Do you have to point the remote at the sound bar or the sub? (Where is the IR sensor?)
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The subwoofer unit has the sensor on the upper left side of the unit. My TV is a Toshiba and my cable comes through my TiVo. HD connector goes from TiVo to woofer, woofer to TV. Analog TiVo out to Woofer. My TiVo remote controls the volume via HD though the Woofer. My DVD remote controls volume via TV analog output into the woofer. The Panasonic remote is only used for switching input of the woofer from TiVo to TV analog output and back again.
394329
The IR sensor is located on the subwoofer unit along the top edge along with the various LEDs.
394330
If it's connected to a Panasonic TV you'd use the TV remote to control the volume, and you'd point it at the TV. If it's not connected via Panasonic Viera Link you'd need to use the sound system's remote and the sensor for that is on the front of the sub.
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Just pointing it in the general direction works for me. I haven't looked for the location of the IR sensor as I haven't had a reason to. My Panasonic TV is mounted on the wall over a fireplace, with the soundbar just underneath, on the mantal. The woofer is sitting on the floor, about 4 feet below and about 2 feet to the left of that.
231985
Craig, sorry to sat but you have to use the sound bar remote to adjust the volume.
1170355
Make sure you have selected the right in-put on the sound bar. Is your connection analog or optical to the sound bar?
875855
Yes, the sound bar must have sub-out. If not then you'll have to use a receiver and connect the sound bar and sub. Which is the way I have it set up
1599197
You can replace it with an RF remote, they actually put out an RF and an IR signal but you'll still have to point the remote at the receiver if your receiver isn't RF capable. Keep in mind even if your receiver is RF capable you'll still need to go into the settings on it and link it to the remote in order for RF to work if you even want it to.
54612
Yes. I can hook up a sound bar and sub woofer via optical, but when I tried to hook up via HDMI it gave me one or the other - not both. I agree the inability to control both the sound bar (mine is a Sony) and TV with one remote is a detractor.
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It's not wireless, it's big and ALL cabling has to go through it since the amplifier is built into the subwoofer. The cabling to the soundbar is pretty short (and proprietary) about 10 ft, so it needs to be close to the TV instead of being places somewhere unobtrusive.
79407
I use my Sceptre TV remote to control the Sceptre sound bar volume. The TV remote has separate volume +/- buttone.
788997
In general, a subwoofer does not need to be immediately near the source speakers. I have mine about 10' from the soundbar, which of course is under the TV, and it seems to work very well.
641375
I had this problem too, I think you do need the remote. If I remember correctly, I had to go into the post process settings and change them. It may have been another speaker setting tho. I imagine you can order a remote from Yamaha. Great unit btw.
1098314
Fair. I put a polk 9000 soundbars on mine because of the application I am using it for. Another one was sold to my father in law and he has no sound bar. No complaints.
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HiI think connected to sound bar. A great little sound bar good sound however the remote control is so small in like a credit card very very easy to lose and cannot be replaced in the UK
902071
I had the same problem and called tech support. Go to Pioneers website and look for the videos on the soundbar. The correct procedure to teach the sound bar to learn your remote is there. The instructions are leaving some procedures out. You have to learn it twice in a row.
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Hi Bantjh2o, the issue with the input is controlled by your TV and not by the SoundBar. The SoundBar is an Audio Ouput device which doesn't have control over Input selection.
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Hope you don't think I am being a wiseass, but are the blue lights on your soundbar on? Our first mistake was thinking that the green power light was "on". If the blue lights are not on, that is probably your problem. Next was the source. We use our bar on source 2, (there will be two blue lights on). The directions are poorly written, so we called the tech support number in the instructions. I recommend you do the same. The guy will walk you through syncing the remotes, and any other questions you may have. You will definitely want to sync this to your main remote. Hope this helps.
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Yes it has a remote. If your remote can 'learn' then it should be able to control sound bar. Yes it has optical input.
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If you have cable, the Soundbar needs to be hooked up to the server not the TV. Also, each time you turn on the TV and Soundbar you need to raise the volume on the remote. Hope this helps.