I'm considering buying this and its TV counterpart. Do you know if you can reuse the TV remote to control the volume on the sound bar?
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I don't know if you can use the TV remote or not with the soundbar. I did however have to buy a universal remote about 2 weeks after I purchased the soundbar because the remote that came with it stopped working. Also, after about 2 months I had to start turning the volume all the way up to get clear sound. I only use this in a bedroom, I wouldn't recommend buying it if you're using it in a living room or a family room.
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Don't know because I have not tried to. I use the remote that came with it. I do like this unit very much as it gives a clear understandable speaking sound in bedroom which I bought it for. Better than more expensive unit on my main tv in great room.
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Hi Bill; Sent my Vizio sound bar back-sound was OK but remote didn't work properlyand I don't like runiong for the manual mute on the bar everytime my phone rings...Wil
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It does, however, as everyone else stated, it's pretty crappy. What I did was turn off the speakers and do audio out from the TV to the Soundbar, then used the TV remote to control the volume.
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Yes, as the other responders have said. However, I was not able to do this with my set-up because my tv didn't have the necessary input fiber optic input jack. I ended up plugging into my comcast box instead, and turning the sound completely down on my tv and controlling the sound only thru the sound bar using the sound bar remote.
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you can adjust the sound thru your tv remote. go to settings then sound. I know you can have surround, just check the options. Mine i bought the philips sound bar ($98.00) with subwoofer. You can put the tv on mute or have the tv sound on. Works perfectly fine
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Ok, guys I'm old and new to this stuff, so be pateint... How does a sound bar work. Is it hooked to the TV and instead of the sound coming from the TV it comes out of the sound bar and I'm assuming the sound is much better. Can you contol the sound volume with a Directv remote or the TV remote. Thanks in advance... Mike
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Yes. There is a way to connect it with the remote, but I did not do it that way. I use the remote from the TV to set the sound level and then use my cable remote for sound adjustment.
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If you connect the sound bar to a TV via the included Optical Cable, that will NOT mute the TV's speakers. When connected via Optical Cable you need to lower the speaker volume to zero or press "Mute" on the TV remote, then control the volume thru the Sound Bar's remote... If you want the convenience of controlling ALL TV functions with a single remote, use the Headphone output on the TV to connect to the "Portable" input jack on the Sound Bar, via a double-ended male 3.5mm stereo cable. (Search on Amazon for ASIN: B0002ZPJZO.) Set the TV & Sound Bar volume level to no more than "50" and control the TV volume using only the TV remote thereafter.
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Anyone know where I can get a remote for the sound bar. I looked online and they are $80! Is there a universal one? Know where and what brand? Thank u
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I went on this very same adventure many months ago. I cannot remember which setting on the DTV remote I used but suffice it say you can get it to kind of work, but not with the volume keys on the DTV remote. My current setup will allow me adjust the sound bar volume but only when I switch the remote to av1 mode. Then only the dvd controls directly below the PWR button adjust the volume. The skip ahead button (1:00 from the play button on the remote) causes it to increase volume. The Play button (Middle of DVD controls on the DTV remote.) causes it to turn down the sound bar. This was the only way I could find a way to make it work. Hope this helps some.
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Yes. At least my Samsung TV UN65C8000 remote controls it. Mute and Volume. You will have to disable the TV sound as the sound bar and TV sound is slightly out of sync.
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It will control the tv volume, but you will have to adjust the soundbar manually,and as you turn up the volume, you should get the increase in sound that you want.
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You have to use the HDMI Arc with the sound bar on D.in, the tv remote will control the sound bar volume, the cable remote seems to control the volume as well. I had to call Samsung support to figure all this out, the directions are terrible.
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I own a Samsung LED and when I setup this as an "external speaker" from the TV setup, the functionality of volume at TV gets disabled. So I have to use the new remote.
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Calvin. I don't have an answer to that question but I can tell you that the remote stopped working very soon after purchase so I have to manually turn the bar on and adjust the volume manually. I would not buy this one.
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No you can use the TV. Once programmed you're gonna want to turn off the TV speakers and use just the soundbar for sound. You might want to do it under aux though and set the default volume to aux instead of TV because if you do it on TV and just turn the internal TV speakers off you might get a message displayed on the screen every time you operate the volume. This soundbar sounds great too BTW. I've installed 5 of them and every customer loves them. Yes there are better ones out there, but it comes down to what you want to pay. Good luck and hope that helps
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I found out there's a menu on the sound bar with the remote to program the feed between the sound bar and the television, like if you use the fiber optic cord or hdmi cord, hope that helps.