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bpascua
Contributor I
May 8, 2018
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Sonos Playbar with Samsung Mu7000 TV and the Universal Remote....

Hello Guys,

I just got a samsung Mu7000 last week and today I got a playbar. The playbar sounds great but I would love to be able to control it with my universal control. But after spending an hour on the phone with sonos support (which is good btw) we accepted defeat. Has anyone got this combo working please?

thanks

Brian
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bpascuaAnswer
Contributor I
May 10, 2018
Hello Guys. I have got this working with my Mu7000 and my Humax PVR with the soundbar. I feel a bit daft but after doing the initial adding of the Humax to the universal remote, then adding the sonos soundbar, then I just assigned the home theatre option to the Humax - I can now control the soundbar volume from the universal remote and flip the channels up and down on the humax with the remote. I dont see the point to be honest as I cant access the Humax Guide from the Universal remote but there you go......reach out to me if you are trying to achieve this and cant.
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Mountkeen
Mountkeen
Trending Lyricist III
May 9, 2018
Interestingly I tried pairing the Smart Remote with my Playbase yet again and this time the volume control is working!

Weird!

Anyhow..............I'm chuffed.
reinier666
Trending Lyricist I
May 9, 2018
Don't rush on that. Right now, Harmony is having an issue with adjusting the volume on the PLAYBAR/PLAYBASE. They've promised to fix it "Real Soon Now", a couple of weeks ago, and apparently have some updated software being beta tested, but it's not a great experience at this particular moment in time. That being said, I've been a happy Harmony Remote user for about 10 years, and this is the first issue I've ever had with them....so it's hard to get really upset.

I am one of the lucky few to test the .100 beta firmware.
Currently not having issues anymore with the volume or other lag.

I hope the release it soon, as there seems to be many many many people using sonos/harmony.
    bpascuaAuthorAnswer
    Contributor I
    May 10, 2018
    Hello Guys. I have got this working with my Mu7000 and my Humax PVR with the soundbar. I feel a bit daft but after doing the initial adding of the Humax to the universal remote, then adding the sonos soundbar, then I just assigned the home theatre option to the Humax - I can now control the soundbar volume from the universal remote and flip the channels up and down on the humax with the remote. I dont see the point to be honest as I cant access the Humax Guide from the Universal remote but there you go......reach out to me if you are trying to achieve this and cant.
    Iphish
    Iphish
    Trending Lyricist I
    May 10, 2018
    I have an LG OLED, and have the same problem- no volume for the play bar.

    By the way the one connect box for samsung is only a passive pass thru- its irrelevant to the problem.
    "Its just the normal noises in here"
    Mountkeen
    Mountkeen
    Trending Lyricist III
    May 10, 2018
    I've a Humax DTR-T1000 and the Samsung Smart Remote works for everything except the YOUVIEW button. As stated earlier, Im not sure what the value of the Smart Remote is.
    bpascuaAuthor
    Contributor I
    May 14, 2018
    Hi Mountkeen - I have that Humax too - how do you access the GUIDE on the humax from the universal remote?
    Mountkeen
    Mountkeen
    Trending Lyricist III
    May 14, 2018
    @bpascua - Try pressing and holding the Mic button on the Smart Remote and say "guide". Works for me.
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