can i send the audio from an epson eh-tw7000 projector to a sonos beam via sonoc connect ?

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November 28, 2022
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If I bought an old Gen 1 sonos connect and connected to the 3.5mm audio out on my epson eh-tw7000, could I then send that audio wirelessly to a Gen 1 sonos beam?

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Best answer by John B

This isn’t the way to go for Sonos audio with a projector, IMO. In fact, Sonos HT products are really designed for TVs, but can be made to work with projectors.

Generally it is better to split the audio from the video and send the audio straight to the Beam rather than through the projector. The best solution for this is one of the newish ‘HDMI-ARC/eARC splitters’ that have recently appeared. It does mean a longish cable somewhere. \this is in the nature of a system in which the picture is produced a long way from where the audio has to come from.

Forget the Connect. It isn’t intended for AV applications.

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tomp1Author

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Hello again.

i am really grateful for your help. My setup is quite odd. What I want is to be able to use my projector with *either* my AVR and surround 5.1 system OR a sonos beam (basically depending on whether my daughter is asleep upstairs. The ceiling mounted speakers are under her bed). But I’d also like to be able to send just the audio to my AVR, not the picture, because my AVR is old and can’t handle 4K but the projector can.

so I am thinking this might meet my needs (if it works)?

4K inputs in (fire stick Apple TV etc via an hdmi switch), one out to the sonos beam, one to the projector and one to the AVR?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165729343818?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=LzGm_WwRQc6&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=cU3FWsloSea&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

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Andycloockwise

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Hi, did you get this working ok? I have just purchased an Epson Tw7000 and use a Beam with 2 Sonos Ones for audio. I have a Firestick 4k and I have used a splitter to send 5.1 audio to the Sonos via a long hdmi cable, I used the spdif converter. This works great for audio, but the video is only SDR. I think my splitter may not be up to the job even though it is rated 4k, so wondering if you have had more success with yours?

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tomp1Author

Contributor III

Hi,

So in the end I bought this and it’s excellent. (I did not pay £116 for it, and there are identical devices to this you can buy on ebay etc imported from china for cheaper.)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0B4PPH211/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It sends the picture to the projector, the HDMI arc signal to the sonos beam, and another audio only out to my very old Denon AVR-2807 out.

It has been absolutely perfect for me, especially because my AVR cannot pass through 4K picture, but now the picture goes straight to the projector and only the audio to the AVR. Couldn’t believe such a product existed.

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