Mainly using aux in

[Steve Woodhouse]

I have an old Sonos under the TV in the kitchen. Its primary use is to play audio from the TV (through the Sonos’s aux in), as the TV’s audio isn’t great. Occasionally I use it for music.

Anyway, the Sonos is on its last legs, so I’m thinking of getting a WiiM Sound (Lite?) to replace it.

Questions. At the moment I just leave my Sonos as is, and whenever I turn the TV on I get the TV’s sound without having to switch to it on the Sonos, as long as the last use wasn’t for music. In other words, if I set the Sonos to aux in, it stays at aux in, even when not in use. Will a WiiM Sound do the same? And is the WiiM effectively always ‘on’, or do you have to turn it on every time you use it?

Second question, I’m guessing the TV has Bluetooth out (I should probably check). If I connect the TV to the WiiM using Bluetooth, same question as above - will it revert to last input.

What I don’t want it is tell the rest of the family they need to install the app and manually select aux in (or Bluetooth in) every time they come home and turn the telly on.

Thank you.

 

[Burnside]

Like its siblings, the Sound/ Sound Lite have auto-sense for linein. You can leave them on and they'll go into standby after a selected period. I'd expect them to auto-connect when the tv is turned on, but I think you'd need to choose Bluetooth input if you were using that. @Wiimer probably has a better memory than mine when it comes to such matters

 

[Wiimer]

Like its siblings, the Sound/ Sound Lite have auto-sense for linein. You can leave them on and they'll go into standby after a selected period. I'd expect them to auto-connect when the tv is turned on, but I think you'd need to choose Bluetooth input if you were using that. @Wiimer probably has a better memory than mine when it comes to such matters

Thanks for waking me up before I went to sleep.

@Steve Woodhouse,

Yes, thanks to the Auto-sensing AUX in, sound will come from the WiiM Sound a few seconds after your TV starts outputting audio. If the WiiM Sound's input is Wi-Fi, it will automatically switch to AUX in.

I can’t say for sure about Bluetooth without trying it, but I think if you switch the TV to Bluetooth output, it will connect to the WiiM Sound. Please try it with your WiiM Mini.

 

[Burnside]

Thanks for waking me up before I went to sleep.

Sweet dreams

 

[BMeek]

I have an old Sonos under the TV in the kitchen. Its primary use is to play audio from the TV (through the Sonos’s aux in), as the TV’s audio isn’t great. Occasionally I use it for music.

Anyway, the Sonos is on its last legs, so I’m thinking of getting a WiiM Sound (Lite?) to replace it.

While there's nothing wrong with a good aux line-in connection, I always prefer to see TV audio travel to an external device via HDMI. Your post gave me an idea for a WiiM soundbar-killer variant of the WiiM Sound - the [TV] WiiM SoundCenter.

Hear me out - add an HDMI ARC input (ideally with a proper AV SoC and HDMI output/passthrough), and if installed stand-alone, it optimizes the Left Right and Center channel signals for optimal TV listening with spiffy optional presets (News, Action, Music, etc). Include an Ethernet switch (1-in, 2-out) so that additional WiiM devices can be reliably connected for mains and sub, etc. Wi-Fi connected surrounds might actually be able to work well from there.

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What I don’t want it is tell the rest of the family they need to install the app and manually select aux in (or Bluetooth in) every time they come home and turn the telly on.

this is the key! They need only notice better sound.

 

[Mr Ee]

Yes, thanks to the Auto-sensing AUX in, sound will come from the WiiM Sound a few seconds after your TV starts outputting audio

Except...

The aux in auto sensing doesn't work if you use the remote to put the Sound to sleep.
Apparently this is by design.

 

[Wiimer]

Except...

The aux in auto sensing doesn't work if you use the remote to put the Sound to sleep.
Apparently this is by design.

I didn't know that. Thanks.
So, he need go with Sound Lite.