Connect wireless rear speakers to your Samsung soundbar for surround sound

Note: With the exception of the SWA-9500S model, only the wireless receiver module is wireless, requiring no wires in order to connect to your soundbar. However, the two rear speakers are connected to the wireless receiver module by wires, which needs one power cord to operate. The SWA-9500S model however is wireless except for the power cord going to each speaker.

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.

It's important to get the kit that matches your model as other kits may not be compatible. If your model isn't listed, but the specifications or user manual for your model says it's compatible, then it is.

Compatible with the SWA-9500S Kit

Note: The SWA-9500S does not use a wireless receiver module like the other kits do.

Compatible with the SWA-9200S Kit

Compatible with the SWA-9100S Kit

Compatible with the SWA-9000S Kit

Compatible with the SWA-8500S Kit

There is a difference between how many speakers and how many channels you have, although both use the same type of numbering. Even if your soundbar comes with a lot of speakers, or you add additional speakers using the Rear Speaker Kit, you'll still want a soundbar with good sound processing in order to have a lot of channels and truly get an immersive experience and positional audio from all those speakers. You can see the specifications for your model on our support site (just find your model) or in your user manual.

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's 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. If you should be getting 5.1 signal or better and you're not, see our guide for troubleshooting the 5.1 connection for more information, especially if your soundbar is connected using an optical cable. (Using an ARC or eARC connection is recommended for superior sound quality options.)

And finally, you'll want to make sure you have the correct audio format on your TV to ensure that the multi-channel audio signal reaches your soundbar.

Note: Some models offer even more channels, and can process 7.1 audio. Typically the two extra speakers are set on either side in addition to the two in the back.

The connection process is the same whether you're connecting extra speakers that came with your soundbar (which some models have), the subwoofer (which may have come with the model or purchased separately), or the Wireless Rear Speaker Kit (which has a little bit of extra setup, and again may have come with the model or purchased separately).

Note: The optional subwoofer for HW-S60B is the SWA-W510. The optional subwoofer for the HW-S60T is the SWA-W500. The optional subwoofer for soundbar models that begin with HW-MS or HW-NW is SWA-W700.

Note: Some soundbars may need a wireless dongle attached to them to communicate with the wireless receiver and the speakers. If your soundbar requires this, please see your user manual for instructions. Also, the SWA-9500S does not have a wireless receiver, so you can skip straight to the ID SET process.

Assembling the Rear Speaker Kit

Adjusting the volume of the rear speakers

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, audio sync and any other soundbar settings, and two of the settings will be for the rear speakers. These settings are usually the last two in the list before it cycles back around, and will only appear if rear speakers are connected.

The first rear speaker setting allows 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, the second rear speaker setting allows you to adjust the volume of the speakers, between +6 and -6 (using the directional arrows).

If these steps don't match your model of soundbar, see the user manual of the soundbar for more details.

If you are having trouble connecting the wireless receiver module, check out these tips:

If you still have no or low audio, see our guide or visit Samsung Support for help with connection.