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Picture displayed improperly from HDMI IN mode

Troubleshooting

On Screen Picture Issues

In the case of daisy-chaining video source peripheral such as UHD Blu-ray player or set-top-box receiver to LG soundbar and soundbar to Smart UHD TV all via HDMI thus experiencing poor picture quality whether lines on screen, black screen, no signal, video noise, distorted picture or colors or anything just not looking right with the picture, please refer to the following to help you sort it out.

Cause and Symptoms

When connecting an external UHD device to soundbar and soundbar to UHD TV as per below illustration, you may experience issues on screen such as the following symptoms :

  • No signal or black screen.
  • Noises or lines across the screen.
HDMI Connection Illustration

Try this

To improve HDMI connectivity performance, please update soundbar to the latest firmware version.

To update to the latest firmware version, music flow player application must be installed on the smart phone. Also, the sound bar must be connected to your home network.

Installing “Music Flow Player” App

Accessing “LG App Store” or “Google Play Store”

  • Tap the “LG App Store” (SmartWorld) icon or “Google Play Store” icon.
  • Type in “Music Flow Player” in the search bar and tap “Search”.
  • Select “Music Flow Player” in the search result list to download then install it.

Through QR code

  • Install “Music Flow Player” app through QR code.
  • Scan the QR code using the scanning application.

    QR Code picture


Network Connection
  • Launch Music Flow Player App
  • Follow the steps for wired or wireless connection displayed on the screen.


Launch music flow player application, and follow the sequence as per below illustrated
  1. Select the More Settings Button on the Home page



    Homepage menu button
  2. Go to Settings



    Settings button on home menu
  3. Go to Version Information



    Settings Screen. Version Info Selected
  4. Check if you device needs to be updated



    Version Info Screen. Need to Update highlighted
  5. If yes, then select the download button besides the Device version info.



    Version info Screen.  Update Button Selected
  6. Wait for the update to finish



    Version info Screen.  Update downloading
  7. Select OK to finish the update.



    Version info Screen.  Update downloading done
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