“Can I use this in place of my center channel speaker and just wire it in through the optical out of the tv? I wanted to use the other speaker and sub that are already wired for the rest of the surround sound. Is this possible?”
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The Sonos Playbar does get plugged into the optical out port of your tv.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes you can
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Not sure if this would work from a technial aspect but from a pratical aspect I do not know why you would use a soundbar that creates surround sound sound to use as a center channel speaker. I replaced my 5.1 surround sound system with the Playbar and Sonos subwoofer and the sound is as good if not better. Still sounds like we have rear speakers at times and the Sonos sub puts our great bass for watching TV/movies or music. If you want a better speaker system then by a passive speaker for center channel. If you want to ditch all the surround sound speakers then buy the playbar and subwoofer
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes I believe you could do this. You would need a Sonos amp however to connect to your existing non Sonos products. This essentially turns your existing speakers into a Sonos compatible speaker. You would then wire your sound bar to the tv via the optical cable and run the amp on the WiFi connection. This would allow the playbar to speak with the other speakers and playback seamlessly.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Play bar will connect through optical port to tv. I cannot say that it will let you still use non Sonos speakers in conjunction with the play bar with out another sonos gadget to connect non sonos speakers. If memory serves it’s a sonos bridge. Play bar by itself is pretty awesome and more powerful than any other tv speaker I have ever seen. I use in conjunction with left/right play1’s and a sonos sub woofer. Couplevwith an Apple TV for tunes.
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