Playbar IR sensor range decreased.

Hi @LarryAC, Thanks for reaching out and welcome to the community. about your concern on the IR sensor, since you already did some troubleshooting steps. I’ll ask you to submit a diagnostic report for us to further investigate what could be causing this issue. You may reply to the thread with the confirmation number to assist you with this issue. 

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My diagnostic report number is: 174611951

I spent more time today cleaning the lens on my remote and the areas which contain the IR sensors on the playbar.  I also removed the power and Optical cables from the playbar and on the rear of my TV and cleaned all these in addition to the contacts in the remote holding the batteries and installed yet another new set of batteries.

After all the above, Still no change.   If I need to change the volume from my chair, I use the app, not the remote like in the past.

Thanks again!

Hi @LarryAC, thanks for the update and I appreciate you taking the time to submit the diagnostic report. Also, taking the time to do some basic troubleshooting to resolve the issue. Upon checking on the diagnostic report that you’ve sent, I cannot see any issues with the Sonos Playbar. I'll ask you to kindly contact our phone support team for further assistance and for more in-depth troubleshooting steps.

Let us know how you get on with the advice above.

We're here to answer any further questions you have.

Just bought a Samsung 90 qled and having same issue. Did you find a resolution?

 Thanks 

In the interim, until Samsung releases an update.  I’m using Panasonic in the setup.

Selecting Source, then Universal Remote Setup, New Device, Home Theater, Panasonic, Optical, Power Test, then Yes.  It works just fine.  Don’t forget to run the Remote Control Setup in the Sonos app.

Samsung released an update on October 15, 2020.  I’ve done a manual update, but it still hasn’t filtered down to my area. 

what do you mean that you are using Panasonic?  Just talked to support at samsung and of course they said its a compatibility issue.  Would never had bought this tv if I knew this was an issue.

Thank you

Choose Panasonic in the Home Theater setup vs typing Sonos.  The problem started with Samsung's last update (version 1361) and continues.  Perhaps the next update will fix the problem.  

thank you, frustrating

Hi, i have a playbar and LG OLED C8 TV and have same exact problem and have done most of the above troubleshooting. This started a week ago, how can I fix this?

when I set up my remote in the TV I have used Philips brand as a sound bar and remote type 4 for the remote. And it has worked fine for years until now...

I still have not found a fix.