I gave your configuration a try to see if it made things any better. It does, but there’s still a tendency to clip off the first bit of sound after a pause in navigation. My wife likes the system so I may make due with it. Running everything through the TV at least seems to have cured the unit’s failure to recognize and switch to the cable box when things are powered on. The optical connection seems to work properly. Still I would not recommend a speech dependent user buy the JBL Bar 3.1. Great bass though. More than you want if you turn it up high.
> On Dec 12, 2017, at 1:10 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > I use sonos from my tv and it works great with my apple tv 4K > > The play bar plugs in to my tv using an optical cable and then the apple tv > plugs in to the Samsung tv using HDMI and the tv directs the audio through > the sonos play bar and associated sonos speakers. > No issues what so ever > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > larry.thacker...@gmail.com > Sent: Tuesday, 12 December 2017 2:45 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Apple TV and sound systems revisited > > This has come up before, but it has been a few months, so I’ll ask again in > case something new and beter has come up. As we know, some sound systems do > not work well with Voiceover because of the way they process HDMI input. I > have been putting up with such a system for a while now. I bought a > replacement, foolishly assuming that a new system from a reputable brand > would be fine. FYI, the JBL Bar 3.1 is not such a system. In fact it’s > rather glitchy overall. It may get beter after a software update or two, but > right now I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. I’ve got an email out to > customer support, but I do not expect that to come to much. I did the same > thing with the RCA system and the technician didn’t even know what Apple TV > was. The trouble with first level support is that if they are any good they > get promoted. > > So, if you have a good system that works well with VO on Apple TV, I’d like > to know about it. I’m looking at sound bars because my wife wants to get rid > of the wares running up the wall to the satelites. > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
