We recently built a patio cover and wanted to add some speakers. Having some experience with early Sonos speakers and still using my old play 3’s inside I decided to go with two ERA 300’s for outside. They are great as music speakers! We then added a TV outside and that’s when I thought, why not play my tv through my new ERA 300’s, only to find out it’s not that easy… So my question is, how do I use my already mounted ERA 300’s as TV speakers, NOT as surround speakers. If I add a Beam Gen 2 will that send the audio signal to them as just stereo or a mono signal? Or do I need something like a bridge? I also see the newest Beam is available for pre order, will that work instead? Any help is appreciated!
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ERA 300 as TV Speakers??
Bridge is long obsolete, Boost a bit less so and both are network devices not audio.
All current Sonos Home Theater, HT, sound bars work this way:
- If added as HT surrounds the 300s will play TV surround audio, not the front three channels.
- If Grouped with a HT Sonos they will play the front R/L channels BUT with a 75 ms delay / echo.
Your situation sounds like a Sonos Amp and outdoor speakers would be the solution. Move the 300s inside to another room or rooms.
If your TV has a Bluetooth output, you could connect the Era 300s over Bluetooth for TV audio, but you may experience lip sync issues.
Another option would be to use an Apple TV and select the Era 300s as the audio output.
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