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Sonos Playbar ir question
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| Topic: | Sonos Playbar ir question This thread has 20 replies. Displaying posts 1 through 15. |
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| Post 1 made on Tuesday August 22, 2017 at 12:46 |
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I have to add an ir emitter to a PB for control system. The PB is wall mounted under a TV. The front ir window on the PB works for TV volume but the sensor window on the rear doesn't. They look identical.
Does anyone know how to make the rear window accept ir signals? If the PB were to be flat mounted (ie: in front of a TV on a dresser) the sensor that is exposed would be the one I'm trying to use so the emitter isn't seen. Does the PB have some kind of internal sensor that knows whether it's wall mounted or not? I do remember at some point you had a choice to say it was wall mounted in the setup menu.
Well, hopefully I'll hear back form some of you. In the mean time a call to Sonos will be next. TIA
So much for Sonos tech number.....1 hour estimated wait time!!! Does anyone know if they have a dealer tech number for direct dealers? PM me if they do!
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| Post 2 made on Tuesday August 22, 2017 at 12:56 |
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What control system?
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| OP | Post 3 made on Tuesday August 22, 2017 at 12:59 |
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On August 22, 2017 at 12:56, Fins said...
What control system? Total Control, no ir output from remote. Really just need to get ir to the rear PB so it looks cleaner than emitter on the front.
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| Post 4 made on Tuesday August 22, 2017 at 13:48 |
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Don't they have a sonos driver that will do what you want, without an emitter?
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| OP | Post 5 made on Tuesday August 22, 2017 at 14:50 |
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On August 22, 2017 at 13:48, Fins said...
Don't they have a sonos driver that will do what you want, without an emitter? Not sure I'd trust it, seeing as Sonos does updates and usually breaks drivers
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| Post 6 made on Tuesday August 22, 2017 at 16:08 |
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The Volume Command has been the same since it came out. If you use MAC address reservations, and slow down the repeats, it works fine. I have about 15-20 in the field with Total Control using IP.
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| Post 7 made on Tuesday August 22, 2017 at 16:14 |
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Believe one or the other is masked depending on orientation- have tried in the past with no love.
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| OP | Post 8 made on Tuesday August 22, 2017 at 16:25 |
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On August 22, 2017 at 16:14, Don Heany said...
Believe one or the other is masked depending on orientation- have tried in the past with no love. That's what I was thinking. Whichever "window" is facing the room is the one it accepts ir from.....too bad
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| Post 9 made on Wednesday August 23, 2017 at 15:29 |
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the urc sonos driver is not reliable. i would go with the emitter, even if it is fugly.
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| Post 10 made on Wednesday August 23, 2017 at 16:34 |
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The SONOS bar senses the position it is in and turns one window on and shuts off the other. I have already gone through this.
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| Post 11 made on Wednesday August 23, 2017 at 17:41 |
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On August 23, 2017 at 16:34, cma said...
The SONOS bar senses the position it is in and turns one window on and shuts off the other. I have already gone through this. Sometimes it boggles the mind what the engineers feel is needed. Why go to this trouble and why not just let both IR windows work? If you are in charge of designing a product, you must then go into the field and install a dozen units to make sure what you're thinking is relevant. They could ask us but what do we know, we just install and setup the equipment everyday, how could we help? They're all idiots.
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| Post 12 made on Wednesday August 23, 2017 at 18:12 |
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On August 23, 2017 at 17:41, kgossen said...
Sometimes it boggles the mind what the engineers feel is needed. Why go to this trouble and why not just let both IR windows work?
If you are in charge of designing a product, you must then go into the field and install a dozen units to make sure what you're thinking is relevant.
They could ask us but what do we know, we just install and setup the equipment everyday, how could we help? They're all idiots. Well. Just maybe if both windows picked up the IR signal yet a small time apart, the equipment it is repeating it to would ignore the signal. Seeing it as noise. I've witnessed this with doors open on a cabinet. IR remote IR repeater system Stuff won't work Close the door and all is good.
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| Post 13 made on Wednesday August 23, 2017 at 19:24 |
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On August 23, 2017 at 18:12, ShaferCustoms said...
Well.
Just maybe if both windows picked up the IR signal yet a small time apart, the equipment it is repeating it to would ignore the signal. Seeing it as noise.
I've witnessed this with doors open on a cabinet.
IR remote
IR repeater system
Stuff won't work
Close the door and all is good. Sonos isn't repeating the IR to other equipment. It's adjusting the volume on the sound bar. Period.
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| Post 14 made on Wednesday August 23, 2017 at 20:42 |
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On August 23, 2017 at 19:24, Fins said...
Sonos isn't repeating the IR to other equipment. It's adjusting the volume on the sound bar. Period. Shafer is right about the concurrent inputs.
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| Post 15 made on Wednesday August 23, 2017 at 21:02 |
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On August 23, 2017 at 18:12, ShaferCustoms said...
Well.
Just maybe if both windows picked up the IR signal yet a small time apart, the equipment it is repeating it to would ignore the signal. Seeing it as noise.
I've witnessed this with doors open on a cabinet.
IR remote
IR repeater system
Stuff won't work
Close the door and all is good. My quickest service call was an open cabinet when using an IR system. I could see it over the clients shoulder as he opened the door. Cheap bastard called the office right after I left to cancel the service call. So yeah, a direct shot of IR and a reflection could easily create havoc.
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