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Trudy O
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September 28, 2022
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Connecting Connect:amp

  • September 28, 2022
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I have a sonos arc connected with hdmi arc to my tv. If I get a connect amp and use it with my (non Sonos) ceiling speakers connected through an optical cable to my tv will it work?

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Best answer by ratty

The Connect:Amp doesn’t have an optical input.

To use a Connect:Amp to drive your ceiling speakers as surrounds there has to be a wired connection to the Arc. See https://support.sonos.com/s/article/2237

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Airgetlam
Airgetlam
September 28, 2022

Are you leaving the Arc connected via ARC? What purpose would the CONNECT:AMP be serving? For instance, if you intended those extra speakers to work as surround speakers, you wouldn’t need an optical cable, you would just follow the instructions in the setting up Amp or CONNECT:AMP as surround speakers FAQ. 

Bruce
    ratty
    rattyAnswer
    September 28, 2022

    The Connect:Amp doesn’t have an optical input.

    To use a Connect:Amp to drive your ceiling speakers as surrounds there has to be a wired connection to the Arc. See https://support.sonos.com/s/article/2237

      Trudy OAuthor
      Contributor I
      September 28, 2022

      Thanks for the responses. Airgetlam, I am a newbie to all this, I just assumed it needed a connection. So are you saying just a connection to the internet is all I need

       

      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      September 28, 2022

      Read the link that @ratty provided. It’s not internet, specifically, but network connection. Ultimately, the network needs to connect to the internet, though. 

      Bruce
      Trudy OAuthor
      Contributor I
      September 28, 2022

      So the connect has 2 Ethernet ports can I connect my arc sound bar into one port and the then from the other port into the router

      ratty
      ratty
      September 28, 2022

      So the connect has 2 Ethernet ports can I connect my arc sound bar into one port and the then from the other port into the router

      Yes.

      Trudy OAuthor
      Contributor I
      September 30, 2022

      I have one more question…..will the connect:amp 1st gen work or do I need 2nd gen?  Also, how about the older version, just plain connect

      jgatie
      jgatie
      September 30, 2022

      I have one more question…..will the connect:amp 1st gen work or do I need 2nd gen?  Also, how about the older version, just plain connect

       

      Has to be a 2nd Gen Connect:Amp.  1st Gen or Connect will not work.

      106rallye
      106rallye
      September 30, 2022

      By the way, the Connect is not an older version of the Connect:amp. The Connect is a Connect:amp without the amp - so you cannot connect third party speakers.

      Sonos naming conventions made more sense then…..

      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      September 30, 2022

      Unpowered third party speakers. You can connect self powered speakers to a CONNECT. 

      Not sure that they’ve ever made sense, the Sonos naming conventions :) Just look at the title of this thread. How do you connect a CONNECT? Seems rife with potential misunderstanding, to me. 

      Bruce
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