How to connect Samsung remote to Sonos Playbar sound bar quick and easy tutorial. 

Thank you bro, 5 years later and this method works on the Samsung q70c with sonos arc

We've been trying for days to make our TV remote work with the Sonos soundbar...your video made it happen in less than 5 minutes. Thank you so much!

My home theatre worked for the last two years and the remote just stopped controlling it for some reason. This fixed it. Thank you!

Thanks for that. The Power Test step is what screwed me up. Thanks for the video.

4 years later and my man still had an aplicable video thanks!

Thank you very much. Excellent instructions. Still valid info as March 3, 2023. Much appreciated.

Amazing. You saved my day with this video. Just bought a new Samsung TV and was dead frustrated about this problem. Thanks!

Bro, u a good dude!!!, I was really frustrated, my remote stop working for the first since having my Sonos playbar. And your video got it working for me, thank you man!!!

Agree with the guy below me. 5 years later this solved all my problems. Thank you!

Big up for this really helped me out...just some advice for Playbase owners: on the first power test choose ‘no didn’t turn off’ and for the 2nd test chose ‘yes’

THANK YOU!! I was losing my mind trying to figure this out until I found a link to your video on a Samsung Sonos forum.

You, my man, are a king among men. You dont know how much this was driving me up the wall, now I can sleep peacefully

What a legend. My tv is now controlling my 2012 surround sound DVD player. Love ya

I had the same issue when I was cutting the cord on my cable. One note. If after watching this video it doesn't work, make sure your TV source is set to TV. Mine was set to HDMI 1 and that was allowing my cable remote to still control the volume while my Samsung TV remote was not working (even after following the video instructions). After I did what the video said AND switched the source to TV, it all works great. Thanks, Curt!

Hey man, thank you so much. I thought I just couldn't follow directions, your video saved me from just tossing the sonos bar into the basement. Worked perfectly after struggling for an hour or more to control the volume. Awesome.

Still a life saver two years later.

Absolutely perfect, dude!! That piece of crap Samsung sound bar of mine is actually useable now. Thanks!

Succinct videos like this are what make the internet great!! Spent forever trying to pair 2024 Frame TV and Sonos Ray. You da man!

Thank you so much for providing this easy tutorial. Samsung should put out easy to do videos like this.

All I can say is THANK YOU! Saved me so much time researching and this was super easy.

I was going absolutely nuts trying to figure out why my volume couldn’t be controlled anymore. Thank you for this video! A+

Your the Men!!! I just upgraded my old tv to brand new 75” Neo Qled. with my old tv i could only control my sonos bar thru my apple tv 4k and when i got this tv i was very disappointed i was having the same issue i couldn’t control my sonos playbar. But i came across your video and bingo, you are a Blessing thank you very much have happy Christmas.

I was on the phone WITH Sonos Support who were absolutely no help, when I found this video. I just hung up with him and used this. THANK YOU!

DUDE!! I called SONOS they told me it could not be done! Sonos rep told me my Samsung tv had a radio frequency remote and it would not work with Sonos playbar. Thank you very much!

Dude, thanks. It was bugging me that audio was getting to my soundbar but it was a fixed volume. You helped a lot.

Just wanted to say thank you thank you for this training video with fixing the volume with Sonos. Really appreciate it thank you!!

Just tried it today (09/09/24) on a Samsung QN90B with Sonos Playbar, worked perfectly!

Thanks for this. Fixed my problem with my Vizio soundbar not having volume control over Optical. The Samsung manual and site was absolutely worthless.

Thank you my man! Drove me nuts figuring this out but your video was crisp and got the volume button working

I never comment here, but have to in this instance. I've been on the phone with Samsung for hours and bought many recommended peripherals that never worked. Thank you so much for this solution. FWIW, on Samsung Frame with Sonos playbar, I had to attempt 2nd try and then click yes before volume control worked. Thank you again!

This worked, thanks. But i have a blu ray and apple tv and i can only get this to work for one at a time. Is there a was to be able to control volume using the remote on both of the without going and manually switching.

Dude, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I have been trying to figure this out FOREVER for controlling my Yamaha receiver and now it works perfectly! Very grateful for your time and knowledge!

I was having issues with my Sonos and volume control not working. Your video was perfect to fix. Thanks

God bless you man. I bought a 65" Class 7 UHD and a HW-B450/ZA soundbar and tried for 2 hours trying to figure this out. Found your video and had it synced in seconds. Thanks a ton brother.

Many thanks mate, glad one of us has some skills. Saved me from a whole host of household complaints.

Thanks so much bro! I was trying to get my tv synced with the Sonos for hours and your vid saved me, legend.

Hallo there and thanks! Just a question: once its conntected and works, how can I turn on soundbar with samsung remote without keeping it always on? (It's hooked to optical)

On point. 6 months later, finally made the change 😂😂😅. Thanks!

You save my life. Thank you very much for explaining, I was very angry with my Samsung tv, now it works great with my soundbar.

Finally a video that showed me how to do this. Thank you

Since Samsung has more than likely gimped us Q70R owners of eARC, the only option is optical. If youre having problems with controlling optical with the Samsung One Remote, do what is shown in the video. If youre still having problems, do the same but when asked if it turned on/off, hit no and keep saying no until it gives you the option to search for your device model. Type your device model in and hit enter. It should give you a list of models. If your model doesnt show, scroll to the bottom of the list and it should show "more models". When you enter that, it should show the model you typed in. Its possible when just selecting the brand, the TV is selecting a default model. For some reason my Q70R will in fact connect to my Yamaha RX-A780 and be able to send signals through ARC, BUT once i turn it off, it will no longer function. So that tells me its just a firmware update away from working properly. Samsung gave the eARC firmware update to Europe (1374) for Q90R, but i guess theyre being stingy about it.

Bro, thank you so much. Literally could not get my soundbar to work frustrated as hell. Thank you!

Took me three power test tries to find the right match for my old Boston Acoustics unit, (and then had to pull the plug to actually turn it off), but did the trick. Awesome job, Cspec Curt!

Great video! I was looking in the wrong places to find the correct settings. Never thought to look at the remote setup. Thanks.

Thanks for this! I helped somebody with this exact issue. Not even samsung was able to help him with it...

Thank you! Straight to the point and concise step by step directions! Love it man, thanks

Hey great video, my volume works great but it won’t power on /off with the Samsung remote? Any idea ? Thanks

Used this video a year ago and just now when I got a new tv. This video is clutch

Such a huge help. Can easily get frustrated with this Sonos setup. Love the sound. Hate how much goes into getting it there.

Thank you so much man, I was about to start throwing stuff, you are a god amongst mortals

Thank you. I have been tormented with this issue for a long time!

Spent hours trying to sort this, cheers pal !

Thank you. Well changing some Xbox settings, my new TV stopped controlling my optically connected Vizio soundbar. This fixed it.

Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge, I've been trying to work this out for months!

Thank you!!!! OMG, I was about to return that sound bar. Sonos app doesn't connect with the remote. Great video!

Does this also work with the Sonos arc, have a Samsung 2016 tv . Right now cable remote controls tv,cable box and Yamaha sound bar.

This video was super helpful trying to get the Samsung remote to control my Vizio soundbar, thank you!

You are the bees knees sir. Thank you very much.

wow i spent days trying to fix my soundbar. Really appreciate your great video! Thank a lot!

I struggled to figure this out for days. Thanks for the tutorial!

Thanks, man. This has been bugging me for ages.

Thank you. Super easy now that you showed me. One less remote to use now. Stay well

This drove me crazy, I spent so much time trying to figure this it. Your instructions were easy Peezy. Thanks

How do you get the remote to turn the sound up when it’s connected to the sonos sound bar ? Or is that not possible ?

You are “the man”. Thanks a lot, much appreciated!!!!!!

Very helpful! Coincidentally I have the same TV so it made it even easier! For some reason I was having trouble connecting the TV remote to the play bar through the Sonos app! Thank you!

Thank you! I couldn’t find this anywhere. You saved me. Appreciate the video!!!

I can't thank you enough. Only helpful video on RU-vid

Hey man thanks a lot for walking me through this setup. I main problem was syncing my volume with my tv remote and the app or website was no help. You saved me hours of headaches so thanks again!

You’re literally amazing bro

I never would have figured this out on my own. Thanks.

Thank you so much. Sonos should have made this more clear in their app.

Can you control the volume on Sonos Arc from Samsung remote?

This process happened automatically for me the first time. Then I accidentally unplugged my modem, and it made my TV forget my amp for some reason. I reset the TV 3 times to get it to reconnect to the amp and it never did on its own. Thank you for this video

Thank you. Huge advice to get this working.

Thank you! Samsung should have a pop up for this when you switch to optical. Common sense isn't so common I guess. Very helpful sir.

This video just saved my entire family from attacking each other on Christmas. God bless your soul lol

Thanks you thank you 😊 just got a new Samsung TV been doing my head in trying to get the remote to work for the playbar.

Thanks friend though I wonder is it more or less as easy w/ an HDMI cable between the sound-bar &TV? As you've shown here w/ an Optical-cable between TV and sound-bar and perhaps which is better.

Yo bro... Jus moved into my crib... Long ass day... Finally sat down and was like... "wtf"... You came thru in the clutch... Good lookin 💪🏽💯

Awesome it worked also had to add the model number of the sonos during the on/off test

Thank you!!!! Smooth not too fast and easy to follow.... very much appreciated

Nice video. I liked how you had already worked it out and so your presentation was very smooth. Nice job.

I’m a bit late to the Sonos party. Thank you! Workin’ great!

Short sweet and to the point. Big help. Thank you

TY. Using this method, I can control Vizio soundbar volume in the native TV app. But when using Chromecast with Google TV (HDMI 1, TV displays as "unknown"), the volume control no longer works. When I press volume button, TV displays "Audio Out/Optical" but the remote doesn't send any signal.

with this setup are you able to turn the tv and soundbar off and on at the same time ?

Finally. It has taken me days. This has solved my problems. Thank you.

Thanks! Can I ask if you considered the Samsung sound bar? Why did you decide on Sonos? I’m leaning towards sonos just curious if the Samsung soundbar is equal quality. I stream a lot of music via Spotify. Thanks again! Great fast informative vid!

I see optical volume go up and down on screen but the sounds wont go up and down .... what do i have to do now ?

I have been looking for a solution for this forever. Thank you so much for this video.

Hey! Just wondering how do I get the volume to now come through my 2 x play 5 speakers aswell not just the sound bar? Thank you

This speaker doesn’t have CEC (arc) as a connection option. If it did there’d be no problem. It only offers optical. After completing the steps, optical appears on the screen when I use the Samsung remote, but the volume doesn’t actually change.

Genius! Been trying to do this for ages! Worked a treat, thank you! 👍🏻

Saved me some major headache, thanks for sharing this. 👍

Thank you! This worked and saved my sanity.

Dude you are a life saver!! Did it for my LG 86 inch TV, pretty much the same thing. Can't thank you enough!

Awesome!! Spend a few hours trying to do this and always missed the optical above the hdmi list. Thanks dude! 👌🏽👍🏽🤘🏾

Well done you made it quite simple. Thanks for making the video

Thank you, just got a Sonos Ray for my Samung from 2020, works just the same.