How to input my TV to hear college football this fall on ESPN? 90% music for my pool area, but I have a tv by pool and want to hear games on ESPN. Have honking big receiver that does already via connect..but too big...Or another smaller option for amp if I can input into this sonos amp? How to input my TV to hear college football this fall on ESPN? 90% music for my pool area, but I have a tv by pool and want to hear games on ESPN. Have honking big receiver that does already via... » Read More How to input my TV to hear college football this fall on ESPN? 90% music for my pool area, but I have a tv by pool and want to hear games on ESPN. Have honking big receiver that does already via connect..but too big...Or another smaller option for amp if I can input into this sonos amp? « Show Less
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The SONOS has a line-in connector on the back panel. Just connect it to your TV with a cable and use line-in option from software.
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Sonos has a new(ish) product called Playbar that is specifically for the tv. It will play your tv feed through the playbar. I'm not positive, but I think you can then broadcast the ESPN feed to any other zones you have on your system. If you already have a receiver for a zone, you can hook up a Sonos Connect to that receiver and power the zone that way. If you want use Sonos amps then you get the Sonos: Connect Amp. I've found the Sonos Bridge makes the setup super simple and everything just works well. The Bridge is the only thing hard wired into my router, every other component is connected wirelessly through wifi. Hope this helps... Sonos has a new(ish) product called Playbar that is specifically for the tv. It will play your tv feed through the playbar. I'm not positive, but I think you can then broadcast the ESPN feed to any other zones you have on your system. If you already have a receiver for a zone, you can hook up a Sonos Connect to that receiver and power the zone that way. If you want use Sonos amps then you get the Sonos: Connect Amp. I've found the Sonos Bridge makes the setup super simple and everything just works well. The Bridge is the only thing hard wired into my router, every other component is... » Read More Sonos has a new(ish) product called Playbar that is specifically for the tv. It will play your tv feed through the playbar. I'm not positive, but I think you can then broadcast the ESPN feed to any other zones you have on your system. If you already have a receiver for a zone, you can hook up a Sonos Connect to that receiver and power the zone that way. If you want use Sonos amps then you get the Sonos: Connect Amp. I've found the Sonos Bridge makes the setup super simple and everything just works well. The Bridge is the only thing hard wired into my router, every other component is connected wirelessly through wifi. Hope this helps... « Show Less
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Sean, Sonos works with a ton of music services including Amazon. You won't have to import the music physically into the Sonos app, it will point to the music and stream it.
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best bet is to connect the sound bar to a cable box or Blue ray..you don't want the source/feed from the TV anyway (The TV audio circuitry is usually terrible anyway) Sound bar gives you the option of playing music without having the TV on.
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If your stereo has a stereo auxiliary input you can connect it. Sonos has standard RCA output jack
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If you set the wiring up to not have hdmi play thru the receiver first then output picture to the tv you can have it so the tv plays its own sound. But if you run it thru on the one hdmi cable from output source to receiver then to tv the tv will not have speaker capability. Also if you were to go hdmi from output source to tv directly you can have tv sound when you want it, and then run an optic cable from output source to receiver and you can have tv sound and/or receiver. There is a small loss in sound this way as some of the current decoding does not support optic transfer but it'll be a minimal difference if you aren't a real picky audio enthusiast. If you set the wiring up to not have hdmi play thru the receiver first then output picture to the tv you can have it so the tv plays its own sound. But if you run it thru on the one hdmi cable from output source to receiver then to tv the tv will not have speaker capability. Also if you were to go hdmi from output source to tv directly you can have tv sound when you want it, and then run an optic cable from output source to receiver and you can have tv sound and/or receiver. There is a small loss in sound this way as some of the current decoding does not support optic transfer but it'll be... » Read More If you set the wiring up to not have hdmi play thru the receiver first then output picture to the tv you can have it so the tv plays its own sound. But if you run it thru on the one hdmi cable from output source to receiver then to tv the tv will not have speaker capability. Also if you were to go hdmi from output source to tv directly you can have tv sound when you want it, and then run an optic cable from output source to receiver and you can have tv sound and/or receiver. There is a small loss in sound this way as some of the current decoding does not support optic transfer but it'll be a minimal difference if you aren't a real picky audio enthusiast. « Show Less
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There are sports apps, but not ESPN. There is MLB, NBA, ACC, Red bull TV but no ESPN. I am not sure if it can be added. There is an opera TV store to add apps, but no watch ESPN. There is also a browser, but the last time I tried to use the browser I could not figure it out so I am not sure how well you can stream from the browser.
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As long as you don't want to listen to live sports broadcasts you can get most local radio stations with a few seconds delay from the over the air broadcasts - but many sports events will be blacked out. I can get some college football games via the Internet feed of my local stations. NO MLB WHATSOEVER. Why they didn't include a cheap AM/FM tuner built into this thing is a mystery. I can get radio stations that play Euro-disco from Poland but I can't listen to a local baseball game? Umm, OK. A classic case of technology giving us what we don't need and failing to provide what we do. I'm sure the nerds who work on this stuff don't think about sports though. As long as you don't want to listen to live sports broadcasts you can get most local radio stations with a few seconds delay from the over the air broadcasts - but many sports events will be blacked out. I can get some college football games via the Internet feed of my local stations. NO MLB WHATSOEVER. Why they didn't include a cheap AM/FM tuner built into this thing is a mystery. I can get radio stations that play Euro-disco from Poland but I can't listen to a local baseball game? Umm, OK. A classic case of technology giving us what we don't need and failing to provide what we do. I'm... » Read More As long as you don't want to listen to live sports broadcasts you can get most local radio stations with a few seconds delay from the over the air broadcasts - but many sports events will be blacked out. I can get some college football games via the Internet feed of my local stations. NO MLB WHATSOEVER. Why they didn't include a cheap AM/FM tuner built into this thing is a mystery. I can get radio stations that play Euro-disco from Poland but I can't listen to a local baseball game? Umm, OK. A classic case of technology giving us what we don't need and failing to provide what we do. I'm sure the nerds who work on this stuff don't think about sports though. « Show Less
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Check out Wineguard (sp?) antennas. I bought one for $29, it grabs the FREE HD broadcasts and connects to your TV via coax (standard antenna feed). I get all the major channels, FOX, CBS, NBC, CBS in HD. Beautiful picture. What I do NOT get is ESPN. So I can watch most football games without cable. I have Roku and the Wineguard antenna... Hope this helps!
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If you are using an HDMI cable from the TV output to the receiver you should have audio through the receiver. I assume that you have multiple inputs that are selected by the receiver and you have selected the input that is connected to the TV. I found that there are different audio configurations in the receiver that need to be selected also. The manual offers a lot of information but for me it's too difficult to understand. Try a different HDMI cable and/or input port to begin with.
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I have the sonos connect and two pay 1s. I can confirm that there is a slight delay between the sound coming from the receiver and the other zones. If you just google sonos connect delay you will find many posts on message boards. Some have said that you can minimize the delay to 70ms by reducing the amount of processing that your receiver is doing but there will still be a delay.
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Yeah, it's basically just an extension chord mounted behind the wall. It works great for TV's because the 2" circular outlet is hidden behind the tv and you can run other chords along with it, whereas this might be an eyesore next to a tiny speaker. I don't think you can just run the chord for your Sonos behind the wall, so this might be the best solution. It's really just the novice DIY way of putting an electrical outlet up in a place where you don't have one.
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You can connect it to your receiver but the simplest way is a direct connection to the television. You can adjust the volume as you like. This sound bar has made a huge difference in enjoying TV in our den. We also stream music through our setup - a little more complicated.
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I may be wrong, but it seems to me that the audio output is not controlled by the volume setting on the TV. I use the volume on the external receiver/amplifier. I have big speakers, so I set the sound on the TV to Mute and just use the big sound. I should add, I do this for Movies, I do not watch regular TV. It is pretty awesome for movies. I have 4 12" and 4 10" woofers, then mids, tweeters, and horns. So it is quite engulfing. Car races and airplanes have the sound going across the room. Makes one feel like they are in the middle of it.On another note, another person has color setting up on the comments, and I went in and set mine to these values, and wow, what a beautiful picture. I may be wrong, but it seems to me that the audio output is not controlled by the volume setting on the TV. I use the volume on the external receiver/amplifier. I have big speakers, so I set the sound on the TV to Mute and just use the big sound. I should add, I do this for Movies, I do not watch regular TV. It is pretty awesome for movies. I have 4 12" and 4 10" woofers, then mids, tweeters, and horns. So it is quite engulfing. Car races and airplanes have the sound going across the room. Makes one feel like they are in the middle of it.On another note, another person... » Read More I may be wrong, but it seems to me that the audio output is not controlled by the volume setting on the TV. I use the volume on the external receiver/amplifier. I have big speakers, so I set the sound on the TV to Mute and just use the big sound. I should add, I do this for Movies, I do not watch regular TV. It is pretty awesome for movies. I have 4 12" and 4 10" woofers, then mids, tweeters, and horns. So it is quite engulfing. Car races and airplanes have the sound going across the room. Makes one feel like they are in the middle of it.On another note, another person has color setting up on the comments, and I went in and set mine to these values, and wow, what a beautiful picture. « Show Less
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Sounds like just a connection issue, not sure. I just know that each receiver is designed to play for two different zones.
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With the Bridge you will be able to stream to Play1/Play3/Play5/sound bar/Sub. If you have non-sonos speakers that is a different story depending on what type of receiver ect.
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Hi, I just bought this TV and I have a Netflix account. I'm trying to stream Netflix on my TV but I can't hear audio. I bought an HDMI cable and connected it to my Macbook Pro. This TV functions nicely as a giant monitor, but I want to be able to watch movies with the audio coming out of the TV. Does anybody know how to do this? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! I was trying to find a Netflix ready icon on the box -- it doesn't have one. I'm assuming I can't?
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The receiver can't put up digital sound to another zone. If you want sound, you must connect receiver to TV through standard RCA cables. Plug only red/white connectors, you don't need the yellow one because picture goes through your already installed hdmi cable.