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🎧 Bose Soundbar Universal Remote Control for Soundbar 500 & 700: Optimize Your Audio Experience Review

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🎧 Home Audio Accessories, 🎵 Home Audio

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Details

BrandBose
Compatible DevicesTV
Battery DescriptionAlkaline
Maximum Range10 Meters
Number of Batteries4 AA batteries required. (included)

Description of 🎧 Bose Soundbar Universal Remote Control for Soundbar 500 & 700: Optimize Your Audio Experience

Compatible with Bose Soundbar 500 and Bose Soundbar 700 only. Designed for complete control of all your home entertainment. Quality, lightweight construction with soft touch, seamless elastomer keypad. Manage all of your entertainment at the touch of a button. Features six presets and lights up only the buttons you need in the moment, making it even easier to find your favorites.

Reviews

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Revainrating 1 out of 5

Requires Bose Music app to be installed

I like that you minimize your uninstall requirements to just one. But I don't like that a VERY vague guide was included and online. The trick is to download the BOSE MUSIC app to connect to the soundbar. There's no way around it.

Pros
  • Great for me
Cons
  • Crumpled

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Where are the instructions?

For us, this remote control is completely useless without instructions. It wasn't possible to get the entire remote to light up and some of the icons that did light up and there were 6 of them at the top of the remote just blinked and went out for a few seconds. Extremely poor design and very expensive for what you get.

Pros
  • Sturdy construction
Cons
  • Some little things

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Excellent purchase. Very satisfied.

Remote control works great. You no longer need to use 3 different remote controls to control your TV. You must use the Bose app on your phone to set up some features. The only thing missing is a subtitles button. You have to go to some menus to turn this feature on and off. So I just use my Verizon remote for that. It has a button.

Pros
  • Comfortable
Cons
  • Large and bulky

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Maybe it's good? suitable for remote controls and accessories

I lost the original remote control for my sound card and was hoping that it would be a replacement. Unfortunately I needed the original remote to connect this remote to the soundbar. So I never needed it. This isn't an appeal against the remote, but against Bose for creating such a confusing system. And to almost make you buy a whole new system if you lose your original remote.

Pros
  • Robust design
Cons
  • -

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Remote Behemoth (literally)

DO NOT BUY THIS REMOTE CONTROL! Everyone is talking about how terrible the setup is and don't get me wrong, the setup is impossible and only works with the soundbar and maybe some features on some TVs. What amazes me is that I haven't read any of the reviews about how insanely large and awkward to use this remote control is. For some completely unknown reason, Bose decided to leave a 4-inch blank space at the bottom of an already long remote. Do yourself a favor and read the dimensions of this…

Pros
  • Delivery was very fast
Cons
  • So far so good

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Can't control what you can't see!

No 'permanent' symbols for: device power cable box soundbartv recording Unlike the smaller Bose remote, this one doesn't have enough markings. After just a year, my remote stopped working. "Date of manufacture" " is stamped on the removable backing and shows 05/18, had I known the Bose universal remote was two years old when I bought it I would have returned it. I have more Bose products than I can count and was happy with everything except: It's a piece of black plastic junk I have a Spectrum…

Pros
  • Handy item
Cons
  • Not sure

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great remote don't let the other reviews fool you

First of all I never leave reviews on anything but I've seen a few for this product that I disagree and feel the need to Clarification. Yes, you will need the Bose Music app along with the remote and Bose 500/700 system to install and set up. So go with the times. Obviously other reviewers left reviews not knowing what they were talking about. yes, big But it looks classy and elegant. I would also like to add that this is the first remote that actually controls everything connected to the Bose…

Pros
  • Free for educational purposes
Cons
  • Good but not great

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Troubleshooting - Remote Controls

I don't usually write reviews because most of the products I buy already have many reviews with average ratings, which I think they should be. With this Bose universal remote, someone reading old reviews may get the wrong impression of what the product is capable of at the time of this review. I was a little hesitant to purchase this remote after reading the reviews here on Revain and elsewhere. However, I decided to take a risk and give it a try. I'm glad I did because Bose seems to have fixed

Pros
  • Elegant design
Cons
  • Long delivery time

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Don't waste your money

My wife received a Bose 700 soundbar as a gift. I was very excited when she received them as we really needed a soundbar. and she looked good. Smartphone apps are poorly tested and have production errors! We are both professional IT professionals and couldn't set this up with an LG TV and Xfinity internet access. I ordered a second identical remote and we couldn't connect it to the soundbar no matter what we did. Could never get it to work. I'm returning my second Revain remote and the almost…

Pros
  • Quality, lightweight construction with soft, seamless elastomer keyboard
Cons
  • unreliable

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Can't control what you can't see!

No "permanent" icons for: Power on/off completely stopped working. The removable back panel is embossed with the date of manufacture and shows 18.05; If I had known the Bose universal remote was two years old when I bought it, I would have returned it. I have more Bose products than I can count and I've been happy with all of them except this one: It's a piece of black plastic. Garbage. I have a Spectrum remote that is over 10 years old and still works perfectly. I expected the Bose universal…

Pros
  • Only compatible with Bose Soundbar 500 and Bose Soundbar 700
Cons
  • Very expensive