Sonos Beam and Bose QC headphones in Samsung TV

A solution to the headphone issue would be OK. But please don’t mess with the HDMI function that automatically turns the sound to the Beam. For this purpose guiding the sound to the Beam is not “stealing” but the way it is supposed to work…….

I have difficulty understanding why you would buy an expensive speaker and then would want to use the low rent TV speakers, even for news .

Actually, it’s the way it was designed to work, by SONOS.

Which doesn’t necessary make it right or smart…

Actually, Sonos has implemented the Beam and Amp to follow the HDMI-ARC specification, a subset of HDMI-CEC, set forth by the organization responsible for publishing the spec, like all other manufacturers who implement devices that use this feature. 

You can do further research starting here, and then move on to the actual specs depending on your level of interest and electrical engineering knowledge. 
 

Like others, I have the same challenge with my Samsung Q70R TV and Beam. I was going to go with the approach recommended by ratty, viz purchase a BT transmitter (Aventree) and connect it to TV optical digital audio output but cannot determine whether this output is active all the time or not. It would appear from the settings on TV that I have to explicitly switch to this (ie switch away from the HDMI selection to the optical for audio output). When I have done that on the Samsung, the HDMI “reclaims” the output audio signal after a couple of seconds (just as it does when I tried having BT ear buds connected).   So if I do go the BT transmitter route, does this mean I am going to have to either split the optical audio output from TV to go to the BT transmitter and in parallel the Beam, or daisy chain (if there is a BT transmitter which supports that)  ??.

As long as it’s connected through HDMI-ARC and you have “AnyNet CEC” enabled in the TV settings, the beam will continue to “reclaim” the autio output of your TV.

The solution with something_else_than_the_beam connected to the TV digital-audio-out must work in combination with disabling AnyNet (ant thus leaving the beam connected to the TV’s HDMI) and only enabling it when you want TV Audio on the Beam (eg. watching a movie/concert :) )

Thanks for the response. However, I would like to make this as easy as possible to use since my wife will be using it and this may be a little beyond her patience level :).  I think I will go the optical digital output route - ie not use HDMI ARC (my understanding is that audio quality will not be affected since the beam doesn’t support the higher def codecs anyway) and I will daisy chain or split the digital optical to the beam and BT transmitter.

Same problem as everyone and very annoying - come on Sonos - sort a fix out please!

This thread has been running since 18 July 2018. I’m sure if the ‘fix’ was on Sonos’ side, as opposed to the TV, they could have done something about it by now. 

I’ll repeat the same advice I’ve offered a number of times: get a little Bluetooth transmitter and connect it to the TV’s optical output. The chances are that, subject to headphone compatibility, you’ll end up with a better solution, in terms of quality and/or latency, than using the TV’s built-in Bluetooth. 

Hi ratty. Your advice on this is appreciated, however I don’t believe it is quite as straightforward as you suggest (or I am missing something) .  On my Samsung TV, I will run into the issue with the HDMI “claiming” the audio output back even when I select digital optical output if I was just to connect a BT transmitter via the digital optical output and keep the beam connected via HDMI (since optical digital is not “always on”). So, I will need to drive both the beam and the BT transmitter from the digital output of TV (and not use HDMI at all) either via splitter or daisy chaining beam from Avantree BT transmitter. This in turn leads to some other inconveniences (eg controlling volumes of the BT output and the beam, using iPhone/sonos app to mute beam etc)  ; however I will probably be pursuing that approach.

Hmm. I guess not all Samsung TVs are born equal then. 

So, I will need to drive both the beam and the BT transmitter from the digital output of TV (and not use HDMI at all) either via splitter or daisy chaining beam from Avantree BT transmitter. This in turn leads to some other inconveniences (eg controlling volumes of the BT output and the beam, using iPhone/sonos app to mute beam etc) 

You can train a Beam to respond to an IR TV remote. On the BT front hopefully you’d have volume control at the headphones themselves.