populariconian | Staff posted Sep 10, 2025 06:28 PM
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populariconian | Staff posted Sep 10, 2025 06:28 PM
(Factory Refurb) Samsung HW-C47M 4.1ch. Soundbar + Rear Speakers w/ Subwoofer $120 + Free S/H
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I think I found two workarounds with Chat GPT.
1. The soundbar supports bluetooth and this should allow the ability to control the volume with a single remote. However, there is one serious deficiency to this - it doesn't do true surround sound. It basically brings it to 2.0 or 2.1. Also you might have some lip sync issues so you need to see if your TV can adjust for that. I consider this a no-go.
2. Second option which should work decent would be using an optical cable and apparently according to chat GPT there is an IR learning functionality in which you can teach the soundbar to learn from your remote. It doesn't work all the time since some limited remote controls might not have the frequencies that match with that of the sound bar. This would preserve 5.1 audio but is not future-proof and would result in quality declines for 4K or Atmos, but if it actually works for most use cases you would not have an issue. I might research this some more because BuyDig requires buyers to pay the return shipping if the item is not damaged which would be quite prohibitive if it doesn't work. See screenshot attached from the Samsung soundbar owner's manual for reference incl what brands it should work with.
There are certainly others that are far more educated on this than I am so please feel free to chime in. The price point is so good but I'm still not convinced that it's worth the hassle versus waiting for an HDMI ARC version that costs a bit more. For example sometimes the Vizio versions at Walmart get discounted down.
I think I found two workarounds with Chat GPT.
1. The soundbar supports bluetooth and this should allow the ability to control the volume with a single remote. However, there is one serious deficiency to this - it doesn't do true surround sound. It basically brings it to 2.0 or 2.1. Also you might have some lip sync issues so you need to see if your TV can adjust for that. I consider this a no-go.
2. Second option which should work decent would be using an optical cable and apparently according to chat GPT there is an IR learning functionality in which you can teach the soundbar to learn from your remote. It doesn't work all the time since some limited remote controls might not have the frequencies that match with that of the sound bar. This would preserve 5.1 audio but is not future-proof and would result in quality declines for 4K or Atmos, but if it actually works for most use cases you would not have an issue. I might research this some more because BuyDig requires buyers to pay the return shipping if the item is not damaged which would be quite prohibitive if it doesn't work.
There are certainly others that are far more educated on this than I am so please feel free to chime in. The price point is so good but I'm still not convinced that it's worth the hassle versus waiting for an HDMI ARC version that costs a bit more. For example sometimes the Vizio versions at Walmart get discounted down.
For those curious, the big benefit of HDMI ARC is that you can control the soundbar volume with your existing TV remote. You cannot do that with optical meaning you have to use the dedicated soundbar remote. This is because HDMI ARC allows for two-way communication whereas optical is only one way.
I think I found two workarounds with Chat GPT.
1. The soundbar supports bluetooth and this should allow the ability to control the volume with a single remote. However, there is one serious deficiency to this - it doesn't do true surround sound. It basically brings it to 2.0 or 2.1. Also you might have some lip sync issues so you need to see if your TV can adjust for that. I consider this a no-go.
2. Second option which should work decent would be using an optical cable and apparently according to chat GPT there is an IR learning functionality in which you can teach the soundbar to learn from your remote. It doesn't work all the time since some limited remote controls might not have the frequencies that match with that of the sound bar. This would preserve 5.1 audio but is not future-proof and would result in quality declines for 4K or Atmos, but if it actually works for most use cases you would not have an issue. I might research this some more because BuyDig requires buyers to pay the return shipping if the item is not damaged which would be quite prohibitive if it doesn't work.
There are certainly others that are far more educated on this than I am so please feel free to chime in. The price point is so good but I'm still not convinced that it's worth the hassle versus waiting for an HDMI ARC version that costs a bit more. For example sometimes the Vizio versions at Walmart get discounted down.
Why does Bluetooth for the remote limit the audio to 2.0 or 2.1? Wouldn't you still be able to go from HDMI (source) to HDMI (soundbar)? Legit question. I have a 3.2.1 Samsung soundbar and set it up to be controlled by my Google TV Onn box's controller via Bluetooth. HDMI goes from Onn to soundbar to TV.
This soundbar does not have a HDMI port on it at all. You need to use either optical, bluetooth, or USB. It sounds like your personal soundbar has HDMI but this one does not.
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