I have two questions...will internet streamed programs play in surround sound mode? Also, is it hard to set-up surround sound from television programs? The unit I want to replace will not play SS in streamed programs( ROKU, Amazon, Hulu) and tv...
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Everything that we have played will play in surround sound as long as we have the system on and the television muted. Everything sounds so much clearer in the surround sound. The only thing we have streamed so far is YouTube videos and they do play in surround sound. To get television shows to play in surround sound we had to purchase an optical cable and mute the television. Easy set up and sounds great!
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This was sent to my wifes email, so I was late getting to it. Your question is vague, but make sure you have turned on your receiver and turn it up. If your samsuk TV has the "anynet" option on it, then it will /should pick it up automatically when you go into the menu of the TV and select "reciever on" option. As far as getting no sound from the TV speakers, that is odd, double check your HDMI cable is plugged into the "TV OUT" on your receiver. Anymore questions, just be specific. Plus, use the set up guide that comes with the unit, it should be fairly simple and straight forward. Best to you. This was sent to my wifes email, so I was late getting to it. Your question is vague, but make sure you have turned on your receiver and turn it up. If your samsuk TV has the "anynet" option on it, then it will /should pick it up automatically when you go into the menu of the TV and select "reciever on" option. As far as getting no sound from the TV speakers, that is odd, double check your HDMI cable is plugged into the "TV OUT" on your receiver. Anymore questions, just be specific. Plus, use the set up guide that comes with the unit, it should be fairly simple... » Read More This was sent to my wifes email, so I was late getting to it. Your question is vague, but make sure you have turned on your receiver and turn it up. If your samsuk TV has the "anynet" option on it, then it will /should pick it up automatically when you go into the menu of the TV and select "reciever on" option. As far as getting no sound from the TV speakers, that is odd, double check your HDMI cable is plugged into the "TV OUT" on your receiver. Anymore questions, just be specific. Plus, use the set up guide that comes with the unit, it should be fairly simple and straight forward. Best to you. « Show Less
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Hi Tom,I've done everything you said and that I can think of and still no dice. So I'm done trying to figure it out. I used to get pretty good surround from the the TV programs that are broadcast HD 5.1 but it seems to be gone also. I have to say that the despite all this, it does sound pretty good if stereo is what I was going for. Thanks for all your help. I really appreciate it.Take care,Dennis
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I bought this along with a Vizio A601i 60 inch back in 2012. I also had this same question that never was answered. Well I just figured it out yesterday so I will post my findings in case anyone else encounters this issue connecting this sound bar to a Vizio Smart TV. Problem(s): 1.) When using the Online content streaming of my smart TV (Vizio A601i-A3) the audio does not play through the sound bar (SB). 2.) Using the remote control of the sound bar there are only 2 HDMI options to select from . HDMI 1 and HDMI 2. There should be an HDMI ARC. Connection: From TV: HDMI 1 to SB HDMI ARC (out). Only the first HDMI port on the TV is ARC compliant. On SB: ARC (out) to TV. This leave 2 HDMI ports available for other devices (i.e. Blu Ray player, game console) Simple Solution (that I have yet to see in any manual anywhere): The TV CEC settings is what needs to be configured to be able to play audio to the sound bar. By default CEC is disabled. Enable CEC functions and turn volume control to ON. Run Device Discovery to verify the SB shows up in the list. From all I've been able to find is that the CEC settings is to allow the TV remote to control the volume of other devices. It makes no mention of it is an important step in streaming audio to a SB. After the above steps are followed use the SB remote to scroll through the HDMI source options. You should now see a third option (HDMI1, HDMI2, and HDMI ARC.) When streaming internet content from your Smart TV the SB should be set to HDMI ARC. I know this response is a year late, and I hope this helps someone else.
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Yes it does a simulated surround sound. If your tv is on pcm sound. Then you use the regular sound for regular programing it is very clear. But If you watch a movie and it broadcast in surround you can really hear the difference on both the 3d and regular surround. I have notice most things I watch haven't been. But a movie with alot of action was on and with the regular setting I could really hear those built in subwoofers. It was awesome and clear for the price of this unit. With the 3d it surrounded me more.
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Um, yeah that's a good question. I'm not saying u can't do it bit Not aware of a way to make the device work w/o going through my surround sound either. Honestly, even though I bought the device, sadly I came across the same thing and ended up not using it. However, you might be able to run optical out of th cable box and try that way. I'm really sorry I'm not much help but understand the frustrations
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Anybody have a thumb drive to fix Vizio sound issue? Webpage says it is unavailable. After watching for about an hour, sound gets distorted. Other than that, a great bedroom tv. Or , if anyone had the same issue and solved it, please let me know. Have tried every option on tv audio menu.
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I am using the RCA line inputs and it sounds fine. All of the separate TV sound systems that I've heard have excessive bass response, which muffles speech when accompanied by music. With this system, the best settings for delivering clear speech are, using the remote control, set the subwoofer to minimum and select surround sound. There will still be tons of bass response.
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Both video and sound are supplied through the HDMI cable, this would be the same as if you connected a XBOX360, DVD player etc, to a TV via the HDMI cable. I watch Netflix, Crackle and stream Pandora from this sweet unit, all sound comes through the TV speakers, I'm thinking about hooking up to a sound bar, through my TV via the optical out from the TV for additional sound, Hope this helps :) I should also note that that is a misprint ( Jenny Bean ) it is in fact Jelly Bean 4.1.1
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Sony has been very bad about clearing this up. Unfortunately, the SonyHome Theater System HT-SS2300 does not support DTS-HD format Sound.The Home Theater System supports Digital Cinema Sound (DCS), DolbyDigital, Dolby Por Logic II, Dolby Surround (Dolby Pro Logic) andDTS Digital Surround. Now the question becomes how do we play over 1/3 of the discs out there with some kind of surround sound???
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It appears the Amazon App on the Roku can not do Surround Sound, or 5.1. Standard stereo works.
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Just feed the sound from your TV into your receiver, and then turn your TV sound all the way down to "zero" - then you will just use the receiver as your sound source on all programs - TV,, Netflix, Amazon, etc.That is what I did and it works great. How you do that will depend on your receiver inputs - could be done with HDMI, rca feeds, or optical digital cord - whatever it will accept.
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I was also wondering, as I got my tv yesterday and hi def time warner cable today. I also put it on 120hz. So, can anyone tell me when and how to benefit from this feature? Also would appeciate any recs on sound system- not too expensive to add to tv, and what to go with blue-ray or other high def DVD player..thanks.
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How does the speaker sound? If you watch Hulu or Netflix, etc... are you able to listen at a reasonable level without the speaker distorting or do you need to use headphones or plugin external speakers?
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Thanks, Tolik - you helped me decide- upgradability and the game modes are big things. The Samsung seemed to have more power but I've learned you can't really rely on what they say the wattage is. I haven't owned enough Samsung equipment in the past to know what to expect - the TV is great but a sound system is another story.Mark - thanks for the CD info - for some reason I thought I'd get even better sound with a dedicated player ... if you can give me the model # on the Kenwood I might be interested (with over 400 CDS, a changer is sweet.).Don
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I have not hear the difference with surround on and off yet. It sound pretty well with movies, I connected the bar to my PS3 and stream Netflix movies and is really good. I used to have a full home theater system and this is a good replacement.
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John - you have been incredibly helpful and i appreciate your knowledge. My receiver does support all of the lossless sound formats regarding DTS HD masterauduio and tolby True HD. I am thinking that the PS3 does as well. In your opinion, what are the best looking Blu rays that you have personally seen or own regarding visuals and effects? Thanks Again!