Samsung TV Q70A Bluetooth pairing crash with sony headset wh-1000xm4

[plum117]

Hey, for around a week or 2 now, I can no longer pair my Bluetooth headset Sony wh-1000xm4 with my Samsung TV Q70A. I was using the headset nearly daily even though it was not perfect, it was working. 

Now, each time I try to pair with the TV, I select the device, and it starts the pairing process just when I think it is working; the pairing crash on the Sony and the device is no longer paired.

STR:

• Open the TV, go to SmartThing's quick menu, and I can see wh-1000xm4
• I hold the pairing button on the Sony until I hear 'bluetooth paring'
• On TV (SmartThing's quick menu), I select the wh-1000xm4
• I see the TV writing connecting, then connected
• In the Sony headset, I hear 'Bluetooth pair....'. and then crash
• The crash seems to be the voice staled at the end of the word paring saying 'ingggggggggggg'

The sony works well on other devices like computers (windows, mac) and phones (android, iPhone), so I guess something changes on the TV.

I suspect the firmware 2111.1 to have broken that

Current known sometimes working workaround: 

1. Hold the power button of the TV remote, so it close and also restarts while still pressing the button
2. Pair the headset right away
3. Open Netflix after
4. I could pair it multiple times this way, but other times, I had to redo the steps twice.

Second workaround (faster than the first, credit to TargetPriority there

1. Go to setting > General > Accessibility > multi audio output
2. Click on Multi-output Audio if nothing is appearing
3. Select your Bluetooth device, then click connect
4. Audio work in the Bluetooth device

In conclusion, if you also encounter the problem, please escalate it to Samsung support; the more users report it, the more it will get attention!!!!

Reported Sony model related to this problem:

• HM-1000XM5
• wh-1000xm4
• WH-XB910N
• WF-1000XM4

Other TV model affected:

• QN900A
• 90AA85
• AU9000
• q800
• 55Q80A
• QN65Q80
• QN94aa
• QE65QN90AATXXH

Last update (Feb 3): Sorry guys, I spoke with support 4-5 times, always the same result, they escalated to a higer team said I will have response after 5 days and I'm left to hangup on waiting for replies. Samsung, I lost faith in you, if only you would let my effort knows it is taking into fixing the problem I would consider contnuing buying your product, now I start feeling you are not worth it. This is the last time I put effort enhancing Samsung experience.

On the US post, we are nearly 40 persons having the problem!!!

BTW, support is making a joke of redirect me to a clear your cookie image when I tried to push for more information. This is a disgrace!!

[plum117]

Yes, on the US Samsung community, I also posted the problem, and a guy named Kohav tried a factory reset, but the problem returned. See the link below; it may not work on a phone since it redirects to the Samsung member app

https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/4K-8K-and-Other-TVs/Samsung-TV-Q70A-Bluetooth-pairing-crash-with...

[TargetPriority]

Solved 

On your tv go to settings/general/accessibility/multi audio output. Turn on multi audio output and select your Sony headphones. That's it. The connection shouldn't turn off your headphones like it did before.

[plum117]

Unbelievable that is actually working as a second workaround. But SmartThing which is way faster and more user-friendly is still broken!!!

Thanks @TargetPriority for that, I will update my post!

[plum117]

FYI: Neither Samsung or Sony are making effort to fix this. Better change tv or headphone brand. I got the momento 4 and they work way better with the tv

[plum117]

Fixed in firmware 2130.8 (Finally!!)

[strani]

On the Q95T the problem is still there... :(

The latest firmware (Version 2501.2), released on 12-09-2023, is still affected by this problem.

[plum117]

Yes you are rigth I restested not long ago and it is stillt there.

[Legends]

I had the same problem with the Sony WH1000XM4 and Wh1000XM5 headphones not working with my Samsung Q60AA 43-inch TV. I was going through Samsung support and even sent my Samsung TV out to get repaired. They told me everything was working correctly. So when they sent it back, Sony released a new software version of the Sony headphones, which, after that, the Sony headphones were able to pair with the Samsung TV. So all this time, it was a Sony issue because they hardly updated the headphones to keep them up to date even though they said the problem wasn't on the headphones and said it was on Samsung, which wasn't true because everything was the same on the Samsung TV firmware. The only thing that made it pair again was Sony updating the Sony Headphones.

[SgtMiller]

I just sat down to pair my Sony XB910N with my 55 inch Samsung Q80 and have the exact same issue. The headphones just crash and shut off. 

[plum117]

Possible workaround. See https://community.smartthings.com/t/samsung-tv-q70a-bluetooth-pairing-crash-with-sony-headset-wh-100...