Connecting Connect:amp

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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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John B

A Sonos Amp does not need an Ethernet connection to anything in order to drive your Ceiling speakers. It can be totally wireless, as far as network connections are concerned. Of course, speaker cables will need to be run to the ceiling speakers from the Amp, as with the Connect:Amp.

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Trudy OAuthor

Contributor I

Is there an easy way to tell the difference between the Gen 1 and the Gen 2 Connect Amp

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John B

Do you own it or are you thinking of buying one?.

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Trudy OAuthor

Contributor I

@John B thinking of buying

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John B

Before the serial number on the C:A is a four digit date code in format YYMM (I think it's year first but it should be obvious). For example 1605 is May 2016.

The cut off seems to be that 1502 and later is gen 2, but the border is probably a bit fuzzy around that date.

buzz

Grand Maestro

Note that the really old Gen 1 CONNECT:AMP’s might not have the date code prefix. Don’t go by the purchase date because an older unit could have been sitting in a stockroom somewhere. The date code rules.

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Trudy OAuthor

Contributor I

Can anyone help me with this question……..is there an easy way to tell the difference between the Gen 1 and the Gen 2 Connect Amp

buzz

Grand Maestro

Check the date code as described above.

Airgetlam

@John B gave you the answer above.

Bruce