Select Bose or type in Sonos like someone else said and it works.

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The "bose" trick works but as a result the Playbar no longer responds to regular Samsung IR remote controls.



Has anyone managed to it make work with both?

Is it possible to configure a Playbar to respond to more than one IR control type?

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CONTROL SONOS PLAYBAR VOLUME WITH SAMSUNG SMART TV REMOTE with NO IR emitter (i have UN65KS8000 2016)



(disclaimer i think parts/all of this are scattered on various forums and websites, including by JWNten above, just below is super clear)



COMPLETE STEP-BY-STEP:



1) Do initial set up of Sonos playbar on your TV - i wont go thru it all here but I followed the Sonos (iphone) app instructions, resulting in everything working great easily EXCEPT my samsung remote would NOT control the playbar volume (even after the remote setup step in app - it would not recognize my samsung remote + - volume buttons)



2) on TV:

a. press HOME button

b. scroll left to SOURCE button (2nd from left, icon = arrow in a box)

c. navigate up to UNIVERSAL REMOTE

d. press NEW DEVICE

e. select HOME THEATER SYSTEM

f. select brand = BOSE (just do it even if you think its wrong)

g. select OPTICAL

h. press POWER TEST

i. press YES (it asks if your theater system turned on or off, it probably will NOT have but just press YES anyways)

j. press DONE

k. FYI now if you go click universal remote again you will see "Bose" set up. leave it alone but you need it for the next steps and overall process to work



3) Make sure TV source is set to "TV"

a note: i do NOT have a cable box, i have an antenna hooked up to coax

b. the steps after this and overall process did NOT work when i had TV source set to my chromecast, but DID work when it was set to "TV"

c. i'm not sure if it will work when set to cable box or whatever other inputs you may have, i just know it worked set to TV with a random over-air channel playing



4) In Sonos app (iphone) make the following selections:

a. HAMBURGER MENU (top left, icon with 3 bars)

b. SETTINGS (gear icon at bottom of list)

c. ROOM SETTINGS

d. select the room you have playbar/TV set up from step 1 in

e. TV SETUP AND CONTROL

f. (you can skip reading this step its just FYI - i left all options checked - this is what they all do: tv autoplay = auto switch from music to tv sound when tv turned on, ungroup on autoplay = leave music playing in other rooms when tv turned on if you have other rooms with sonos stuff, ir signal light = white light on front of sonos will light up when you change volume, ir repeater = if playbar is physically in front of and blocking tv ir somehow itll not block - note i tried having this on or off and itll control volume either way once set up)

g. REMOTE CONTROL SETUP

h. REPLACE CURRENT REMOTE

i. physically point remote at playbar and press volume up/down

j. maybe i was lucky but at this point, if you followed step 2 above, playbar and sonos will now recognize pressing volume up down on your samsung smart tv remote



Note: Samsung chat support claims it is not possible to remove the stupid volume icon that pops up every time you adjust the volume of an external speaker (they said it does it for samsung soundbars too) i suggested they should definitely remove it and they said theyd forward it up the chain (yea right)

a.

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That'll work, but as a result it won't respond to volume up/down from the regular Samsung remotes.



I have a feature request in for the Playbar to accept more than one remote control type for volume up/down.

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Yeah and now i think it sometimes blocks me from changing volume when smart tv apps are playing for some reason - with EITHER remote - what i posted above may need to be changed but i have to mess around with my setup more

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That's correct. The smart remote is too smart for its own good. On my brand-new series 9, the TV decides what signals the smart remote will send, depending on what input you're watching. If it doesn't think your current input is playing via "Bose", nothing happens at all.

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Do you or anyone on here know how i can get the smart remote to control the playbar volume on ALL inputs? or is that just impossible?

I cant believe how difficult this is.

Mainstream TV brand seemingly incompatible with mainstream soundbar...



And now its too late to edit that info into my first long post - apologies to anyone i mislead with that not stating that it will only control one stupid input...

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This is true it does sound really great

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It's possible let to control all of your inputs. Which inputs aren't working for you? You just have to add the 'bose' to each one of the inputs you use.

I have AT4 and a shield and I use it to watch normal TV too. I'll check my settings when I get home and update you on them.

But as you said it baffles me that this super expensive TV and this super expensive sound bar don't link yet they are both mainstream, either Samsung or Sonos needs to act on this farrout!!!

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It's possible let to control all of your inputs. Which inputs aren't working for you? You just have to add the 'bose' to each one of the inputs you use.

I have AT4 and a shield and I use it to watch normal TV too. I'll check my settings when I get home and update you on them.

But as you said it baffles me that this super expensive TV and this super expensive sound bar don't link yet they are both mainstream, either Samsung or Sonos needs to act on this farrout!!!



Well now I got it to control the samsung blu ray player sound, except it will no longer control the function of the blu ray player (it did before)... thoughts?

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Also it seems there is no way to control playbar volume with the TV remote when using a smart TV built in app once you set up control of volume for any other input...

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I know it's gotta be frustrating. But I got it working, I'll be home in 2 hours and check how I have it set up, because I can control smart Tv apps as well as my other 2 inputs

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Here's what I did, Under the universal remote delete everything you have and start afresh. Create a 'bose' home theatre. Then createe the different inputs you have and attach the Bose to those inputs.

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Thanks 007M - didnt get time to try it tonight but i'll follow up in this with results - appreciate the help

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Got the Samsung remote controlling playbar volume on all inputs (tv apps, Samsung blu ray, tv antenna, chromecast). Set up the playbar as home audio first, then set up each device as a different random brand then selected "use with home theater" to 'connect' them with the playbar.



My long instructions above are correct just you have to go thru and set up all the inputs per instructions, connect them to 'home audio' once set up, THEN do the sonos app part once they're all set up and connnected



Samsung support and sonos support both confirmed there is no way to remove the volume change icon that appears every time you adjust external speaker volume on any input with current software (Samsung's fault).



I probly wouldn't have spent so much on playbar if I had know how time consuming/ridiculous this would be.

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Eloquently put! That's what I did and have it working.

I agree for what the sound bar costs and the TV, I probably should have just gone for a normal 5.1 setup, but I'll make the most out of it and ensure it sounds fantastic. Just thankfully I didn't get 2 play 1s for a 5.1 setup

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