Update to my post about Direct TV interfering with Pandora.  Well Pandora worked for 2 hours or so. Shut down the TV to leave the house. Started Pandora later the same day and NO SOUND. I have been playing with this a few days later, rebooted my router, the wifi, turned TV off but can't reach to unplug it, deleted Pandora, reinstalled Pandora, don't have some of the settings you say to turn off, and still NO SOUND. Pandora, enough is enough. Find a fix. ... View more

COULD THE PROBLEM BE WITH THE SAMSUNG TV AUTO STARTING???? I have 2 Samsung TVs, a Q70 in the living room and a Q60 in a bedroom. The bedroom TV doesn't have Direct TV and plays Pandora with no issues, but the living room has Direct TV and doesn't play Pandora AND hasn't for a year since I moved. When I start the living room TV, it defaults into Samsung TV, which I hate. lt is always showing some old movie or TV that is viewing garbage. I have fuss with the Direct TV remote to get to local news or another show. However, the bedroom TV starts with the remote but doesn't go to the Samsung TV. I normally go to Youtube or Prime Video or I start my laptop and use an RC flight simulator. So, I looked into the living room TV settings and how to turn off the Samsung TV junk from starting automatically. I did find it in the Samsung settings and turned off the Autostart for all three choices I saw. Then I turned off the TV, restarted it with the Direct TV remote and it doesn't start Samsung TV. THEN I tried starting Pandora and it played like it does on my phone. I have been listening to it as I type this and for a total of an hour. Song after song and I do not have a paid subscription. I hope this helps others as I can see this issue hasn't really been resolved for several years.   ... View more