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Speaker output goes to SPDIF instead of HDMI

  • 13 June 2024
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Sometimes, when we select TV as our source, it gives us sound from our Sonos Beam, but not our additional living room speakers. When we try to add those speakers and hit Apply, we lose all sound, and “SPDIF: shows under the TV audio label instead of HDMI. 

Why does this setting get turned on and how do we avoid it?


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Are you attempting to setup a surround system?

No. We’ve had this setup of just our tv (set up with Beam soundbar) and two external speakers that connect a Sonos Amp to Connect for quite a while.

It seems the latest app updates are far from being improvements, and maybe this is one more glitch to add to the list  


 

I have a similar issue, playing audio from tv to beam.. I used to be able to play this audio on my move paired with the beam. Does not work now after this new upgrade. I can play other audio on the pair just not the tv optical output. It only plays on the beam. 

Same issue, my ARC has bee attached to my TV for 16 months and was working fine. Now sonos app want to play everything on SPDIF which is the TV speaker. This new update stinks.

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