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RWE2173
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September 10, 2024
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Sonos ray

Hi

Unfortunately I have a TV with no digital optical audio outlet, are there any adapters on the market or any other ways to connect the Ray to a TV with no digital optical audio outlet? 

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Schlumpf
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September 10, 2024

@RWE2173 

The hdmi audioextractor @Pools-3015 mentioned will work fine for audio from devices connected to its hdmi in, but is limited to only one hdmi in. There are such devices supporting more inputs, but you have to connect all your source devices like set top boxes to the switch/ audioextractor instead of to the tv. 
And… if you like to get audio also from your tv (internal apps or linear tv) the hdmi out of the audioextractor has to be ARC ready and be connected to an hdmi ARC input on tv. 
 

If your tv supports a coax spdif digital out for audio and supports passthrough of multichannel audio from connected hdmi source devices, the better solution imo would be a simple coax to optical converter. 
This one is a bidirectional…

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BSBMZT7/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Y0muf6eCeCHNRU7L6Glz6yGKC2Vpae2fPG0lHYO9XTRrcIPvs9J4rv3ehFi_3VSoH0smASWgAhzMhaMTBNtsoqzwktKEQajWhwQYuq7m_e3LDZGmkrRYKvIXYRO6s23TBzI_8h63lG08cauwf4D0nU6OOtZgUT5Xbf_oO1S9Zjf7wcx7Cg5fhNaRDDIwsr8Gn73Zopm6v45eXbI1P_ksbA.AU96JYs7Y1zyw9ofulLie3q5W_Ib3N7lWkrD97oPErQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=coaxial+to+optical+converter&qid=1726006177&sr=8-7

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Schlumpf
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Virtuoso
September 10, 2024

@RWE2173 

The hdmi audioextractor @Pools-3015 mentioned will work fine for audio from devices connected to its hdmi in, but is limited to only one hdmi in. There are such devices supporting more inputs, but you have to connect all your source devices like set top boxes to the switch/ audioextractor instead of to the tv. 
And… if you like to get audio also from your tv (internal apps or linear tv) the hdmi out of the audioextractor has to be ARC ready and be connected to an hdmi ARC input on tv. 
 

If your tv supports a coax spdif digital out for audio and supports passthrough of multichannel audio from connected hdmi source devices, the better solution imo would be a simple coax to optical converter. 
This one is a bidirectional…

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BSBMZT7/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Y0muf6eCeCHNRU7L6Glz6yGKC2Vpae2fPG0lHYO9XTRrcIPvs9J4rv3ehFi_3VSoH0smASWgAhzMhaMTBNtsoqzwktKEQajWhwQYuq7m_e3LDZGmkrRYKvIXYRO6s23TBzI_8h63lG08cauwf4D0nU6OOtZgUT5Xbf_oO1S9Zjf7wcx7Cg5fhNaRDDIwsr8Gn73Zopm6v45eXbI1P_ksbA.AU96JYs7Y1zyw9ofulLie3q5W_Ib3N7lWkrD97oPErQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=coaxial+to+optical+converter&qid=1726006177&sr=8-7

Ralf
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