Google TV will not allow me to control audio receiver or use optical audio

by LegitRobert

We just bought a TCL smart Google tv and it seems it is lacking a lot of features compared to previous android tv’s I’ve used before.

The two main problems:

  • We cannot set up audio receiver controlling in the “remotes & accessories” tab of settings.
  • The tv will not play audio out of the optical audio port

Has anyone ran into an issue similar to this? I was expecting something for smart and advanced but this tv seems to not be able to communicate with other entertainment devices very well at all…

Tv name: TCL 65" Class 4-Series LED 4K UHD Smart Google TV

International-Oil377

Control for the AV receiver should be under sound. That's IF your tv supports this function considering it's low entry level model

Most TVs nowadays try to control through HDMI CEC instead

For the optical part, it aslo should be under the sound settings

Do yourself a favor though, return it and get a s546 instead. :)