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Arc power cord type?

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Hi everyone, I will be replacing my Beam with the Arc in our family room. I have the Beam power cord fished through the wall adjacent to the fire place and I am hoping the Arc uses the same power cord so I don’t have to run that through the wall again? Thanks!

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Airgetlam

Since they’re still in preorder, and haven’t shipped, your best point of data would be the marketing pictures on Sonos.com, none of us have them yet.

Bruce

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MSterling

Prodigy I

Hi everyone, I will be replacing my Beam with the Arc in our family room. I have the Beam power cord fished through the wall adjacent to the fire place and I am hoping the Arc uses the same power cord so I don’t have to run that through the wall again? Thanks!

@lovetractor Thanks for bringing this up. Of all my concerns, I forgot about that. I actually bought a compatible cord for the Beam so that I could run in the full length I needed to get to my cabinet where my Panamax power conditioner is at. It will be nice if the end that goes into the Arc matches.

Michael

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MSterling

Prodigy I

Here’s an unboxing video of the Arc. If you pay close attention, they show the power cord, which appears to be the same connector as the Beam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSsQjZ_albo

Michael

CommanderB

Trending Lyricist I

The Arc power cord is different to all the prior Sonos products. It is INFURIATING for the situation you describe.

I have had a Playbar for 5 years, the wall was opened up to discreetly install power and optical connection. Fortunately I left a pull sting in the wall so when I ordered my Arc I used that to pull thru an HDMI cable in prep for the Arc.

Tonight I mounted up the Arc and… the power cord does not fit. Despite all Sonos gear being based on the IEC C7/C8 standard the original Sonos equipment had a modified version and with this new generation it is modified again. The Gen3 sub uses the same.

I think a standard C7 is more likely to fit the newer equipment, which has a shallower C8-like receptacle than the originals, but the power cable from the original Sonos equipment does not fit the Arc nor Gen3 sub. Infuriating.

I very carefully used the old power cable to pull a pull cord through the wall and then used that to pull the new power cable through. I was lucky and successful.

CommanderB

Trending Lyricist I

Clarification - The Arc and the Beam do have the same power cable.

I checked against a Beam I also have and it too has this newer modified C7 cable.

The Playbar, 1, One, 3s, Gen2 Sub etc that I own use a different cable to these newer products.

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audiophilia

Trending Lyricist I

Arc power cable Need a short one. Anybody know the model number? Thx

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GC3

Headliner I

exactly the same, I just left mine in the wall when replacing Beam with Arc

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firefightergreg

Lyricist I

exactly the same, I just left mine in the wall when replacing Beam with Arc

What state do you live in that allows power cords inside the wall?

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scotttotrotman

Contributor I

exactly the same, I just left mine in the wall when replacing Beam with Arc

Is it the same HDMI cable too?

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Anonymous

Hi everyone, I will be replacing my Beam with the Arc in our family room. I have the Beam power cord fished through the wall adjacent to the fire place and I am hoping the Arc uses the same power cord so I don’t have to run that through the wall again? Thanks!

What you are doing by running a power cord through your wall is not only against building code but dangerous. 70% of electrical fires are due to faulty wiring or using inappropriate power lines.

Please take that power cord out of your wall and put a proper receptacle behind your soundbar.

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