Sonos Arc

I have sent for a smart plug i will let you know how it goes.

@Drea30 Cool, lmk if it works for you without issue.  I had to restart the TV (pressed down the power button on the TV remote for 5 seconds) and then it worked again with the TV speakers (obviously not trying to do this each time).  

@Drea30 Happy to report that since that restart, the sound is working well through TV speakers.  I bought another smart plug for the Sub too so that everything is not always on.  Now I power up both the Arc and Sub with voice control via Alexa.  It’s working great! Hope your experience is similar. 

Thanks still waiting on the plug hopefully today so will let you know how it goes.

Got the plug so far works well, what do you think of the Sonos do you have the full set up sub and rear speakers?

It is beyond me that you would buy an expensive speaker and not want to use it………

Though you are certainly not the first one to complain about it.

It is not about the expense of the thing, more of it all working properly.

According to the HDMI-standards everything is working properly: when the Arc is connected it is always used for sound. Or do you have another problem?

There is an option on the tv to use audio system (sound bar) or tv speakers, i have my HiFi connected to the tv via optical cable and to use this you have to go through the tv speakers, but when i select tv speakers it just flicks back to audio system.

Not that it is how you want it, but according to the HDMI-standards this is how it is supposed to work: using a soundbar with HDMI-ARC/CEC channels all sound to the soundbar. Other possibilities are closed.