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Goes to sleep every 8 seconds
Look elsewhere. I've confirmed with other people that have purchased this soundbar and they all have the same issue.
Using a timer, the soundbar goes to sleep after exactly 8 seconds! If there is no audio.
Once audio starts again it takes several seconds for the sound bar to start up.
What this means is that if there's a silent scene in a movie or game, the sound bar goes off. And if people start talking again in the movie you can't hear it until after the several seconds it takes to turn back on. And if you go back to the scene to hear what they said, you have exactly 8 seconds to do it!
Why is there no way to change this auto sleep to 5 or 10 minutes after no audio? This is a breaking flaw that ruins it for me.
And to make matters worse, there's no user manual for this thing online.
EDIT: Pheanoo was able to solve the issue by sending me a firmware update that I had to install to the soundbar via USB. That being said, I am still disappointed that this crucial update is not easily available to the buyers.
January 2021 · Electronics · verified purchase