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Sonos beam gen 2 as PC Speaker (windows)

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March 12, 2024
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Specs:

mainboard: TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI
VGA: ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

I bought Beam 2 and want to connect with a PC but no sound can be heard from the HDMI port base on the mainboard or VGA, I changed to using Sonos HDMI to optical but still silent, what do I need to config or do something to beam 2 working? Thanks a lot.

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Best answer by nik9669a

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nik9669a

Senior Virtuoso

Are you sure the computer is outputting a signal on the HDMI connector?

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nik9669aAnswer

Senior Virtuoso

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minhchien0207Author

Contributor I

Are you sure the computer is outputting a signal on the HDMI connector?

I double checked HDMI in box with Sonos beam gen 2 with my PC monitor all ok, but with audio not working with setup that.

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kacikor

Lyricist III

From what I can tell, your board has an SPDIF output on the back, you can use optical cable with adapter included with Beam 2 instead of HDMI

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minhchien0207Author

Contributor I

From what I can tell, your board has an SPDIF output on the back, you can use optical cable with adapter included with Beam 2 instead of HDMI

Yes, I used this solution. Check in Sounds, I see have signal sound dancing, but no heard any sound, all config is default but no sound. Do you have any comment for config this? Thanks.

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nik9669a

Senior Virtuoso

Is there something you need to configure in settings, to send the audio to that port?

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kacikor

Lyricist III

From what I can tell, your board has an SPDIF output on the back, you can use optical cable with adapter included with Beam 2 instead of HDMI

Yes, I used this solution. Check in Sounds, I see have signal sound dancing, but no heard any sound, all config is default but no sound. Do you have any comment for config this? Thanks.

The only thing I can say is:

Make sure that Beam is using input as a source (Sometimes Airplaying, Spotify Connect can change a source. By replugging the connectors or switch to TV source in the app sound should be back)
In Windows Make sure to use correct sound output (sometimes disabling other outputs is needed to get correct result)
Make sure that both Windows and Beam have volume up (try increasing in manually on beam)

I’m no expert but those are the only tips that I can provide to help.

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minhchien0207Author

Contributor I

Is there something you need to configure in settings, to send the audio to that port?

Yes, I don’t know what setup needs to be set in Control Panel/Sound/...S/PDIF for beam gen 2 using optical out.

106rallye

Most PC's do not do HDMI-ARC, but the Beam needs it. That's probably why you did not get sound from HDMI. Why optical does not work for you remains a mystery.

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minhchien0207Author

Contributor I

Yesterday, I tested again and have some results:

PC → Sonos HDMI → Monitor → OK => Sonos HDMI ok
PC → Sonos HDMI + Sonos HDMI to optical → Beam gen 2 → no sound
TV → Sonos HDMI + Sonos HDMI to optical → Beam gen 2 → no sound => I think Sonos HDMI to optical has a problem

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