Connect wireless speakers to your Samsung soundbar for surround sound

Adding a Samsung Wireless Rear Speaker Kit to your soundbar helps to surround you in sound. If your soundbar supports 5.1 surround sound or better, like Dolby Digital, DTS, or even the superior Dolby Atmos, the Rear Speaker Kit will help you achieve it.

This optional add-on comes with a wireless module (see picture below) and two speakers that you can place behind or on the sides of your seating arrangement. That way, you can become completely engulfed in whatever's happening on your TV.

There are two Rear Speaker Kits available for purchase: SWA-8500S or SWA-9100S. If your model does not come with a kit already, you will need to get the kit that matches your soundbar.

The audio source also needs to have the channels encoded into it. Even if your soundbar setup is capable of better, if the sound that is being played is only 2.0, it will still only output as 2.0, although many soundbars offer a way to convert that 2.0 sound into a "virtual" surround experience. And finally, you will want to make sure you have the correct audio format on your TV to ensure that the multi-channel audio signal reaches your soundbar.

Models with 2.0 processing only have a left and right channel. They will still play sound out of the additional speakers from the Rear Speaker Kit if you connect it, but they will not have a separate sound channel from the soundbar, so any sound out of the rear speakers will also play on the soundbar. In addition, the subwoofer (if one is connected) will not have a separate channel, but will play any low tones from the left and right channels.

When connecting a Rear Speaker Kit to a soundbar with 2.0 processing (or when listening to audio that only has 2.0 channels), it may be more immersive to set the speakers to either side of you instead of behind you.

Models with 5.1 processing will have a separate channel for left, right, center, right rear, left rear (the 5 channels) and the subwoofer (the .1 channel). If the soundbar is missing a speaker for the channel (like the center channel), then it will simulate the channel using other speakers, like the left and right speakers. But do not worry, your soundbar will still be able to decode and process 5.1 content (like Netflix) correctly.

Finally, Dolby Atmos is a superior process which uses at least 5.1 channels, but instead of having distinct channels for each speaker, where sound only either comes out of the speaker or it does not, Dolby Atmos blends the channels together in a way that positions the audio in a fully 3D space, so it feels like sound is actually traveling through the room! Models with Dolby Atmos also support DTS:X, which is a similar feature with a different codec.

These models are often labeled as 5.1.2 or 7.1.2, with the third number at the end (.2 in this case) signifying how many upward-facing speakers it has, which help with the sound blending process.

Connecting the speakers or subwoofer that came with your soundbar is super easy as they are already coded to work together from the factory. Simply plug them into an electrical outlet. You will know that they are connected once the blue indicator glows on the connected device.

Rear Speaker Kits will need some assembly, though. And you can always connect the speakers manually if the need ever arises, like after resetting the soundbar. If the LINK LED indicator is blinking, follow the "ID SET" steps (below) to connect it again.

Follow these steps if the LINK LED indicator on the speaker, subwoofer, or wireless receiver for the rear speaker kit is blinking:

This is done in much the same way that you adjust the treble or bass on the soundbar and is done through the soundbar remote. Press the Sound Control button to toggle past treble, bass, and audio sync, and the next two settings will be for the rear speakers (and only appear when the rear speakers are connected).

The first setting will allow you to turn the rear speakers on or off (use the directional arrows to adjust it), and if you press Sound Control one more time, you will be able to adjust the volume of the speakers, between +6 and -6 (using the directional arrows).

• Remember, only the wireless receiver module is wireless. The two speakers must be connected to the module by the provided cable wires.

• When connecting the speaker cables to the wireless module, make sure you are correctly matching up the cables' colors.

• Make sure the speaker's metal wire makes contact with the metal tab. Do not close the clamp on the insulation of the wire.

• If you still have no or low audio, please contact us for help with connection.