Newbie to Wiim needing purchase suggestions

[GeauxDeaux]

Hello everyone, as the title mentioned, I’m new to Wiim and needing some guidance. My home came with 5 passive speakers in the living room ceiling and 2 in the outdoor kitchen. All 7 speaker wires terminate in the living room near the tv. I can easily connect the living room tv to a receiver via HDMI. The outdoor kitchen tv is where my problem lies. I have no feasible way to run a hdmi from the outdoor tv to a receiver inside but I’d like to be able to play the tv audio through the 2 outdoor ceiling speakers for sports and movies. Speaking to several people trying to figure out a solution is what brought me to Wiim. One solution that was proposed was to hook up a basic 2 zone receiver to all 7 speakers with the two outside speakers as zone 2. Then connect a WIIM streamer to zone 2 of the AVR to wirelessly stream TV audio from the outdoor tv via the Wiim through the AVR to the 2 outdoor speakers. My question is this, can I wirelessly connect directly from the outdoor TV to the wiim or do I need to purchase a second Wiim device to hook to the outdoor TV as well? Also, should I run into lip sync issues going this route? Appreciate the help and I’m open to any other suggestions that may work better.

 

[Wiimer]

Hello everyone, as the title mentioned, I’m new to Wiim and needing some guidance. My home came with 5 passive speakers in the living room ceiling and 2 in the outdoor kitchen. All 7 speaker wires terminate in the living room near the tv. I can easily connect the living room tv to a receiver via HDMI. The outdoor kitchen tv is where my problem lies. I have no feasible way to run a hdmi from the outdoor tv to a receiver inside but I’d like to be able to play the tv audio through the 2 outdoor ceiling speakers for sports and movies. Speaking to several people trying to figure out a solution is what brought me to Wiim. One solution that was proposed was to hook up a basic 2 zone receiver to all 7 speakers with the two outside speakers as zone 2. Then connect a WIIM streamer to zone 2 of the AVR to wirelessly stream TV audio from the outdoor tv via the Wiim through the AVR to the 2 outdoor speakers. My question is this, can I wirelessly connect directly from the outdoor TV to the wiim or do I need to purchase a second Wiim device to hook to the outdoor TV as well? Also, should I run into lip sync issues going this route? Appreciate the help and I’m open to any other suggestions that may work better.

Hi

I may not have understood your post very well, but is there any reason to connect 2 outdoor speakers to Zone 2 of the AVR?

Place the WiiM Amp next to the AVR and connect the 2 speakers to the Amp. Connect the Optical-Out of the outdoor TV to the WiiM Pro; if you create a multi-room group with the Amp and Pro, the TV audio will be output from the 2 speakers through the Amp. Yes, 2 WiiMs are required.

The minimum audio delay during multi-room playback is 70 ms.

 

[GeauxDeaux]

Hi

I may not have understood your post very well, but is there any reason to connect 2 outdoor speakers to Zone 2 of the AVR?

Place the WiiM Amp next to the AVR and connect the 2 speakers to the Amp. Connect the Optical-Out of the outdoor TV to the WiiM Pro; if you create a multi-room group with the Amp and Pro, the TV audio will be output from the 2 speakers through the Amp. Yes, 2 WiiMs are required.

The minimum audio delay during multi-room playback is 70 ms.

Thanks for the reply! I was going to run the outdoor speakers through zone 2 of the AVR so I could also play the same music through all 7 speakers as well as separate for the outdoor TV.
Forgive the basic question, but I’m assuming 70ms is too much of a delay for watching sports or movies?

 

[Wiimer]

Thanks for the reply! I was going to run the outdoor speakers through zone 2 of the AVR so I could also play the same music through all 7 speakers as well as separate for the outdoor TV.
Forgive the basic question, but I’m assuming 70ms is too much of a delay for watching sports or movies?

When connecting the WiiM to Zone 2 of the AVR, there is an audio delay. Probably around 50 ms. If you can set the distance of the Zone 2 speaker in the AVR speaker settings, this delay could be eliminated by setting a longer distance.

However, in your case you could try a wireless HDMI transmitter first.

The 70 ms audio delay is hardly noticeable if you are not playing games - please try watching this video with Bluetooth headphones or similar to see how much the delay affects you.

 

[GeauxDeaux]

So you think I’d be better off trying a wireless hdmi transmitter first before trying the two wiims? And if that doesn’t work then use the two wiims to go through zone 2 of the AVR and hopefully be able to adjust the delay through the AVR?
Are there any better options that won’t introduce a delay? Someone else mentioned hooking up a cheap Sonos soundbar to the outdoor tv and pair it with a Sonos port to the AVR or Sonos amp to the outdoor speakers. I’m not sure if Sonos would create a delay as well but I’d prefer to go with wiim if possible

 

[Wiimer]

So you think I’d be better off trying a wireless hdmi transmitter first before trying the two wiims? And if that doesn’t work then use the two wiims to go through zone 2 of the AVR and hopefully be able to adjust the delay through the AVR?
Are there any better options that won’t introduce a delay? Someone else mentioned hooking up a cheap Sonos soundbar to the outdoor tv and pair it with a Sonos port to the AVR or Sonos amp to the outdoor speakers. I’m not sure if Sonos would create a delay as well but I’d prefer to go with wiim if possible

There are of course many possible ways to do this. Unfortunately I have never used Sonos so I don't know.

One way is to connect a low latency HDMI transmitter (maybe around 80ms) to the TV, send audio to the AVR. And connect the WiiM to the analog digital input of the AVR. Then connect 7 speakers to the AVR.

In this case you will not have audio sync issues, at least when listening to music. Also, the AVR can control almost everything.