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Wireless set up for XGIMI Horizon 20 pro, Playbar & Sub using Ugreen wireless extender transmitter & receiver (CM506), Ugreen audio splitter HDMI to optical spdif convertor (CM677)

  • September 8, 2026
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I have a Xgimi Horizon 20pro projector, Sonos playbar, Ugreen wireless extender transmitter & receiver (CM506), Ugreen audio splitter HDMI to optical spdif convertor (CM677). As I don't want to run a long optical cable across the 5 meter floor, how do I set this up to wirelessly connect horizon 20pro to Sonos playbar? My projector doesn't seems to detect any device from HDMI ARC. Able to advise?

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buzz
  • September 8, 2026

What are your sources? Where are they located?


Airgetlam
  • September 8, 2026

First off, any optical port on a Sonos will only handle at best Dolby Digital, including the PLAYBAR, so I wouldn’t want to set any device to send anything ‘above’ that, like Dolby Digital Plus or Atmos.

Frankly, I’m not certain there are many users on this forum who have a ‘wireless’ connection to any Sonos soundbar, but @buzz is the most likely to work through your setup. 
 

As a note, optical is a one way transmission, ARC (or eARC) requires two way communication. As soon as you introduce an optical connection anywhere, your ARC will no longer be able to recognize what’s past that optical connection. 


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  • Contributor I
  • September 8, 2026

What are your sources? Where are they located?

My source is the xgimi horizon 20 pro projector.


jgatie
  • September 8, 2026

My source is the xgimi horizon 20 pro projector.

 

I think ​@buzz meant the source of the content; cable box, streaming device, Blu-Ray player, etc.


buzz
  • September 8, 2026

Correct. Are any devices connected to the projector inputs? Are you using any projector Apps? Are you using an external input selector box? If so, what model? Where is it physically located? How is it wired to the projector inputs?


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  • Contributor I
  • September 8, 2026

My initial plan was to use the apps within the projector only as it's running on Android. I have an old Android TV box (Ubox, can't remember the model) for streaming for live TV streaming, which I could plug in via HDMI directly to the projector as well. I do not have any selector box. 


Stanley_4
  • Grand Maestro
  • September 8, 2026

Maybe move the Arc and try the Sonos cable to  make sure the two are talking together, then try the extended cable again?


Airgetlam
  • September 9, 2026

My suspicion, without joggling ​@buzz ’s elbow here, is that the settings for the projector’s audio output are set to something higher (Atmos, or Dolby Digital Plus) than the bandwidth of an optical cable can carry.


buzz
  • September 9, 2026

Try Android TV Box —> CM506 —> CM677 ^^^ CM677 —> Projector. CM506 TOSLINK —> PLAYBAR.

Note that the CM677 cannot transmit 4K video.


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  • Contributor I
  • September 9, 2026

Sorry I don't quite understand your proposed setup. CM506 is the one which has Tx & Rx. CM677 is the audio extractor with TOSLINK. 

Android TV box: 1 x HDMI

Projector: 2 x HDMI, 1 x TOSLINK o/p

CM506 Tx: 1 x HDMI i/p

CM506 Rx: 1 x HDMI i/p

CM677: 1 x HDMI I/p, 1 x HDMI o/p, 1 x TOSLINK o/p