Netflix Issue

kiheimer
kiheimer Posts: 4
edited January 2012 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
My Polk soundbar works fine when watching cable shows
When I watch Netflix the audio comes of the back of the TV
but not the soundbar. Is something not hooked up correctly?
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited January 2012
    How do you have it hooked up?
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  • kiheimer
    kiheimer Posts: 4
    edited January 2012
    per instuctions: The supplied cable goes into "Source" at the soundbar then to the TV'S
    "Optical Audio Output"
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  • Syndil
    Syndil Posts: 1,582
    edited January 2012
    Sounds like there must be a setting off somewhere. What TV is it?

    RT-12, CS350-LS, PSW-300, Infinity Overture 1, Monoprice RC-65i
    Adcom GFA-545II, GFA-6000, Outlaw Audio 990, Netgear NeoTV
    Denon DCM-460, DMD-1000, Sony BDP-360, Bravia KDL-40Z4100/S
    Monster AVL-300, HTS-2500 MKII
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  • kiheimer
    kiheimer Posts: 4
    edited January 2012
    Samsung LED Smart TV
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  • Thomasjclark45
    Thomasjclark45 Posts: 18
    edited January 2012
    I have had a simular experience with my set and netflix. After trial and error I actually went back to my TV (vizio) Owners manual to see if I could find anything out. It turns out that my TV will not produce a multichannel sound from the optical output unless it comes from the RF input. Not sure why but that is what the manual said. When I was using the TV speakers (receiver died) with the PS3 the sound that came from Netflix and blu-ray was completely wrong. I would hear some of the music and background noise but no speach. I found that just setting the sound on the PS3 to 2 channel output sovled the problem. I'm not sure if this applies but it might be worth looking into.
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  • kiheimer
    kiheimer Posts: 4
    edited January 2012
    Yeah, I will have to get my TV manual out to see if it can be hooked up a different way
    My "Activated device" is the TV itself instead of a PS3 or a blueray player. There are two
    other ports on the soundbar listed under "source".
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