“Does the 5.1 soundbar have the same bluetooth issues as the 3.1? With the 3.1 anyone can connect to it. I found at at 5am when a neighbor intentionally hooked up to it & put it full blast. Not very fun. So does this soundbar solve that issue?”
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I used to own a 3.1 and feel your pain! The 5.1 half solves that issue in that the soundbar needs to be in Bluetooth mode in order to connect to it. On the 3.1 you could connect to it with Bluetooth no matter which mode it was in. The flip side of this is that on the 3.1 you could connect an Alexa Echo and just tell it "connect to the Bluetooth speaker", and it would connect away and start playing. You can no longer do this on the 5.1, as you would need to deliberately switch its mode to Bluetooth. The 5.1 still doesn't have a default Bluetooth password that you need to enter. If you leave it in Bluetooth mode then I believe anyone could connect to it UNLESS your existing Bluetooth connection to it is still active. On the 3.1 I had mitigated the issue by plugging an old tablet in and connecting it to the soundbar's Bluetooth permanently. Since I never used Bluetooth otherwise, it prevented others from connecting. The 5.1 is moderately better than 3.1 in this aspect, but still no real security.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I was always aware of issues in general with anything that connects through Bluetooth, but you should just hook it directly through the optic cable or HDMI, that's what I do no matter what, I never liked anything connected through Bluetooth because of that.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.There are no Bluetooth issues with our JBL Bar 5.1.
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