Zathnet
Standard Member
I've just bought a Panasonic TX-L37ET5B, primarily for use with Netflix and downloaded content as we do not have any aerial/cable/sky at this time.
Setup was easy with a little assistance from PicturePerfect to understand some unfamiliar features, and the picture is great and all was good in the world.
However, I then came to the audio and hit a problem.
I've connected it using digital optical toslink to my Naim Uniti.
Then while in Netflix updated SPDIF from AUTO to PCM.
Bob's ya uncle, there be sound and it be good.
Then the episode comes to an end and it automatically starts a new one, but there is no sound.
I check the SPDIF setting, it is still on PCM.
Change it to AUTO, still no sound.
Change it back to PCM: Bingo, sound again...
So, although it has been set to PCM and seems to stay selected as shown in the settings menu; after each episode/show/film, or on reloading Netflix the sound stops working and I need to flip it to AUTO then back to PCM again to enable sound.
I contacted Panasonic support, and somewhat surprisingly given what I'd heard, they replied very quickly with some assistance.
However, that thread has come to an end with an unsatisfactory answer.
The answer basically comes down too;
'some kind of incompatibility between Netflix and the TV' and
'We do not know if or when Netflix will develop an update'
Anybody else had this issue and know of a fix?
I'm concerned, as it looks like the last update to the Netflix application was March 2011.
If I cannot fix it the TV will have to go back, as I will not be able to put up with this situation indefinitely.
Setup was easy with a little assistance from PicturePerfect to understand some unfamiliar features, and the picture is great and all was good in the world.
However, I then came to the audio and hit a problem.
I've connected it using digital optical toslink to my Naim Uniti.
Then while in Netflix updated SPDIF from AUTO to PCM.
Bob's ya uncle, there be sound and it be good.
Then the episode comes to an end and it automatically starts a new one, but there is no sound.
I check the SPDIF setting, it is still on PCM.
Change it to AUTO, still no sound.
Change it back to PCM: Bingo, sound again...
So, although it has been set to PCM and seems to stay selected as shown in the settings menu; after each episode/show/film, or on reloading Netflix the sound stops working and I need to flip it to AUTO then back to PCM again to enable sound.
I contacted Panasonic support, and somewhat surprisingly given what I'd heard, they replied very quickly with some assistance.
However, that thread has come to an end with an unsatisfactory answer.
The answer basically comes down too;
'some kind of incompatibility between Netflix and the TV' and
'We do not know if or when Netflix will develop an update'
Anybody else had this issue and know of a fix?
I'm concerned, as it looks like the last update to the Netflix application was March 2011.
If I cannot fix it the TV will have to go back, as I will not be able to put up with this situation indefinitely.