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Trudy O
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Sep 28, 2022 4:10 PM UTC
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Connecting Connect:amp

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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ratty
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Sep 28, 2022 4:26 PM UTC

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
Oct 1, 2022 7:56 AM UTC

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
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Oct 1, 2022 10:13 AM UTC

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
Oct 1, 2022 11:03 AM UTC

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

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Trudy OAuthor
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Oct 1, 2022 1:02 PM UTC

@John B thinking of buying

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John B
Oct 1, 2022 8:27 PM UTC

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.

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    Grand Maestro
    Oct 1, 2022 9:46 PM UTC

    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
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    Oct 2, 2022 12:58 AM UTC

    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

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    Grand Maestro
    Oct 2, 2022 1:33 AM UTC

    Check the date code as described above.

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    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    Oct 2, 2022 5:41 AM UTC

    @John B gave you the answer above. 

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    Bruce
      Trudy OAuthor
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      Oct 2, 2022 4:09 PM UTC

      Can only one pair of non Sonos speakers be connected to this connect amp

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