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Hi, so I bought my first Sonos Amp for connecting my patio tv to two speakers. The speakers are wired to the utility room/ closet. The patio has two detected Ethernet wires behind the TV that also goes to the utility room/ closet. 

I am trying to send only audio from the TV through the Ethernet extender to the utility room/ closet to the Sonos Amp. I already connected my Sonos Amp to the speakers, and they are working great. It won’t be possible to run a long HDMI wire between the patio and the utility room/ closet.

First, I tried to run optical from the TV to the extender and on the other side from the extender to the AMP through 1 RCA Male to 2 RCA Male Y Splitter Digital Stereo Audio Cable, but it didn’t work.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07G5NQCK7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078Z6MC94/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Next, I tried to run an HDMI cable from the TV to the extender and on the other side from the extender HDMI cable to the Amp. That didn’t work. I kept getting an error message saying that no HDMI arc is detected.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G5RBX2Q?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

Any idea what I am doing wrong, or is there a way around it? 

 

Thanks

 

The first product is an S/PDIF extender. By using a simple Y cable you were sending digital audio into both analog Line-In jacks on the Amp. You’d need a DAC. Note that using Line-In will introduce a ~75ms delay, potentially upsetting lip-sync. 

The last product only extends standard HDMI over Cat5/6, not HDMI-ARC.

What source(s) are you using for the TV?  Cable, streaming box, internal apps? If you aren’t using TV internal apps, you might find it better to keep you sources in the utility closet along with the amp

1 - Connect source to an optical audio extractor like this one.  Use optical to connect to the Amp via Sonos optical adapter.

2- Take HDMI out of extractor and use the HDMI over Cat5 device you already have.

This would be good in that your source is protected away from the patio.  The downside would be controlling the source.  IR wouldn’t work, but if your remote is RF or bluetooth, it might work depending on distance or obstructions.  You would also need a HDMI switch if you have more than one source.

It would really good if there was HDMI over Cat5 that has an optical audio extractor (on the source side) and IR blaster built in for control, but I doubt such a device exists.

Also, you can get HDMI over ethernet with ARC, but it looks your wires need to cat 6, and it raises the cost a lot.  There isn’t a great option for this that I know of, but throwing out ideas.

 

 

If you added the SONOS optical to HDMI ARC converter to the optical extender, you will be able to send TV audio through AMP.

Thank you all for finding time to help me. I kept the same optical setup and just added a Digital to Analog Audio Converter from the optical to the Amp and it worked great with no delay. I was trying to send a digital audio into an analog input and that was the mistake I made.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KNNSKV0?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

Hey tnimri. I’m currently having the same problem. Do you mind explaining what is connected to what and via what cables. It would mean a lot. Thanks in advance 

a wiring diagram would be much appreciated ! I’m not very tech savvy 

Hi Vgomez9,

This is what I did and it’s working great without any audio delay. I am sure there are other ways to do it and other products maybe cheaper than what I used. I am putting the items I bought from Amazon as a reference for you and you can go from there. Good luck and if you need more help, please let me know.

  1. Plug a “Digital Optical Audio” cable to the back of your TV - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L3KO5WK?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
  2. Plug the other side of the “Digital Optical Audio cable” to a “Digital Audio Extender Converter for Optical/Coaxial Audio Over Single Cat5e/6 Cable”. There are two boxes. connect it to the Transmitter box. - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07G5NQCK7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
  3. Plug the “Digital Audio Extender Converter for Optical/Coaxial Audio Over Single Cat5e/6 Cable” Transmitter box to your ethernet/ network cable that you will be using as an extender. plus the power cable for that box.
  4. Plug the “Digital Audio Extender Converter for Optical/Coaxial Audio Over Single Cat5e/6 Cable” Receiver box to your ethernet from the other side/ where your ethernet cable ends. on the other side connect a “Digital Optical Audio” cable.
  5. Plug the “Digital Optical Audio” cable to a “Digital to Analog Audio Converter”. - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KNNSKV0?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
  6. From the other “Digital to Analog Audio Converter” side, connect “2 RCA Plug/2 RCA Plug M/M Cable and the other end of the cable will be plugged to your Sonos. - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003L1717K?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

That’s how I did it since I already have most of these parts. you can also skip the “Digital to Analog Audio Converter” if you connected an “RCA Plug” from your tv to a “Analog Audio Extender Converter for Optical/Coaxial Audio Over Single Cat5e/6 Cable” and from the other side straight to your Sonos.

 

Hey Tnimri, I have connected everything how you specified but I still do not get any sound tv sound from speakers just some static noise. Is there any settings I have to change or get into from the sonos app ??

 

thanks 

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