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Sonos-sux
Jul 24, 2018 12:20 AM UTC

Using Sonos Beam to watch television

Why won’t the sonos beam play TV sound when you turn the TV on? Is there a setting someplace? I shouldn’t need to f around with my phone to watch TV.

The beam is connected to my Samsung TV via HDMI on an Audio channel. Sound plays once I select TV from my phone, but it’s crazy to need to log into an app on your phone to listen to your TV.

Also, what’s up with one hour+ wait times with Sonos customer support?
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Airgetlam
Airgetlam
Jul 24, 2018 3:32 AM UTC
Turn on AutoPlay in the room settings for the Beam. When the TV comes on, it will switch to the TV input.
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Bruce
    Sonos-suxAuthor
    Jul 24, 2018 9:21 AM UTC
    Thank you. I’ll see if that works!
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    Tim_167
    Contributor I
    Sep 11, 2018 4:58 PM UTC
    This isn't working for my with my Roku TV. Everything else works perfectly. But if I start listening to music with the SONOS app, and then turn on the TV, the music keeps playing. I can easily switch the input to TV, but I had hoped it would be automatic.

    PS. I checked TV Setup, and it confirmed that the TV is connected. Everything works great otherwise, once I set the source to TV.
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    jgatie
    jgatie
    Sep 11, 2018 5:01 PM UTC
    This isn't working for my with my Roku TV. Everything else works perfectly. But if I start listening to music with the SONOS app, and then turn on the TV, the music keeps playing. I can easily switch the input to TV, but I had hoped it would be automatic.

    PS. I checked TV Setup, and it confirmed that the TV is connected. Everything works great otherwise, once I set the source to TV.

    Did you set Autoplay to 'On' as suggested above?
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