Arc TV sound in other rooms

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If I purchase an Arc will I be able to listen to TV audio on Sonos speakers in other rooms? Thank you.

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melvimbeAnswer

Yes, you would just group your Arc Sonos room with the other rooms. However, the Arc will play audio immediately to stay in sync with the TV. Other rooms will be slightly delayed for buffering reasons. Not an issue if the other Sonos rooms are truly in another room, but will create an echo effect if the Sonos rooms are actually in the same room as your Arc.

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melvimbe

Note that there can be issues with video synchronization too. Multiple cable boxes will not necessarily stay synced with each other. A bar in my area has multiple TV’s, each with its own cable box. If all of the cable boxes are tuned to the same channel, the TV’s will drift out of sync over time -- by several seconds if you watch long enough.

Yes, this is why I went through the effort of linking several TVs to the same source, cable box in your example. They would never be in sync for cable, and you certainly couldn’t manually sync up steaming video sources.

I’ve seen this with sirius xm too. I’ll be listening to something on Sonos, then get in the car and listen to the same station on satellite, and it’s several seconds behind. That’s not counting the time it takes to walk outside, startup the vehicle, and tune in to the station.

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Danny

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Danny, just to add to that…..

I’ve had issues recently with the Hulu app on my Apple TV delaying the audio slightly, particularly on American football games. It’s annoying in the TV room, but I’d never notice in another room (kitchen, for instance).

Definitely not a Sonos issue though….if I reboot my Apple TV, it goes away. For a while. Not sure if the problem there is Hulu, or Apple TV, just know it’s not Sonos. Haven’t done enough testing to figure out whether it’s app based, or OS based. I don’t seem to get the same issue on other programs, though, so I’m still trying to make it make sense in my mind.

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Bruce

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