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Connecting Beam 2 to Era 100s & Sub Mini

  • August 10, 2024
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Hello All!

I’m looking to connect a Beam 2 to my existing Era 100’s pair & Sub Mini.

 

Is it possible to still use the Bluetooth on the Era’s for my main connection while still getting sound out to the Beam 2? I’ve heard I can have the Beam in its own group and then share the audio to it via connecting the groups together (would there be any sound delay with this??).

 

Or would it be better to connect the Era’s / Sub mini to the Beam 2 and then use the HDMI to Optical to connect things to my pc? I’ve heard that there can be delays in the sound vs video if doing this…?

 

Just looking for any tips / tricks to make everything connect together without delay as I’ll be mostly playing games and watching movies etc with the speakers (yes some music but mainly in the background).

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I’m loving the Era’s and Sub Mini so far!

Best answer by Pools-3015

You can set up the beam as it own room and group it with the 100s if you are using Bluetooth as the source from your PC. Using the beam as the main speakers and pairing the 100s and sum may be a better rout if you can connect your PC directly to the beam. Then there will be no delay.

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  • Pools-3015
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  • August 10, 2024

You can set up the beam as it own room and group it with the 100s if you are using Bluetooth as the source from your PC. Using the beam as the main speakers and pairing the 100s and sum may be a better rout if you can connect your PC directly to the beam. Then there will be no delay.

Stanley_4
  • Stanley_4
  • Lead Maestro
  • August 10, 2024

When used as surrounds the other inputs are disabled.

There is a topic here on using Sonos as PC speakers you should find and read.

Airgetlam
  • Airgetlam
  • August 10, 2024

https://en.community.sonos.com/groups/sonos-products-as-pc-speakers-229137

Bruce
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  • codemonkys
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  • August 11, 2024

Thanks all, I ended up getting a Beam 2 and hooking everything to that, then connecting my pc to it via the HDMI to Optical. No delay and the system sounds pretty good!! Definitely an upgrade over my old tv speakers lol….. 

Airgetlam
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