Are any owners having a problem that the bar becomes mute on its own, requiring a reboot (switch off & on) to restore sound? Solution?
467861
No we have not had this problem at all. First I have heard of this happening....sorry can't help with this one...JB
335231
No problem on mine. The only problem I have is on the remote is that I cannot lower the sound, but I believe that is my fault.
467862
Once in awhile when I power mine up, I get a "rushing" noise that requires it to be powered down and powered back up again. Not sure what that is. It's not interference from my home wireless network. Mildly annoying.
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It sounds like your sound bar is not connected throught the TV set. The audio cable should be connected to the TV set so that when the TV set is turned off there will be no sound through the sound bar. I have also had trouble with the remote for the sound bar. It seems to go out of alignment sometimes and will not operate the sound bar. I find that pushing the top button on the sound bar until it blinks orange and then hitting the volume control button will cause the soundbar and remote to work together again. One of the problems I read about with the sound bar was that the remote will not always operate the sound bar. Hopes this helps. It sounds like your sound bar is not connected throught the TV set. The audio cable should be connected to the TV set so that when the TV set is turned off there will be no sound through the sound bar. I have also had trouble with the remote for the sound bar. It seems to go out of alignment sometimes and will not operate the sound bar. I find that pushing the top button on the sound bar until it blinks orange and then hitting the volume control button will cause the soundbar and remote to work together again. One of the problems I read about with the sound bar was that the remote will not... » Read More It sounds like your sound bar is not connected throught the TV set. The audio cable should be connected to the TV set so that when the TV set is turned off there will be no sound through the sound bar. I have also had trouble with the remote for the sound bar. It seems to go out of alignment sometimes and will not operate the sound bar. I find that pushing the top button on the sound bar until it blinks orange and then hitting the volume control button will cause the soundbar and remote to work together again. One of the problems I read about with the sound bar was that the remote will not always operate the sound bar. Hopes this helps. « Show Less
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hi--yeah, I am seeing this as well, but I was able to press the "speaker" button and the sound comes back. it's really kind of frustrating, I am trying to figure out what to do about it as well.
1206144
I don't have an answer other than to make sure that the device you are connecting is not on mute and the volume is set. Really sorry I can't help.
1002488
I did have a bit of trouble with mine at first but after I went into sound settings in my OS and updated the settings for the headset to be default and so on and did a reboot, it worked perfect, just make sure you always keep it in the same USB port or you will have to go through it all over again. My sys OS Is Win 7 Pro. Hope this helps.
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I have never experienced that problem. Sound bar & tv works perfectly together. I had a problem with the auto on button, every time I turned off sound bar, it would come back on. Didn't figure out why until a few days later, within that time, I just unpluged the unit. Another problem, I'm having is, sound bar isn't working properly with vcr/dvd player. I think my connections are wrong, I'll contact Greek Squad to fix it for me.
303319
I have a 2 week old Sound Bar with a similar issue as well. It emits a high-pitch (electrical) whine on stand-by. No firmware updates or results in Google yet. Just your post. May call Samsung before I return it to Best Buy.
1003971
I would try changing the digital cable that connects your sound bar to the tv, cause if that cable is intermittently failing the sound bar won't getting any signal from the tv and will shut off thinking its not being use..
1677809
The audio is fine. I usually have mine turned off & only use it when I want to.
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Hi MRK. Thanks for your update!As I said, I checked that it was not on mute and still nothing. I actually tried what you said yesterday, but just in case I tried it again today and still no playback sound, no shutter sound... Nothing. I can see the volume bars go up and down but I still hear (guess!): Nothing.This is not my first PowerShot. I truly love them and, even though the playback sound is not perfect, is still does give an idea of how things are going.Oh well, already contacted Amazon for an exchange.Nice to hear your luck was different! Enjoy!
1343629
have you contacted dell for technical support. or tried using some other speakers or headphones front and back ports check the software mute mabe the device is not the default device.
1089783
Not here. I would unplug it and see if it still happens and if it doesnt, I would assume its something to do with the volume dial.
1339923
No idea. At least, I never figured it out. The sound bar is about the worst conceived pieces of hardware I have encountered in a while. Avoid it.
1878192
The sound bar goes into standby mode when it doesn't receive a signal, which is a default energy saving feature. I'd recommend you contact Polk Audio Customer Service (1-800-377-7655) to confirm.
631698
sound? i want mine silent.. so i guess i can t help..sorry. try no sound .. it s great!
2168895
Sorry to hear that I did not have that problem with mine, try and see if you can clean the microphone with a little bit of alcohol
1151829
I think it's the optical cable that comes with this sound bar. I changed it out with another optical cable that is thicker and I no longer have this problem.