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User312124
Contributor I
November 25, 2013
Question

How to Sync the Sonos Surround sound with tv display.

Is there a way to sync my Playbar, Sub Woofer and two Sonos 1's surround sound system with the video content? It seems to be just a tad off: like one-tenth of a second.
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    User587341
    Lyricist I
    October 28, 2014
    Hello, 

    Sure it is possible, go to the Sonos Settings, PLAYBAR Room Settings > Select Advanced Audio -> TV Dialog Settings > Audio Delay (Lip Sync).

    Drag your finger across the slider to increase or decrease the sound delay if the image and the sound are not in sync.
    tried that...didn't work. video is ahead of sound. slider only delays audio more. No settings for TV to delay video (or audio). It's so annoying i'm thinking of disconnecting Playbar and going back to speakers. (They are in sync)
    smoki666
    Lyricist III
    December 24, 2014
    Hello, 

    Sure it is possible, go to the Sonos Settings, PLAYBAR Room Settings > Select Advanced Audio -> TV Dialog Settings > Audio Delay (Lip Sync).

    Drag your finger across the slider to increase or decrease the sound delay if the image and the sound are not in sync.
    This worked for me, thank you!
    Frank_43
    Avid Contributor I
    December 24, 2014
    Hello, 

    Sure it is possible, go to the Sonos Settings, PLAYBAR Room Settings > Select Advanced Audio -> TV Dialog Settings > Audio Delay (Lip Sync).

    Drag your finger across the slider to increase or decrease the sound delay if the image and the sound are not in sync.
    Got the same problem as User587341. The sound is behind the video and I can only choose to delay it even more. Default should be in the middle to increase or decrease the sound delay.
    Tom_121
    Lyricist I
    January 7, 2015
    Hello, 

    Sure it is possible, go to the Sonos Settings, PLAYBAR Room Settings > Select Advanced Audio -> TV Dialog Settings > Audio Delay (Lip Sync).

    Drag your finger across the slider to increase or decrease the sound delay if the image and the sound are not in sync.
    I have this same problem as User587341 with sound slightly behind video and no option to speed it up just delay it.  It says this question has been answered but as far as I can see there is no solution to this.  Has anyone solved this?  Can anyone from Sonos help?
    Steve_34
    Lyricist I
    March 12, 2015
    Hello, 

    Sure it is possible, go to the Sonos Settings, PLAYBAR Room Settings > Select Advanced Audio -> TV Dialog Settings > Audio Delay (Lip Sync).

    Drag your finger across the slider to increase or decrease the sound delay if the image and the sound are not in sync.
    The problem is the audio has to go into the Sonos system, be processed and then broadcast wirelessly to the speakers. Hence it is going as fast as it can, you cannot speed it up. It needs a delay on the TV picture to bring it in sync. Have exactly the same problem with my hifi. Found a speaker to phono converter that allows both the speakers and the phono together, but due to the above the speakers and sonos are out of sync by a few beats.
    Ben Garcia
    Lyricist I
    July 10, 2015
    I have a Samsung UHD TV (6500 series) and I found a sound delay adjustment that I lowered to zero and now the Sonos Playbar is in sync!
    willskinner51
    Lyricist I
    July 11, 2015
    I have a Samsung UHD TV (6500 series) and I found a sound delay adjustment that I lowered to zero and now the Sonos Playbar is in sync!
    Does all HD Samsung T'S have a sound delay adjustment option. Cheers
    nmrose
    Avid Contributor I
    March 3, 2016
    [quote=Steve_34]It needs a delay on the TV picture to bring it in sync.

    Do any TV manufacturers offer this? In theory, the option to set the video delay as 70 ms (thus lagging the video behind the audio) would let Sonos users use their Play:5 line-in for TV audio without synch issues. Rather than speeding up the audio (which is the solution Sonos users are always begging for on these forums) why not just slow down the video. Wouldn't that have the same effect?
    ratty
    ratty
    March 3, 2016
    Rather than speeding up the audio (which is the solution Sonos users are always begging for on these forums)
    Oh dear, not the flux capacitor request again. You can't jump audio forward in time.

    why not just slow down the video. Wouldn't that have the same effect?

    It would, but I've yet to meet a TV which was willing to buffer extra video in order to stretch out the ~100ms it already takes to process it.
    JasonAlex
    Lyricist III
    March 7, 2016
    Yeah, no matter how much you try, you will never be able to get the sound out of the soundbar before it actually receives the sound from its source.

    I have an HDMI switch with an optical out, and it works great. Audio is sent to playbar at the same time video is sent to the tv.

    I would love it if Sonos increased audio delay slider even more so we can enable some of the TV's image processing capabilities. I have my audio delay to the max and had to turn everything off in the TV.
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