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Sound bar with old TV and no ARC

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I’d like to get a sound bar, but I have a “dumb“ TV with no ARC input. Is there a workaround?

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buzzAnswer

Grand Maestro

You should be able to connect one of the SONOS sound bars here. It would pay to examine the connecter type in order to make sure that you don’t need some sort of adapter. Your connector looks like it might be the round style -- which is not compatible with what is packed in the SONOS box. It’s not a big deal, but it could dampen your spirits on day one.

buzz

Grand Maestro

Does the TV have any sort of audio output?

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GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

You can connect a Sonos Beam or Sonos Arc to your TV if it is equipped with an digital optical/TOSLINK output using the HDMI to optical adapter that comes with these two soundbars.

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gangofcentaursAuthor

Contributor I

Thanks! Don’t see my previous response anymore, so here’s another picture of the outputs on the back of my TV. Sorry about the dust

buzz

Grand Maestro

It looks like you already have something connected to your TV’s optical output.

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gangofcentaursAuthor

Contributor I

You can connect a Sonos Beam or Sonos Arc to your TV if it is equipped with an digital optical/TOSLINK output using the HDMI to optical adapter that comes with these two soundbars.

Is this the one? sorry for being a noob.

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gangofcentaursAuthor

Contributor I

Oh! Looks like it’s plugged into the receiver that no longer functions, hence my need for a sound bar.

Airgetlam

Yes, that’s the output that you would need to connect to the adapter that gets plugged in to the Sonos Soundbar. I’d be tempted to try to use that same cable, but cable looks kind of old, so it could be ‘broken’, optical cables can be slightly more sensitive than ‘regular’ cables.

Bruce

buzzAnswer

Grand Maestro

You should be able to connect one of the SONOS sound bars here. It would pay to examine the connecter type in order to make sure that you don’t need some sort of adapter. Your connector looks like it might be the round style -- which is not compatible with what is packed in the SONOS box. It’s not a big deal, but it could dampen your spirits on day one.

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gangofcentaursAuthor

Contributor I

Thank you so much! 🙏

Ken_Griffiths

@gangofcentaurs
It’s not clear from the photo, but it looks to me like your TV has a coax optical out port, if so, you will need another converter to switch that to Optical Toslink.. Something like this (just a quick example I found on Amazon)…

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cable-Mountain-Digital-Coaxial-Converter/dp/B001U7GW68

Then (if relevant) use the Optical to HDMI adapter (supplied with Beam/Arc) and the HDMI cable connected to your chosen Sonos HT product. All being well that may work for you.

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