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MMCZ
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February 17, 2022
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How to connect a pair of sonos five to tv if tv has no 3.5 jack

Hi, can anyone please help with connecting a pair of sonos fives to my tv? I know you can plug a 3.5 jack into the back of the speaker but my tv does not have that sort of connection. Is there any way to go around this as I want to be able to play for example youtube videos through my sonos five speakers. 

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AjTrek1
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February 18, 2022

Yes you could GROUP (not pair) a Beam2 to your Fives. However with the Beam2 you have the Left/center/right channels built in. You cannot use the Fives as left/right channels and the Beam2 as a center channel.

Grouping the Beam2 to the Fives would still have a 75ms delay for TV audio to the Fives. Music streamed to the Beam2 and Fives while grouped would  play in sync. 

 

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John B
February 17, 2022

If the TV has an optical out then you could get a digital analog converter with suitable connections.

The Play:5 is not designed to be a TV speaker and audio and video won’t sync perfectly.

AjTrek1
AjTrek1
February 17, 2022

Also if your TV has a RCA L/R audio output you can use a 3.5mm to RCA cable.  But as said the Five’s aren’t the best speaker for TV audio.

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    melvimbe
    melvimbe
    February 17, 2022

    Also if your TV has a RCA L/R audio input you can use a 3.5mm to RCA cable.  But as said the Five’s aren’t the best speaker for TV audio.

     

    I think you mean RCA L/R audio output...

    Danny
      AjTrek1
      AjTrek1
      February 17, 2022

      Also if your TV has a RCA L/R audio input you can use a 3.5mm to RCA cable.  But as said the Five’s aren’t the best speaker for TV audio.

       

      I think you mean RCA L/R audio output...

      Thanks, made the correction!

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        MMCZAuthor
        Contributor I
        February 18, 2022

        I had an idea that I could get around this by using and apple tv and selecting the sound output as the speakers in the settings of the apple tv as I believe it can airplay cast. Do you think I could do that and avoid any sound delays? also no cables to the speaker is a plus.

        AjTrek1
        AjTrek1
        February 18, 2022

        If you already own the AppleTV that may be a work around. However, if you don’t the cost difference to use a Sonos Beam2 is $270 ($499 less $179 for AppleTV 4K with 32GB storage). Also everything would have to run through the AppleTV. The Beam2 would be available for all sources. The sound quality would be better in IMO.

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        MMCZAuthor
        Contributor I
        February 18, 2022

        So I could pair the beam 2 to the pair of sonos fives to get the tv sound to play through them? I only want to play music videos on youtube through them and would use apple music for normal music listening on the fives.

        AjTrek1
        AjTrek1Answer
        February 18, 2022

        Yes you could GROUP (not pair) a Beam2 to your Fives. However with the Beam2 you have the Left/center/right channels built in. You cannot use the Fives as left/right channels and the Beam2 as a center channel.

        Grouping the Beam2 to the Fives would still have a 75ms delay for TV audio to the Fives. Music streamed to the Beam2 and Fives while grouped would  play in sync. 

         

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        MMCZAuthor
        Contributor I
        February 19, 2022

        ok, thanks for that.

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