Playbar surround sound and Apple TV

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March 9, 2013
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Just hooked up my play bar, sub and 2 play 3's for surround sound. Verizon Fios TV is great. Music played thru my iPad sonos remote is amazing. No audio though when I switch over to Apple TV. What should I do?

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Bucks96

Lyricist II

Hi Bruce -
I successfully added back in my dining room/family speakers. As far as sound for the playbar with fios and Apple TV- it was unsuccessful. My Vizio TV could be VX37L HDTV model. Any way to verify that it is incompatible?

Airgetlam

As near as I can tell by looking at the manual, it should be working, assuming everything is set properly in Audio settings. If you have the manual, the most information is at the bottom of page 29. It's pretty slim pickings, though. Also page 43 for the audio settings.

How certain are you that there's audio coming out of the SPDIF jack (TOSLink or Optical Port)? When the TV is running, and you look at the end of the optical cable, does it show red light coming out of it? It should. And I know it does when it's connected directly to the FIOS box, because you said the speaker worked.

If you're not getting any sound (oh, have you tried turning up the volume on the TV to at least 50%, and made sure it's not on mute?) through the speaker when it's connected to the TV, and you are when it's connected to the FIOS box, that means there's something going on in the TV itself. It's not the Sonos speaker.

If only I were at my sister's in Lansdale, I'd pop over to help you. Unfortunately, I'm on the other coast. I used to work in Horsham, but now I'm in SF.

Bruce

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