Roamio Basic and Vizio Soundbar

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I have a Vizio HDTV that controls the volume of my Vizio sound bar. Works good.

In order to turn on the sound bar with the TV I had to use my learning remote and sound bar remote and marry them.

Now my learning remote will turn on my TV and sound bar. It will also turn both off. Works good.

Monday I will be receiving my new Roamio Basic and I'll want to use the Roamio RF remote for my TV, DVR and sound bar.

I've found instructions for using the Roamio RF remote to program it to turn on and off my TV so I can use the RF and IR features of the remote.

My question/issue is: How do I use my new Roamio RF/IR remote to also turn on my sound bar???

I hope my question is not redundant but I searched the Internet and could not find an easy to understand answer.

If the Roamio RF/IR remote has the learning feature I can marry my sound bar and remote the same way I did with my Glo Backlight remote.

Thanks.

 

Since I don't have my Roamio yet and no manual what "Vizio instructions to marry the two"?? Just in case mine is not automatic like yours.

 

I have my sound bar married to my tv for volume control but I will want to be able to turn the sound bar on and off using my Roamio FR/IR remote.

Right now, with my Series 3 HD DVR, I can turn on and off my TV and sound bar and control the volume through my TV.

I want to have the same setup with my new Roamio Basic RF/IR remote.

 

I had to use my Glo-Backlight learning remote to learn the IR signal from my sound bar remote.

Will the Roamio remote have the same learning feature? If the answer is no then how will I teach the Roamio remote to turn on/off my sound bar?

 

Tv and sound bar on/off problem solved. After I programmed my Roamio Basic remote control to turn on and off my TV and got the A/V code for Vizio, went back to 1. (TV setup) and used the A/V code.

Now my Roamio remote will turn on/off both my TV and sound bar.

Happy, happy!!!!