I just read a review that this sound bar does not work with Samsung smart TV? Does anyone know the answer to this?
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Mine works fine with the Samsung TV, I am unable to get sound from the DVD player through the TV when watching movies. I am hooking up the optical cable to see it that resolves the issue
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i HEAR IT WORKS FINE WITH THE SAMSUNG .USE OPTICAL CABLE . You might give Paul @ AV-Express a call They are the distributor for Sound Appeal products He is very knowlwdgeable and helpful.
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this is a true statement the universal codes do not workSamsung has preset manufacturers and option to input - does not recognize this soundbar
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You have to hook up an optical cable from the TV to the soundbar, then it will work when you put the soundbar in the optical mode
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I had to run the optical directly from TV to soundbar to fix issue of no sound with cable/satellite receiver and DVD player. It now works with everything.
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I connect wirelessly to my Samsung smart tv but as you know samsung has the (ready-share). The subwoofer is wireless and can be put anywhere there is an outlet. But the sound bar gets plugged into your tv through hdmi. Or you can connect wirelessly through Bluetooth . Hope that helps
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It worked with my sound bar...I bought a samsung sound bar. This part allowed me to use the optic port to plug the sound bar into the tv. With out it, I had to use an Hdmi and couldn't use all of my devices through the sound bar.
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Samsung didn't think it out very well. I used an digital fibre optical cable in the back of the tv and into the sound bar . Works wonderfully.
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Unfortunately I don't have an answer for you as I am having similar problems. Hooked my YHT S-400 up to an LG TV and I can't get the sound bar to work. Sound is coming through the sub-woofer but nothing through the sound bar. All connections appear good and the HDMI Audio is set to AMP as per instructions. Wondering if the sound bar itself is defective.
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this sound bar isn't the right one for Samsung. I bought this for my Samsung tv and ended up returning it as the holes on my tv and the sound bar doesn't match.
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I have a same brand Philips smart 4k 65" tv but the tv remote don't work on the sound bar...Strange...Not in hdmi not in optical conection of the bar
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If you use the Samsung remote, you can control the sound bar regardless of whether or not you use the HDMI ARC feature. All recent (2011, at least) models of Samsung HDMI TVs have made the remotes compatible with other Samsung Audio/Video products (sound systems, Blu-ray players, etc). When you use a Samsung TV and Samsung soundbar, you can actually go one step further if you TV has the SoundShare feature; if you activate SoundShare you can connect wirelessly to the soundbar. Hope this helps!
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to me sound is no worse than other tv"s. i just wonder how you get a sound bar to work with this tv?
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You must convert the output signal from your TV audio, which is a digital signal over a coaxial cable type to an optical signal with a Toslink cable. The input into the sound bar will only receive an optical signal using the type of cable fitting dedicated for optical signals. I used this exact same converter on my TV and it worked perfectly. It's been installed for nearly a year and has performed flawlessly.
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If your Samsung TV is new, it most likely has ARC support on one of the HDMI inputs. Connected via HDMI ARC (with the TV internal speakers turned off) you should be able to control the volume with your TV remote. My TV (a Vizio) has ARC support and I initially connected the sound bar via HDMI ARC (cable goes from HDMI OUT on soundbar to HDMI ARC IN on TV) and the TV remote controlled the volume in this case. I have since switched to optical connection as I like the interconnectivity options and the way everything functions with my universal remote better with the sound bar connected this way. There is no guarantee it will work even if your TV does have ARC support as implementations from different manufacturers may vary slightly.
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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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Thanks for the info, but.... The TV speakers work fine with the sound bar when watching any TV reg or HD programs. It is just some HD dvd's or Blu-Ray dvd's that this problem occurs. There is an echo or feedback which sometimes you can turn the TV off and back on again and it disapears or makes it better. Some DVDs still have echo or delay from one speaker to the other. It is a sync problem between the TV speakers and Sound Bar which are both Sony brands. When everything working, tv speakers, sound bar and (2) wireless rear speaker it is awesome in my 16 by 11 room. I just thought there was an option somewhere to sync speakers together if needed. Thanks.Alan Thanks for the info, but.... The TV speakers work fine with the sound bar when watching any TV reg or HD programs. It is just some HD dvd's or Blu-Ray dvd's that this problem occurs. There is an echo or feedback which sometimes you can turn the TV off and back on again and it disapears or makes it better. Some DVDs still have echo or delay from one speaker to the other. It is a sync problem between the TV speakers and Sound Bar which are both Sony brands. When everything working, tv speakers, sound bar and (2) wireless rear speaker it is awesome in my 16 by 11 room. I just thought there was... » Read More Thanks for the info, but.... The TV speakers work fine with the sound bar when watching any TV reg or HD programs. It is just some HD dvd's or Blu-Ray dvd's that this problem occurs. There is an echo or feedback which sometimes you can turn the TV off and back on again and it disapears or makes it better. Some DVDs still have echo or delay from one speaker to the other. It is a sync problem between the TV speakers and Sound Bar which are both Sony brands. When everything working, tv speakers, sound bar and (2) wireless rear speaker it is awesome in my 16 by 11 room. I just thought there was an option somewhere to sync speakers together if needed. Thanks.Alan « Show Less
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As far as I know, No! Now what their tv's have is called soundshare! This feature, Soundshare works with other samsung audio devices via Bluetooth but non samsung devices aren't supported! The devices I know that works Bluetooth audio thru soundshare are samsung soundbars, wireless portable speakers, and their wireless audio docks! No mention of headphones period!
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Jim, i have this unit and hdmi is finicky so i couldn't get it to work. So no big loss. Instead, use fiber optic audio output of tv to feed optical input of soundbar and all will be good. Regards, Greg
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I bought a Yamaha sound bar that only connects to my TV. On the back of it is the place to connect the TV to the soundbar. The TV said Digital sound and the Yamaha only has optical sound I had to get the extra cord to make the connection work properly. Apparently this is very common with many electronic devices. The cables are much more expensive at local retailers.
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This question was posted over a year ago, but I'll answer: DO NOT buy the sound bar. It is terrible. Very low quality audio, crackles horribly when level nears top range. The television is louder than the sound bar (same crackle) The TV has an optical output, but the bar does not.