Turn Beam off

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Alright, not sure if anyone but me wants to do this, but I want to be able to turn off my Beam and paired Ones. I do not always need surround sound. Is it possible to turn the Beam and Ones off, and just use the factory TV speakers?

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Keith NAnswer

Sonos Staff

Hi there, Deez72. Thanks for posting. There is currently no way to turn off or disable Sonos speakers, outside of unplugging them from power. You will also need to dig around your TV's audio settings to re-enable the TV speakers afterwards.

In the meantime, I am happy to forward this topic along to the team for consideration and visibility. Thanks again for the feedback!

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YMAW

Lyricist I

Hi there.
Just received my Beam, and I'm quite disappointed to confirm that HDMI ARC can not be deactivated at all. Choosing the audio output on my LG TV has no effect, since it comes back to HDMI ARC a few seconds later. I have some scenarios where I have to use other audio outputs, and adding the Beam in the workflow just breaks everything.

I do understand that the TV has to automatically select HDMI ARC if available from the ARC norm, so the solution would be to turn it off on the beam itself.

Any chance happen (ideally, soon)?Please turn off SIMPLINK (LG's version of HDMI CEC) in the TV options, should be there under general and that should turn off HDMI ARC which will let you choose the other sound output options from the TV. Selecting the output to ARC will turn it back on and you will need to repeat the process for the next time.

This worked for me. However, as a newbie to Sonos and Beam i cant see me using the TV sound on its own again. The sound levels from the Beam are something else and its certainly impressed me.

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El Boone

Lyricist I

Did Sonos ever provide a solution to power off the beam or are we forever resigned to sucking energy when not in use?

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Chris6003

Contributor I

Did Sonos ever provide a solution to power off the beam or are we forever resigned to sucking energy when not in use?

I would like to know this too please - I just bought the Beam and can’t believe there is no way to turn it off other than unplugging it and then having to set it up again when it’s turned back on. Is it sucking power when it’s not in use? I will return mine if there is no way to turn it off when not in use

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nik9669a

Senior Virtuoso

Same with Bose speakers - designed as Always On with no power switch. I think Sonos spec says 6watts in standby mode so not a huge power demand.

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El Boone

Lyricist I

We upgraded to a TrickleStar advanced powerstrip and plugging the Sonos into a ‘switched’ outlet.