Skip to main content
tuxbear
Contributor I
April 12, 2019
Answered

5.1 Playbar: Possible to play stereo sound in back speakers?

I have a home theater setup with a playbar, sub and two Ones are backspeakers. My TV passes through sound signals from the top set box via s/pdif, and it works fine for both 5.1 signals and stereo, but I have one "feature request", I guess.

My seating is quite far from the TV and Playbar, and at night I would want to hear the sound from TV-channels that only send stereo in the back speakers (I'm close to them). This way I won't have to turn the volume up so high to hear dialoge.

Any way to make this happen, like with the music feature?
    This topic has been closed for further comments. You can use the search bar to find a similar topic, or create a new one by clicking Create Topic at the top of the page.
    Airgetlam
    AirgetlamAnswer
    April 12, 2019
    Not currently, no. It's been asked for as a feature request before, so the team is aware of the desire.
    Bruce
    View in thread

    5 replies

    Airgetlam
    AirgetlamAnswer
    April 12, 2019
    Not currently, no. It's been asked for as a feature request before, so the team is aware of the desire.
    Bruce
      Ravica3
      Chromatic Producer I
      April 13, 2019
      Not currently, no....

      I was really hoping to see a different answer here.
      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      April 13, 2019
      I could lie to you, if that would make you feel better.
      Bruce
        Keith N
        Keith N
        Sonos Staff
        April 15, 2019
        I have a Nintendo Switch set on a 5.1 setup, however I can only use a stereo signal out to Sonos. After re-configuring my surrounds (a la remove and re-add), I was able to achieve a similar effect to what you were looking for.

        In this case, I selected the furthest distance when it asked how far my surrounds are from my "seating area". This causes Sonos to pipe in a little more to the surrounds (since it thinks its further than it actually is) allowing you to get a similar "dual-stereo" effect in smaller environments. While it may not be a perfect solution, I know I'm definitely enjoying MarioKart a little bit more. 🙂

        Hope you find this helpful!
        Building community is like building a garden. You build the frame, till the ground, plant the seeds, feed the plants & sometimes you gotta pull the weeds.
        Ken_Griffiths
        Ken_Griffiths
        April 15, 2019
        Just to add to Keith's solution, in the App's PlayBar 'room' settings, goto 'Advanced Audio/Surround Settings' and try adjusting the TV Level slider bar to see if that also helps get a little more audio out to your surrounds.
          Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement