I recently got a fourth generation Apple TV and connected it to a Samsung TV which is connected to a Klipsch sound bar via optical cable. After some experimentation, including switching out the cable and trying a different and older TV to make sure the problem wasn't our newer TV, I have determined that there is an issue with voiceover cutting out when there isn't already audio playing through the sound bar. That is, if there is a TV show or some music or whatever going through the Apple TV to the sound bar, and I use the included remote or a Bluetooth keyboard to move around on the Apple TV and hear what it is saying with voiceover, there is no problem. Voiceover does not cut out. However, if there is no audio streaming through the sound bar from the Apple TV, then voiceover does cut out and the first words are always missed. Someone on an Apple related list said he had the same problem and solved it by using a Bluetooth headset. The only Bluetooth headset I have is a single ear piece Plantronics, probably about five years old, which I use on my iPhone when I'm out. This guy thinks that the issue is some kind of energy saving thing in the sound bar that doesn't kick in in time to catch the first few syllables are words that voiceover is saying. I'm all in favor of energy savings, but really. This is disgusting. I wonder if anybody has a Bluetooth headset solution that won't cost very much. I have really nice Headsets, but none of them are Bluetooth. I do not intend to buy the new ones from BMW which cost $400. Smile. Mary
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