I purchased this and it will change the channels but does not turn tv off and on and volume only works when sound bar is on - any thoughts?
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Hi, you may have downloaded the incorrect remote, I had the same issue until I downloaded the correct remote. It took a litter guess work.Joe.
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Hi, you may have downloaded the incorrect remote, I had the same issue until I downloaded the correct remote. It took a litter guess work. Joe.
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Hi J., make sure that your TV is set to use the SoundBar and not TV speakers. -Vincent
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Hi Bantjh2o, the issue with the input is controlled by your TV and not by the SoundBar. The SoundBar is an Audio Ouput device which doesn't have control over Input selection.
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Make sure you are watching the lights on the sound bar. It is hard to tell when it is on or off but the lights will blink notifying you of the level of sound. I have disconnected mine for now as the cable company has improved it sound quality or I would look at it and explain it more in depth. Good luck!
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Thanks for the info, but.... The TV speakers work fine with the sound bar when watching any TV reg or HD programs. It is just some HD dvd's or Blu-Ray dvd's that this problem occurs. There is an echo or feedback which sometimes you can turn the TV off and back on again and it disapears or makes it better. Some DVDs still have echo or delay from one speaker to the other. It is a sync problem between the TV speakers and Sound Bar which are both Sony brands. When everything working, tv speakers, sound bar and (2) wireless rear speaker it is awesome in my 16 by 11 room. I just thought there was an option somewhere to sync speakers together if needed. Thanks.Alan Thanks for the info, but.... The TV speakers work fine with the sound bar when watching any TV reg or HD programs. It is just some HD dvd's or Blu-Ray dvd's that this problem occurs. There is an echo or feedback which sometimes you can turn the TV off and back on again and it disapears or makes it better. Some DVDs still have echo or delay from one speaker to the other. It is a sync problem between the TV speakers and Sound Bar which are both Sony brands. When everything working, tv speakers, sound bar and (2) wireless rear speaker it is awesome in my 16 by 11 room. I just thought there was... » Read More Thanks for the info, but.... The TV speakers work fine with the sound bar when watching any TV reg or HD programs. It is just some HD dvd's or Blu-Ray dvd's that this problem occurs. There is an echo or feedback which sometimes you can turn the TV off and back on again and it disapears or makes it better. Some DVDs still have echo or delay from one speaker to the other. It is a sync problem between the TV speakers and Sound Bar which are both Sony brands. When everything working, tv speakers, sound bar and (2) wireless rear speaker it is awesome in my 16 by 11 room. I just thought there was an option somewhere to sync speakers together if needed. Thanks.Alan « Show Less
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It sounds like your sound bar is not connected throught the TV set. The audio cable should be connected to the TV set so that when the TV set is turned off there will be no sound through the sound bar. I have also had trouble with the remote for the sound bar. It seems to go out of alignment sometimes and will not operate the sound bar. I find that pushing the top button on the sound bar until it blinks orange and then hitting the volume control button will cause the soundbar and remote to work together again. One of the problems I read about with the sound bar was that the remote will not always operate the sound bar. Hopes this helps.
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The tv needs to have an optical out and the sound bar has the optical in, that'll send the sound thru the tv to the sound bar. If your not getting any sound from the sound bar it's probably in the wrong port.
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You can't - at least I can't. Being SIMPLINK compatible it should turn on when the TV is powered on as I understand it, but I could never get it to work. I have to turn the soundbar on then choose the input all the time. Not great but you get used to it.
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The one I purchased worked fine and I had sound. you just had to get up and push the button to change the channel if you will between the different devices. Sounds like you could have a faulty adapter.
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My TV did not have variable digital audio out. I think most TVs now are the same. So you have to use just the volume on the sound bar, The output you hooked to the sound bar needs to be variable audio.
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i had the same problem it worked at moms house with hdmi cable but i couldnt get it to work on my tv. got a optical cable and it now works great. try that i believe you will have a working jbl sound bar
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The sound bar comes with a remote control that I use to control the volume and on / off operation. My comcast controller only changes the TV volume. I haven't tried to control it on the TV remote, which I use only to switch between various inputs (cable, DVD, DVD-R, Apple TV). I have been running the sound bar with the TV audio turned all the way down ... using both the TV and sound bar for audio created a little bit of an echo effect which I found annoying.
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Yes, buttt! The timing might be a little off and could sound simular to an echo effect. My sound bar is hooked up to optical connection. There should be a way to adjust this tv/soundboard timing, butt! I haven't researched this yet
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its plug and play. Try turning up the volume on your tv or tuner (which ever you have it plugged into). if that that doesn't work right click on the volume control and go to playback devices. From there run the test on each device till the audio on your TV responds then set that one as the default.
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The problem is with the HDMI protection system. Next time turn off both tv and soundbar the turn tv on first then the soundbar. The issue is what they call a handshake problem between tv and soundbar. Good Luck
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Hi Kathleen,I watch over the air HD all the time and my soundbar works fine. I can't think of anything that would make it not work. Possibly a setting on your TV?
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Check your TV to see if there is a setting for controlling the audio out. On mine it is under the Audio menu and is called Audio Out. Setting it to Variable does what you want.