Control JBL 5.1 soundbar

Hardware
1

Hello,

i want to ask if someone manage to control JBL Bar 5.1 through home assistant?

Regards

2

I’m also interested in this. Anybody done it?

3

I’m about to get one. Don’t they have a remote? with a broadlink and universal media player something could be worked out.

4

HI, sorry to drag up an old thread. I have a JBL Bar 800 connected to my Homeassistant. I can turn it on and stream media to it as it starts up in chromecast mode. However what I would like to to as part of an automation is to have it start up in bluetooth mode. This is the default startup mode if I use the JBL remote to turn it on. Unfortunetly when i control it through homeassistant using the media_player.turn _on it always starts up in chromcast mode. And I played around with the media_player.select_source to see if I could figure it out that way but I couldn’t get it to work. Anyone know of a way to be able to do this?

FYI I read up in the forums and people have previously suggested to use something like the Broadlink RM4. However this isn’t an option as there is nowhere for me to be able to place it line of site.