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1957Garrett
Contributor I
January 1, 2022
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Optical to USB adapter

I’m trying to figure out what adapter to use for hooking up my PlayBar that’s only optical to the USB port on my TV, any suggestions? Thanks 

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    jgatie
    jgatieAnswer
    January 2, 2022

    And I have it connected to the Vizio optical port and it’s working fine, just not able to control the volume with the Vizio remote. 

     

    You need to setup the remote control on the Playbar.  See this link:

    Control Sonos home theater with your TV remote

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    GuitarSuperstar
    Lead Maestro
    January 1, 2022

    Why would you want to connect a Playbar to the USB port on your TV? USB audio outputs are not commonly used on TVs.

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      controlav
      controlav
      Lead Maestro
      January 1, 2022

      Why don’t you tell us what TV and we can hopefully set you straight on connecting it.

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        1957GarrettAuthor
        Contributor I
        January 1, 2022

        I’m sorry I posted it wrong, I’m wanting to hook up to the HDMI eARC port on a new Vizio TV, I have a older Sonos playbar that only connects with the optical cord, I was told by the Vizio tech that if I could connect to the eARC port the tv would recognize the device and I would be able to adjust the volume with the Vizio remote! 
        I got on the phone with a Sonos tech and was told the Vizio remote uses infrared and the bar recognizes Bluetooth. 

        GuitarSuperstar
        Lead Maestro
        January 1, 2022

        Connect the Playbar to the TV’s optical audio port. Then setup the TV remote to control the Playbar by following the steps in this article:

        https://support.sonos.com/s/article/3402?language=en_US

        "Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi
        jgatie
        jgatie
        January 1, 2022

        Not sure the tech has it right.  The Playbar is infrared or WiFi, not Bluetooth.  But there is no way to connect the Playbar via eARC, it only connects via optical, which the Vizio should have.  Then, if the remote is infrared, you can setup the Playbar for the remote in the Sonos settings for that room under "Remote Control Setup".

          1957GarrettAuthor
          Contributor I
          January 1, 2022

          You are correct, the Bar recognizes WiFi, but the TV will only recognize the sound bar through eARC, and the Vizio remote uses infrared.

          1957GarrettAuthor
          Contributor I
          January 1, 2022

          By the way the sound bar had been connected to our Samsung TV, and I can still control the volume on the sound bar with the Samsung remote! I’m just trying to get it to connect to the Vizio remote 

          1957GarrettAuthor
          Contributor I
          January 2, 2022

          And I have it connected to the Vizio optical port and it’s working fine, just not able to control the volume with the Vizio remote. 

          jgatie
          jgatieAnswer
          January 2, 2022

          And I have it connected to the Vizio optical port and it’s working fine, just not able to control the volume with the Vizio remote. 

           

          You need to setup the remote control on the Playbar.  See this link:

          Control Sonos home theater with your TV remote

            1957GarrettAuthor
            Contributor I
            January 2, 2022

            Jgatie you were spot on, I wasted several hours trying to figure it out with Sonos & Vizio techs, and within 2 minutes I had it corrected using the link you provided. Thank you so much! 

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