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Contributor I
February 9, 2025
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ERA 100's not giving audio or very very weak when TV is audio source.

I have  a Beam and two ERA 100’s and sub-woofer in my system.  For any audio source other than TV everything is great.  But for TV the ERAs have either no sound of a very weak distorted sound  

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Schlumpf
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Virtuoso
February 9, 2025

BTW the TV input comes from an IPTV box 

Is the box connected to your tv? You could check the audio settings of the box and your tv. Both have to be set to Dolby Digital 5.1 or bitstream. 
If your TV doesn’t Support multichannel audio passthrough from hdmi sources, a hdmi audioextractor could help. 

Ralf

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106rallye
February 9, 2025

That would be correct behaviour for a stereo sound stream form your TV. Is that when this happens?

alanthgAuthor
Contributor I
February 9, 2025

yes   just been watching a music documentary and when the  talking was on this happened but when it cut to the music, in between the talking, the 100s worked fine

106rallye
February 9, 2025

That does sound like you’re expecting something surround sound isn’t. Dialogue should come from the soundbar, not from the surrounds like you seem to expect.

 

What does the app say you are getting as a sound format?

 

alanthgAuthor
Contributor I
February 9, 2025

Beginning to make sense. Thank you. It says Stereo PCM

alanthgAuthor
Contributor I
February 9, 2025

BTW the TV input comes from an IPTV box 

Schlumpf
SchlumpfAnswer
Virtuoso
February 9, 2025

BTW the TV input comes from an IPTV box 

Is the box connected to your tv? You could check the audio settings of the box and your tv. Both have to be set to Dolby Digital 5.1 or bitstream. 
If your TV doesn’t Support multichannel audio passthrough from hdmi sources, a hdmi audioextractor could help. 

Ralf
alanthgAuthor
Contributor I
February 9, 2025

Yes it is  and thanks. I will check. Very much appreciate your help. Alan.