How well "party mode" (same source for both zones) work? Is there any audio delay or anything noticeable when using "party mode"?
788579
I haven't noticed any delay at all. As if the speakers in both zones were tied to the same terminals. I use zone 2 output to my garage with the wireless control on my android tablet. works great.
788580
It works pretty well. I haven't noticed any delay yet - in my case, zone 2 speakers are about 4 meters away from zone 1 and not in same room. I've been using this receiver since may last year.
788581
Party mode works fine. No delays. No other problems. Just like it is supposed to work.
126373
It depends on where the song is "coming from" (i.e., what the source is).The second zone will only play audio that is coming from non-digital sources. E.g., the tuner. Any audio coming from a digital source, through an HDMI cable will not play in the second zone. Practically, this means the second zone cannot play audio coming from something like a Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, or similar devices when those devices are connected via HDMI.
2086442
Thanks for your question. This is not a zone-free player. It is a wonderful player.
2195847
Thanks T. J. Schaefer! It worked perfectly. I did have to go in under sound settings to change my default audio device, but I'm up and running now. :)
1304371
At the same time? Probably not. Never tried but the way it's set up I don't think you can. It would have to choose which one to stream the audio from.
1216024
One source can be heard on one zone or on all zones. Zone A and B are hooked to rock speakers in my backyard. Zone C is my master bath speakers. I can select whichever zones I want to...or even all.
1724844
No lag. In either mode. I suffer from constant connection problems and randomly the sensivity spikes 100x. Stick with what you got until their next wieeless
833250
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.
833253
I have found no delay. I have a room upstairs with 2 Play:1 speakers and a Sonos Sub, and downstairs in the living room, a Connect that is attached to my home theater system via an optical cable. When I join the two rooms in house party mode (everyone playing same source) and I stand halfway up the stairs, I hear no delays.
257261
Yes, it is possible. You should press "Option", then select "All zones stereo", then "Start" plus Enter y you will see that zone 2 input (I mean the source zone 2 is paying) will change to the same input zone 1 is playing. The only consideracin you have to keep in mundo is that you can not use some
72885
My husband has connected our external TV speakers to the unit and turned off the TV speakers. He said it was not very user friendly, but with perseverance it can be done. Sorry, I don't know what zone 2 is.
2007300
You can run it through both at the same time if you would like. It played through both on mine when I initially set up the soundbar, so I just turned the volume all the way down on the TV.
727530
Honestly, I don't think you will get the best quality sound running both at the same time, but it works great when only one audio source is playing at a time. I've never tried to two audio sources playing at the same time, but when it has happened, it's sounded fuzzy. You might need something built more toward music production that this.
1848347
Zone 2 HD works for me without any problem. Even I've tried working on MAIN and Zone 2HD at once with different devices in each zone and no problem. Check where you have placed the reciver as it can be in a very closed which makes it warm and off
2190513
My receiver has 2 zones, but I've never used both. I bet you can figure out away to make it do what you want.
285889
I have not noticed any delay between audio and Picture using the Kinivo 501BN. I currently have Chomecast, PS4, and appletv feeding into my device and outputting to a Samsung television. Awesome device with no complaints at the moment.
244841
i have not tried the "Game Mode" but latency / lag didn't seem bad when I used HDMI cable from my laptop. Of course the HDMI limitation slows it down a lot but I will test it more when HDMI 2.0 update is released.