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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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Stygi Contributor I

Using Connect:Amp speakers for home theater surrounds AND stereo music

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I’d like to set up a home theater system using an existing Connect:Amp to power the surround speakers. I understand I can bond the Connect:Amp to a Playbar to serve as the surround speakers. Once they are bonded, can I easily use them to play audio music when the Playbar is not in use?Or will I need...

sexyflanders Contributor I

WARNING: Beam does not support Dolby Digital Plus, That is a BIG deal

Word of warning for anyone looking at the Beam to start a 5.1 surround sound system, it will NOT work ideally for any streaming box except the Apple TV. I would suggest really doing your research and/or staying away from the Beam if you want a home theater solution. The Beam does not support Dolby...

marigo Contributor I

Volume has raised after paused Netflix

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For somehow the volume of the Sonos set (Beam, one’s and sub) has raised after Netflix has being paused for a while. >30minutes. The same happens when the tv is powered on. It will always start with a default volume of “ 10”.This is too loud in a small environment. It this adjustable? It should h...

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...

FrustratedCustomer1972 Contributor I

Playbase Dialog Issues

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I’ve been using my playbase as the primary speaker for watching television for several months, and I am still unable to configure it to produce proper sound for dialogue. This is extremely frustrating and disappointing. IT SUCKS! I have meddled extensively with the EQ settings, voice enhancement...

Luke H Contributor I

How I added Play 5's as Front to my Playbar and Play 1's as additional Rears for Movies with no Lip Sync Issues

Hi Guys,I just thought I’d let you all in on a little hack that I’ve found that allows you to add as many speakers as you like to the sonos playbar when watching movies with no lip sync issues. Say what now? But what about that 70m/s delay I hear you say? Well - allow me to explain. First of all - y...

tad401 Contributor I

Beam will not emit television audio

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Hi! My Beam is playing music, and will turn on and off my Samsung TV...but it isn't playing the tv sound. For just a second my TV sound plays through the TV and then stops. I am using the HDMi connection.

Alan Mead Trending Lyricist I

AMP with Bowers and Wilkins using phantom center vs. Beam

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I am currently using my AMP with Bowers and Wilkins speakers as LR and love the sound. The phantom center channel works really well for what it is. My questions are: 1. Will the Beam with Sub and two Play:3’s (I already have the Sub and Play:3’s in a different room) work better for TV and movies? An...

kljustice Contributor III

Answer truthfully, does SONOS do 5.1?

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I am a big movie watcher and I paid good money for my SONOS speakers because I wanted to have wireless 5.1 surround sound, NOT stereo surround sound. Such as if someone is behind you, you will hear footsteps behind you and not all around you, center channel included. So far I am not hearing that fro...

mystik1 Contributor I

Best Product for Voice/Dialogue Clarity

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I am debating between the PlayBase and Beam. I know the PlayBase will be a bit better quality otherwise, but voice/dialogue clarity is very important to me. It is the reason I am buying a new solution (I currently have a Sony soundbase). Form factor does not matter...either one of those two produ...

rolfr Contributor I

issues with Apple Tv audio on Sonos via Airplay2

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I’m using projector and an Apple TV HD (4th gen) for movies and streams the audio to Sonos with Apple Airplay 2. Using a pair of Sonos ones and a Sonos sub. It almost works but I’m experiencing some issues: 1..every time I turn on the Apple TV I need to select the audio output to Airplay 2. But on...

hongkien66 Contributor I

Wait for playbar 2?

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I wanted to get a Sonos playbar with a sub to make a complete 5.1 set with the stereo pair play 3 that I already owned. Should I wait for the playbar 2? Because the playbar 1 is lacking a lot of feature compared to the beam like airplay 2, hdmi arc, which is very helpful because my tv uses a RF remo...

SOCalistic Enthusiast II

No new Playbar? Really Sonos?

All this R&D on the Move which I expect to be a niche product given it's price. Meanwhile the Playbar sits at $699 with no HDMI, dated looks, no voice control, no new audio codecs. Listen to the Verge podcast where they interview the Sonos CEO. They ask him why no new Playbar and he blows it...

jale01 Contributor I

Sonos Amp and 3rd party subwoofer issue.

Hi! I am having issues connecting my Sonos Amp (Black) to my Klipsch SW-311 10-Inch Subwoofer (or vice-versa). I currently have two Klipsch speakers and the Klipsch Subwoofer connected to the Sonos Amp. Both speakers play but I am getting no sound from the subwoofer. The subwoofer is connected to t...

N OMAN Contributor I

Playbar no Dolby Digital Plus - pathetic. Any work around?

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This is terrible, surely there is some solution here?TV is a Philips 65PUS7303/12 65-Inch 4K Ultra HD Android Smart TV , and it's set up with a Sonos Playbar, Sonos Sub and x2 Play Ones.I'm now in a situation where seemingly my TV is putting out better sound that the 2000 euro Sonos set up. Will som...

Patrick82 Contributor I

Echo with music and tv

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Hi guys, I own a sonos setup since 2 weeks now. Everything worked great until begin of this week. We experience a echo with speech, this is with music and tv. Verry annoying. I can temporary fix it by disableing the surround speaker, or remove them, en add them again. But this only works voor a cou...

Kruger Contributor I

Ability to change TV Playback to 'Full' in surround sound settings

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It would be a great addition to have a ‘TV Playback’ option in the surround sound settings, in the same way that there is a ‘Music Playback’ Option that can be switched from ‘Ambient’ to ‘Full’.Often times for movies, it would better to have the surround sound speakers actually push through vocals/w...

purple72 Contributor I

TV remote not functioning fully

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Volume works properly but TV won't shut off and TV inputs do not come up.

FireStation46 Contributor I

sound too loud then too soft

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Hello all! i have the Sonos Playbar under my TV with three Sonos One in the living room. When I Play a movie with the Sonos App slider pretty low to the left of the slider, the talk level is fine but any “action” noise the volumn is deafening any suggestions on keeping the speakin/action voulmn equa...

Trevally Contributor I

Lip sync fault - Samsung QE43Q60R QLED (2019)

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The Beam has lip sync problems with the new 43’ QLED TV when audio is delivered to it in dolby. No sync error with PCM. From a cursory reading on here it seems Samsungs generally work with Sonos (ie without sync errors). Other than adjusting to PCM are there other settings I could adjust to retai...

retinadoc Contributor I

LG oled c8 tv lip sync issues are terrible!

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Can anyone tell me if the lip sync issues can be corrected with the Sonos playbar and LG Oled c8 tv? I have two LG Oleds C8 tv's with the sonos Sound bar, sub and two rears. The lip sync delay is terrible with directv and even worse on the tv's apps such as youtube, hulu, and netflix. I almost ne...

Herr_Vlad Avid Contributor I

Useful "hack" for Beam for volume control

Hi guys, So, when the TV is off, HDMI-CEC is of no use, and you can't control the volume with the remote of your TV. By sacrificing HDMI-CEC, you lose the option turn off TV, and some other useful bits, BUT... if you program the IR sensor to work with your TV's remote, you can use it for volume co...

lewisbarrow1 Contributor I

use amp to power rear speakers

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Im looking to set up my home cinema. Can I use my amp to power two rear surround speakers and a third party subwoofer, while using two “Ones” for the front left/right? Or a play5 for the front? Thanks, Lewis

grant.bo Contributor I

Projector + Play 5 + Chromecast

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I have an epson VS250 that is currently running a chrome cast out of the HDMI port on the back of the projector. I am running a 3.5mm to (red & white) RCA which is directly plugged into my play 5 with line in turned on. I haven’t been able to get any sound out of the play 5. I’d be super appreci...

michaelghayes Contributor I

Music mode for surround sound setup

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I have a beam, sub and 2 ones setup in a surround sound setup for my TV. It works great for movies and for playing music directly through sonos. The issue I am having is that I watch a lot of music videos on my TV. When listing to music I use the 'full' rather than using the surrounds for ambiant...

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