We recently built a patio cover and wanted to add some speakers. Having some experience with early Sonos speakers and still using my old play 3’s inside I decided to go with two ERA 300’s for outside. They are great as music speakers! We then added a TV outside and that’s when I thought, why not play my tv through my new ERA 300’s, only to find out it’s not that easy… So my question is, how do I use my already mounted ERA 300’s as TV speakers, NOT as surround speakers. If I add a Beam Gen 2 will that send the audio signal to them as just stereo or a mono signal? Or do I need something like a bridge? I also see the newest Beam is available for pre order, will that work instead? Any help is appreciated!
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ERA 300 as TV Soeakers??
Bridge is long obsolete, Boost a bit less so and both are network devices not audio.
All current Sonos Home Theater, HT, sound bars work this way:
- If added as HT surrounds the 300s will play TV surround audio, not the front three channels.
- If Grouped with a HT Sonos they will play the front R/L channels BUT with a 75 ms delay / echo.
Your situation sounds like a Sonos Amp and outdoor speakers would be the solution. Move the 300s inside to another room or rooms.
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