So having a more recent issue where my Philips soundbar (~4 years old) will just go silent shortly after firing up my TV (~2 year old Polaroid - re-badged Samsung or LG - cant remember which one). It only happens right after powering everything up, sound will work for about 5-10 seconds then cut out. Lights on soundbar are still on and TV still playing video fine, it corrects itself after power cycling both devices and does not shut off again until the next "cold" start. I would say it happens probably 6 out of 10 cold starts at this point, when it first started happening it was only maybe 1 out of 10 starts.
The optical cable has not been touched since it was put in its current location ~15 months ago and this problem surfaced about 5 months ago and is progressively getting worse. I hate to replace it willy nilly as a possible fix as it requires some work because of how my cables are routed, I would not be too terribly happy about replacing a somewhat pricey optical cable and going through the motions to replace only to find out either my soundbar is going bad or my TV is a complete pile.
So do optical cables go bad? Should I just do it and hope for the best or does anyone know of any optical out/in issues with Samsung or LG TV's or Philips soundbars?
Thanks in advance!
The optical cable has not been touched since it was put in its current location ~15 months ago and this problem surfaced about 5 months ago and is progressively getting worse. I hate to replace it willy nilly as a possible fix as it requires some work because of how my cables are routed, I would not be too terribly happy about replacing a somewhat pricey optical cable and going through the motions to replace only to find out either my soundbar is going bad or my TV is a complete pile.
So do optical cables go bad? Should I just do it and hope for the best or does anyone know of any optical out/in issues with Samsung or LG TV's or Philips soundbars?
Thanks in advance!