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Charri42
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May 5, 2026

group play with TVs

  • May 5, 2026
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We have 8 Sonos amps setup behind TVs throughout a house.  4 of these are connected to TVs VIA hdmi arc.  All the tv locations work fine as tv locations however group play is broken.  We cannot add the TV zones to music playing on the other zones or vice versa.  Is this a known issue?  We have followed white papers on setup for UniFi WiFi, all Sonos are on WiFi.  TV auto sync is on and music grouping is on. When you play music you cannot just add other zones zones to playback. It adds then removes itself so group play is basically broken.

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nik9669a
Senior Virtuoso
May 5, 2026

That is not the issue the tv part is working great. The problem is whole

home audio. All the tv linked locations do not behave as they should when asked to join whole home audio program. Regardless of whether there is program on the TVs which there is not; the tv linked location’s will

not join a group playing music the client is on the verge of asking for their money back. This is not my first Sonos system and the network is solid and all white papers have been followed.  The system is not working to play whole home audio.  


I’m a bit confused by some of your terms, which are not the way Sonos refers to things. Sonos identifies speaker sets (such as an Amp) as a  “room”. Even if a second Amp is configured to drive rear speakers, the two Amps are still configured as a single room. What do you mean when you refer to a “tv linked location” or a “tv zone” or “tv location” as used in your first post? 

    Stanley_4
    Stanley_4
    Grand Maestro
    May 6, 2026

    If you are unwilling to try altering the settings simply disconnect the HDMI cable from the Amps and see if they work.

    AjTrek1
    AjTrek1
    May 6, 2026

    This is a confusing issue. The Amps should group as normal for music regardless of being connected to a TV. However, Unifi is a different animal as evidenced by the tutorial in the link:

    It may be worth contacting Unifi tech support assuming you are attempting the grouping as you say using the Speaker icon the “now playing” box at the bottom of the app.

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