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Lizard07
Contributor I
July 17, 2018
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Beam : How to return to TV sound after streaming music?

Have my Beam set up with my Sony Bravia tv via Arc, sounding great.
If I then stream some music, I then can’t find how I revert back to the TV sound once the music is stopped,
I’m having to turn the TV on and off to get the sound back.
I bet I’m missing something obvious!
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    Ryan S
    Ryan SAnswer
    Retired Sonos Staff
    July 17, 2018
    Good news everyone, there's a command that's available which should have your Beam switch to using the TV audio input. Just ask: "Alexa, switch to TV." If that's not working right, you might need to target the room name: "Alexa, switch to TV on [room name]." But that targeting shouldn't be necessary.
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    Dalziel
    Lyricist III
    July 17, 2018
    Would love to know how to do this, but I think it is not supported https://en.community.sonos.com/amazon-alexa-and-sonos-229102/switching-back-to-tv-audio-6809436
    Beam (optical), Amazon Fire TV 3
      Lizard07Author
      Contributor I
      July 17, 2018
      How do I do it in the app?
      I can’t see where I can change the source to TV ?
        melvimbe
        melvimbe
        July 17, 2018
        Within the Sonos app, select the room that represents your Beam. Then click browse to get a listing of the audio sources you've setup. Towards the bottom of the list, you should see a line/tv source. Switching to that should revert the audio back to tv, without have to turn on/off the tv.

        The post Daziel refered to was talking specifically about voice control. That voice control command doesn't exist because the available commands are essentially created by Amazon Alexa. Since such a command to switch audio source from music to tv doesn't make sense for an echo speaker, Amazon has yet to create it.
        Danny
          Lizard07Author
          Contributor I
          July 17, 2018
          Thanks!
          Knew it would be obvious in the end ☺️
            MikeV
            MikeV
            July 17, 2018
            Someone has created a feature request asking for a voice command to be able to switch back to TV sound. See this topic to add your vote for this feature.
            The S in IOT stands for Security.
              Ryan S
              Ryan SAnswer
              Retired Sonos Staff
              July 17, 2018
              Good news everyone, there's a command that's available which should have your Beam switch to using the TV audio input. Just ask: "Alexa, switch to TV." If that's not working right, you might need to target the room name: "Alexa, switch to TV on [room name]." But that targeting shouldn't be necessary.
              Mark good posts by pressing the like button, and select the best answer on questions you've asked to help others find solutions.
                Lizard07Author
                Contributor I
                July 17, 2018
                Good news everyone, there's a command that's available which should have your Beam switch to using the TV audio input. Just ask: "Alexa, switch to TV." If that's not working right, you might need to target the room name: "Alexa, switch to TV on [room name]." But that targeting shouldn't be necessary.

                I gave this a go Alexa replies with “I couldn’t find a device or group name in Paul’s profile”
                Since TV is not an Alexa device it can’t be added to a group
                Dalziel
                Lyricist III
                July 17, 2018
                Good news everyone, there's a command that's available which should have your Beam switch to using the TV audio input. Just ask: "Alexa, switch to TV." If that's not working right, you might need to target the room name: "Alexa, switch to TV on [room name]." But that targeting shouldn't be necessary.

                I gave this a go Alexa replies with “I couldn’t find a device or group name in Paul’s profile”
                Since TV is not an Alexa device it can’t be added to a group

                Same here "Alexa replies with “I couldn’t find a device or group name...."
                Beam (optical), Amazon Fire TV 3
                Ryan S
                Ryan S
                Retired Sonos Staff
                July 17, 2018
                To confirm, are you trying this command using a Beam that's working fine for other Alexa commands? If you are, can you submit a diagnostic from your Sonos system and reply back with your confirmation number after you've tried this command and had it fail?

                Also, are both of you using Amazon Fire TVs that have the Beam set up as a device linked to control it?
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                Lizard07Author
                Contributor I
                July 17, 2018
                Hi, yes doing this on a Beam, I am able to control volume, turn tv on and off etc using Alexa commands.

                I’ve submitted diagnostics, number is 556120649
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