Home theater

HI EveryoneI am wishing to create a media wall similar to the ones in the picture attached, where my ARC is mounted in a housing above or below the TV.Searching through the forums and chats that have already been created there was much discussion about the up firing speakers in the arc and the distances that the ARC required around at each end and above and therefore its placementMany of the chats are over 6months old and SONOS community was wishing for updates as time progressed. I was wondering if there is any further comment or success stories of the ARC in a built in unit or whether people had tried this finding poor results Many thanks

Hi,Sure this will be an easy one, and thanks in advance for the info.…I recently bought a beam, 2 x ones (will get the sub soon) I have one “one” in the lounge, other on the kitchen bar, as open plan / linked rooms….I like hearing the TV whilst prepping dinner, but I am going to put the kitchen one in the lounge so the surround is being utilized and sounds better. But here’s the question…..I want to buy another “one” for the kitchen, but will I be able to listen / hear the TV output even though it won’t be part of the beam 5.1 surround set up? Thank you in advance.

Did Sonos discontinue the background imags/screensaver on TVs? I used to have it on my beam but when I select that HDMI it doesn’t show anything amymore. Can you re-enable this setting somehow?

So, I’ve ripped out my very dated entertainment center builtin and and rebuilding it.  I’m strongly considering an Arc/Sub/Surrounds solution for cleanliness, and frankly, the cost is appealing.  However, I have an 18ft steeply angled ceiling.  Can Trueplay compensate for this?  My other option is to stick with an AVR receiver and install pendant speakers so I can normalize the height of left and right. Anyone using an Arc with angled ceilings?

Possiedo due casse Symfonisk Ikea Sonos in configurazione stereo, ho ordinato un Sonos Sub 3^gen. Se acquistassi un televisore Samsung o LG compatibili Airplay 2, utilizzando le App del televisore quali Now Tv, Netflix, Amazon, Apple tv, etc. posso trasmettere il suono (senza aggiungere altri dispositivi tipo soundbar beam che tramite il cavo hdmi arc potrebbe farlo) al mio impianto Sonos. I televisori con Airplay 2 “a bordo” sono in grado di trasmettere l’audio o possono solo ricevere con Airplay ?

I just recently bought the beam for my small apartment and I’m looking to expand to the 5.1 surround setup. Should I get the Play:1s or Ones for my rears first or the sub first? I want to gradually get to the 5.1 because of the cost.

Would like some advice please. I have Virgin TiVo box with a beam 5.1 setup in my room. I also have a beam in my summerhouse. Now I am using this to send signal from my room the summerhouse.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Extender-Repeater-Function-Ethernet-Satellite-60M-RX-TX/dp/B00YC3BWL2/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Hdmi+Extender+Splitter%2CeSynic+1080P&qid=1614509103&sr=8-3The picture and sound works great and even the remote works flawlessly. Only thing is I am only getting stereo 2.0 on both TVs with content that should be 5.1. Now I know this is the switch and I don’t mind it being in stereo 2.0 in the summerhouse if it is not possible over cat 7. But I would like the 5.1 setup back in the bedroom. Question is if there are any proven splitters out there that will work with the beam and sound will work at 5.1.thank you in advance 

Hi, I am aware that there are multiple Samsung remote issues on these forums, but I believe mine may be distinct. Last night, my Beam suddenly stopped working w/ the Samsung TV. After factory resetting the beam, unplugging the TV for 60 seconds, and then setting everything up anew, it is working again. However, starting tonight, my remote (similar to the one pictured here) won’t control the TV volume (though the Sonos app will). This had worked fine for months and even did last night after I redid the setup. What’s especially strange is that when I hit volume up/down/mute on the remote, the normal popup that an “HDMI” volume change is underway pops up on the screen, so it is receiving some command, the volume just never changes. Any ideas? Thank you for your help.

Hi all senior in Sonos Community. Nice meeting you.  I just got my Sonos Arc and connected to youtube music now and i love the music alot compare to my Yamaha 209.My question is i try connect to my 10 years old LG TV and it cant connect the sound and it does not comes with Optical.Then I try my Xiaomi Laser Projector 150 inch and nothing is available as well. sob sob.May I ask what TV should i get to get Sonos Arc compatible with zero issue with plug in Earc and issue solved. I plan to play PS4/5 with it.Initially I try looking at LG C9 but some senior here mentioning there is issue with it as well.So to cut story short, which is best TV and value for money TV should i got to pair with Sonos Arc.Will TCL 825 does the trick or we need min flagship TV like LG CX or Sony X90H works as well. As kinda on tight budget and does not want to spent alot on OLED as heard it will burn in quickly as well alot samsung cant connect to the sonos arc.Thank you and looking forward to your reply soon.  

HI, I have a play bar and 2 play 1’s set on my living room TV. I use optical feed from the TV direct to the play bar.  we have a problem that intermitently the sound changes from surround to what seem like music ambient play setting, so the vocal audio etc is sent to all three speakers, then at a random time ti will revert back to normal surround. So damn annoying!!! :-)Any ideas would be greatly welcomed!!! pleeeeeeeasecheers ALan 

Hi I know this has been asked many times before but it always seems to be in one direction.Now I have my HiFi system with record deck and CD player feeding into an integrated amp (NAD C 368). This drives two pairs of passive speakers. What I want to do is link my HiFi amplifier into Sonos so I can play my vinyl and CDs through my Sonos set up. All the other posts seem to be bringing Sonos into the HiFi or missing the HiFi amplifier out and connecting the record desk direct to Connect. I don't want to do this as I want to retain the record deck playing through the passive speakers in one room - which is much better quality than sonos, but want to be able to switch the HiFi output into Sonos around the rest of my house.My HiFi amplifier has a Pre-out. Maybe it is obvious but its a little unclear to me - can I just feed this into the Port or do I need the Amp?(stupidly I just upgraded to Sonos 2 and this stopped my exiting Connect:AMP from working as I think this may have been a solution!

Watching the new series of Dark Materials on BBC iPlayer in UHD this evening through the iPlayer app on my LG Nano TV. I'm definitely getting really good surround sound through the rear speakers connected to my Arc, but the system says Stereo PCM 2.0. I am confused!! Any ideas?

Hi,I have recently purchased the Sonos Arc, w/sub & 4 one SL. The electronics store that I purchased it from guaranteed that I would be able to connect the Sonos to this projector and everything they sold me I’ve had nothing but issues. I have checked the forums here and have found this product as a highly recommended product. Below is also the link to the spec sheet of my projector. https://hdfury.com/product/4k-arcana-18gbps/https://www.projectorcentral.com/pdf/projector_spec_8947.pdfI have set up as per directions of the arcana product, and when I go to the TV Setup in the Sonos app the app does not detect any signal from eArc to set up the Sonos with the projector. The video for the projector flows through the device properly but the audio does not.  Am I missing something here?  

Hi everyone, after searching high and low, I managed to set up the Sonos Arc as part of a 5.1 system to play perfect with the OLED65B9PLA and also using the Zappiti HDR 4K Pro as a player. I thought to share these settings with any Google searchers.OLED65B9PLA SettingsConnect the Arc using the cable included to HDMI 2, which is the eArc port. Turn the Arc on.The TV should, itself, now output sound to the Arc. Go to sound settings on the TV and under the sound output options for external speaker, select Passthrough (which will send the signal without any decoding from the device you are playing from, in this case the Zappiti, to the Arc). Also turn on eArc.In the more sound options, you can also set sound input for the device connected to each HDMI port. I have set all these to bitstream.With these settings, using the TV:You should be able to play any sound from any app on the TV itself perfectly. Try Atmos from Netflix, it should show up on the Sonos app properly, or even from the Appl

The vocal is very soft and when the surround comes in the police will knock my door . the center volume is very Low on the arc

Just got an ARC and 2 One SLs as surrounds. The Arc is connected via Ethernet and the SLs via WiFi.  The SLs keep disappearing from the app and trying to set them up as surrounds shows an error on the app and then presets them as connected. When trying to play surround move or to calibrate true sound the surround speakers do not respond or cannot be found. The WiFi reception near the speaker is very good. Diagnostic number: 1562118009 Thanks for helping, this is highly frustrating.

I have been searching for this question/discussion on this forum but haven’t found it. What I have found is the opposite; going from music playback back to tv audio without restarting the tv.    When I am listening to music on the Sonos or if the tv is already on and I am playing music, I will sometimes want to see or hear what’s going on on tv. If I switch the audio to tv or start the tv, the audio switches to tv and then when I want to continue listening to music, I have to start the playback from the beginning of the playlist, queue or radio. I find this rather annoying as I can never get to listen to any playlist to the end. I would like an option to continue music playback at the very point the switch was made to tv audio. It should behave as if I paused the music and then resumed playing it.    Does anyone know how to achieve this or am I the only one that wants this?

Hi everyone, I have written about the work-arounds I have used to dealt with DTS (for the PlayBar at the time: and DTS-HD for the Arc: Since the Arc now supports multi-channel LPCM (only through eArc), I am thinking of converting all the DTS-HD tracks to LPCM. I would welcome any thoughts or knowledge on this topic from other users!!The reason I want to do this is, as per my thread above, the best work-around I found was converting all DTS-HD tracks to Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC3) 970kbps, which was the highest quality of sound I could get the Arc to play in DD+.For these conversions, I used Make MKV to digitise my discs and then use XMedia Recode to add a new default audio track for every DTS-HD sound track, which was DD+. I retained the DTS-HD track as second audio track so each movie had the original audio.Anyway, I have tested this using LPCM as the primary track instead. In comparison to the DD+ tracks:There appears to be no bitrate limitation -- so at least from a data point of vie

I have a samsung ue55hu7500, sky q 2tb and just replaced bose sound bar with Sonos Arc. But for some reason, the sky q will only play sound as normal. The tv and sound arc are connected via arc hdmi. Seems stupid that these three don’t talk. After spending all this money on tv and sound bar in last few years, it would be great to know if I can get the sky q to use the Dolby. Oh don’t get me started on the lip sync!!

BTW, SONOS ARC with the sub is best investment I’ve ever made.  funny, I’m watching Mission Impossible: Fallout on FX….and the sound with the bass on the Wendy’s commercial sounds better than the movie. Some channels just suck

Hi EveryoneJust recieved my Arc and very impressed with it as my first piece of sonos equipment, so much so that I have two One Sl's and flexson mounts on the way.Just looking for some advice  regarding surrounds height and angle, my main seating position is in the middle of the sofa (the sofa is right against the wall) im thinking of putting the surrounds were the two red marks are and angling them slightly towards the tv. Any suggestions? T.I.A 

I cannot get the sound from stingray music to play on my new sonos  system. Sound is on all other channels.

Anyone else ordered a sub from sonos website and still waiting just about to hit 6 months no communication from sonos have to keep contacting them and everytime get told in a few days will be dispatched been given at least 10 different dates. So just want to see if anyone else are having the same issues ?

Suddenly started after latest update. When playing TV all speakers buzz loudly. It does not happen whilst playing music.. only whilst playing TV. System working perfectly prior to this.. initially started with play bar only, now all 6 speakers buzz. Not sure how to resolve it

I am having trouble pairing Beam to Shaw remote x11. The LG OLED tv sound is coming through the Beam but I can not get the Beam to power up / down and control volume with the Shaw remote. The codes provided by Shaw box have not worked to pair the Beam. At this stage the TV is paired to Shaw box but I have to use the TV remote to adjust volume.