@Mr Ee I did try fiddling with the volume on the Wiim when it wasn't playing any sound. My Playbar was connected to the TV previously using optical so I know that both the Playbar and the optical cable work.
@Achim1811 I contacted Sonos support. Their suggestion was to try and do the TV Setup...
You may be right in that it is restricted from Sonos. I ordered another WiiM, just to eliminate the possibility that the optical port is faulty. If it also doesn’t work then very likely the culprit is the Playbar and I may have to look at alternatives
Thanks for checking though. Really...
@Achim1811, great question. I have an Arc in the living room as well. In fact, it replaced the Playbar. As a result, I have a spare soundbar that I was planning to use as a speaker in the bedroom.
I can stream music to the Playbar from the Sonos app so that’s not a problem.
What I was hoping...
Thanks @Achim1811
I read the article but I think the issue is with the device’s optical port. My Sonos playbar doesn’t have Airplay so I was hoping to use the WiiM mini to get around that limitation. As per the article, it should work the way I had it set up i.e. WiiM to Sonos Playbar via...
Yea, I tried that and some other combos - no sound! Not sure what the Sonos playbar requires but the playbar plays the same songs from the Sonos app directly.
Wanted to use the Wiim mini to output audio to my Sonos playbar (not connected to TV) so that I can Airplay content from my iPhone/iPad to the soundbar. The playbar is just used as speakers and is not connected to a TV or anything else. Connected the Wiim mini to the Sonos playbar using SPDIF as...
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