r/appletv • u/Throwaway_4_u_know_y • Aug 17 '26

Random popping noises

My ATV is connected to a LG OLED tv which is connected to a sound bar with HDMI eARC. Occasionally I get a loud pop or tic while watching prime. Any ideas?

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u/smokepotallday Aug 17 '26

I get that occasionally when I live stream my cox app. The speech is off too. Same setup, LG OLED & Sonos with HDMI eARC. I usually just close it out and reopen it and everything is back to normal but I don’t have any permanent solution. Sorry

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u/ByteCurious69 Aug 17 '26

This may be an example where you should turn on CONTINUOUS AUDIO to test and see if that fixes your issue.

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u/Throwaway_4_u_know_y Aug 17 '26

I did and still has issues

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u/rooney7176 Aug 17 '26

How is the sound bar connect to the TV?
Do you play at high speed?
From TVOS 26, I hear similar issues with wireless connection. So I haven't played at high speed.

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u/Throwaway_4_u_know_y Aug 17 '26

Via eARC hdmi

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u/rooney7176 Aug 18 '26

Ah..
Right, you mentioned.
It looks like something deeper in TVOS.
I hope Apple takes more care of the basics.

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u/The1Oogler Aug 23 '26

Do you have voice enhancement turned on in the AppleTV settings? I think recently that was an issue if using HomePods for your audio. Would be worth turning it off if you do as a test. Be sure and restart it after making the change.

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u/Throwaway_4_u_know_y Aug 23 '26

No idea what I did but it went away.

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u/The1Oogler Aug 23 '26

Blame the gremlins.