The bad news is I just cannot get the television to work reliably with the Philips soundbase. It works until you turn the telly off and on again. I’ve tried updating the TV’s firmware and spent endless hours fiddling about with settings and trying different on/off routines but nothing worked. I’ve ordered a better quality HDMI cable in the hope that it’s an electrical interference problem because I know that’s worked for some people with not dissimilar problems. I’m doubtful that’ll work here though because the Panasonic telly worked fine with this speaker and the predictability of the fallout makes me think it’s a Sony bug.