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Discuss Beam, Playbar, Playbase, and the entire Sonos home theater experience. How do you set up a Sonos 5.1 system? Which Sonos work with your TV? Ask your home theater questions here.

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Enabling CEC on your TV for Beam

Sonos Beam, the smart, compact soundbar for your TV is now available. We've collected some of the best resources for Beam in the thread here...
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If you're experiencing audio delay issues, read this

I've been living with lip sync issues (audio behind the video) since I got my Playbar about a year ago but I finally decided to do something...
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Home Theater and Television Recommendation Megathread

Looking for information on Sonos home theater setups? Find answers about surround sound, Dolby Digital, TV recommendations, and all the rest...
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jasperendenyse Contributor I

HDMI to Optical-audio-adapter for Playbar

Can the HDMI to Optical-audio adapter for Beam be used to connect the Playbar to a HDMI port?

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Hoogie Avid Contributor I

Beam setup - confirming 5.1 is being sent and received correctly

Hello, This evening I have unboxed and setup my Beam system. I have done this after reading about issues some TV's have passing through DD 5.1 signals, as a result I wanted to get some feedback and confirm my system is setup correctly and that my TV is correctly sending DD 5.1 to the Beam from othe...

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Wireless headphones for use with Playbar?

I know there are lots of topics on this, but they are all old. Any news on getting wireless headphones to work with playbar/sub? There is no way to listen to the tv privately with sonos at this point.

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MikeConnelly Enthusiast I

Feature Request: Enable Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3 or DD+) for Better Audio Quality

This feature request is for Sonos support Dolby Digital Plus, also known as E-AC-3 or DD+. This would permit a higher quality audio experience when watching surround sound-enabled videos. Sonos currently supports PCM stereo and Dolby Digital (AC-3) surround sound. This made sense for the Playbar an...

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jdsantaclarita Contributor I

Best way to integrate sonos system with 5.1 wired home theater system?
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Hi all- I’ve been using Sonos products for a while and we’ve got a plethora of it all from Ones to 5’s to Beams and a connect:amp which powers outside speakers. We have 2 main uses, home theater and streaming music via our iPhones to any and all of the speakers depending on where we are around the h...

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SRutland Contributor III

Adding Non-Sonos Speakers to Beam/Sub/Ones Home Theatre setup
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Have a Beam, Sub and 2 Ones as rear surrounds in my home theatre setup. The Beam's really not cutting it compared to having two floor standing speakers as front left and rights, especially when just listening to music. I'd like to add 2 decent floor standing speakers. Am I right in thinking the o...

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User660879 Avid Contributor I

No speech from rear speakers
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I have a soundbar and 2 play:1' s connected to my samsung tv. What i find when watching channels lije the news m is that speech only comes from the soundbar and the rear play:1's are quiet. Then the adverts come on the tv, the speech is replaced by music and the rear speakers come alive and ive go...

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pasiukch Contributor I

Beam suddenly doesn't turn to on or off

When I first installed the beam I was able to turn on and off my TV through the Alexa and Arc HDMI port. Now however I get the error message "sorry the hub that device tv is connected to is no longer responding, please check that connection and power supply. The beam and tv are connected to the int...

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Stéphane Lenclud Trending Lyricist I

Sony UBP-X800 missing Dolby Digital 5.1 option

Sony UBP-X800 does not have an option to force usage of Dolby Digital 5.1, unlike the now discontinued Samsung BD players. Is there any chance of getting someone at Sonos to talk to the guys at Sony, asking them to add that option to their current range of BD players? Sonos, either that or please...

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KevWill894 Contributor I

Sonos Playbase Treble Issues?
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Has anyone noticed harsh treble, when using the Sonos Playbase?

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User584043 Contributor II

Surround Sound not playing all speakers
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My apologies if this has already been asked, but I'm having trouble getting sound on a couple of built-in speakers. I have Sonos speakers in most rooms of my house, but my family room and kitchen both have built-in speakers in the ceiling that are powered by a Sonos Amp and Preamp (?) that run throu...

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DirkP Contributor I

Sonos AMP Center Channel

I am very excited to try the new Sonos AMP but dont understand how to drive a center channel. Under the description it states you can have a phantom center channel but is this a phantom using the L and R or can it actually drive a center channel speaker across the R and L outputs?

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ninja2 Trending Lyricist I

New Playbase: Sony Bravia TV message "TV Volume is Fixed"

I've just setup a new Playbase and all went smoothly, with just one small exception. When I change volume and use the mute key the TV shows this message "TV Volume is Fixed". My Playbase volume is adjusting correctly, and my TV speakers are setup to be off. (That is how I want it - the TV speakers a...

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filwud Contributor I

Playbar bracket changes left and right
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With the playbar standing under TV on shelf the connections are at the back/bottom. If I mount playbar on the TV stand bracket all the pictures show the connections at the bottom with the wide aluminum strip with sonos logo at the bottom. This means the playbar is the opposite way round to standing...

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ParryHotter Contributor I

DTS Incompatibility Solutions (sort of)

It's now early April of 2019. Just a week ago I purchased the Sonos Playbase via used. (Sorry Sonos, your product pricing is uncommonly steep compared to most.) I thought I did my research well enough and found the Playbase to meet my needs. In regards to it's sound within the soace I live in it's...

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cshinn Contributor III

Apple TV 4K 5th Generation Remote Controlling Sonos PLAYBAR Volume
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The Sonos instructions to use the Apple TV 4th Generation remote to control volume on the PLAYBAR don't seem to work with the new 4K 5th Generation Apple TV. Has anyone gotten the remote to work to control the volume on the PLAYBAR (without ALSO turning up the volume on the TV itself)??

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kmpowell Contributor I

Sony X800 - option to convert DTS > DD?

Can anybody here confirm if the Sony UBP-X800 has a menu option which allows us Sonos users to convert DTS to DD5.1, so we can output to a playbase (that's connected via optical from TV). The UBP-X800 would be connected directly to the TV via HDMI? If it makes any difference, my TV is a Sony XD93.

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Deez72 Contributor III

Turn Beam off
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Alright, not sure if anyone but me wants to do this, but I want to be able to turn off my Beam and paired Ones. I do not always need surround sound. Is it possible to turn the Beam and Ones off, and just use the factory TV speakers?

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ncmeijer Contributor I

LG OLED55C8PLA SONOS 5.1 problem

I recently bought the LG OLED55C8PLA and connected it via optical cable to my Playbar with sub and two sonos 1s. I have apple tv4k in hmdi 1, a samsung blueray dvd player in hdmi 2 and Nintendo switch in hdmi 3 Can anyone guide me through the set up process how to get the best surround sound experi...

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jay.shen Contributor I

How to hook Sonos Connect with Denon AVR-3312

Hi, Just got a Sonos Connect, attempting to hook it with Denon AVR-3312, to play Sonos music to those speakers (Sonance) wired to Denon AVR. I ordered the digital optical audio cable and need some help as to how to hook the cable between Sonos Connect and Denon AVR using the digital optical audio...

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Ron Miller Trending Lyricist I

Airplay 2: DD 5.1 format supported by Sonos 5.1 system?
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Hello everyone, I would need your help, please! I was wondering if the Dolby Digital 5.1 format is supported by my Sonos Home Theater system. I stream Netflix content from my Apple TV 4th gen, video sent to a video projector via HDMI and send the audio to my Sonos via AirPlay 2. I have 1 playbase,...

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VintageAudio Contributor I

Audio optical switch (not splitter) to feed Sonos or AV receiver
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Greetings, first time poster. I thought I had a simple solution to the lack of a headphone connection in my Sonos setup. And I was not interested in spending money on a Connect if I didn't need to. Why not, I thought, have an optical audio switch in line before the signal goes to the Playbase? So...

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Prodan Contributor II

If you're experiencing audio delay issues, read this

I've been living with lip sync issues (audio behind the video) since I got my Playbar about a year ago but I finally decided to do something about it. After multiple conversations with Sonos support and the LG's support people (they kept blaming each other for the audio delay), I decided to email So...

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Ottersly Contributor I

Firestick > Beam > Projector?
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Hi all. I currently have a Samsung TV (Samsung UE40H6700) which I have connected to a Samsung Soundbar (Samsung HWF751). Occasionally, we use a projector (BenQ W1210ST) by connecting a FireStick to the Soundbar HDMI IN, and then connecting the Soundbar HDMI OUT to the Projector. This all works we...

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MikeErickson Contributor I

Remote control set up for Playbar
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How do I set up a 2nd remote control to control the volume of the playbar?

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