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Maui199
Contributor I
July 26, 2023

Samsung Frame and Sonos Amp connected to same speakers?

  • July 26, 2023
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I renovating a new house and plan to install a Samsung Frame TV. I want upgraded TV sound, but don’t want a soundbar. I will have Sonos Amps hardwired to various speakers throughout the house, including a pair of in-wall speakers near the TV. I would like to be able to push TV sound through these in-wall speakers, and still be able to drive music through them from one of my Sonos Amps (but not at the same time of course). I have no idea how to set this up. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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jgatie
jgatie
July 26, 2023

The Sonos Amp has an HDMI-ARC input.  Just connect that to the HDMI-ARC port on the TV.  

    Maui199Author
    Contributor I
    July 26, 2023

    The Sonos Amp has an HDMI-ARC input.  Just connect that to the HDMI-ARC port on the TV.  

    My Amp is 12 years old. Would it still have an HDMI-ARC input (I can’t simply look at my Amp because I am traveling ATM).

    jgatie
    jgatie
    July 26, 2023

    The Sonos Amp has an HDMI-ARC input.  Just connect that to the HDMI-ARC port on the TV.  

    My Amp is 12 years old. Would it still have an HDMI-ARC input (I can’t simply look at my Amp because I am traveling ATM).

     

    That would be a Connect:Amp, and no it does not have HDMI-ARC.  Only the current Amp has HDMI-Arc.

    Maui199Author
    Contributor I
    July 26, 2023

    Thanks jgatie. So what is my backup plan? 😎

    jgatie
    jgatie
    July 26, 2023

    If you do not want a soundbar, the only solution for TV audio is the Sonos Amp with two passive speakers.

    Stanley_4
    Stanley_4
    Grand Maestro
    July 26, 2023

    Something you’d probably hate is to try connecting the audio out of the TV to the audio in on your Connect Amp. The sound will be delayed enough that it will be uncomfortable to watch.

    https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/play-line-in-on-your-sonos-amp

      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      July 26, 2023

      And just to add to @jgatie ’s reply, if you’re using the RCA inputs on the older CONNECT:AMP, they are an analog input, and subject to a 75ms delay, which would be noticeable to most users as a lip sync issue. 

      If you’re dead set against a Sonos sound bar (the Beam or Arc), then replacing your older CONNECT:AMP with a newer Amp, which does have that HDMI (digital) input he was suggesting, which would avoid that delay I am warning about. Or step outside the Sonos system (although I have no suggestions there). 
       

      edit.. @Stanley_4 beat my slow typing…

      Bruce
      106rallye
      106rallye
      July 27, 2023

      Are those Connect:amps using the white app or the brown app? When they use the white app and are sure they where built before 2016 it is possible you cannot use them from the newer (brown) app, so you’d need two Sonos app on your phone. The newer and older amps also could not be grouped then.

        Maui199Author
        Contributor I
        December 20, 2023

        So I am now planning to get new Sonos Amps for each of my 4 (maybe 5) speaker zones. The only problem is they will be located some distance away from the TV--too far to connect via HDMI cable. I’m thinking perhaps I can locate one of the Amps near the TV, and connect that to the HDMI-ARC port on the TV. Then I would run Ethernet cable from that Amp to the other Amps so that the entire house could play sound from the TV. Would that work?

        106rallye
        106rallye
        December 21, 2023

        It could even work with wifi. Also: the ethernet cable should be connected to your router, not the other Amps.

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