Same issue here. Man are there a lot of wasted humans in this thread. Literally no one here trying to offer a solution has any idea what they’re talking about.
I have a Hisense 65” Roku TV from Walmart. Via HDMI e-arc it’s connected to an Onn Roku-ready soundbar (blue box) also from Walmart.
TCL soundbars do the same thing so it’s starting to look less and less like a soundbar issue… but just an observation.
Screen Reader is disabled in the Roku system settings.
When I turn the soundbar on (either with my Roku remote or it’s remote) it’s says very loudly, ‘Power On, HDMI’, and ‘Power Off’ when I turn it off.
Again, not a screen reader. Nothing else is narrated.
CEC setting for other devices is also disabled so when I turn off the TV the soundbar stays on. This is a nice workaround however what I get in exchange is a blinking status light on the soundbar when the TV is off, and it’s technically still on and wasting energy (which I pay for). Not an actual solution.
Further comedy includes literally using my soundbar and then clicking the soundbar icon from the Roku Home Screen and the TV displays ‘No Signal’, are you sure it’s connected? LMFAO what a joke.
