Adding control for an old sound bar?

by TKJ

I've had FireTV Sticks on my previous tv's which could control external devices like my old Yamaha YST800 soundbar, but I just got a BEAUTIFUL 65" 4K Hisense, and cannot figure out if I can control my Soundbar with the remote.

I do believe the Hisense remote is Bluetooth, but if it has IR as well, is it possible to program it to control the soundbar as well? I don't want to use multiple remotes if I can help it, and I don't want to (possibly?) lose functionality (HDR?) if I switch back to a FireTV stick...

Anyone have any ideas?

TKJ

Solved: I've programmed my Logitech Harmony 665 to use both the tv and soundbar, so, success! Thanks for the help!

HanzG

Is the sound bar connected by HDMI or another source? I had to enable CEC on my new TV that allowed the TV to control my old BluRay player.

https://www.howtogeek.com/207186/how-to-enable-hdmi-cec-on-your-tv-and-why-you-should/