I just hooked this up in my bedroom. We use the sleep timer function on the TV - but that won't shut off the Dish - so the sound will still be on but not the TV. I couldn't get my Dish Remote programmed to accept the soundbar. Any suggestions?
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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.
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You can't display the clock &#128338; continuously, whatever input you're using will display on sound &#128266; bar. Only when sound bar is off will the clock display. And another thing for a better sound, use the movie mode, Much better sound. Hope i was of some help Jim
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try plugging it into your dvr or reciever in the audio out and then press mute, I have a home theater system that has no adio out so I HAD TO USE MY DIRECT-TV dvr audio out and they work great with my sony home theater system hooked up to my dvr if you have one press the mute button on the home theater system
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Hi Shawn.... I have mine hooked up to DISH also and to my audio / video receiver. I do believe if your sound bar has optical outlet you should be fine. :)
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It sounds like you may have hit the 'sat' button at the top of the Dish remote instead of the 'tv' button when you programmed it. You will probably have to call Dish to get the 'sat' code working again and after that, hit 'tv' and repeat process. Hope this helps.
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I remember having that issue when I first hooked mine up as well. I think the source for your audio on the TV is messed up. Make sure you have audio coming out of the TV and not through a receiver or make sure the receiver will play the audio. I have to turn off my TV speakers in order for the audio to play tthrough an external source.
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Hope you don't think I am being a wiseass, but are the blue lights on your soundbar on? Our first mistake was thinking that the green power light was "on". If the blue lights are not on, that is probably your problem. Next was the source. We use our bar on source 2, (there will be two blue lights on). The directions are poorly written, so we called the tech support number in the instructions. I recommend you do the same. The guy will walk you through syncing the remotes, and any other questions you may have. You will definitely want to sync this to your main remote. Hope this helps.
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Check your TV to see if there is a setting for controlling the audio out. On mine it is under the Audio menu and is called Audio Out. Setting it to Variable does what you want.
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It sounds like the tv is defective or the sleep timer is set for 15 mins. Does the tv make any noise or show any pixelation? I've had my tv for over 2+ years and never had a problem with it
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Does your receiver have an "optical" output? If it does, try hooking that to the Soundbar. Have an HDMI and an Optical hooked up and they both work fine . . . . .
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I had comcast and bluray player hooked to it but it wouldn't automatically switch even when I turned off the bluray player completely. Tried with cable box, it won't either but I think that was because the cable box is always on standby.
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Don't be alarmed...it takes a minute....especially when using the remote.....if u push it again...you turn it off....Try not using the remote as well.My tv remote will.on occasion make it come on when I change the volume
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The issue seems to be related to Bravia Link (HDMI-Control/HDMI-CEC) Disable "Control over HDMI" and my issues have been resolved. This may help you, it may not. This only seems to help with my Bravia turning off and the random "reset" of the video input together. Audio doesn't seem to have any issues since I have sound disabled and it is being piped from the over Optical to a Sony Soundbar.
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Hi Kathleen, I watch over the air HD all the time and my soundbar works fine. I can't think of anything that would make it not work. Possibly a setting on your TV?
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I bought this HWF355 to use with my Samsung 65" 6350 serie smart TV. I can verify that the TV remote will NOT work this soundbar. The soundbar remote will work the TV, but not vice versa. I used a digital audio cable, so the soundbar does power on and off with the TV, but you CANNOT control the soundbar's volume with the TV remote. It took me 40 minutes on the Samsung helpline on a Sunday afternoon to find out that it takes a HWH series soundbar to do that, using an HDMI connection. At least that's what they told me. I'm returning my 355 now, and will try an HWH450 next. (Fingers crossed.) 12/14/14 I bought this HWF355 to use with my Samsung 65" 6350 serie smart TV. I can verify that the TV remote will NOT work this soundbar. The soundbar remote will work the TV, but not vice versa. I used a digital audio cable, so the soundbar does power on and off with the TV, but you CANNOT control the soundbar's volume with the TV remote. It took me 40 minutes on the Samsung helpline on a Sunday afternoon to find out that it takes a HWH series soundbar to do that, using an HDMI connection. At least that's what they told me. I'm returning my 355 now, and will try an HWH450 next. (Fingers... » Read More I bought this HWF355 to use with my Samsung 65" 6350 serie smart TV. I can verify that the TV remote will NOT work this soundbar. The soundbar remote will work the TV, but not vice versa. I used a digital audio cable, so the soundbar does power on and off with the TV, but you CANNOT control the soundbar's volume with the TV remote. It took me 40 minutes on the Samsung helpline on a Sunday afternoon to find out that it takes a HWH series soundbar to do that, using an HDMI connection. At least that's what they told me. I'm returning my 355 now, and will try an HWH450 next. (Fingers crossed.) 12/14/14 « Show Less
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well i found out that the box is not the reason i cant watch tv it is that my FIOS box requires an active signal or a return signal to push out video. now the hdmi switch maskes the signal retuning from the tv so it reguiers some thing like an XBOX or a google chromecast to push out a signal to mimic the tvs return signal to the FIOS box. I dont know if you dish box requires an active signal to push out media. so i would try contacting dish to see if they can tell you the correct answer.
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All I can say is that I attached the cable to the receiver and had dish activate it. and all is working just fine. hope that helps some. Good luck to you.