Alternate remote that isn't Sofabaton?

by Wiltron

I have a Samsung 55" 4K HDR TV with CEC, Edifier 1700BT speakers paired to the CCwGTV. I don't have anything else plugged into the TV - it's exclusively used as a CC slave.

Everything works great, but the CC doesn't control BT speakers properly, a well known bug (if you know how to fix this, please enlighten me!).

Is there a remote that will work with the home/back and navigation, and control separate BT speakers? The SofaBaton, since you have to pair it as a nVidia Shield remote to get navigation to work, you can't then control BT speakers as well.

EDIT: I tried to pair the speakers directly to the TV, but for some dumbass reason, Samsung won't auto-connect to them when I power on the TV, making me go deep into the sound menu to connect to BT speakers, every time I turn on the TV.

TLDR: If we could re-map the volume buttons on the original CC remote to control speakers, that would solve my problem. Can this be done, or is there a programmable remote that works with BT volume control and actual CC menu navigation

Wiltron

For anyone following along with this or a similar issue, I bought a SideClick remote to attach to the CCwGTV remote, and I'll see if it works.

Will update when it gets here. To anyone looking to buy one, DO NOT BUY IT FROM AMAZON - they are like 400% more expensive there, and their site is shipping it DHL for free to Canada.

Wiltron

UPDATE: SideClick came today, and it works wonders.

To clarify my setup, so anyone coming here needs the details:

  • Samsung 4K HDR Smart TV
  • Google Chromecast - CCwGTV, latest generation as of posting date
  • Edifier 1700BT Speakers - these pair and stream audio via Bluetooth but are controlled with IR

Pairing the SideClick to the speakers, was a breeze, and they control it separately from the TV.