Wiring an outdoor tv to a connect... hopfully

Question

Ok here's what I have going on right now, I have a connect gen 2 with rca out ran to an amp powering my 2 outdoor speakers on my patio. The new tv I put out there this year has terrible audio and wanted to have the option of playing the tv thru my outdoor speakers. My connect has an optical input, I would assume I can just wire that in but I also don’t want to spend a lot of money running a good optical wire thru my attic how the wire would have to be run.

Am I better off using the hdmi arc out from the tv into an extractor that that did optical out, or that goes to rca out? I’m trying to avoid the easy solution of spending 700$ on a Sonos amp since I pretty much have everything and can possibly make this work for under 100$.

Also will I be able to easily switch between whatever I want to play in my app (which isn’t easy at all, but thats another issue) and the tv audio in the app?

sorry I dip my toes at best in this world, and am not big in understanding audio.

Airgetlam · Accepted Answer

Sorry, not sure I understand your intent. The input on the Sonos CONNECT is RCA (stereo) only. The device has a digital (optical) output, not an input.

In order to connect a TV, you’re going to need to use the RCA inputs, which will incur a minimum of a 75ms delay. Which will make lipsync challenging, but at least your TV’s audio will be in the Sonos ecosystem. I hope your TV has an analog stereo output, many do not.

As suggested, once the TV’s output is in the Sonos ecosystem, and given that you’ve paid that delay, you’ll be able to send it to any Sonos device in your system.

Frankly, I don’t advise what you’re trying to do. You’re attempting to use a device for a use that it frankly isn’t designed for, and I predict you’ll be quite unhappy, I certainly would. There’s a reason why Sonos came out with devices designed to be connected to a TV. The CONNECT (and CONNECT:AMP) are not. No matter how much money you are saving.

billium39 · Answer

Sorry, not sure I understand your intent. The input on the Sonos CONNECT is RCA (stereo) only. The device has a digital (optical) output, not an input.

In order to connect a TV, you’re going to need to use the RCA inputs, which will incur a minimum of a 75ms delay. Which will make lipsync challenging, but at least your TV’s audio will be in the Sonos ecosystem. I hope your TV has an analog stereo output, many do not.

As suggested, once the TV’s output is in the Sonos ecosystem, and given that you’ve paid that delay, you’ll be able to send it to any Sonos device in your system.

Frankly, I don’t advise what you’re trying to do. You’re attempting to use a device for a use that it frankly isn’t designed for, and I predict you’ll be quite unhappy, I certainly would. There’s a reason why Sonos came out with devices designed to be connected to a TV. The CONNECT (and CONNECT:AMP) are not. No matter how much money you are saving.

Thank you I wasn’t aware it was just an optical out. Figured I’d ask before I started trying things myself and getting frustrated. New amp it is

Sign up

Login to the community

Scanning file for viruses.

This file cannot be downloaded