dsperber
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Having very recently had to deal with my own HT/ST due to swapping out my old Panny 65VT50 for a new 65" LG OLED C9, as well as upgrading to the latest 1.80 firmware (haven't applied the minor 1.81 fixes yet as it doesn't affect me), I can report that my own situation is A-OK. The Panny TV was much "thicker" at the top edge of the panel so that I could stick the ST unit on top of it using 2-sided tape. No problem affixing the ST here and I could also run the ST cable off the back of the TV and over to the A16 ST-input. And I was using "optical stabilization" for the HT in the settings on the A16. But the new LG OLED TV is only 1/10" thick and it's essentially impossible to securely attach the ST to it. That's when I finally read the manual and decided to use "magnetic stabilization" for the HT all by itself, since it does not use the ST which for me was no longer an option.My HT unit. Is acting strange.
When useing it. The sound is not properly placed. I,e more sound in left ear...
Did full reset of a16. Updated new firmware. Still same problem. Any ideas?
Just notice, when in test mode. Press up on d pad. You get alot of info..
HT mode. Optical is in red.
Is this normal ?
But to be honest I had never actually previously read Appendix C and Appendix D in the .091 manual, simply assuming the A16 HT/ST worked exactly the same as they did with the A8. Not true. Actually it probably IS true now with the 1.80/1.20 firmware updates that adds "A8 optical" as another [legacy A8 behavior] option to HT/ST behavior, but that mode certainly wasn't available until just recently.
Also, I previously had not performed the required HT magnetic and temperature calibrations described in Appendix C and D of the .091 manual, not even knowing this was required. It wasn't unitl the thermal calibration process was described again in the Release notes provided with the 1.80 A16 firmware update which also included the 1.20 HT firmware update), that I took the whole firmware update situation as an opportunity to do everything that I had subsequently learned was actually required.
And in particular, I learned that once both the required HT magnetic and thermal calibrations are completed:
Step 6. Ensure that Stabilisation is set to magnetics in the HT Settings menu.
Home page menu: Settings menu: System menu: HT Settings menu: Stabilisation option
Step 7. Finally, wearing the headphones, navigate to the Azimuth angles display of any Preset Speaker Map, look directly
at the centre speaker, and push the button on top of the head-top to set zero degrees for the magnetic sensor.
With stabilisation set to magnetic, pushing the button on the head-top will re-set the zero degrees point of the magnetic
sensor.
That phrase "look directly at the centre speaker and push the button on top of the HT to set zero degrees for the magnetic sensor" actually means to get yourself positioned properly in your TV-watching seating location and look at the TV panel, and then press the button on top of the HT. This functionally resets things to "+0 azimuth", i.e. as if you were physically looking straight ahead from the original sweet spot of the PRIR listening environment perfectly centered between L and R front speakers, So no matter where you're now actually sitting and facing relative to your TV screen (even if off-angle and not actually perpendicular to the TV face), it will SOUND in your ears as if you're looking seated and centered to the TV (which is like your CENTER speaker in its location) , looking straight ahead perpendicular to the front face of the TV. And of course if that's actually where you're now seated, the sound should appear perfectly balanced L/R in both ears which makes perfect sense.
In other words after the HT is correctly magnetically and thermally calibrated as the .091 manual describes, from that point on in normal usage (assuming you specify "magnetic stabilization") you simply need to push the button on top of the HT when you sit down and begin to watch TV with your headphones on. No matter where you're sitting, perpendicular to the TV or off-angle, centered to the TV or off-center, no matter what... pushing the button on top of the HT returns you AUDIBLY to have you now "virtually" sitting perpendicular to the TV which really means front and center in front of your CENTER speaker. And you are "virtually" placed equally between L and R speakers and looking straight ahead.
So sound should now be perfectly balanced in your left and right ears after pushing the button on top of the HT... assuming you've done the calibrations, and are using "magnetic stabilization".
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