Optical sound from Samsung TV to BS Core

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Renesigk (archived2)
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Posted August 5, 2018 at 09:43 GMT
#2109938

Hi

 

Just got myself a Beosound Core to play music though and to use as sound from my Samsung television. Beolab 14 as speekers. 

Music though Spotify works great, but I just can´t get any sound from my TV no matter what I do.

What I have done and tried: Optical cable connected from the TV to the Core. Light i the cable works, so there is "power" in the connection and should work. From the B&O app I have set the Core to play from optical, but that just gives a silent buzz. TV´s speakermode has been set to both internal speaker and external with no result and I have updated the TV´s firmware just to be sure that wasn´t the issue.

I have even tried with a cable with a jack end and an optical, since I ealier had a small set of computerspeakers connected from the jack. Still no sound.

TV: Samsung LE40C755

Anyone who knows what the probleme might be? 

 

Kind regards, René

Leosgonewild
Leosgonewild
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Posted August 5, 2018 at 11:30 GMT
#2109939
Have you chosen optical as output in the tv’s menu?

Have you set up your or remote with the core?

At least with the s8-hub the smart stick remote does not work.
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Renesigk (archived2)
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Posted August 5, 2018 at 11:53 GMT
#2109940

Hi Leogoeswild

As far as I can see, I can´t choose optical as output on my TV, but should work without too much trouble(but...). On new versions of the Samsung fleet, I can see that there are some other menues to choose from. 

Hmm.. Setup my remote to the TV to the Core? Need to check up on how to do that. Would that change anything? Don´t know what the smart-stick is..

Millemis
Millemis
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Posted August 5, 2018 at 20:49 GMT
#2109941

@René

Are you sure that you can not choose between PCM and bitstream (untouched sound) in the sound menu?

The output must be PCM (2 channel) for the Core to play it back.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

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Renesigk (archived2)
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Posted August 8, 2018 at 08:30 GMT
#2109942

Hi Millemissen

It is set du PCM at the moment. I cannot change it for some reason and I don´t have the possibility to choose bitstream. 

 

K.R. René

Leosgonewild
Leosgonewild
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Posted August 8, 2018 at 08:49 GMT
#2109943
Can you try connecting the core to a different optical source? A MacBook Pro perhaps? That way we can find out if it is the core or the tv that is the issue here.
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Renesigk (archived2)
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Posted August 8, 2018 at 10:11 GMT
#2109944

That was actually a good idea. Will see if I can find something with optical to connect. Don´t think I have optical in my Macbook though. 

Leosgonewild
Leosgonewild
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Posted August 8, 2018 at 11:24 GMT
#2109945
MacBook Air don’t have optical. Most MacBook pros have it built into the mini jack. 😁
EL
elephant
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Posted August 8, 2018 at 21:23 GMT
#2109946
Renesigk wrote:

That was actually a good idea. Will see if I can find something with optical to connect. Don´t think I have optical in my Macbook though.

Would buying a google audio ChromeCast as a test unit work ?????
Leosgonewild
Leosgonewild
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Posted August 9, 2018 at 17:22 GMT
#2109947
That will work. It has optical out.
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