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Two Gun Bob said:
No the sound is fully through the TV speakers and the power cable is for the tv's dedicated box. The qled Sammys use an external box for all throughputs. We can also get te sound restored by taking the firestick out of the tv's box and then putting back in again.

Checked all connections as below but look good to go and have removed wi fi headset speakers completly to see if had any effect on the muted sound. Sound is only muted when reverting back from firestick to Sky. Thanks for having a look anyway it's appreciated.

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Hi mate can you tell me why you have the optical connected? If I was connecting this up, I’d put Sky in to hdmi 1, fire tv in hdmi 2, I assume it’s a one connect box that then feed to your tv via a small thin wire?
there should be no need for optical these days as hdmi does sound and picture It could be interfering with the switch.
It sounds like it maybe a hdmi handshaking issue, try reversing the sky hdmi round the other way as well, sometimes hdmi only work one way.
 
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Blue Maverick said:
Hi mate can you tell me why you have the optical connected? If I was connecting this up, I’d put Sky in to hdmi 1, fire tv in hdmi 2, I assume it’s a one connect box that then feed to your tv via a small thin wire?
there should be no need for optical these days as hdmi does sound and picture It could be interfering with the switch.
It sounds like it maybe a hdmi handshaking issue, try reversing the sky hdmi round the other way as well, sometimes hdmi only work one way.
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The opticals connected because it interfaces with a DAC adapter we purchased, to aleviate the issue of not having a headphone jack for our wireless headphone set. Regression not progression in removing a jack plug off a higher end TV. Well done Samsung eh.

The box feeds to the TV via the one connect wire you mention. Re the handshake issue I will swop the HDMI after the footie. Will let you know later and thanks for helping.

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Two Gun Bob said:
Hi, the opticals connected because it interfaces with a seperate adapter we purchased to aleviate the issue of not having a headphone tv jack for our wireless headphone set. Regression not progression in removing a jack plug off a higher end TV. Well done Samsung eh.

The box feeds to the TV via the thin one connect wire you mention. Re the handshaking issue I will have to re thread the HDMI after the footie. Will let you know later and thanks for helping.

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What technology do the wireless headphones use?

Samsung TVs have Bluetooth built-in that allows you to link to your headphones.

Try the optical direct without the adapter maybe?

Cheap adapters are often responsible for these sort of connection issues.
 
Two Gun Bob said:
Hi, the opticals connected because it interfaces with a seperate adapter we purchased to aleviate the issue of not having a headphone tv jack for our wireless headphone set. Regression not progression in removing a jack plug off a higher end TV. Well done Samsung eh.

The box feeds to the TV via the thin one connect wire you mention. Re the handshaking issue I will have to re thread the HDMI after the footie. Will let you know later and thanks for helping.

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I have a feeling it’s the optical that’s the problem mate, it’s confusing the switching of the sound and reverting to the optical, next time you try it put your headphones on I bet the sky plays through them instead. If you have Bluetooth headphones they should connect to the tv directly. I’d suggest buying some Bluetooth headphones I like my Apple AirPods they work a treat on mine.
 
Thanks for the answers and with re the headsets. Bluetooth technology only allows for the use of one headset per device.Wireless on the other hand can use more than one headset/channel to connect, so I can multi task and listen in to the TV from my comptuter station and then switch/tune the wireless headset back to my computer for music. Alternatively we can both use a set of wireless headsets for our late night films.

As the TV doesn't possess an aux jack we had to invest in the DAC adapter which works a treat.
@Blue Maverick, I will take out the optical cable for a few days to see if this eliminates the problem.
 
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Mr Kobayashi said:
What technology do the wireless headphones use?
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Just wireless tech mate. UHF?
Mr Kobayashi said:
Samsung TVs have Bluetooth built-in that allows you to link to your headphones.
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They do but no good for Bluetooth as we use 2 headsets
Mr Kobayashi said:
Try the optical direct without the adapter maybe?
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There would be no point using the optical as we could just connect HDMI. The optical is only used because of the adapter
Mr Kobayashi said:
Cheap adapters are often responsible for these sort of connection issues.
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It could be the case, so maybe some trial and elimination for a few days.
 
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Blue Maverick said:
I have a feeling it’s the optical that’s the problem mate, it’s confusing the switching of the sound and reverting to the optical, next time you try it put your headphones on I bet the sky plays through them instead. If you have Bluetooth headphones they should connect to the tv directly. I’d suggest buying some Bluetooth headphones I like my Apple AirPods they work a treat on mine.
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All good with the sound this morning Maverick, removal of the optical and DAC device may have just cured the problem. I will have to persevere for late night TV viewing by re connecting, as we need the wireless and 2 headphones. Thanks to everbody for their input. Appreciated.
 
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Two Gun Bob said:
No the sound is fully through the TV speakers and the power cable is for the tv's dedicated box. The qled Sammys use an external box for all throughputs. We can also get te sound restored by taking the firestick out of the tv's box and then putting back in again.

Checked all connections as below but look good to go and have removed wi fi headset speakers completly to see if had any effect on the muted sound. Sound is only muted when reverting back from firestick to Sky. Thanks for having a look anyway it's appreciated.

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Ah right, Gotta be the telly box settings surely. Have you tried with the CEC turned off on all gadgets
 
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Ah right, Gotta be the telly box settings surely. Have you tried with the CEC turned off on all gadgets
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Mine did similar it’s a lot of messing about in the audio settings to keep switching as the tv gets confused what to output to. HDMI is used nowadays for both sound and vision whereas the old optical was just for sound so it should be one or the other as the tv doesn’t know which to switch to it tends to revert optical for sone reason
 
Two Gun Bob said:
All good with the sound this morning Maverick, removal of the optical and DAC device may have just cured the problem. I will have to persevere for late night TV viewing by re connecting, as we need the wireless and 2 headphones. Thanks to everbody for their input. Appreciated.
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What is the model number of your tv? I know you said samsung Qled 95 but there are different models.
 
Two Gun Bob said:
All good with the sound this morning Maverick, removal of the optical and DAC device may have just cured the problem. I will have to persevere for late night TV viewing by re connecting, as we need the wireless and 2 headphones. Thanks to everbody for their input. Appreciated.
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My bad ..the DAC and optical is still connected. However the sound muting has not replicated itself this morning so maybe the sound settings or reversing the hdmi lead for handshake or a simple re connection the leads.

The wife has tampered with all the sound settings and the main ones of interest show CEC is showing as on and surround sound showing best available as opposed to pcm, dolby digital plus, and dolby digital.

TV model is Samsung QE75Q90R
 
Blue Maverick said:
Mine did similar it’s a lot of messing about in the audio settings to keep switching as the tv gets confused what to output to. HDMI is used nowadays for both sound and vision whereas the old optical was just for sound so it should be one or the other as the tv doesn’t know which to switch to it tends to revert optical for sone reason
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Bob neglected to mention his optical connection or the other little box he has.
If i lose power to my whole system (tv, bt box, android, amp) then i have to power it all up again in specific order for the cec's to connect properly.
 
stonerblue said:
Bob neglected to mention his optical connection or the other little box he has.
If i lose power to my whole system (tv, bt box, android, amp) then i have to power it all up again in specific order for the cec's to connect properly.
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Apologies Stoner and it only came to light when Maverick enquired as to the optical cable that fed to the DAC.
 
Anyway somethings been tickled whether inadvertantly or otherwise. as not a peep from the problem this morning.
Will continue to monitor
 
I’m ready to join the revolution but no idea what I’m doing!! Sky have just emailed me to say my overall subscription is going up by £10 again. I’ve got 5 months left on my contract and will be canceling at the end.
It seems like a sensible idea to run in parallel,
So I gather I need a 4k fire stick and a good IPTV provider? VPN too?
I have fibre broadband supplied by Sky, is this a problem?
Any info great fully received.
 
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