@Quinnicus wrote:
Hi there
As the Sonos Playbar is connected to the TV via optical cable, you cannot use the TV remote control to control the volume of the Playbar. Doing so would require the use of the HDMI-CEC features of the HDMI cable link.
As you have mentioned using the Sky Remote control and nothing is displayed on the screen when you press the volume button on the Sky Remote control - Can I assume that the volume does change, because in your first post you mention everything works ok. If this is the case, then the volume indicator on the TV will not display, simply because as I mentioned above, the playbar is connected via optical.
So basically, if the volume changes (even if it doesnt display on screen), everything is working as it should.
Cheers
Sorry, @Anonymous, but this isn't quite correct.
By pointing the Sony remote at the Sonos in pairing mode and pressing the volume up/down, the Sonos will learn the remote codes the Sony uses, and will respond to them whenever it sees them.
So the Sony remote, once paired, can control the Sonos volume, by this mechanism.
Triuble is, it will still be controlling the Sony TV volume as well, so (a) every change is acted on by both devices at once and (b) anything the Sony thinks it has to say about the volume change will appear on the TV screen.
i don't know if Sky and Virgin boxes have volume controls on them - do they, @josethegunner? - or if the intention is that the volume controls on their remotes control the device actually producing the sound (which they therefore have to be paired with), and so these remotes affect the Sonos directly, the TV is none the wiser, and so there is no double change, no onscreen message on the TV.
And as you say, this is to be expected and is not a bug. And it is indeed what @josethegunner wants.
Re the TV, I can find no setting of the type that Sonos describe there might be, to switch the TV volume message off.
The best you can do, I think, which at least solves (a), is in Settings/Sound to have Headphone/Audio out set to Audio out (Fixed) and Speakers set to Audio System.
This will at least ensure that only the Sonos volume changes, and only the Sonos outputs sound.
But the volume bar you get momentarily with variable sound will now be replaced by the momentary message 'TV volume is fixed.'
So unless and until Sony can be persuaded to provide an option to suppress all such volume messages, you will have to decide which is the least worse set of settings, if you want to control both TV and soundbar from the single, Sony, remote.
YouView Superuser, but not an employee of YouView, nor retained by them for this purpose. It's purely me speaking
