If the TV and soundbar are on together there is an echo. I muted the TV to allow the soundbar to stand on its own. Anyone else do that?
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Yes there is an echo. No it is not caused by the cable type. The echo will still be noticeable with toslink cable. The TV volume should be turned all the way down and tv audio should be redirected to the soundbar. Theer will be no echo and the sound will be controlled from the soundbar.
2022358
As Maddux said, the soundbar is meant to replace the TV speakers and not work together with them. The slight echo could be due to a delay, because the soundbar processes the signal before output. Another possibility for the delay could be the cable you using to connect from the source to the soundar, usually coax/copper cabling will result in a very slight delay, whereas a fiber optic cable will not cause any transmission delays.
2022359
The whole purpose of a soundbar is to replace your TV speakers. You are supposed to turn off your TV speakers and use the soundbar only.
2022360
The soundbar is meant to replace the low quality tv speakers. It's not meant to be both on at the same time. That's why you get the echo.
1098314
Fair. I put a polk 9000 soundbars on mine because of the application I am using it for. Another one was sold to my father in law and he has no sound bar. No complaints.
775579
No mine is in front of the tv, because my tv sits on a shelf and the speakers of the tv come out of the bottom of the tv. So having the soundbar sitting in front of the tv makes more sense.
2284706
I had surround sound and two of the 7 speakers hummed when I put the Direct TV HD in "pause." To fix this problem go to the Direct TV remote, setup, settings, audio, and turn "on" dolby digital. Mine was off and caused the hum!
1859043
If you are connected to a cable box, there should be an optical connection there. Once connected, you should lower the volume on the TV to zero so sound will only come from the soundbar.
1723760
Ours kept doing that also. We had it for about 3 years and finally last year it started to the same thing. I took it in to an authorized Panasonic dealer to see if I could get it repaired and I was told that the part that was needed to repair it was no longer available. I hope you have better luck than I did. We no longer have a sound bar for our T.V.
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I had to plug in my sound bar to the HEADPHONE jack of the TV. Try that and see if it doesn"t work for you too.
839576
you can adjust the sound thru your tv remote. go to settings then sound. I know you can have surround, just check the options. Mine i bought the philips sound bar ($98.00) with subwoofer. You can put the tv on mute or have the tv sound on. Works perfectly fine
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I have same issue but only when paused for some time--at least 2-3 minutes. The soundbar goes into standby mode when it doesn't receive a signal. Default energy saving feature and I don't know any way to change. I usually skip back once or twice and soundbar will reconnect by the time I'm at the point where paused.
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Hi This is a powered soundbar...it has all of the speakers inside. You may want to get a dedicated center channel if you already have left and right speakers. This is perfect if you currently have no speakers and want to upgrade the sound of your Tv.
1377431
Have you got a cable box hooked to your tv? If you do you have to run the sound bar through the cable box or you must disable tv's sound coming through the cable box. Hope this helps.
1554603
I just have the sound coming from the TV's coaxial to the soundbar. It plays the sound from what is being shown on the TV.
1258100
Yes, no problem. You can also put the TV on mute and the sound will only come from the speakers
1197011
Hi J., make sure that your TV is set to use the SoundBar and not TV speakers. -Vincent
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Sorry to say, I am not at all familiar with the technical aspects of how this connects to the TV. I had folks helping me with the hookup. I do know that turning off the TV does not turn off the soundbar...that has to be done with its own remote...the Sound bar takes over the TV's sound. Note that we did have to adjust the TV sound and then the Soundbar sound and then it sounds great. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
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I installed my sound bar through my bluray player. I don't know if you're trying to plug in from your tv or what, but the sound should come from whatever is actually playing the media.
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Hello,Did you ever figure this out? I just bought this TV last night and I'm very happy with it, but I use a surround sound system and have to keep the TV volume on 0. There should be a way to turn the speakers off - right?Thanks for any info.