Polk SB1+ User Manual

Premium Home Theater Sound Bar
and Wireless Music Streaming System
with Polk’s VoiceAdjust Technology

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Contents

What’s in the Box ................................................................. 3

Getting Started for Home Theater ........................................ 3

Sound Bar Controls ............................................................. 3

Subwoofer Controls ............................................................. 4

Remote Control ................................................................... 4

VoiceAdjust Technology Info ................................................ 4

Wireless Rear Surround Speaker Technology Info ................ 4

Bluetooth Adapter Info ......................................................... 4

IR Remote Learning ............................................................. 4

Wireless Music Listening Info ............................................ 5-7

Specifications ...................................................................... 7

Updates and Troubleshooting .............................................. 8

Technical Assistance and Contact ....................................... 8

Premium Home Theater Sound Bar and
Wireless Music Streaming System with Polk’s
VoiceAdjust Technology

The Omni SB1 Plus with Polk VoiceAdjust™ Technology is a home
cinema 3.1 sound bar system that creates a broad, enveloping
soundstage for movies, sports, music and games. The SB1’s
VoiceAdjust Technology utilizes the optimized 3-speaker array with
controllable voice channel level to reproduce clear, crisp dialogue.
Plus, it features wireless rear surround technology letting you
connect the sound bar to any pair of Play-Fi speakers and enjoy a
true 5.1 home theater experience. We’ve also included a separate
Bluetooth adapter so you can switch between Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
in seconds—play audio from your phone, tablet or computer
without using the Polk Omni app and restream the audio to any
Play-Fi speaker on your network. What’s more, the included 8”
wireless subwoofer gives the SB1 Plus system a rich bottom-end
while eliminating the clutter of wires.

Music and Movie Immersion Modes enable you to tailor the
bar’s sound field for a more immersive listening experience.
Polk’s exclusive Full Complement Bass Technology lets the bar
reproduce its lowest range easily, creating a warm, bass-rich
timbre at lower distortion and higher volumes. With built-in
Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 decoding, you are always in the center
of the action.

Our SmartBar™ technology ensures the SB1 Plus works with
any TV or cable box, and that it learns your TV’s original IR
remote commands so you can control your sound bar with your
TV remote. (Backup remote included.) More importantly, it
ultra-low-profile design will not block your TV screen or its IR
port. Setup is a simple: Connect the supplied optical cable and
plug-in your bar and sub to a power outlet.

The Polk Omni Collection

Your Omni SB1 Plus wireless sound bar is part of the Polk Omni
Collection, the First Great-Sounding Wireless Music System™.
The Omni SB1 Plus can be used as a stand-alone wireless sound
bar system or as part of a family.

With the Omni Collection, you can effortlessly enjoy Polk’s crisp,
room-filling sound anywhere or everywhere in your home; start
with one and then add throughout your home. Stream your
favorite music services, internet radio and your personal digital
music library all from your smartphone, tablet or computer.

And because you can mix and match speakers with the open
DTS Play-Fi® technology standard, future-proofing your
technology has never been easier. Newly redesigned iOS and
Android apps simplifies wireless music setup.

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Unpacking your SB1 Plus

Please unpack the components carefully, removing the subwoofer
first as indicated on the carton and then the sound bar.

We recommend saving all cartons and packing materials in case
you move, or should you need to ship your SB1 Plus.

What’s in the Box

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Connecting Your Wireless Subwoofer

While you can place your SB1 Plus wireless subwoofer anywhere
in your room, bass performance can be maximized by placing the
subwoofer in a corner. Once the subwoofer has found its final
position, simply connect the subwoofer power cable from your
power outlet to the SB1 Plus subwoofer. Then flip the power
switch on the back of the subwoofer. Your Polk SB1 Plus subwoofer
comes pre-paired out of the box to the SB1 Plus soundbar, so
it will automatically sync with your soundbar.

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1. Sound bar

2. Wireless subwoofer

3. 8' analog stereo cable (3.5mm)

4. 6' optical cable

5. Subwoofer power cable

6. Sound Bar power cables (6' power supply; 8' power cable)

7. Remote control (battery included)

8. Bluetooth adapter (includes 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable)

Getting Started for Home Theater

Hooking Up the SB1 Plus to your TV

OPT IN

You likely have many sources for your audio signal: your TV, your
DVD player or a cable/satellite box. The bar is able to accept
audio from up to three different sources. The simplest approach
is to connect the optical audio output from your TV to the optical
input on the back of the SB1 Plus bar. This connection will provide
the highest quality audio regardless of whether you are watching
TV or DVD. If your TV does not have an optical output, you can
use the optical output from your DVD player or your cable/satellite
box to connect directly to the optical input on the SB1 Plus bar.

TV OPT OUT

Sound Bar Controls

Power On/Off

Source Select Play/Pause

Increase/Decrease
Volume

Increase/Decrease
Voice Volume

Power, Source/Learn, Master Volume, Center Channel Volume,
Subwoofer Volume, Mute, Wi-Fi Pair/Connect. These settings

can also be adjusted using the included IR remote control; movie
and music listening modes are selected only from the remote control.

Front:

1. Power—Turns on the bar or puts it in standby mode.

2. Source/Learn—Puts the bar into “learning mode” so you
can program it to respond to commands from your TV’s IR
remote control. Source/Learn also changes which input source
you are listening to.

Source 1: digital/optical
Source 2: analog
Source 3: Wi-Fi ( ): Wi-Fi® wireless

3. Master Volume Up and Down (+ /- )—Adjusts the volume
of the SB1 Plus Sound Bar Sound bar.

4. Voice Volume Up and Down (+ /- )—Adjusts the volume
of the SB1 Plus Sound Bar Sound bar center channel.

5. Bass Up and Down (+ /- )—Adjusts the volume of the
SB1 Plus Sound Bar Sound bar subwoofer.

6. Mute—Mutes and unmutes the sound coming from
the sound bar.

7. WiFi – Pairs and connects with a WiFi enabled device
(See “Wi-Fi Setup” above).

Increase/Decrease
Bass

Wi-Fi Setup

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