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BB76
Contributor I
September 30, 2018
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PS4 Pro overriding playback options

Hi, I have a PS4 Pro set up with my Sonos Beam through a Samsung TV. The Beam is connected using the HDMI ARC slot, the PS4 is regular HDMI.
I like to listen to my music through the Beam while I'm playing some games but while I am playing the sound continuously cuts back to the game sounds when I press the buttons on my PS4 controller. The PS4 is overriding my Sonos playback choice?
Does anyone know how to stop this from happening?
Thanks
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Airgetlam
AirgetlamAnswer
September 30, 2018
Turn off the “Auto-play” function in the room settings for the Beam, so it won’t switch inputs when it gets a signal from the TV.
Bruce
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Airgetlam
AirgetlamAnswer
September 30, 2018
Turn off the “Auto-play” function in the room settings for the Beam, so it won’t switch inputs when it gets a signal from the TV.
Bruce
    rabgers
    Lyricist II
    November 26, 2018
    I want to listen to music on the beam but still listen to PS4 game sounds on tv speakers at the same time, is this possible?
    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    November 26, 2018
    That depends more on the way your TV works, than it does on the Sonos.
    Bruce
    rabgers
    Lyricist II
    November 26, 2018
    Got lg 55sj850v tv beam in hdmi/arc PS4 in hdmi4 and after turning off auto play I can listen to music while playing. Would connecting tv via optical to PS4 solve it do you think?
    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    November 26, 2018
    Solve what? It sounds like it's working the way you want right now, or am I not understanding? From a use standpoint, there's absolutely no difference between optical and HDMI input.
    Bruce
    rabgers
    Lyricist II
    November 26, 2018
    I’m not able to hear any sounds from PS4 while playing music on the beam, is that how it’s supposed to work then?
    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    November 26, 2018
    Where would you expect to be hearing these sounds? The Beam is being used for music, so it can't be playing both the sounds from the TV and the music at the same time. You'd need to set your TV back up to use its own speakers again. It can be done, I would think, at least on my Vizio I'm pretty sure I can do it. But it would get challenging (I think) to make sure which volume I'm dealing with using the remote control....am I controlling the TV's speakers, or the Beam?
    Bruce
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