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JRHolloway
Contributor I
April 16, 2019
Answered

Sonos AMP ARC

Hi
I am looking at buying the new Sonos AMP for my lounge, with the Sub and a pair of Bose 791 speakers. However, I need to understand how the ARC works. I want the options of having the TV sound, Sky, PS4 coming out of my speakers when I want it, but the rest of the time, I just want it to use the speakers built into the TV. Is this selectable or if I use the ARC, does the sound always need to come through the Sonos AMP?
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    ratty
    rattyAnswer
    July 15, 2019
    40m is a very long cable. Temporarily move the Sonos Amp near to the TV. If that works okay you'll know the cable is the issue.
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    JRHollowayAuthor
    Contributor I
    July 15, 2019
    It will cost me £200 to get my electrician to re-do the cable, so I might as well give them a try. I can always send them back if they don't work :(

    Many thanks for your help
    melvimbe
    melvimbe
    July 15, 2019
    There are HDMI boosters out their that will plug into a wall and boost the signal for these long cables. Those are much cheaper, but I don't think they'll work for ARC. I looked at few and nothing of mentioned ARC, and I imagine they only boost the pins for the video signal...one direction only.

    Whatever you buy, make sure you can return it if it doesn't resolve the issue.
    Danny
    JRHollowayAuthor
    Contributor I
    July 15, 2019
    Thanks man, Amazon are pretty good customer service wise, so will go with that and see how it goes. will report back.
    GiantGinger
    Lyricist I
    August 26, 2019
    I am having the same issue and I have not done the test with a shorter cable and the tv closer to the amp yet, I plan on trouble shooting a couple things tonight. My hope is to watch tv out by my pool and was planning on running the arc through a Jtech hdmi extender with cat 6 so I can have sound from the amp to my ourtdoor speakers.

    JRHolloway I was just wandering what you came up with and if you found any solutions to this issue?
    JRHollowayAuthor
    Contributor I
    August 26, 2019
    Hello, yes the ARC sender I posted above is working perfectly. Unfortunately I think my issue was a faulty hdmi cable as length wise it should have been fine according to the specifications.
    GiantGinger
    Lyricist I
    August 26, 2019
    Hello, yes the ARC sender I posted above is working perfectly. Unfortunately I think my issue was a faulty hdmi cable as length wise it should have been fine according to the specifications.
    Great thank you
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