Multiple Brands (Roku and TCL) - Q85H

thank you so much for this tutorial.... finally managed to upgrade the fw and the sound is completely somewhere else :)

lol You're living up to your name by saying that here.🤣 But the fact is you're right. It absolutely depends on the soundbar in question. Especially vs just a 2.0. They've come a long ways. You're just not "allowed" to say that here. I'm an Amazon Vine reviewer. If you don't know what that is it's a program Amazon has that lets you pick from a ginormous list of products that you can select and get to keep for "free" in return for an honest review. Quotations because good ol Uncle Sam considers the estimated tax value of each item to be income. So you have to add the total ETV from all the things you review to your income tax, SMH. Anyways, I not too long ago picked a TCL 7.1.4 soundbar for review. It absolutely could run rings around my original 7.1 home theater setup. Which consisted of Sony and Aiwa speakers from the stereos my brother and I had in the late 80s and 90s respectively. The sub was a 12 inch Speakercraft from my dad's old home theater room. And they were run off a Denon S760H. I was absolutely impressed by that soundbar and it's just a TCL. Not one of the better brands. I mean granted it's not remotely as good as what I have now that I've actually spent money for more than the Denon in my current 7.1. And granted Sony and Aiwa are not exactly a high bar to meet, but still. In this sub as this thread itself shows. Few want to admit soundbars can be anything but garbage. Instead you're about guaranteed to read something along the lines of anything is better, SMH.

I used an iphone 12 mini. My pixel 7 didn't work. You HAVE TO factory reset the soundbar (power+Vup+Vdown) after that it should say wi-fi not connected on the soundbar. Next you go to the phone and connect to the soundbar in the wi-fi list and it will automatically setup airplay. Even if you succed don't expect amazing results with the new update. Alittle better, yes but not amazing.

For me it worked after a couple of tries and only with AirPlay(Iphone). You may have to try a couple of times It took me 2 days to do it. After factory reset(power and "+" and "-") it should say wifi not connected, after that from the phone you connect to its wifi and tap set up airplay device then you open the TCL app and will see the update.

Amazon currently has this at $400. If you own a TCL TV, this is a goddamn steal once one upgrades to the V27 update.

I have a TCL Q85H (7.1.4) setup. Soundbar, sub, and two satellite speakers. After a few rounds of firmware updates, it sounds fantastic and I actually have my Panasonic UB-820 plugged directly into it.

Have you done firmware updates? I ended up purchasing the Q85H when Amazon had it for $400. I have the firmware updated (38.19.19.33) and the only issues I have is when it comes to anything not in surround sound (stereo content only). It tries to shoot the audio throughout all channels/satellites versus just keeping it to left/center/right. Anything 5.1 / 7.1 / Atmos / DTS-X has been completely fine. Per RTings: I setup AI Sonic based upon where I usually sit, EQ mode is set to standard, bass is set to medium, treble is set to high, and speaker volume is set to medium.

I bought the Q85 yesterday and returned it today. I didn’t like the sound at all and dialogue was especially low. I’m coming from a Vizio V51 and thought the sound from that was better, even if not as ‘wide’. There was a firmware upgrade for it right out of the box which made it sound better, but again, not great. I have a TCL 75Q650 and was hoping pairing it with that would be a winning combination, but it wasn’t. I just ordered the Hisense AX5125, which is 5.1.2, but has gotten much better reviews than the Q85 and is still within my budget. We’ll see how that goes.

So here´s my tips : Actualy realy bad info for us. TCL Q85H works only via Iphone. Android has NO AirPlay! How to update firmware on v. [38.19.19.33](http://38.19.19.33) ( for me i updates 2 times ) VERSION [24.13.18.29](http://24.13.18.29) \-> [35.18.19.32](http://35.18.19.32) \-> [38.19.19.33](http://38.19.19.33) 1. Factory reset Soundbar ( pressing and holding same times button - POWER / Volume UP / Volume DOWN) for time soundbar show message on display "FACTORYRESET" 2. If soundbar isnt TURN ON/Power ON - do it. Than go to your IPHONE 3. On Iphone go to generals -> Airplay and Handoffa ->set airplay ON (everyone can use it) 4. Download TCL Home from appStore and ADD your soundbar to app. Now it can still show NO update avaible. 5. On iphone go to WIFI setting and connect to TCL Q85HE - airplay will automaticly set it and connect bar to your personal wifi. You can see notifi on sounbar display. 6. Navigate to TCL Home , click on sounbar and navigate to VERSION OF FW. After you press it pop up on you avaible update. I had 2 avaible updates. Hope it will help you because of it i was very nervous and i had to buy an brand new iphone for do this stupid update!! It time to bring IPHONE back to vendor :D NOW its time to test it. I will bring you my notify and news about this firmware [38.19.19.33](http://38.19.19.33) Enjoy

At the $500 price point the TCL Q85H is the best imo I've listened to both the Vizio Elevate and the TCL q85H and I think the TCL q85H is better

Hi everyone, I live in Italy and I also bought this soundbar. I updated the firmware as specified in the previous comments. Unfortunately the problem with the rear speakers remains. Unbelievable wind noise from the rear speakers. Also the volume of speech is sometimes low compared to everything else. Even with Atmos content. Do you have any news? So this soundbar is useless

hi, I updated as you said but unfortunately the rear speakers still have the problem of wind noise. have you solved it? it’s really unnerving and tcl doesn’t care. they advised me to redo the pairing of the speakers (absurd)

This soundbar is a shit. TCL after 4 updates failed to solve the wind problems. I can hardly watch a movie listening from this soundbar. Spend a little more and go to Samsung. I’m very disappointed with TCL

Come ti trovi con questo aggiornamento? Io ho ancora problemi di rumore del vento dalle casse posteriori. Assurdo

Hi, I installed the latest version but it sounds terrible and I hear the wind noise almost always. Did you hear from customer service by any chance? So this soundbar is useless

Ciao, ho lo stesso problema del rumore del vento. Hai risolto?