i bought this soundbar several years ago so i could have the center channel for dialog. it didn’t work and i attributed that to my old toshiba tv. i recently bought a samsung au8000 tv hoping to finally get real surround support, center channel support, and audio control from the tv. unfortunately, the soundbar just doesn’t work with arc or earc. the tv reverts back to tv speakers and says that an arc device is not connected. so, now i am stuck with an optical connection and disappointing audio performance lacking center channel clarity :(. upgrading the sw in the soundbar didn’t resolve the problem.

sounds ok, but not as impressive as the in-store demo. make sure your settings are correct on your input devices and on the tv otherwise it only plays in stereo. the only controls on the device remote are basic input, treble/bass/delay, mode, volume, and subwoofer. the tv controls precise eq and input variables. the aux input has a lag. when i plug my echo input device into aux and have it synced to my other echo devices, the sound coming from the soundbar is behind the other devices in the group. (i've already set the audio delay setting to 0 so it's not that). i can put the echo input into a portable speaker and it syncs fine with the other echos, but if i plug the same echo input into the soundbar it's behind. the only difference is the speaker i'm plugging into.

I bought this soundbar a couple of days ago is connected to my Xbox One via Optical Audio cable. For some reason no matter if I turn the volume down or up after about a minute or two it keeps defaulting the volume back to 54. It’s really annoying and loud. Could anyone help please?