SPDIF from TV works fine for cable TV, but motorboats w/ YouTube, Amazon streaming, etc


Has anyone experienced this?  My signal chain is as follows:

Wall cable connection via coaxial cable --> Xfinity cable box via HDMI --> Samsung TV via S/PDIF w/ TosLink connections --> Lyngdorf TDAI 2200 digital int amp --> speakers

I've changed the TV audio settings to output only the digital audio (and disabled the internal TV speakers).  For viewing cable TV, the audio output works fine, but if I switch to something like Amazon Prime streaming video the audio motorboats.  I've tried using the internal TV speakers with the same media and that works fine.  Can anybody help point me the right way?

Thanks!
plexicrunch

Showing 2 responses by tls49

Don't know if this will solve the problem, but definitely worth looking at.

Digital audio out on TV's will usually have 3 options in the menu, bitstream, PCM, or auto. If it is set to auto, try setting it to PCM. Bitstream is for multichannel and it appears you are 2 channel, so it will likely not work at all. PCM is the correct digital signal for amp's input.