There is no chopping problem with the TV internal speakers on either TV. Of course it sounds god awful, but the voiceover or Roku audio does not chop. I'm not sure about any sort of sleep setting regarding the sound bar internal menu. I don't even know if it has an internal menu, since if it does, it's not accessible. I will get my husband to look into that. Interesting however, that the problem existed on an older Apple TV with an N a D receiver as well. I wonder if this sleep setting is common. We don't have that receiver anymore so we can't check. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 25, 2016, at 12:11 PM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> wrote: > > To add even more confusion to this, I’m using Samsung flat screens as well, > so we have the same brand television. Do you get a loss of audio from the > flat screens internal speakers or just to the sound bar itself? You might > have some sort of sleep setting where the sound bar goes in to a powered down > state and wakes up only when it receives signal, that might need to be > disabled in the sound bars internal menu. > >> On Nov 25, 2016, at 2:59 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> OK, further to my sound bar issue. I did not correctly describe how the >> sound bar was connected to the TV. It is in fact connected via an optical >> digital link between the television and the sound bar. I recall now that but >> this was the case with my former audio video receiver and the second >> generation Apple TV. And it had the problem I have described. With the >> fourth generation Apple TV and the sound bar, when we had the problem, we >> went and purchased a new and better optical cable, thinking that this could >> be the problem. We tried it on two TVs, both of them Samsung flatscreen >> models. So you have the Apple TV connected through HDMI to the TV, and then >> the optical out to the sound bar. In both cases, I have the choppy audio >> problem missing words or beginning's of words. And now with Roku the same >> applies to their excess ability solution. I do remember seeing stuff in the >> past that talked about being able to use HDMI out to a sound bar if you had >> an HDMI connector on your sound bar, which I don't. And then you have to >> have something called arc, ARC to have that work right. It's called audio >> return channel. So at this point, I'm not sure what to look for. Since I >> seem to have a wiring set up that you, Scott, talked about, albeit with a >> different sound bar. Having had this problem with two different Samsung TVs >> using optical cable to the sound bar, it's either something with the TVs, >> something with the sound bar, or I just don't know. It's very frustrating, >> that much I do know. >> Mary >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Nov 24, 2016, at 3:16 PM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Mary, I’ve got the solution for you. >>> >>> I use a Sony sound bar which I absolutely love. It’s the higher end Sony >>> sound bar that Best Buy sells, I’ll have my assistant read the model number >>> off if you want although I think it’s a pretty standard model. The key is, >>> it has an optical in. How I have it wired is as follows. >>> >>> The HDMI from the different devices (set top box for FIOS, Apple TV, Fire >>> TV, Xbox 1) go direct from the device to the TV. Then, I take the optical >>> out from the TV and patch it directly to the optical in on the sound bar. >>> You use the TV as the HDMI switcher. Voice over works flawlessly with no >>> lost words in this configuration. It never dropped any with HDMI passed >>> right through either but the issue I had there was the audio would entirely >>> stop once in a while and require a restart of the sound bar. Using the >>> optical transport has totally eliminated all sound loss issues and provides >>> a fantastic sound quality. This sound bar also has a very nice sub which >>> is wireless and can be placed anywhere in the room. There’s even a mode >>> for apartment use so it tries to isolate the sound more in your space and >>> let less leak in to the adjoining units. Can’t say enough good things >>> about it. >>> >>> Hope that helps. >>> >>>> On Nov 24, 2016, at 5:20 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I know I have brought this topic up before. Another year has gone by, and >>>> there are many sound bars on sale right now with substantial discount. But >>>> if I don't work any better than what we have now, I don't want to spend >>>> another few hundred bucks and be disappointed. The problem I have, and I >>>> know others have had it as well, is that when you have voiceover on your >>>> Apple TV and that is connected to a sound bar, you miss words from >>>> voiceover. When sound is playing, as when you have music or TV program >>>> active, there are no VoiceOver missing words. This has something to do >>>> with the HDMI, and I don't remember exactly what. But I know that when I >>>> look at the sound bars online, it doesn't really give any indication of >>>> any of the specs that I might need to know up to see if voiceover is going >>>> to work right. We just got a Roku streaming stick with accessibility. It's >>>> suffers from the same problem as voiceover. You miss lots of words. So, I >>>> would really like to get a nice quality sound bar that actually lets me >>>> use these devices. 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