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How to connect Samsung Frame TV to Sonos Play:5 (2nd Gen)

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Hi,

Mostly in the question, I am attempting to connect a Samsung ‘The Frame TV’ to the Sonos network and it isn’t anywhere near as simple as one would hope. I am trying to play it out of a Gen 2 Play:5 and a Roam SL.

Has anyone successfully tried this?

I also have a Roam SL that we are using as a mini soundbar, does anyone know if I can connect this via bluetooth to the TV?

Seems a little crazy that there is all this tech and innovation yet connections are still as convoluted as cables! :D

Thanks in advance,

I just want to enjoy the speakers!

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John BAnswer

Hi. Those speakers are not designed to be used with a TV. If you are expecting to connect any speaker (Sonos or otherwise) to your Frame Tv then the TV simply isn’t capable of doing that. (There may be a slight hope of connecting the Roam SL via Bluetooth (if the TV has Bluetooth out) but that would not be a good solution.)

If you want to use Sonos for TV sound you need a Sonos product designed for that purpose: an Arc or a Beam.

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Matt2009

Lyricist I

Thanks again.

It seems that I’ll not be connecting the two then, it was a tough ask to get a speaker that had Wireless for music, wired for a record player and wireless/wired to the TV in one unit.

Don’t lose hope yet, if you’re still looking for a solution I have one for you. This is what I’ve done with my 65” Samsung Frame TV Gen. 3, I connected an Apple TV to the Samsung One Connect Box, and I’m able to play the TV audio through all of my Sonos speakers via Airplay 2, it’s very awesome. I can play the TV on all 10 speakers including the outdoor speaks connected via the Amp. and 2 subs, It’s a lot of sound but beautiful. The trick is the Apple TV/ Air play 2.

We purchased a Frame TV and I’m trying to figure out how to get my play bar to work….

Going this route, does it work even if the Apple TV isn’t the streaming device being used? We already have an Apple TV, but we have a cable box for most our viewing. So if we’re just watching via the cable box will we be able to AirPlay to the Sonos speakers?

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Mathoss

Lyricist I

Hello

for three years I have been using my « play 5 » with my « Samsung the frame » tv. It worked perfectly. I connected them via the audio output and audio -> optic converter to get in the box of my tv.

But I have had issues for a couple of weeks, the play 5 is not recognized anymore by my tv.

Airgetlam

I’m confused. The PLAY:5 should have never been recognized by the TV. For all practical purposes, it wasn’t connected to the TV, it was connected to your optic converter. Assuming the line in is still working on the PLAY:5, (you have submitted a diagnostic and called Sonos Support, right?), you probably should be looking at that optic converter device, or the TV itself outputting a correct signal.

Bruce

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Or possibly a broken optical cable / connector.

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musicserver77

Contributor II

I'm in same position with a new Frame, but think that I'll buy a sonos Arc or Ray rather than Apple TV, that way I'll be able to connect to all other sonos devices-I don't like complications. I'm also thinking to expand my system with music listening decoupled from TV, easier then to optimize both.

Airgetlam

Buying a Sonos device designed for connection to a TV makes a lot of sense.

Bruce

Schlumpf

Virtuoso

I totally agree with @Airgetlam and an analogue input solution like with the P5 just could be a workaround if you are lucky not to run into a delay problem and are satisfied with stereo sound.

And just an advise to that AppleTV solution… yes, it works… but also only with stereo and only with the ATV itself as the source device. The TV and other via HDMI connected devices won’t be able to use the ATV Airplay connection.

Ralf

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