Sound bar power on and off with xbox

Hi Justin

In my experience the Xbox One Kinect is often not able to turn sound bars on and off.

There is an issue with the remote codes for sounds bars on many universal remote controls not just the Xbox one. If you can locate a code online, you can try entering it but this may be limited to volume and not powering on/off

I have same sound bar and same problem volume up and down work fine but not power on or off.

Hi Rykard,

Thank you for coming to the forums. It does seem like the Xbox has the correct IR codes for your sound bar since it can send it remote commands except turning it on. The Xbox will only turn on the sound bar when the Xbox turns on and the sound bar is off
if you have set up the sound bar in the start up power options. Have you set remote commands for the Xbox to send an ON command when the Xbox turns on?

Go to Settings>Power & startup>Power mode and startup>TV & A/v power options>Set up audio receiver>WHEN XBOX TURNS ON, SEND>ON.

If that doesn't help, go ahead and do a
hard reset and power cycle. Hold down the power button on the console for about 10 seconds until it shuts down and then remove the power cable from the Xbox and the power outlet for about 2-3 minutes. Then re-connect and
turn on the Xbox. and set up the remote commands again.

Let us know if this helps!

I am also having this issue. It seems to have just started recently. When I power the Xbox One on through the controller, it comes ON, my TV and sound bar come ON, and then the XB1 shuts OFF.

I am having the same problem. I have a samsung sound bar hwf450. I was able to get it to send a power signal when the xbox one turns on by turning instant on off but it seems when I turn the xbox off it just doesn't send a signal.