Default volume issue for homepod stereo pair connected to ATV 4k

Default volume issue as stereo pair of atv 4k

I have two 2nd gen new homepods in stereo pair connected to atv 4k as its default speakers. Then the atv 4k is connected to my sony x90j tv using hdmi 3 which is eARC enabled.

All of homepods and atv are now in ver 16.4 beta.

When my tv, atv and homepods are off and then i shout to siri to play music, the homepods respond and play music with zero volume. I need to manually increase the volume level. There were no such issues when my homepods were not connected to atv. Anyone knows what happened? Besides, my atv 4k is on in my home app when playing songs even though it’s not on. So strange

I also have a Sony TV and this is happening. Also the volume doesn’t sync correctly so occasionally if I have to lower the volume to 0% does Sony TV would say 0%, but the Apple TV’s of earc mode which still have 20% volume even though it’s all on sync what I have to do also, like the previous statement from my a different issue is restarting my television which fixes the problem but that’s not really a fix because it will happen again

Default volume issue for homepod stereo pair connected to ATV 4k
 
 
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