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Nordstierna
Contributor I
September 25, 2019
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ATV autoplay through Airplay2 instead of HDMI

Hi,

I'm using an AppleTV 4K and a Beam connected to my TVs HDMI ARC. When I start my Apple TV it choose to play the sound on Airplay 2 in on my Sonos One in the kitchen instead of just playing through HDMI. I've chosen HDMI as the default output on my ATV. Anyone got any sugestions?
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Ken_Griffiths
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September 25, 2019
nordstiern

Bruce is correct, this is an Apple, not Sonos, issue.

Assuming you're using tvOS 13, goto Settings/Video and Audio/Audio Output and actually go into the device list itself, where you need to remove the check mark from your Kitchen Sonos One Speaker... you can play to more than one audio output from Apple TV and you obviously have more than one output selected. See example screenshot from my ATV.
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T0mmy
Lyricist III
March 28, 2020

I’ve fixed it, at least for me. Was a very specific Setup, but maybe it could help someone else, too. 
i have besides my Sonos also Hue Lights and a Hue-Remote. This remote is placed next to my main door so every time I leave the house I click the off button, which triggers a scene, that turns off all the lights. Since an update a few months ago for HomeKit you could also include Airplay 2 speaker to stop/start playing in these scenes. This seems to crash the the Apple TV settings. I removed the Airplay Speaker from the scene and now it works again as expected. 
thanks guys for your help!

    Emma Cornford
    Contributor I
    September 27, 2020

    I have a similar issue. Except my AppleTV will default to AirPlay to my Beam (which is setup for surround) and it will also play through HDMI to the same Beam at the same time. 
     

    It’s annoying because I’ll have to hold down the play button at the home screen and uncheck the Beam from airplay every single time. If I don’t do that, then I won’t get the surround experience and the dialog will come out of all of the speakers.
     

    I’ve erased my AppleTV and set it up as new but it’s still occurring. I’ve also gone into settings > audio output on my AppleTV and made sure its output is HDMI and I’ll uncheck the Beam from AirPlay. But the issue still occurs.

     

     

    I have the same issue.. it’s driving me mad.. did you mange your resolve yours? 

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