12/27/2023 0 Comments Sonos connect amp rear viewI wouldn’t compare the 5GHZ wireless connection to zigbee, as it actually is more of a private WiFi signal. My guess is that your customer has an Arc, based on the size of the room, and probably has a TV with at least HDMI-ARC capabilities. If it’s a Beam or Arc, then it’s using HDMI-ARC/eARC, although there are optical cables available. If it’s playbar or playbase, then it’s using an optical cable. This other post says that if the soundbar doesn’t see the amp that I can connect both devices to the router with cat6 (Ethernet) and that will work:: I read on another post that the stated distance for the 5GHz signal is 50 feet. Wow, that’s amazing guys! So the soundbar connects to the TV with RCA audio cables? The (new series) Sonos amp connects to the soundbar through a Zigbee like 5GHz private RF signal. I don’t know how he will tie in the rest of the system yet but since it’s close to the TV I think it will be simpler. ![]() Though I dread the cost of a 70 foot optical cable is there some decoder from optical to HDMI (for the Sonos) or something like that?Īnyone have any other ideas on how I could wire these? So I was thinking that if there is an optical output on the TV maybe that would be a better option. ![]() Only I read on some of the reviews of the J-Tech that there was a noticeable lag to the sound output. I went with a “J-Tech Digital HDBaseT HDMI Extender: The cable run from the attic Sonos amp to the TV is about 60 feet so regular HDMI cable is not going to work. The problem here is he didn't want this Sonos amp viable in the living room so we put it on a shelf in the attic. I will see it tomorrow but right now I don’t know if it has fiber or other digital output options.įrom what I have been lead to believe is we have to tie the Sonos amp (ceiling speakers) to the TV with a HDMI cable. I have not seen it but have been told it (the TV) has quit a few HDMI ports. The TV will be the source for sound on this system. Now he has set up a Sonos soundbar and sub-woofer at the TV and I want to tie in the ceiling speakers as rear speakers in a surround setup for him. I believe that he has another older style Sonos amp and speakers that he will pull out and add at some point. This was laid out by the owner and is primarily for listening to music. And both sets of speakers are visible from the TV. The kitchen and living room are in an open room setup with no walls in between. One set are in the kitchen and another in the living room between the kitchen and the TV. We did a kitchen remodel with 2 sets of in ceiling Sonos speakers tied to a Sonos amp with speaker wire. Wifi is on, on both my Arc and Amy, and surrounds won’t work unless both devices are daisychained/hardwired into router.Hi, I’m an electrician wiring in a Sonos setup for a customer. Which is why I’m curious to hear from anyone with recent installs who are using a recently purchased Amp to power rears with an Arc in a surround setup. Supposedly what I am experiencing is a known issue with Sonos engineers with this type of setup - not sure if a fix is being contemplated, but I hope so. ![]() Without that radio, the amp could not be used for surrounds or connected as front speakers sending audio to surrounds and sub….which is probably the more common case. I get why they would offer that as possibility, but zero evidence of that, and would certainly hear a lot of complaints. Your technician friends are wrong about the capabilities about the current model amp and are also wrong about Sonos selling them without the 5Ghz radio. I’ve been told that it may be because the chip shortage and Sonos using different chips in current release models of the Amps not being able to process 5Ghz connection, but curious if any people who have done this setup recently have had the same experience?Īlternatively, maybe just a defective Amp? It’s a pretty easy check too - removing the ethernet renders the surrounds silent. That’s not the case, as the technicians are friends and no money was involved here. Either they are clueless, or they are squeezing you for the extra cable and labor. There’s no need to wire an Amp used as surrounds.
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