Using Playbase with HDMI extractor It has taken nearly two weeks to get my new Playbase to play sound from our Sony TV. Thanks to some very patient and expert help from a couple of people on this support forum we concluded that I needed an HDMI extractor to get the sound directly to the Playbase since it wouldn't pass through the digital optical cable. That did the trick, but it is not perfect, by any means.
There is still one glitch that I can't figure out. When we finish watching a TV show and turn off the set, the next time we turn it on, often, the sound has defaulted to the wi-fi feed and the only way I can get the TV sound back is through the Sonos app on my Android phone. To make matters worse this doesn't seem to happen every time.
If it was only me, I might be able to tolerate this, but the whole point of getting the Playbase in the first place, was to make watching TV easier for my wife. Obviously, I can't be present every time she wants to watch something. (Teaching her to use
