Airport to HDMI Switch to Sonos Playbar?

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Airport to HDMI Switch to Sonos Playbar?

I have a Monoprice 4x1 HDMI® Switch with Analog, Digital Coaxial, and Digital Optical Audio Outputs. The Switch receives sound from my Roku (through HDMI cable) and sends it to a Sonos Playbar (through Toslink cable). Can I do the same with an Airport; that is, can I connect the AirPort to the HDMI-in port on the Switch so the Switch can transmit sound to the Playbar? If so, what cord would I use to connect the AirPort and the Switch? (For those who don't know, the Sonos Playbar doesn't have a line-in port, so the Airport can't be plugged directly into the Playbar. I am trying to work around this so I can use the Playbar to play all sounds from my computers, not just the limited options on the Sonos app.) Thank you.

Posted on Jun 28, 2017 6:03 AM

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Answer 1

Bob Timmons

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Jun 28, 2017 7:59 AM in response to A8791

can I connect the AirPort to the HDMI-in port on the Switch so the Switch can transmit sound to the Playbar?

If you had a custom cable, I suppose you could connect the Airport to the HDMI in port, but even if you did this, it will not work.......since the AirPort provides only an analog audio signal or a Toslink optical digital signal, neither of which would be recognized by the HDMI port on the switch.

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A8791 Author

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Jun 28, 2017 7:40 AM in response to Bob Timmons

What about Airport to something like this (Amazon.com: Monoprice 105971 Component YPbPr and S/PDIF Digital Coaxial/Optical Toslink Audio to HDMI Converter: Home Au…) to Monoprice HDMI Switch to Sonos Playbar?

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A8791 Author

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Jun 28, 2017 6:41 AM in response to Bob Timmons

OK, thank you. My Switch has only HDMI inputs. So, I would need an intermediary between the AirPort and the Playbar that has Toslink or analog audio inputs? Not sure if that exists, but I can look.

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Bob Timmons

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Jun 28, 2017 6:51 AM in response to A8791

Might be some possibilities here:

Amazon.com: rca to hdmi audio converter

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Answer 5

Bob Timmons

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Jun 28, 2017 7:58 AM in response to A8791

In theory, this would work. In practice, you won't know until you try. You will of course need a mini Toslink cable from the Airport Express to the converter.

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A8791 Author

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Jun 28, 2017 7:58 AM in response to Bob Timmons

OK, thank you very much for your help. I may give this a try.

Any ideas from anyone else are appreciated.

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