Samsung - Refurbished 2-1/10" Soundbar with Powered Wireless Subwoofer

I got my sound bar on a Deal of the Day for $99.00 and took a punt. The reviews are mixed but for the price I was prepared to gamble a little. The box arrived very quickly, 3 days I think. Well packaged and like new condition. The speakers include an optical sound cable. Reading the manual, it took me about 30 minutes to get it all hooked up and going. Yes, the manual clearly says, "Turn Off" the main sound bar to sync wireless the base unit. After that, don't forget to set your TV to external speakers, and be aware that there are two possible mutes! Three in my case as the cable box has a mute too. When I first turned on the TV no sound! Uggg I thought, a dud. I then realized that I had the tv mute, still no sound, ugg it really is a dud. The I hit the mute button a couple of times on the sound bar remote (that also is Samsung, like my tv, so operates the tv as well) and suddenly there was sound. Wonderful bright, full range with deep base sound. So I'm not sure what I hit on the remote, but it all works wonderfully. The sound is rich and amazingly very surround sound like. A couple of times I've been standing in the lounge and turned around to check who was behind me, only to realize it was the sound from the speakers. Base is deep and reasonable. It may not be hifi quality but for movies and gaming it's perfectly acceptable. Listening to radio through cable the high and midrange is very nice. My wife walked in and said right away that the sound was remarkably. I've not connected a mp player yet but I suspect it will be equally rewarding. There are 4 preprogrammed sound setting and a "news" setting that basically turns off the base speaker, which is nice when you want to listen to voice level sound without the heavy base. Movie mode is excellent, nice deep sound on the base, without overpowering the midrange and high frequency sound. So it seems that if you get one that's good out of the box, and I suspect some of the troubles people are having may relate to setup and setting, not equipment failure, you should be very pleased with this unit.

Not sure what problems people are having setting it up but... I set mine up in about 5 minutes. Plug in the supplied optical cable to my bluray player, sync up the subwoofer per the instructions, listening to pandora streaming over my bluray player in no time (movie sounds great too). I have a reasonable size living room with wood floors and the system fills the room fully. Plenty of bass, nice clear detail from the soundbar. No problems with wireless internet connection, product has no blemishes, remote works fine. Plenty of volume and totally worth the price. Probably not worth full price at this point but as long as it continues to work properly it is worth it at the refurb price. Could use another optical/digital input. For a simple system that is a drastic upgrade over built-in TV speakers this is well worth it.

I bought this even though there were some negative reviews. I am not a huge 'A/V nerd' so I thought this would be a good enough improvement over the little TV speakers. The sound was very good. However soon after I could not get on the internet. Like most of the other reviews, this sub-woofer DOES interfere with wifi for certain routers. I called Samsung and they confirmed this. The sub works on 2.4 ghz, as does my router. My options are to upgrade (or downgrade) my router or change the settings of my router to a different frequency. Samsung said the frequency of the sub is fixed at 2.4 ghz. Also, there a only 2 inputs. 1 optical (which is ok) and 1 mini audio jack for an ipod. I was hoping for more inputs. It's not worth the hassle. I will take it back and get a different one.

This sound bar was much harder to install than previous sounds bars that I have had by other manufacturers. I finally figured it out. The sound is good and it looks great with my TV. I think I will pay more in the future to avoid these issues in the future. I love the wireless sub-woofer feature.

In early January, I was in Best Buy helping my Dad buy a Plasma TV. I picked out the TV (open box) and Blu Ray. As we were waiting for the associate to find all of the accessories for the TV, I heard this system playing an animated movie. Can't remember what movie but it had a lot of action, yeilding lots of sound effects. I had never imagined bass and highs like that coming from this unit. I am an audiophile; I never considered a sound bar. I wanted the 7 speakers and a big subwoofer. I have to be practical though, I don't have a lot of space for that though nor the dollars (receiver, speakers and sub). To say the least, this unit impressed me and the fact that it doesn't take up that much space vice 7 speakers and a sub. I was figuring if it could fill Best Buy with full sound, it would blow my little 16x16 living room away; and it did. My wife who doesn't really care about stuff like that was impressed; she is the movie watcher so I know she will have it cranked up. It plays music very well also. I found that when you use the "pass" function (takes the equalizer off to hear sounds originally from source) the sound is better. I wish there was a way to turn the sub off, for watching TV at night. Maybe there is; I am still playing with it. Overall, out the box, I would say it is a very good cost-effective substitute for a huge home theatre system. I am going to get one for our bedroom too. Wish I would have brought it back in January now I have to settle for a refurbished one from a reputable electronics store.

I bought this system even though other reviews were negative because its was such a good deal. I figured if it didnt work I would just return or exchange it. It arrived in great condition for a refurbished unit, no scratches or dents. Connected it up to my 55" Samsung LED with no trouble and it works great. Its a huge improvement compared to the TV speakers. Sounds even better when we play a Blu-ray. The sub has good bass and sync's up automatically. I can put it on the other side of the room with no problems. My Wi-Fi signal still works fine in the room. Overall this is a great system and excellent value.

Should have listen to the reviews that said this device lacks sound. It actually sounds great when playing Pandora off of the Samsung Blu-Ray, (it gets really loud) but when you try to play a movie or even watch tv, you have to turn it all the way up to kind of fill the room. My wife and I were able to have a normal conversation even with the volume maxed out watching Transformers 3. I'm returning it tomorrow and getting a complete home theater set this time. Stay away from any sound bar if your trying to get loud playback.

Sound is OK but the sync is always off with my LG 47 inch. Sync only goes at 10 ms increments which is too much. Need probably a 3-5 ms delay. Sometimes the sound cuts out too requiring me to switch channels on the tv in order to get sound back. Real pain.