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QUESTION 1: Why doesn’t MOVE 2 have TV Dialog Adjustment like other speakers?  

I sent my son off to college with a MOVE 2.  He thinks Sonos clunky. I’m trying to show him it’s user friendly.  His TV has Bluetooth connectivity so he connected the MOVE 2 to it.  But, TV sound is delayed.  He says- dad, I told you. Sonos isn’t user friendly.  No, he doesn’t want a big soundbar or subwoofer for his room. He wants his MOVE 2 to work. 


QUESTION 2: why doesn’t MOVE 2 have a battery management and bypass feature to avoid wrecking the battery if it’s plugged in 99% of the time? 

 

  1. Because the Move 2 isn’t designed as a TV speaker. Sonos sells the Ray (optical connection to the TV), the Beam, the Arc, and the Arc Ultra (ARC connection to the TV) as TV speakers. Bluetooth is an input, and as such, is subject to the 75ms delay (mostly buffering, possibly other things) in order to sync across a WiFi signal to other Sonos speakers.
  2. Not sure I can answer this question, other than to point at ‘ease of use’ cases with the UI. It certainly would be interesting to know numbers regarding how many are used like this, and how many are used when not ‘plugged in’. But I suspect Sonos ipwont share those numbers. 

Question 1

Move 2 is not designed to be used as a replacement for TV speakers. Consequently, there is no need to include the Home Theatre settings, including that for TV Dialog Sync as an option in the Move 2’s settings. A Bluetooth connection has too large a delay and Sonos is not able to play the audio before it is received.

Question 2

Sonos have stated “Leaving Move 2 on the charging dock long-term will not reduce the battery’s lifespan.”

https://support.sonos.com/en-gb/article/charging-sonos-move-2

  1. I agree that MOVE 2 is the wrong product for TV viewing. I suggest that you wait until the Thanksgiving or Christmas recess and reevaluate. This will give your son some time to compare notes with classmates and they can collectively decide what is “best” for this use case.
  2. In a bygone era when NiCd batteries ruled in the consumer portable space, due to a design flaw in virtually all products, the battery capacity would decline if always left on the charger. Near the end of mass use of NiCd batteries a new charger strategy was developed to minimize this degradation. Prior to this development we were told to remove the NiCd battery from the charger when fully charged and occasionally we should fully discharge the battery in order to restore full capacity. Lithium ion batteries are almost the exact opposite. They thrive when kept on the charger and degrade when fully discharged — sometimes locking out if discharged too far. If discharged too far the risk of fire increases. This is why the batteries lock out.
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