What does the Connect do, exactly?

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February 11, 2014
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I understand that the Connect is intended to be used with an external amp. My question is, how? Is the idea to:

a) Allow me to play content streaming through the Sonos network (iTunes, Rdio, Spotify) through my existing AVR; or

b) Allow me to stream audio from my AVR-connected peripherals (AppleTV, turntable) wirelessly to Sonos speakers; or

c) Both of the above?

Since most of the terminals are outputs, I'm guessing the answer is (a)… but then what is the RCA input intended for?

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Kumar

The reply to this will be: if it is just one source as in a CD, why don't you just wire the CD player to the input jacks of Connect instead of to the Denon.

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Lyricist III

Kumar I also want the CD (also a DVD Blu Ray player) to play through the Amp and which connects through an HDMI port.

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Kumar

Yes, but if you connected the CD player to the input jacks of the Connect, set them to autoplay in Line In settings, the music from the CDs will be played through the Denon as well, via the Connect outputs connected to the Denon inputs. Leave the DVD player connected to the Denon, presumably that is for movies. In this scheme the sound from the movies will play only via the Denon and not via Sonos.

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Lyricist III

Kumar thanks but I have one player - it plays DVD Blu Ray and CDs. Hence the HDMI connection to the amp

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Kumar

Then the zone 2 line out/RCA route is the way to do this.

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Lyricist III

Kumar thanks - I’ll try and pick one up in the coming days and will let you know how I get on!