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Contributor I
Oct 6, 2023 8:00 AM UTC
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Sonos Beam Not Recognized by Samsung Tv

good morning,

 

Good morning,

 

I have a Samsung neo QLED TV, with a Sonos Beam connected through the E arc port, however frequently when I turn the TV on the TV has reverted to TV speaker and it is not possible to play any sound through the Sonos beam despite going on the device connection which shows the Sonos background.  the only way to reconnect is to completely disconnect everything and reconnect, which is extremely frustrating as the beam is on the wall with all the cables hidden in the wall, which means taking the TV off when it happens. 
 

any ideas? 

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Grand Maestro
Oct 6, 2023 9:39 AM UTC

You may be having a CEC spat. Is it practical for you to power down the SKY box and play a TV App?

I’m not a SKY user. If the SKY box is causing issues, a CEC isolator for the SKY box is appropriate.

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Grand Maestro
Oct 6, 2023 9:00 AM UTC

Reboot the TV using the circuit breaker. Keep power OFF for a least two minutes. It would be best if the HDMI cable between the TV and BEAM is discontinued when power is reapplied. The TV and BEAM will rediscover each other when the HDMI cable is reconnected. 
 

Are there any other HDMI connections to the TV? Probability of success with the above reboot sequence is higher if only the BEAM is connected during discovery. Unfortunately, this might require dismounting if you cannot keep these units powered down during the reboot.

Is the TV’s Anynet enabled?

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Contributor I
Oct 6, 2023 9:10 AM UTC

Yeah I’ve followed all those procedures and it gets back connected only to disconnect maybe 24 hours later and then the process needs repeating. When if happens, the Sonos is selectable from the connected devices but it’s not available as a sound output, it just shows the Sonos backgrounds

 

There is a sky box connected via HDMI Too. That often has issues connecting to the tv too which needs power removing then re adding. 
 

Yes anytime+ is on, but without it on the beam doesn’t work at all on the tv. (FYI the beam is connected on the Sonos app and has been successfull with its CEC connection. 

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Grand Maestro
Oct 6, 2023 9:39 AM UTC

You may be having a CEC spat. Is it practical for you to power down the SKY box and play a TV App?

I’m not a SKY user. If the SKY box is causing issues, a CEC isolator for the SKY box is appropriate.

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Lyricist I
Oct 7, 2023 2:29 AM UTC

I don’t have the same tv but I did have this same issue with my Samsung and beam. I used the tv remote source button to select the beam. Once the beam was selected I went into the sound settings. It showed it was set to tv speakers. I selected the beam from there. It was the only place that the beam appeared as selectable for a source. Haven’t had an issue sining doing that. Previously solutions would be unplugging the tv power source for a few secs but this has fixed the issue for me. 

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Lyricist III
Oct 22, 2023 6:18 PM UTC

Hey

 

You are experiencing exactly the same issue as me. I got told about two weeks ago by Sonos support that they were aware of this bug and that a fix would be implemented… which I think was meant to be in the latest software update.

 

Trouble is, I am still having these infuriating issues. Getting nowhere with support now. I can get it to work beautifully but it always fails when the TV has been off for a while. Always reverts back to the TV speaker and not recognising the Beam until I turn power off to that and then back on again.

 

Have you managed to find a solution that works for you or are we still in the same boat? I am losing my s*** over this constantly happening after spending upwards of £1000 on setting up my home theatre for this to now keep happening. I genuinely don't know whether to laugh or cry at this point. 
 

One alternative I did think about doing though, not sure if it would work, is to have the beam on a smart plug so that I can turn it on and off by using my phone or voice service to trigger it to work with the tv but it's just a silly idea right? It should just WORK! It always used to! 

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Contributor I
Oct 22, 2023 6:22 PM UTC

No luck for me it’s still kicking it off. But I’m also going to try a new hdmi for the sky box as that doesn’t work either which is kicking off the CEC.  It’s rather annoying tbh as it’s all wall mounted with hidden cables and plugs so when it fails it’s off with the sockets on the circuit board. 

I thought about the smart plug thing too but with it been an issue with the sky too I’m wondering which of the three devices (tv sky or beam) is creating the issue. 

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Lyricist III
Oct 22, 2023 6:29 PM UTC

If you don't mind me asking… have these issues with the sky box happened recently too? I'm just curious as to whether Samsung have done some sort of update that keeps pushing out Sonos or Anynet connections in general. 
 

Only reason I ask is because I am thinking maybe my hdmi connection to my pc affects it as I do find it a struggle to keep getting tv to recognise that at times too.  
 

The only thing is with that though is that I once just had the beam connected to the tv, nothing else… left it overnight and had the same issue with it losing connection so genuinely I have no idea at this point. 
 

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Contributor I
Oct 22, 2023 6:52 PM UTC

Yeah my sky box just doesn’t get recognised at all sometimes. I believe it’s an issue maybe with the tv now but not so sure. 

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Lyricist III
Oct 22, 2023 7:29 PM UTC

Either way I'm guessing it's a new issue so whether it's Samsung or Sonos, hopefully it can be patched or worked out in due course. 

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Enthusiast I
Oct 23, 2023 7:18 AM UTC

good morning,

 

Good morning,

 

I have a Samsung neo QLED TV, with a Sonos Beam connected through the E arc port, however frequently when I turn the TV on the TV has reverted to TV speaker and it is not possible to play any sound through the Sonos beam despite going on the device connection which shows the Sonos background.  the only way to reconnect is to completely disconnect everything and reconnect, which is extremely frustrating as the beam is on the wall with all the cables hidden in the wall, which means taking the TV off when it happens. 
 

any ideas? 

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