Remotes

[bakysengs]

Ok so I'm stumped here. I had it set up for a while where the audio went through the rear 3.5mm jack into my Vizio sound bar. Power went out a while back and now I cannot figure out how I did it. I can't use ARC because I don't have an HDMI on the sound bar. I didn't get a remote with the sound bar either so I can't mess with any of the settings there. Any suggestions? It's a Hisense 4k Roku tv and a Vizio s3821w.

Remove if not allowed, thank you in advance

[AvsGunnar]

@bakysengs 

If it worked before, I am assuming the soundbar must have been acting like headphones through the 3.5mm jack. (sound sent to soundbar when plugged in).

Try going to the Roku TV Settings/Audio/Audio Output/Enable TV Speakers.

Only other way would be is you used the Optical Port but you indicated 3.5mm so I am guessing the above is the way you had it configured.

[Tivoburkee]

Someone else just yesterday had the same problem:

control sound bar volume with Roku tv remote? - Roku Community

As I wrote in that thread, there are two 3.5 jacks, one an input labelled AV in, the other the headphone jack, an output. You probably connected to the wrong one. 

[coopergx]

I'm also having a problem connecting my Roku remote

to my sound bar.  I just subscribed to Direct TV and purchased the Roku Streaming Stick 4K+.  I have an LG TV and LG sound bar.  None of the info on Roku website addresses sound bar issues.  I also can't even control the volume through the TV on my Roku.  I am not tech savvy in any way and would love some advice in plain English if anyone can help me.

[renojim]

@coopergx, by "I also can't even control the volume through the TV on my Roku" I assume you mean the volume buttons on the Roku remote don't control the TV's volume?  Did you go through the process under Settings->Remotes & devices->Remotes->(voice remote)->Setup remote for TV control?

Does the TV's remote control the volume of the sound bar?