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Drb119
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October 21, 2018
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Connecting tv to wired ceiling speakers.

Can I have my tv in great room play on my kitchen ceiling speakers. We are doing new construction so wiring options are open. We plan to have several Sonos zones with connect amps but would like to be able to hear tv in kitchen when prepping food and not have tv volume maxed.
Thanks
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Chris
ChrisAnswer
Lead Maestro
October 22, 2018
To get TV sound to other parts of house you will need a Sonos with input hooked to TV:

Options are currently:

Playbar and Playbase (optical connection to TV).
Beam and upcoming Sonos Amp (HDMI connection to TV or optical via adapter)
Current Connect:Amp, Connect, Upcoming Sonos Amp or Play:5 (analog connection to TV).

As long as you have tv hooked to one of these devices then you can play TV sound anywhere in house.
Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
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Airgetlam
Airgetlam
October 22, 2018
Yes, you'd just "group" the two rooms. The kitchen would be likely slightly delayed (around 70ms), but if you can't hear both rooms at the same time, you'd be fine. I did this in my last home, with great success. Now that I have an open kitchen/living room setup, it's not really necessary.
Bruce
Drb119Author
Trending Lyricist I
October 22, 2018
Grouped with what? I intend on tv only when in that room but when in kitchen I would like to be able to play on in ceiling speakers in ketchen.
Chris
ChrisAnswer
Lead Maestro
October 22, 2018
To get TV sound to other parts of house you will need a Sonos with input hooked to TV:

Options are currently:

Playbar and Playbase (optical connection to TV).
Beam and upcoming Sonos Amp (HDMI connection to TV or optical via adapter)
Current Connect:Amp, Connect, Upcoming Sonos Amp or Play:5 (analog connection to TV).

As long as you have tv hooked to one of these devices then you can play TV sound anywhere in house.
Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
Drb119Author
Trending Lyricist I
October 22, 2018
I was hoping there might be a digital output that I could run from tv to amp that powers kitchen speakers. This is a new construction so wiring is not s problem.
Thanks
Chris
Chris
Lead Maestro
October 22, 2018
The new Sonos Amp will take an HDMI ARC connection from the TV and will power your kitchen speakers as well.
Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
Drb119Author
Trending Lyricist I
October 22, 2018
Great. Thank you
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