FROM B&O TO Sonos

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ijensen8 (archived2)
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Posted January 1, 2021 at 14:37 GMT
#2149200

Ahoi -

I have inherited a B&O system (Beomaster 7000 +Phone + CD) with Beolab 8000 Powerlink speakers … and would like to pipe music into my existing Sonos system. I have acquired a Sonos Connect and a splitting connector for connecting it to the B&O.

The B&O plays nicely on the two Beolab 8000 speakers. I have setup the Sonos Connect, and it is visible from the Controller (both as a ‘room’ and as an audio source).

However, no matter what I do I cannot get the B&O output piped to Sonos.

Can anyone help me, please.

Brgds Ivan

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ajames
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Posted January 1, 2021 at 16:02 GMT
#2149201

I'm not familiar with Sonos, but it sounds like you need to get an output from one of the Tape Recorder sockets to the Line In on the Sonos - If on the Sonos they are RCA the a 5 pin din to RCA cable will do the trick if it is a 3.5mm jack then DIN to Jack. Steve should be able to help, But I am pretty sure the output will be from the Tape Recorder sockets - then select Line In on your sonos

Location: United Kingdom

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovox.png Beovox.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png
Beogram-400x.png Beogram-400x.png
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ajames
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1112 posts
Posted January 1, 2021 at 16:02 GMT
#2149202

I'm not familiar with Sonos, but it sounds like you need to get an output from one of the Tape Recorder sockets to the Line In on the Sonos - If on the Sonos they are RCA the a 5 pin din to RCA cable will do the trick if it is a 3.5mm jack then DIN to Jack. Steve should be able to help, But I am pretty sure the output will be from the Tape Recorder sockets - then select Line In on your sonos

Location: United Kingdom

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovox.png Beovox.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png
Beogram-400x.png Beogram-400x.png
Millemis
Millemis
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Posted January 6, 2021 at 10:59 GMT
#2149203

Ivan wrote:

I can now ‘play Sonos’ on the B&O speakers and ‘play B&O’ on the Sonos speakers. The surprisingly simple solution ended up being:

  • use the Tape socket on the B&O to connect to the Sonos Connect input (5 pin DIN → 4 RCA)
  • pipe the Sonos Connect output directly to line input on the B&O speakers.

Does that mean, that you don’t have the BL8000’s (PL-) connected to the Beosystem anymore?

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

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