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mbitbb
Contributor I
April 9, 2018
Answered

CONNECT - Analog IN and OUT at the same time?

I want to pipe in audio from an external source into my Sonos system, which I can do with a CONNECT using analog in.

I want this to play on my Sonos speakers, and I also want to play the music on external speakers, which I can do using the analog out RCA output on the CONNECT.

Question: Can I do those both at once on the same CONNECT device? (run in from music source, stream over sonos, and run out to external speakers)

THANK YOU!
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Chris
ChrisAnswer
Lead Maestro
April 9, 2018
Yes

Example: I have my Connect hooked to my desktop computer. I can feed my desktop sound into connect and the sound out of the connect to my desktop speakers. Then at same time stream the same input to other speakers in the house.
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Chris
ChrisAnswer
Lead Maestro
April 9, 2018
Yes

Example: I have my Connect hooked to my desktop computer. I can feed my desktop sound into connect and the sound out of the connect to my desktop speakers. Then at same time stream the same input to other speakers in the house.
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    ratty
    ratty
    April 9, 2018
    Yes. The Line-In and Line-Out are independent. You can play the Line-In to the Line-Out. Or you can play the Line-In to some other room, and stream different music via the Line-Out.
      salis
      Contributor I
      April 3, 2019
      What about the following scenario: I would like to connect my receiver (AVR) to the line-in of a Connect, so that music is streamed to other Sonos speakers in the group.
      If I also link the Connect line-out to the line-in of the AVR (so the other way around), can I also stream music to the Connect (and hence the AVR) and other speakers in the group?
      ratty
      ratty
      April 3, 2019
      What about the following scenario: I would like to connect my receiver (AVR) to the line-in of a Connect, so that music is streamed to other Sonos speakers in the group.
      If I also link the Connect line-out to the line-in of the AVR (so the other way around), can I also stream music to the Connect (and hence the AVR) and other speakers in the group?
      Yes. We traditionally suggest that a Connect can be treated -- and wired -- the same as a tape deck. So a REC OUT or equivalent would go to the Connect's Line-In. And the Connect's Line-Out would be wired to a TAPE/AUX IN on the AVR.
      salis
      Contributor I
      April 3, 2019
      thanks a lot!
      Smithta
      Contributor I
      September 3, 2019
      I thought about this and decided to comment, better late than never I suppose, anyway while I have had my Connect hooked to my desktop computer, the desktop that it was hooked to...suddenly and tragically died. What I did was to work around the issues was to imported my playlists and continue to use the Connect as an output mechanism to an amplifier and to several sub 'sound' systems which works very well. I have access to more than 4 TB of music locally, just the way I like and I can continue to build out my Sonos footprint using the Connect to 'bridge' the gap
      ratty
      ratty
      September 3, 2019
      I thought about this and decided to comment, better late than never I suppose, anyway while I have had my Connect hooked to my desktop computer, the desktop that it was hooked to...suddenly and tragically died. What I did was to work around the issues was to imported my playlists and continue to use the Connect as an output mechanism to an amplifier and to several sub 'sound' systems which works very well. I have access to more than 4 TB of music locally, just the way I like and I can continue to build out my Sonos footprint using the Connect to 'bridge' the gap
      If I understand correctly, given this thread's topic, I think you're saying that with the demise of your computer you had to switch from a Line-In to indexing the 4TB of stored files and playlists directly into the Sonos system. This isn't a "work around". It's the original design basis of the system.

      The provision of a Line-In was simply intended to allow the integration of "legacy equipment", where the source content couldn't be accessed via the network.
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