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multiple beams in the same room with tv and projector

  • December 25, 2024
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We have a wall mounted TV connected to a Beam 2 with two era 100s and a sub in our lounge. We also have a Hisense C2 on a stand with wheels so we can move it between our master bedroom and the lounge. I was hoping to get a second Beam 2 and attach it to my projector stand and then drive the audio from which ever Beam we are playing through. If we are using the projector in the lounge, I was hoping to also use the sub and the era 100’s.

I haven't added both beams to the same room as I don't want the lounge playing if we are using the projector in the bedroom.

The challenge I have is if I try to play audio from the projector with its beam 2 in the lounge, the beam 2 connected to the tv with era 100’s seems to have a issues with lag and disconnecting. It wouldn't bother me if it was just lag as I could turn the volume on the beam 2 connected directly to the projector, but the flakey audio is an issue. It doesn't seem to have issues the other way around.

Any ideas on how to solve this or do it in a better way?

Best answer by nik9669a

Sonos devices have a delay. When Sonos was audio only there was nothing to reference the delay to, so it didn’t matter. 
With video sources, this delay is minimised to the soundbar itself, to avoid lip-sync issues, but is still a fundamental aspect of how Sonos works and achieves multi-room audio. That’s why any additional rooms grouped to play the tv audio has that delay. It can’t be worked around. 
You can’t have two Beams configured to be the same room: they will have to be two different rooms. Similarly, you have to go through the de-bond/re-bind process if you want to reconfigure surrounds and Subs from one Beam to another. 

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Sonos devices have a delay. When Sonos was audio only there was nothing to reference the delay to, so it didn’t matter. 
With video sources, this delay is minimised to the soundbar itself, to avoid lip-sync issues, but is still a fundamental aspect of how Sonos works and achieves multi-room audio. That’s why any additional rooms grouped to play the tv audio has that delay. It can’t be worked around. 
You can’t have two Beams configured to be the same room: they will have to be two different rooms. Similarly, you have to go through the de-bond/re-bind process if you want to reconfigure surrounds and Subs from one Beam to another. 

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