Yep ! Same Here...1401 blew it all up a couple of days ago. I spent a couple of hours checking everything possible to make sure it wasn't the settings, equipment and newer cables until I found the 100's of posts all over the internet with the same issue. I have an RU8000 with a 2009 Yamaha YSP-3000 soundbar...so in my setup because the soundbar is so old, sound only travels thru the optical cable, not the HDMI. I need the optical cable and HDMI cable to make it work properly but I still use the Samsung remote to turn everything on/of simultaneously. Having read several posts...my work around is the one where I move the HDMI cable from HDMI 4 earc to HDMI 3 on the TV. Under the External device manager setting....I keep the Anynet-HDMI-CEC setting checked, but uncheck all the additional HDMI inputs (1 thru4). Like others, I get the message at the top that the sound is not connected to HDMI 4, but it goes away in a few seconds. Hope this works for some you! On a side note, Let's hope Samsung fixes sooner than later. I have 4 Samsung TV's in the house and phones...but they got out of their wheelhouse when they got in the appliance business and all of their products suffered because of it...Don't get me started on my Samsung Refrig which is on the known defect list, but they refuse to repair or replace.
