How to connect my Sonos Play 5 to Samsung smart TV?

The Play:5 has a mini-plug input, so if you can get a mini-plug output from your TV, then just connect the two. In fact, there are RCA to mini-plug converters, which may be an easier way to get the sound out of your TV.

That being said, it would only be a stereo signal, with no sub or surround information included, along with the oft discussed 70ms delay, which may or may not be an issue for you.

For better or worse, Sonos really wants their Playbar to be the speaker of choice for connecting to a TV, they certainly don't make it easy for anything else to work the way we would like. Probably a wise choice from a sales standpoint, more problematic for the rest of us. But I'll be honest, I'm extraordinarily pleased with my 5.1 setups, both of them.

I have a Samsung UN85 Model and still unable to connect to play5.
Even using the audio cable for the line in connection, it doesn't work. I select this option in the Sonos app, and I switch the audio output settings in the Tv for "audio out/optical", and it doesn't work.

Honestly I think Sonos should be more friendly with the customers, including a Bluetooth and optical connection in the play 5. I would be happy to buy a play bar if I was not forced to. Such a nice speaker shouldn't be so limited.

Hi community, hi Sonos team,

Having read that there is no app for Samsung TVs to connect them to Sonos I was thinking that we could maybe develop one on our own.
Are there any resources to program this or is there any information available? Specifications etc?
It shouldn't be that hard to get this working, I guess it's more a question of who wants to do it and maybe some legal issues?
I would be interested in developing such app!
In the end it's extra value for Sonos..:D

Best,
David

Start here: https://developer.sonos.com/