Official LG LHB326/336/536/976 Owner's Thread - Page 8

Good luck!

Does anyone know when Cinavia started being built into the firmware? Also is there a firmware files archive for older firmwares?

Hi. I'm new to the forums. I bough the 336 unit back in december.
I've played with it for a while, I mostly use it to watch movies stored in DNLA Server, the unit is connected to the network via a HP ProCurve 1800 10/100/1000 mbps switch.
Most of my movies are stored in mkv format, with almost everything (in the sound format section) stored in DTS 5.1 format, some in Dolby Digital 5.1 format, a few in both DTS-ES 6.1 (Discrete and Matrix variations). Recently I noticed something, this unit can't reproduce DTS-MA or Dolby TrueHD properly, if I play a movie with audio track in this format the sound is garbled and muffled. I tried changing the Sound Effect while watching the movie, also I tried reproduce it using ByPass and nothing, sound is always screwed up.
Has anyone experimented the same problem, or does this unit doesn't support this audio format?

I will appreciate your feedback.

As far as I know, Cinavia is not a part of the firmware. I have all of the firmware that have ever been posted to LG's website, and none of them contain Cinavia. There had been firmware that contained Cinavia on the 2010 model, but that only lasted a week or so and then they took it off because it was messing up legitimate Blu-ray playback.

I'm trying to stream a HD movie on a LG LHB976 Blue-ray Home Theatre combo unit using the Amazon app that's on it. The picture streams as HD, but I'm getting audio in stereo instead of 5.1. The unit is connected via Cat 5e directly to my router. A speed test on my connection shows I'm running at 22 Mbps. I get 5.1 on other inputs into the box. I have the latest firmware for the box. I can't find any option under settings to change the audio.

I contacted Amazon and they verified that the movie I purchased should have 5.1 audio. They also stated my connection was fast enough to support HD and 5.1 streaming. They did not have anything that shows any kind of limitations for that particular box.

I contacted LG and they were pretty much useless. They suggested changing the "Sound Effects" to "NATURAL PLUS", but all that does is have the same audio that's coming out of the front speakers, come out the rear speakers.

Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this problem? Has anyone else seen this problem? Could it be a limitation of the LAN port on the unit? Could the box be defective?

Thanks for any help!

What movie was it? I use the Amazon app. I'll give it a shot, as long as it's included in the free Prime movies.

The free Prime movie I tried was "Shooter", thought I wasn't sure whether it should have been in 5.1 or not. It showed as HD in the Amazon app on the LG, but on the Amazon website it shows as widescreen stereo. When I streamed it, the HD indicator next to the connection status was on. The other movie I tried was not a free Prime. It was the HD version of Inception.

hi im new in ths page but really need your help!


I have the LHB536 and everything worked perfectly until one day I stop reading the usb flash and hard drive usb.
Maybe it was one of the automatic updates of firmware.
I've tried multiple USB flash drives and multiple hard drives and not even recognize it as connected.

I formatted in fat16/fat32/NTSF but still does not recognize , I reset to factory settings but still not working, someone has had this problem? how I can fix it?


thx

I remember hearing that this Amazon app doesn't support 5.1 sound.

I'm just happy to have the Amazon app at all, considering the 2012 TVs and BD players don't, which is annoying. Just got a free player cuz I'm getting a LG TV, I was hoping to hook that up for my mom. Looks like I'll just sell it and get a Panny player that has Amazon VOD.

Other than that, I'm still happy with my 536 at this point, working fine.

I have a LG TV with my 536; I use simplink and the ARC function as everything (536, DirecTV, xbox)connects to the TV. Problem is 75% of the time when my TV is turned on, when simplink automatically goes and turns on the 536 (which is a good thing) BUT the 536 comes up in OPTICAL and not ARC. (I dont even have a cable plugged into the optical port). Sometimes it briefly comes up ARC and I hear directv audio, but then for some reason the 536 switches to OPTICAL.

As usual, its a non-tech-savy family that cannot roll with this issue. Is it resolvable?

I've been using the LHB536 for over 1.5 years now (using HDMI) with occasional "No Signal" (video) shown on my LG 55LW6500. Mind you, sound could be heard through the HT speakers despite the lack of video to the TV. It was a dismiss-able inconvenience since powering off/on the TV or HT would result in a connection.
The same problem occurred last night but now no matter what, I cannot obtain a video signal - I can't even get the Home screen to show up on my TV. All signs point to a HDMI video processing problem in the HT. I'd like to see if anyone else has experienced this and resolved it on their own.

Troubleshooting steps:
I have verified that my HDMI cable to the TV is good (tested direct feed from Cable box to TV with success).
Sound is passed through both HDMI1 and HDMI2 into the 536 (output through speakers), but like the LHB536 Home screen (where I could try factory reset if I could see it), there is no video sent to the TV through HDMI Output.
Component and Composite video outputs work fine; I can see the 536 Home Screen (after which I tried Factory Reset to no avail).
I've reset the 536 with repeated 5 second power button holds.
I've reset the 536 with repeated power plug removal.
I've talked to LG support who only verified that it's likely an internal problem that needs to be fixed.

Since I'm out of warranty, best case scenario is a supervisor (I'll call tomorrow) waives shipping and parts cost if I provide my receipt and then only pay the labor (est $69). If I am granted that courtesy, perhaps I'll only deal with TV speakers for a while to repair the 536... but before I submit to the repair I wanted to see if there is a simpler more cost effective approach.

Thanks in advance.

Jon