I hope this helps
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Im having an issue with this. I contacted Sony and they told me to hook up my:Bluray > HDMI > TVBluray > Optical Cable > Home TheaterHome Theater > HDMI > TVWhen i play my dvds on my home theater i get the full surround sound, BUT when i play my blurays i dont. I get the same sound from my front right speakers and my right rear speakers (same thing for the left side). Does anyone have a solution? or having these same issues?My Equipment: Sony Bravia KDL46V5100, Sony HDX589w Home Theater, Samsung P3600 BluRay Player
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Hi Shelley,I sent you a post in another discussion. It seems the Netflix movies are giving me grief!! I'm trying to watch Michael Clayton, and my player says its incompatible. I'm having a tough time installing the firmware update as well... the machine can't seem to locate the dang file on my jump drive. Oh well, maybe the disc is bad.Cheers!
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Hi Notorious A.G.A, Did you succeed receiving sound from TV to external speakers using an optical cable? It doesn't seem to work for me. I'm using "External Speakers" setting in the TV with the receiver powered on. I hear nothing.
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I installed mine today - optical out from TV to XT1 - and also get audio delay. No changes to settings (TV or XT1) will improve audio delay. My guess is TV is sending audio through optical too late for XT1 to pump it out and catch up with the picture. I will be returning this soon unless I find a solution. Not impressed.
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I've got an identical setup (but a blue ray instead of XBox) and it works. There should be a setting on your home theater system that would allow to transmit sound to rear speakers. I have a Sony 5.1 surround system and I have to press "Sound Field" several times until I find the correct setting... Hope this helps - you can email me at mplavnik@gsb.uchicago.edu for additional questions.
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I have a Panasonic Blue Ray dmp-br601 playera and a 40" BRAVIA Pro Display KDL40S5100/9 TV. I just purchased the Panasonic. The BR601 will play back a Blue Ray disc properly both video and audio wise. When I play a non Blue Ray disc the audio will drop out every 5 or 10 minutes throughout the entire program. It will then fade in about 30 to 45 seconds later. Very annoying. There seems to be a little bit of audio noise just before the audio drops out. The non Blue Ray disc video will continue to play with no noticable degradation. Hopefully it's just a simple paramater selection in setup? Anybody have any ideas. Thanks.
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Yeah, the optical input connection is really weak at the soundbar. Sound cuts out intermittently. I ended up using the analog connection (the difference is negligible with these cheapo soundbars).
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Hi Dennis,Try pressing the test tone button on the remote, and see if your getting sound from all speakers. Also, did you use the RCA cables from the BD player to the Onkyo? ( one for each speaker ) Don't forget to choose the right format from the Blu-ray disk ( Dolby truehd / DTS HD master audio ) If your still having a problem, let me know..I can probably walk you through a little more detail.Tom
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Thanks Chris. Yes I checked the DVD player tp make sure it has DTS code. I didnt use the optical cable for the digital sound connection but I used the digital coax which I believe should work just fine on DTS. I called customer service but they answered via email and didnt really know how to solve the issue. I am disappointed at Pioneer receiver. Appreciate ur sharing with me. Thanks. By the way, does digital sound has some echo in it?
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The digital optical audio cable I purchased works just fine with my LG tv and LG sound bar. I had to use the audio optical output because the tv did not have any other audio output to hook up the sound bar. I have no RCA vs. digital optical audio comparison but, like I said, the cord worked fine.