Edit: 2/22. Did buy a real remote as was so much better. Now tried to set this up on phone to have extra remote. Waste of time. Won't stay connected to soundbar & have to reboot network each time. Nice idea if it worked. ******** 2\20 Only had a few days, however it works as well as old remote I had and lost. Now will see if works well enough won't have to buy a whole new one! Only problem is now have to charge phone a lot more.