HomePod Paired HomePods won't sleep!

[NervousFish2]

Yesterday, for some unknown reason, my paired HomePods decided to not go to sleep. By this I mean that the -/+ lights are staying on perpetually. They are running 14.6. They are running as the default speakers of my Apple TV, which is set as the ARC audio of my TV.
The set up is relatively new. The TV and Apple TV were installed about two weeks ago. But the problem was not occurring until yesterday.
Unpairing the HomePods solves the problem. But re-pairing them makes the problem occur again. I have tried restarting them, and also resetting them. Doesn't fix the issue. Will try a hard reset unless someone has alternative suggestion?
EDIT: Hard reset is not working either. Weird!
EDIT II: EDIT II: OK, if I turn "default audio output" on the associated Apple TV to "TV Speakers" as oppose to the HomePods, then they seem to sleep right away. So the problem must be with the Apple TV. (Tried turning off the ARC, independently, and this does not make them sleep).

 

[haralds]

Be careful! There have been bug reports with the HomePod on 14.6 or 15.0beta getting bricked due to overheating when paired with the ATV or set up as Stereo Pairs. I Hardware Reset mine and wil let them be until the next update. Their behavior was quite unlike 14.5.

 

[NervousFish2]

Thanks. Not sure yet if I have fixed the problem but on my actual TV (an LG C-series) I set the audio re-rout for ARC from "auto" to "passthrough" and it seems for now to have enabled the units to sleep. Hopefully it will stay that way but we will see. I'll report back.

 

[Itinj24]

Reboot the AppleTV.

 

[NervousFish2]

Reboot the AppleTV.

I did that but it didn't work.

I think changing the audio settings on the actual TV from "auto" to passthru mode actually may have done the trick tho.

 

[Spotlighter9]

Yes. See our previous discussion re + - volume light issue. But again be careful.

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