Can I send Chromecast to an HDMI splitter that routes to the TV and Sonos Beam?

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Can I send a chromecast to and HDMI splitter that routes to the TV and Sonos Beam? if so, is there any special setup?

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John BAnswer

Hi. The device you have isn’t what you need at all. You need an HDMI switch / audio extractor, and it must have a digital optical output. The one I linked was a random choice from many similar devices.

You need the digital optical output because the Beam can only process an HDMI-ARC signal, and so an HDMI signal will produce silence. Having an optical audio output allows you to use the converter that comes with the Beam to produce the required HDMI-ARC signal.

Let us know how it goes.

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John BAnswer

Hi. The device you have isn’t what you need at all. You need an HDMI switch / audio extractor, and it must have a digital optical output. The one I linked was a random choice from many similar devices.

You need the digital optical output because the Beam can only process an HDMI-ARC signal, and so an HDMI signal will produce silence. Having an optical audio output allows you to use the converter that comes with the Beam to produce the required HDMI-ARC signal.

Let us know how it goes.

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mikeshickAuthor

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Thank you.

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