For the people who experienced delays in sound and felt like it was a badly dubbed import...where did you plug in the device- TV, Stereo or cable box?
1506011
I plugged mine into both the headphone jack and the red and white audio outlets on the TV. Both gave me a delay in my hearing aids. If I listen to TV by myself, its OK, but while watching with the rest of the family listening with the normal TV speakers, this just doesn't work.
1506012
I plugged mine into an in-ear monitor system that works much like a small mixing board. One of the channels has a click, one channel has the bass drum, one has the bass, etc. By the time the sound got to my ears, it was about a quarter of a beat (or more) off with the rest of the band.
399725
I also use HDMI. I had trouble figuring out the sound at first, but went on you tube and a 10 year old kid taught me how to get it working:). It wasn't difficult at all. Took about 15 min of trying myself and about 2 min after I watched the kid do it on you tube.
431525
DO you mean USB or cable or plug for power??ALso, I been having issues with the quality of the picture on the screen when I connect my dvd player, or camcorder to the TV. THere is sound and picture, but it is terrible. Do you have this problem also?
710046
Actually the TV works well. I thought I was having audio problems with the TV but it was with cable box that had audio problems.
1317133
I stongly recommend a sound bar. The sound from the TV is quite inferior. It made a huge difference for me. I bought both TV and the sound bar here.
1631531
Are you sure it's the receiver and not the program? I have noticed with watching football games that I get a lot of volume ups and downs from the surround speakers. Sometimes I can hear a fan yell something from the back left and then it's gone. I think it's difficult for the broadcasters, when broadcasting live, to get the surround levels all perfect. I've had less problems with watching a drama show in the evening for example. This, and I think the surround sound with a lot of programming is pretty primitive. I wouldn't worry about it unless your blu-rays also have problems.
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Channels? It sounds like problem is in the source, tv, cable tv, Blu-Ray. Try using optical input, if is posible.
1598154
Thanks BlueDemon.I have actually been following the thread on AVSForum since it began. While there are some reports of loose HDMI connectors, muting, etc; it really isn't much (actual content-wise vs. wishing/hoping-wise). Amazon had a yellow note on their HT-CT500 page for a while saying that no orders were being taken because of Amazon customer-reported issues. I was curious to see what the actual issues were (causing a suspension of sales), in case any of those customers returned here.Thanks~Bill
850478
Nope. Some TV and most decent AV systems have delay settings which can be adjusted. I just plugged in, adjusted the woofer and everything was fine.
454637
The tv must have an audio out av connection. Some do but it depends on your TV. There is no delay.
1373495
Every once in a while the TV seems to suddenly be out of sync. Not real often, but it does happen. I have a cable box hooked to it with an HDMI cable. Changing the channel, up one and back down for instance, syncs everything back up. I have to wonder if the audio or the video signal path inside the TV is the real problem. (All the motion processing, etc.) This by the way is using the TV audio. I don't recall it happening through home audio system but I'm not saying it hasn't either. Anyway I'm hoping a software update will fix this down the line.
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I just set mine up and I'm having the same issue. Voices are muffled and distant, guitars and horns also. I tried cranking up the surround, then the center, switching back and forth from DTS to DD without luck. BD seems to have great sound and play fine, then my old DVD's (so far Steely Dan 2 Against Nature and Allman Brothers Live at the Beacon which BOTH sounded spectcular with a $40 DVD player plugged into my home stereo using only the 2 channel mode output) are very bass heavy, you can barely hear the guitars or backup singers even when you are looking at them on the stunning picture from the Samsung 50" plasma. SOMEONE else must be noticing this from what was the best you could get 5 years ago? Thanks in advance. Otherwise when playing radio sound has more balance and while not up to the levels of my old stereo system now in the basement to eliminate clutter in my small living room, I was expecting far better sound from this system when playing my DVD's with DD and DTS encoding on this system that sounded soooo incredible on the old stuff. HELP?
1298564
I have this same receiver with cox cable box as well. I have the HDMI wire running from the receiver to the TV. The second HDMI wire from the cable box to the receiver. It works fine. I had to switch the HDMI port on my TV for some reason? I was not getting video, only sound? I tried a different port and it works fine. My problem is that my 7.1 surround sound speakers sound bad? I feel I have to turn the volume almost all the way up to get it even remotely loud.
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I had this problem. The solution: Make sure you have an HDMI or Optical cable connected directly to the soundbar from source (My AT&T; Uverse box). Make sure to set the audio settings in your source to output "surround". Most cable boxes come pre-programmed to output "stereo". You will hear the difference immediately...and it kicks A**!
867003
Sorry but my english is very bad, whatever, I'll try to help you, what kind of cable are you use to output the audio? HDMI, Optical?
1195839
The optical cable is a nice-to-have. An HDMI cable will do the trick (it won't carry Dolby if your TV can produce it).
734554
Happens whenever I transition to a game. I get very brief signal error and then I hear that fart sound as you describe. I just ignore it since it doesn't seem to be causing problems otherwise. By the way, I am not using the soundbar. I get this same thing with the PS3 being connected directly to the Samsung TV. How do you like the soundbar otherwise? I am looking to get something that makes hearing dialog on movies and TV better. No matter how much I adjust the levels on the TV I can't get it quite right.