problem solved.
my problem was
keeping tv center speaker turned on in the settings ( i thought it needed to be turned off for the external speakers)
also,...i needed to set the digital audio out to max =100 volume. it defaults there but through my tinkering in order to get it work i set it to 50 thinking i would blow up my speakers once i got it working if it was left on 100.
one other problem i found while utilizing blue tooth is the main right speaker volume isn't marked on the knob. it's push and turn on with no scale with no mark even on the knob.... if it was low or not turned on you're gonna have a problem.