While watching a dvd on the Samsung Home theatre (ht-br2t), the sound dropped out permanently. We have had the system set up for 3 months without any major problems.
I have checked all cables and unplugged and plugged them back in.
I have checked through the menu system, and using the setup menu checked the audio settings. The system recognises all of the surround speakers but when I use the test tone there is no sound.
While using the plasma (Pioneer Kuros) the sound is fine. (Doesn't go through the surround!)
I even checked the mute button multiple times to make sure I didn't miss anything basic.
Anymore ideas before I try 800 SAMSUNG?

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