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Contributor I
December 1, 2024
Answered

Arc Ultra incompatible with optical

I cannot believe you guys removed the optical input on the Arc Ultra. I had a playbar (which function just dandy by the way) with optical input and bought your hype about how much better the arc Ultra is and I’d get a discount to upgrade. You neglected to mention that the optical input from my system would no longer function and I basically bricked my entire freaking system because I have a Samsung Frame that connects to its controller 25 ft away and brings in optical back to the speaker. You EVEN CHANGED THE FREAKING POWER PLUG and I had to tear my whole TV off the wall just to change out the damn power cord. WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING!?!?!? Guys I can’t begin to tell you how pissed I am right now. I’m going to have to call the sound people who set this up and pay HUNDREDS of dollars just to straighten this crap out. I swear I would love to get my hands on the genius who did this. Especially without putting it ANYWHERE to warn people. 

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Lead Maestro
December 1, 2024

The Arc Ultra can connect to the TV’s optical port using the Sonos Optical Audio Adapter:

https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/optical-audio-adapter

But with this connection, you will not be able to play Dolby Atmos audio.

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buzz
Grand Maestro
December 2, 2024

Note that an “F Connector” is designed to be used with coaxial cable, not optical cable.