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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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Tips & Tricks Understanding Surround Sound and Sonos

Understanding Surround Sound and Sonos

This article will help clarify what surround sound is, and answer some common questions about using Sonos surround sound setups. So if you’re wondering: Why don’t I hear anything from the rear speakers? How do I make surrounds louder? My surrounds aren’t working? Or something of that nature, this th...

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Beam, Playbase or Playbar with 2 sonos ones?
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Hello, I have few questions. Right now I have 2 ones and a sub. I want to add beam or playbase or playbar. Which of these do you recommend for a 5.1 setting and playing music? I have a 30m2 living room. The center speaker is only for vocal right? So it’s not important how the sound quality of this c...

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LG magic remote - playbar loses connection all the time.
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Hi! I have a LG OLED55B7 with a magic remote and a playbar. I’ve configured the remote to work with the Playbar a few times now, but i stops working after a while. It’s like the playbar resets itself. Sometimes it starts working again after I hit mute or unmute. But that only works once or twice, th...

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speaker group for TV no longer working
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Watched a movie last night, no problems with sound. This morning the sound does not work. Both the speaker bar and sub have power. The room group (Family room) is no longer visible under "rooms" in the app. My other two speaker groups in other rooms are visible and work fine. I have unplugged or res...

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Volume controls of Beam go out of sync with Panasonic TV remote
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I’ve got a Sonos Beam connected via HDMI ARC to my Panasonic TX-48CX400B tv.  Its all working fine however randomly while working, the volume control on the remote will no longer work on the Beam and reverts back to the TV volume (which is always at zero).  From then on, I can only control the Beam...

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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 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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Sonos Architectural (in ceiling) for surround
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I have seen posts from users putting these up.    Can anyone share their experience from using these for surround with the AMP?   I will be using these with a Sonos Sub for my living room in a new house because I am hoping the pivoting woofers etc. and true play will help solve some of the typical i...

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HDMI Switch with PC
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I have a HMDI switch that functions as an audio extractor to connect to my Sonos PlayBase.  I also have 2x Sonos 1s for surround and Alexa usage.  One of the HDMI connections through the switch goes to a HTPC (Intel NUC).   The other goes to a NVIDIA Shield.  What seems to happen is...  If I have it...

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Sonos Beam wont recognize Optical audio from Apple TV 3rd Gen
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I’m trying to connect the optical audio output from an Apple TV 3rd Gen to the HDMI input on the Beam using the supplied optical to HDMI ARC converter. However the Sonos TV set up tells me there is no connection. Any ideas what wrong? By the way, the reason I’m wanting to feed the Apple TV optical d...

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Sonos Beam with no audio
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Hey all, I am a newbie on this stuff, so please be kind.  I recently purchased a cheap LG tv, which of course, has terrible internal speakers.  With my old TV, I used an older soundbar that connected via Dig 3.5 mm cable, which worked well. This new LG, of course, has no such port. I tried connectin...

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beam placement
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Can I have my Sonos beam to the right of my tv?

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Magnus Torndahl Contributor I

Inget ljud från vissa appar i TV:n
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Hej. Har nyligen investerat i sonos beam samt bas och ljudet är enormt bra. Dock så får jag inte ljudet att fungera från vissa filmappar som är inbyggd i vår nya tv - en samsung 7 serie. Hyr film i apple appen men får inte ut ljudet i sonos utan det blir tyst, switchar till tv ljud o det fungerar di...

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Scheduling Night mode sound for TV

Is it possible to schedule the night mode sound setting. I would be nice to switch at 09:00PM till 09:00AM to night mode, and the other time in normal mode.

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Volume difference when switching between TV and music
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There is a significant difference in volume when switching from TV to music on my soundbar, ones, sub 5.1 system. Comfortable listening on the TV becomes way to loud when switching over to music. Have to remember to turn down the volume when switching over. Is there any way to adjust this so the vol...

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Can I connect the 5.1 Surround set to TV without different cables?
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Hello guys!   is it possible to connect multiple Sonos speakers, for instance Beam, Sub, Sonos SL, to a Samsung TV with just one HDMI-cable instead of many?   thanks!

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Static noise coming from playbar at times
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I own brand new playbar, not even a month old, and I had a static noise. I told the store I bought it from and they replaced it, but the new one made the same noise right away. It's connected to a Toshiba Fire TV through the digital output. I have only noticed the noise when watching Netflix. and I...

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Sonos Port on my network causes audio sync issues with Apple TV
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Hi, I’ve recently bought a Sonos Port, and it’s inexplicably causing audio visual sync issue between my Apple TV 4K and speakers despite not being used as a pathway between them.  My setup  Apple TV 4K into Sony TV via HDMI.  Sony TV into active speakers via optical.  Sonos Port into active speakers...

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rossveitch_2 Contributor I

onos Playbar + Nvidia Shield TV Pro 2019 = Dolby Digital 5.1 from Plex / Netflix / Prime Video / Kodi apps

[ X-posted from /r/sonos forum on Reddit ] I'm a long suffering Sonos Playbar owner who has wasted a lot of time and money trying to get 5.1 surround sound working from my Nvidia Shield TV 2015 edition. From the number of posts on the Sonos and Nvidia user forums I'm clearly not alone.Last week I pi...

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rtennien Contributor I

no sound when playing DVD
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 I am getting no sound from my Samsung DVD player when playing a movie.  Picture comes in fine on the TV just no sound. When I first set my Sonos play bar it played the sound of the movies.  Then I set up my Amazon Alexa and after that I was un able to get my DVD to play sound .

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Rhinor Contributor I

Dolby digital plus
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 Will sonos be updating software? I have a sonos beam and two surround ones. Supposed to be great for films. Very disappointed. The sound is dropped when i go to watch a film on netflix as apparently Dolby dig + isn't supported. Why o why  haven't sonos sorted this for what must be the largest film...

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ronanc122 Contributor I

Audio output discrepancies between Beam and Playbar
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I am perplexed by this issue I am having with playing movies that have DTS soundtracks via a single Plex Media Server, on two identical Sony Android TVs. If I play a movie to one TV connected to my Playbar it downmixes the audio track and plays fine, but playing the same movie to an identical TV in...

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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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LeeBo Contributor II

LG tv settings? always out if sync
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I’m having a problem (I’ve posted about it before last year)   I can’t get lip sync right - or if I do, it’s only for one source, so if I changed to Netflix from sky HD - then I would have to readjust the audio delay each time.   I have an LG (LG 850) tv - to get sky in sync - I have to set the tv a...

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Purpledread Contributor I

Soundbar Volume dropping on TV
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My system has worked for years, but last night we were watching a movie from AppleTV and the Sonos volume kept dropping every few seconds.    I increase the volume and it drops right back down. 

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Sony Bravia and sound dropout issues
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Hi, I just purchased the Sony Bravia XBR-65X850D and hooked it up to my exisiting 5.1 Sonos Surround sound that I was using with my previous TV. I have two play 3s I'm using as the the rears, the playbar for my fronts and center, and the sonos sub. But I'm getting sound drop outs. It doesn't mat...

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