adding sound bar to play 5’s

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I have a couple of Play 5’s in my media room. I want to add a soundbar and send the sound from the TV to the sound bar through the HDMI Arc cable.

question, can the play 5’s be wirelessly grouped with the soundbar (such as the Arc) so sound will automatically come from all three speakers

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controlavAnswer

Lead Maestro

You cannot use Play:5 Gen 1s as surrounds, only Gen 2 models.

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

You can bond them as surrounds / rear speakers for TV sources.

For audio, if bonded you can use them as either surrounds (Ambient) or Stereo (Full) by switching the Mode setting.

If not set as surrounds and Grouped, playing TV sources there will be a audio delay of 75 ms. No delay for music sources.

controlavAnswer

Lead Maestro

You cannot use Play:5 Gen 1s as surrounds, only Gen 2 models.

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.

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