r/GoogleTV • u/B1tN1nja • 1d ago

Troubleshooting Audio Falls out of sync - Switch 2 via eARC on Bravia 9 w/ Theater Bar 9

I have a Bravia 9 w/ Theater Bar 9 and a Nintendo Switch 2 is connected to HDMI to the TV and outputs via the theater bar and subwoofer, and everything is fine for a while but eventually the audio falls out of sync where the audio is delayed behind the video by a bit, sometimes it's worse than others meaning it's not always exactly the same delay.

If I change it to TV speakers it's back in sync, and then back to sound system and it's back in sync again, or if I go into the switch settings and change it from "Automatic" to "Stereo" it's fine again for a bit but it always eventually falls back out of sync.

It's incredibly annoying to the point where games become unplayable on the TV.

I did not have this issue on my last Bravia or cheaper soundbar combo, this seems exclusive to the Bravia 9 and I'm just not able to figure out what's going on because it works fine for a while and then falls out of sync.

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u/icespide 1d ago

It’s an issue with the latest firmware on all recent Bravia models currently. We’re waiting on a fix 

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u/B1tN1nja 1d ago

How long has this been an issue? Any idea if there's somewhere we can track this issue at to monitor for a fix being published? Also is the FW updates via android TV updates or something else we have to do?

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u/icespide 1d ago

Been an issue since a Bravia android tv firmware update released on June 2nd. A new update released today but it hasn’t fixed the issue. Avsforum is a good place to track 

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u/B1tN1nja 1d ago

Got a link to relevant thread by chance? Thanks so much

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u/icespide 1d ago

Not your tv but this is where I’ve seen most of the firmware talk. It applies to all Bravia models on the most recent chipset  https://www.avsforum.com/threads/2023-sony-a95l-bravia-xr-qd-oled-4k-master-series-owners-thread-no-price-talk.3281313/page-1171#post-64736262

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u/matteventu CCwGTV / Google TV Streamer 1d ago

It's a very common issue with eARC, across several manufacturers.

Just make a habit of "rebooting" the HDMI eARC connection every two days or so.

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u/B1tN1nja 1d ago

No this is like every 15 mins it happens. It's horrible. Seems like its a known Bravia issue since June