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Trending Lyricist I
March 18, 2025

Sony TV won't use it's own speakers when Arc Ultra is connected

I bought arc ultra and connected to sony tv. TV keep changing it to external speaker instead of TV speaker. i don’t want to use external speaker all the time and turn on Arc only when I needed 

 

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Senior Virtuoso
March 18, 2025

And have you disabled CEC? 

MistryAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
March 18, 2025

yes

MistryAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
March 18, 2025

are you from Sonos technical team?

Senior Virtuoso
March 18, 2025

are you from Sonos technical team?

No. You’ve posted on a User Community forum. Why do you ask?

MistryAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
March 18, 2025

I need help ASAP

Airgetlam
March 18, 2025

Then you’d best call Sonos Support directly to discuss it. Posting in this community forum doesn’t put you in touch with Sonos Support folks. 

Bruce
Senior Virtuoso
March 18, 2025

The terms you agreed to makes it very clear that this is a user community. 
 

Good luck getting sorted: I’m out. 

jgatie
March 18, 2025

I ask again, why would anyone prefer the crappy speakers on the TV to a quality soundbar?  I’ve had surround sound of all kinds connected to my TVs for decades, and not once in all that time have I sat and thought “Gee, this would sound so much better if I were listening to the TV speakers!” 

Which is exactly why CEC is designed to default to the best audio it can detect. 

buzz
Grand Maestro
March 18, 2025

Install a CEC blocker between TV and ARC. You’ll then lose some convenience features, but these are not as important to you as speaker selection.

MistryAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
March 18, 2025

what features?