Controlling Volume On the Sonos Playbar Using Roku Controller

If you're anything like me, you've been googling how to setup your Roku controller to control  the volume using your Sonos Playbar speaker, and finding unhelpful forum posts with no answer.  Even worse, there are a ton of pages loaded with ads that don't actually answer how to setup the controller.  I have figured out how to do this, and I hope this write up helps people who are stuck. 

First a couple of things you should know.  This is specifically using the Roku Ultra HD, but it should work for any Roku controller that also controls TV volume.. 

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1) Setup the Roku controller to control your TV volume.  It doesn't even have to work for your tv, it just has to be setup to control *a* tv's volume 

• This guide can show you how to do it: https://support.roku.com/article/115013019828-how-do-i-set-up-my-roku-enhanced-remote-to-control-my-tv- 

2) Once that's set, fire up the Sonos app. 

• Open the Sonos app. From the More tab, tap Settings > Room Settings. 
• Select the room your Playbar, Playbase, or Beam is located in. 
• Tap TV and then Remote Control Setup. 
• You will be asked to hit the volume up button 3 times, do that using the roku volume up button 
• You will be asked to hit the volume down button 3 times, do that using the roku volume down button (amazing, right?) 
• This is the tricky part, you will be asked to hit the mute button 3 times.  "But Roku doesn't have a mute button", actually it does.  You have to hold Volume Down for 2 seconds, do this 3 times in order to finish the remote setup. 
• I haven't tried this personally, but I also think if you just hit the mute button on your actual tv remote, that will work as well.  Any IR input from any remote *should* get you passed that point. 

That's it!  If this helped, leave a comment down below.  I'm not monetizing this blog, so I really just wanted to help anyone who was as frustrated as I was.  All the info here is current as of the posting date.  Let me know if anything stops working as described and I'll update.  Good luck and enjoy your roku / sonos combo! If you're interested in video games, check out some of my other posts. If not, no hard feelings.