Remote Control Compatability
Looking to buy this unit. Plan to use optical output from my cable box into the sound bar.
Didn't see any other option for HDMI?
Will my regular TV Remote(Cable Remove) control sound levels on the sound bar. If yes, how do I program it?
Didn'y
I have a 50" LG WiFi enabled smart LED TV. i have the LG sound bar as well. I have Direct TV and thus use the remote controls for this. the sound bar is connected via optical cable to the TV and not the cable box. When i push the power button on my Direct TV remote, the TV turns on and so do does the sound bar. I did not need to do or configure anything special via the TV or sound bar to make this happen; meaning having the Direct TV cable remote control the on/off and volume of the TV and soundbar in unison. I suspect that the sound bar simply detects when there is an optical signal present and turns on based on this. So if the TV goes on (and it is configured to use the optical out port), then it should turn on and off with the TV. In the TV's menu, there is an option for sound. Within this sound menu is an option to turn on the optical-out feature. I did this and i can now control the volume of the sound bar with either the TV's remote, the Direct TV's remote, or the sound bar's remote. But i just stick with the Direct TV remote since this controls the channel changing. Hope that helps.
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