(1) When you hook this soundbar w/ your TV via 3.5 mm cable or auxilary RCA, will the Pyle soundbar turn on when you turn the TV on? (2) Can you use your TV remote control to adjust the volume or you need the Pyle remote control? (3) Also if you just want to play music via USB or SD card w/o a TV being on, which remote control do you use? (1) When you hook this soundbar w/ your TV via 3.5 mm cable or auxilary RCA, will the Pyle soundbar turn on when you turn the TV on? (2) Can you use your TV remote control to adjust the volume or... » Read More (1) When you hook this soundbar w/ your TV via 3.5 mm cable or auxilary RCA, will the Pyle soundbar turn on when you turn the TV on? (2) Can you use your TV remote control to adjust the volume or you need the Pyle remote control? (3) Also if you just want to play music via USB or SD card w/o a TV being on, which remote control do you use? « Show Less
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It will not turn on with the tv remote. You have to use the Pyle remote to turn it on, play music, and adjust the volume through the sound bar.
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Sorry, purchased for my garage so not sure if it would function as you describe.
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#1no.#2yes you can use tv remote to control volume after setting sound bar volume to approx 30.#3 use sound bar remote only tv does not have to be on
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No. You will need to use the pyle remote for both. Fyi this an excellent soundbar. Extremely user friendly and sounds great.
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The soundbar will not turn on when the tv is turned on. Separate remotes are needed to control the sound and the tv
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You have to use the remote for the Pyle to to turn audio on. The TV remote will just adjust TV volume. You not not have to have the TV on to use USB, SD etc. Hope this helps.
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I bought this HWF355 to use with my Samsung 65" 6350 serie smart TV. I can verify that the TV remote will NOT work this soundbar. The soundbar remote will work the TV, but not vice versa. I used a digital audio cable, so the soundbar does power on and off with the TV, but you CANNOT control the soundbar's volume with the TV remote. It took me 40 minutes on the Samsung helpline on a Sunday afternoon to find out that it takes a HWH series soundbar to do that, using an HDMI connection. At least that's what they told me. I'm returning my 355 now, and will try an HWH450 next. (Fingers crossed.) 12/14/14 I bought this HWF355 to use with my Samsung 65" 6350 serie smart TV. I can verify that the TV remote will NOT work this soundbar. The soundbar remote will work the TV, but not vice versa. I used a digital audio cable, so the soundbar does power on and off with the TV, but you CANNOT control the soundbar's volume with the TV remote. It took me 40 minutes on the Samsung helpline on a Sunday afternoon to find out that it takes a HWH series soundbar to do that, using an HDMI connection. At least that's what they told me. I'm returning my 355 now, and will try an HWH450 next. (Fingers... » Read More I bought this HWF355 to use with my Samsung 65" 6350 serie smart TV. I can verify that the TV remote will NOT work this soundbar. The soundbar remote will work the TV, but not vice versa. I used a digital audio cable, so the soundbar does power on and off with the TV, but you CANNOT control the soundbar's volume with the TV remote. It took me 40 minutes on the Samsung helpline on a Sunday afternoon to find out that it takes a HWH series soundbar to do that, using an HDMI connection. At least that's what they told me. I'm returning my 355 now, and will try an HWH450 next. (Fingers crossed.) 12/14/14 « Show Less
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Yes u can control the sub-woofer. There is a button on the top when depressed u can have a lot of Bass or not so much. I have mine on the not so much bass and it is plenty of bass. In the more bass it rumbles to much and is a bit over powering. The unit should come with a remote control u can change settings from your chair. Remote control is very fragile so if u buy a new unit take care of the control. Once set use your vol. control for the TV. I love my VIZIO sound bar great unit makes all the difference in the world in the sound. Especially if TV is not mounted to the wall. The speakers on most all HD TV"S are on the back side that redirect the sound off of the wall. Yes u can control the sub-woofer. There is a button on the top when depressed u can have a lot of Bass or not so much. I have mine on the not so much bass and it is plenty of bass. In the more bass it rumbles to much and is a bit over powering. The unit should come with a remote control u can change settings from your chair. Remote control is very fragile so if u buy a new unit take care of the control. Once set use your vol. control for the TV. I love my VIZIO sound bar great unit makes all the difference in the world in the sound. Especially if TV is not mounted to the wall. The speakers... » Read More Yes u can control the sub-woofer. There is a button on the top when depressed u can have a lot of Bass or not so much. I have mine on the not so much bass and it is plenty of bass. In the more bass it rumbles to much and is a bit over powering. The unit should come with a remote control u can change settings from your chair. Remote control is very fragile so if u buy a new unit take care of the control. Once set use your vol. control for the TV. I love my VIZIO sound bar great unit makes all the difference in the world in the sound. Especially if TV is not mounted to the wall. The speakers on most all HD TV"S are on the back side that redirect the sound off of the wall. « Show Less
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Sorry for the dumb question, but what is a soundbar? I've never had to put one on a TV - I just have 5.1 surround hooked up to my current TV.
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Ok, so here's the thing. I actually bought this from ShopHQ (which used to be ShopNBC) because it allowed me to make payments and it wasn't too much more than it was selling for here, so I'm not sure if this model matches exactly the one that I have. The actual model no. on mine is PTCDCS3UIP and I know this one is PTCDS3UIP. I don't know what the difference is and I know there are some models out there with line out and some with line in. Mine only has Aux In RCA connections. You may want to try the Pyle website and/or customer service to clarify. I called ShopHQ to ask them if it had Aux In because I actually preferred that since I wasn't planning on hooking up external speakers and fortunately, they answered my question correctly. I hope that helps. I wish these sites would have a picture of the connections on that back - You may want to contact Amazon as well - they MAY know and my experience with them has always been positive, so maybe they would actually make an effort to find out for you.
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You have to use the HDMI Arc with the sound bar on D.in, the tv remote will control the sound bar volume, the cable remote seems to control the volume as well. I had to call Samsung support to figure all this out, the directions are terrible.
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I can answer this! I actually bought mine for my TV because my tv speakers weren't cutting it and I didn't want a clunky soundbar. Quick and dirty: Yes! I successfully plugged the usb cable into my tv and powered it through that (Samsung) and attached the aux cable to the aux port and achieved very good sound. Because I was curious, I also plugged the aux into my cell phone (with power from the pc... tv didn't work, which is weird, but whatevs), which also gave me sound.
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I'm sorry i don't really understand the question. If you are wanting to to know if there is an input for cable tv there is not. However, there is are two half inch mic inputs and quite a bit of dual RC audio jacks. If you are wanting how to hook that up you could run the information from your receiver. I have spliced some Audio jacks and plugged them into the Pyle system and used the wires to plug into my receiver so that it has a feed of audio so it will play what ever the receiver is playing.
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I have my TV set up to automatically connect to my soundbar when I turn on the soundbar. Maybe like 2 steps to initially connect the external speaker to the tv.
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Ha! So, the question is "how to select the AUX-IN input" the one on the front panel. I just received my amp and the question is still a mystery. It seems to be a dead port. It's not controlled by the Input Selector. And it doesn't seem to override all other signals if connected. And if you've got a manual handy you'll see that Item (16) AUX-IN, is at the very bottom of page 3 and Pyle seems to simply have run out of room for its description. Has anyone gotten it to function?
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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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Hi James. I received your question on Amazon since I left a previous review. I don't know how your setup is, but I have ARC compatibility on my TV. I have the soundbar linked through the ARC HDMI port, and, and my PS3 (which I use for Blue Ray) in another HDMI port. By using ARC, the TV speakers become disabled, and the soundbar is now the speaker system. I use only one remote, and it changes the volume and tv channels flawlessly. If you don't have ARC compatibility on your TV, then I unfortunately don't know how to help. Thanks.
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If you have Direct Tv you can use the rca jacks from your receiver and plug them right into your sound bar and then just turn up the volume on the tv and the sound bar. Works fine. Make sure you have a hdmi cable plugged into your receiver and tv. I hope this helps.
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You can pump the sound from the tv and this device concurrently, that's not how I've used it. My TV speakers get fairly distorted when I crank them up. But I have bought a digital audio interface device to feed this and its good. The volume control is managed by its own remote. It might also have a volume button on the face of the device. BUT the audibility over distances is like a movie theater, very clear - an unusual audio device, because it pumps the quality of mid range frequencies very well, where a number of amps push the treble, mid-range and bass - then you usually can't hear anything else, but the TV. You can pump the sound from the tv and this device concurrently, that's not how I've used it. My TV speakers get fairly distorted when I crank them up. But I have bought a digital audio interface device to feed this and its good. The volume control is managed by its own remote. It might also have a volume button on the face of the device. BUT the audibility over distances is like a movie theater, very clear - an unusual audio device, because it pumps the quality of mid range frequencies very well, where a number of amps push the treble, mid-range and bass - then you usually can't hear... » Read More You can pump the sound from the tv and this device concurrently, that's not how I've used it. My TV speakers get fairly distorted when I crank them up. But I have bought a digital audio interface device to feed this and its good. The volume control is managed by its own remote. It might also have a volume button on the face of the device. BUT the audibility over distances is like a movie theater, very clear - an unusual audio device, because it pumps the quality of mid range frequencies very well, where a number of amps push the treble, mid-range and bass - then you usually can't hear anything else, but the TV. « Show Less
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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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Yes. The soundbar can learn other remotes, and turn on and off with the TV. It can even learn the up & down volume from the TV remote. I was able to configure the 60" Sharp LED LCD TV to send audio through the optical out, so volume is only via the soundbar. And it makes a huge difference. I have it wall mounted under the TV. And since it's shallower than the TV + TV wall mount I was able to install it just above the bottom edge of the TV, so there are no visible cables. This is one of the best electronic purchases I've made recently. I highly recommend it.
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Sorry to say, I am not at all familiar with the technical aspects of how this connects to the TV. I had folks helping me with the hookup. I do know that turning off the TV does not turn off the soundbar...that has to be done with its own remote...the Sound bar takes over the TV's sound. Note that we did have to adjust the TV sound and then the Soundbar sound and then it sounds great. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.