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Trending Lyricist I
May 16, 2024
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Sonos Ray optical connection stopped working, any ideas?

Hi, I was using Sonos Ray as computer speakers via soundcard with digital optical output. Everything worked fine until few days ago when Ray no more sees the digital input. The app TV Setup says No signal detected. The digital input works otherwise OK with another device instead Ray.

I have spent almost entire day on the Sonos help line, but in the end they told me they never intended Ray to be used with PC and that it is my problem I bought it and that maybe they changed something so now it doesnt work. This is actually not true, they mention usage with PC on their website: “For a next-level gaming setup, connect your PC.” on https://www.sonos.com/en/shop/ray. 

Do you have any ideas how to possibly fix this without the Sonos helpline help?

What I tried already:
 - factory reset the Ray
 - connect the optical cable to another device - it works
 - reinstall sound card
 - play music on ray through wifi - it works
 - play test sound from the sound output properties in windows - only Dolby Digital works, it plays nevertheless TV Setup (even during the playing) in Sonos app says there is No signal detected, other Encoded formats dont play anything

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Rudi voAnswer
Lyricist I
June 24, 2024

I had the same problem with a Ray connected to a Mac Studio via an usb c to optical convertor. There was an update today (79.1-54060), and it is working again as before!

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Bumper
May 25, 2024

I no longer have a Sonos Ray to maybe help too much here, as I gave it away to my Son & family for use at their Home and they’ve not yet upgraded to the latest Sonos App/firmware, but it would be interesting to perhaps know here, from someone who has an updated Ray, if it’s perhaps working okay for them?

If not, then it’s probably best to get in touch with Sonos Support direct. It’s not even clear if Sonos are aware of this reported issue, or if the reason for it may lie elsewhere. I would have expected a lot more reports if it was a widespread issue affecting a majority of those that own/use a Ray.

Here’s a link to perhaps contact Sonos Support anyway and I hope you are able get the matter resolved quickly too. 👍

https://support.sonos.com/s/contact

We know they did little to no beta testing, or at least some beta testers have said their feedback was ignored. So they may be way behind in picking up bugs that only affect certain contexts. It working for one user means little when a lot of the bugs hasn’t affected universally. 
 

Op should contact support but be prepared to wait ~2 hours, less if lucky. 

Lyricist III
May 27, 2024

Having the same issue. Optical output is dead.

Trending Lyricist I
May 27, 2024

 

Op should contact support but be prepared to wait ~2 hours, less if lucky. 

OP did contact the support and spent there way more than 2 hours (and even mentioned it in his original post) :)

But they showed me the middle finger, so that’s why I tried my luck here.

Seems they don’t have an intention of fixing it, so I guess I will just sell the Ray and use the rest of the Sonos speakers for streaming music only until that stops working too with some other update and then switch to a different brand.

Lyricist III
June 4, 2024

Has there been any headway in resolving this? Weeks of my Ray being dead is really getting old. 

Ken_Griffiths
June 4, 2024

Has there been any headway in resolving this? Weeks of my Ray being dead is really getting old. 

I haven’t seen anything mentioned by Sonos Staff on this topic - so perhaps give Sonos a call via this link to get an update:

https://support.sonos.com/s/contact

Lyricist II
June 6, 2024

Looks like the latest firmware update has resolved this issue. I was baffled by it too but, after the update that was pushed this morning “approx. 2am PDT Thursday June 6th 2024”. After reconnecting to my Sonos system in the mobile app, reconfiguring tv setup. it detected a signal and worked.

Lyricist III
June 6, 2024

Reset my Ray system, connected and added the speaker. Checked that Ray had no updates. And no, SPDIF is NOT working… I really hope the update is not just arrived to IOS and will be coming soon...

Lyricist II
June 6, 2024

Reset my Ray system, connected and added the speaker. Checked that Ray had no updates. And no, SPDIF is NOT working… I really hope the update is not just arrived to IOS and will be coming soon...

im on android not ios and it has nothing to do with the phone app and all to do with the firmware of the speaker.

Lyricist II
June 6, 2024

I do know that my speakers had reset and i had to rejoin the existing system. perhaps the firmware update is going out in waves so not to over stress the upload?

Lyricist III
June 6, 2024

I do know that my speakers had reset and i had to rejoin the existing system. perhaps the firmware update is going out in waves so not to over stress the upload?

What is the version number you have. Mine shows version 16.2 (build 79.1-53290).