Home theater

I had searched here and on other forums to see if this would work, but I couldn’t find anything definitive.  So in case it helps others...I am very excited that I am able to get 5.1 multichannel PCM working for SACDs on my Sonos system! My setup:Arc + Sub (g2) + 2x Play:1 surrondsTV: Sony XBR 55x950G (connected to Arc by e-arc HDMI)Blu-ray Player (plays SACDs): UBP-X700 (connected to TV by HDMI) I just plugged it in and put in an SACD disc and it worked!  I’m very pleased that my collection is not going to waste.System Info in the Sonos app shows that it is playing 5.1 PCM.  Is there anyway to know what bitrate it is coming in at?  (I’m no expert at this stuff, so I’m not sure it makes much of a difference to me, but I’m curious).​ Adam

My wife and I sit on separate sofas, mine being the one off centre to the right. My wife isn’t too bothered about rears. I was thinking of placing 1 on the book shelf and 1 on the brown cabinet to the left. Would this interfere with the sound that she gets? 

Hi,I have a Beam with two One SL surrounds. I am a little hard of hearing so want to increase the sound on the left rear (the side of the couch I sit on) higher than the right where my wife sits. Would it work if I changed the Left Surround distance to being closer than the right. Also can you force the system to stream voice audio to the rears or is this driven only by the TV stream?Thanks in advanceRoss

I’ve got Playbar and two Play 1 set up as sorround. Right sorround keeps dropping off. Multiple factory reset , connecting to ethernet has not helped at all.  I then took this to sonos support and spend over 2 hours on chat / phone call / remote session giving access to my computer. my router settings chagnes multiple times , router rebooted multiple times. All Sonos rebooted multiple times , ungroup sorround and regroup it. But nothing helped.  It’s only with Right side sorround speaker the problem. After spending much long time on my computer thru remote doing commands / pings / changing IP settings Sonos engineer just does not want to give up and looking at me as if one trying to score free speaker.    With sonos I would expect some trust in customers and be fair just replace the bloody faulty bit , why piggy bank on customers to figure out issue with your software while in this case it’s evident hardware is at fault.     

Hello all,New to Sonos community and can’t wait for my install!  I am upgrading my current 49” TV to an LG 65” OLED CX series, and also (finally) getting a Sonos Arc with a sub.  It seems I have three options for the Arc:Sanus mount (https://www.sanus.com/en_US/products/mounts/wssatm1/) which will hang just below TV.  It is adjustable for both height and depth.  Mount was designed in collaboration with Sonos.  This is the option that the installers are doing unless I change my mind between now and then.   Separate Sonos wall mount. Place on current console, which is 23” tall.  The top of stand is 11.5” below bottom of TV (edges are marked with paper), which is 34 1/2” above floor.  This puts the center of the Arc about 9 3/4” below bottom of TV.  * Tried to post a picture, but can’t seem to get it to work. Get a new TV stand that is taller, in the range of 26-27”.  For what it’s worth, my viewing distance is 9’ and the living room is pretty small--I live in a condo.  I’ve researched it

Hi, I have a sonos cinema system made up of one sonos Beam and two sonos one, I would like to know if I can add another pair of five speakers to my cinema system.  Thank you.

Hello,In my Livingroom I have a complete SONOS ARC 5.1 TV Setup. ARC, Sub Gen 3, 2 Sonos One SL.For TV etc. the sound is fine.But my Livingroom ist pretty wide, so when I what to hear music in the whole room, it is pretty centered around the TV Area. Is it possible to add a third One SL Speaker on the other side of the room to support the music sound?Or would is be better to place one of the Surround Speaker asymmetrical to the other?Then the right surround Speaker would be 2,5 meter further away to the centered TV Position than the left one. Thank You

Hi I have managed to find the lengths of the power cable (2m) and HDMI cable (1.5m) off the forum, thanks, why is the HDMI not the same length as the power cable, they travel the same distance TV to BEAM???? However is the UK plug moulded ? I like many will try and feed this up (string trick) a conduit in the wall, it would be handy to have a removal plug system on the end so can be fed either way, i.e down  Finally sold the PLAYBAR so moving to a BEAM.Another question, anyone have the BEAM slung under a wall mounted TV, any recommendations. Whats the sound like give it is not on a solid base - rattly sound ?  thanks

I current have a 5.1 system in my media room w/ a HarmonKardon AVR receiver, Klispsh speakers: two front standing, two in-ceiling surrounds, a sub and a center channel. It’s a TCL TV w/ an hdmi/arc port. Off the receiver hangs a Wii, DVD player and record player.My question: While really only wanting to keep the TV and front standing speakers (and perhaps the HarmonKardon to enable the auxiliaries) would Sonos amp (or Port?) along w/ an Arc (to replace the center, two Architecture in-ceilings, and a Sub allow me to still get 5.1 fm the TV and DVD player?

Hi.  I have the B&O 18 with Transmitter 1 and a Sonos Connect in the living room.  I have a few other sonos equipment in other rooms. My current setup:Sonos Connect is the hub with 1 input (3.5 mm AUX Audio from TV) and output via TOSLink to my Transmitter.  The B&O transmitter connect wirelessly to my speakers and subwoofer.  Music experience is good except for AirPlay2.   TV Experience is bad with a noticeable delay.  I rarely watch TV so not an issue. With all the extra time at home because of covid, I do like to improve this and hopefully bring in AirPlay2 for music and fix the TV issue.   Last year, I tried to upgrade to the Sonos Port but that doesn’t have TOSlink that connects with my B&O Transmitter. What do you recommend?  What is the best way to connect the TV to a sonos?   Or should I try to route the TV directly into my B&O transmitter?   I have not been able to do the latter before.   I had tried connect my TOSLink directly from TV into Transmitter and RCA

Just sold my PLAYBAR…Now trying to decide if I should replace with BEAM or ARC. Have many Sonos products including two PLAY3s we used as rear speakers with the old PLAYBAR.TV is a Samsung 2018 49" Q6F QLED 4K Ultra HD (QE49Q6FNATXXU) with HDMI ARC but no eARC, so ARC could sit underneath TV at 1140mm long.So question is it really worth it ? and will it actually work with an HDMI ARC rather than eARC and give all the Dolby Atmos benefits as there is a big difference between BEAM & ARC 

Hvorfor bliver der bare ved og ved med at være så laaaang ventetid på arc’en!? Det er sq da ikke imponerende! 😴

I CANT SEEM TO GET SONOS ARC DOLBY ATMOS TO WORK ON MY LG CX 55 OLED! Whenever SONO ARC isn't connected to my TV, the ATMOS works but it doesn't work while connected.I've tried everything far as in switching sound mode to HDMI ARC. Putting Digital Sound Out to PASSTHROUGH & I also tried AUTO.I've tried enabling eARC in my TV settings. I even bought a Ultra High Speed HDMI cord from best buy.I've tested Disney+ content that supports ATMOS but still isn't showing any signs of ATMOS on my SONOS ARC. I also tried some Netflix content and yes I do have premium but still failed.On the SONOS app it shows that I'm watching ATMOS content but I'm not getting any signs of it.Here's a quick video of my problem: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13mzPM1FALrFwew7DDKWFdHLJGceP0zsa/view?usp=drivesdk

Just got the Beam yesterday. Playing soft classical piano and sometimes during a movie there is a fuzzy distortion on the high notes. Is this a hardware issue?

HiI think this LPCM update just completely screwed me up with my small collection of blurays with DTS. I have an LG CX that cannot passthrough DTS I play my blurays on an oppo203 player, before the update I would get stereo 2.0 with its blurays, player was set to bitstream. Since new update I cannot get any audio at all, I tried all the audio settings on the 203, Bitstream, auto and LPCM.I don’t understand where the issue lies.

I have Sonos ceiling speakers for rear surround sound and I’m wondering if wall mounting an arc above or below a TV makes a difference? Also is there a distance from the ceiling it should be mounted at? 

I need to purchase the adapter cable that has HDMI and optical input that the beam system brings

I have a Beam, Sub and two play 1s connected via Hdmi Arc to Sony KD49XF90. The system works perfectly every day until exactly 3 minutes after midnight, then switches to the internal TV speakers. I've seen a few similar posts in the forum but nothing about the time of day affecting the connection. I assume it's something to do with a setting somewhere, but after trying loads of different things, it still switches without fail. Any help would be appreciared.

Can the Sonos Arc be mounted flush with the bottom of the tv if the top speaker grill is in front of the tv? I am assuming if the speaker grill clears the front of the tv the upfireing speakers should be fine. If not, how low is needed so that Dolby Atmos will sound good. 

Have the sonos arc plugged into the tv using eARC and I’m having an issue with it not responding to volume control from the cable or TV remote. I also have it connected to gen 3 sub and 2 play one SL. If I’m watching tv on my Sony Bravia X850G for a long period of time and need to adjust the volume, it won’t respond. The volume indicator will show on the screen but actual sound won’t increase/decrease. I have to power cycle the tv and wait about 5 min to turn it on for it to be able to control the volume. Is this an issue with my tv or the arc itself? Had the playbar before the arc and it never did this. 

Hi all,I’ve just got a Beam, and have connected it to the TV via HDMI. All working well, and the app shows I’m sending a Dolby Digital 5.1 signal when the source has one.I’ve added two Symfonisk bookshelf speakers as a rear pair for surround sound. These setup successfully, but then I hear nothing from either speaker.I’ve tried recreating the surround links, checking audio input settings, but nothing seems to make the speakers output sound.Any ideas?

Is it possible to connect both my Sonos Beam and two hard wired speakers to my Amp for surround sound purposes whilst at the same time using the same Amp to connect to 2 separate hard wired speakers (just to play music through them but not wanting them to play the surround sound from the tv)? Or does they require 2 Amps?

Hi All,I have Sonos everywhere, but have recently (1 week ago) upgraded my old Playbar to the new Arc soundbar. I am using it with a Gen 1 Sub.It’s connected via the eARC HDMI port to a brand new 2020 LG CX 65” TV, which passes ATMOS with no problem.Now the ….sometimes the Arc seems to ramp its own volume down to zero. It takes a few seconds to do it, and if I turn it back up, it does it again. This will affect all sources (Sky set top box, Amazon Fire box and Xbox Series . The only way to stop it is to pull the power cord and reboot. Then it seems to work fine….for a day or so before exhibiting the same behaviour.Any ideas what is going on? (Edited to say - nobody is using Alexa when this happens)I am also not noticing much in the way of “surround” sound from the Arc. Even using Netflix or Disney+ sources with Dolby Vision and Atmos soundtracks I really don't hear much if anything to the sides or top. I was expecting more…..This leads me to think something is wrong - but the app does

To all Sonos experts out there! Long post alert and newbie question here -- I would like to know any possible tweaks or practical upgrades on how to improve my sonos experience --  I have the following set up: Room 1:- LG TV- Sonos Arc- Sonos Sub- 2 Play 1 as rear surrounds Room 2: (Room acoustics is not ideal)- Turntable- Sonos Amp (powers the 2 floorstanding Jamo E470 speakers)- Play 5 (as center)- 2 Play 1 as rear surrounds My issues are:1. I would like to improve my vinyl (2 channel) listening experience as the clarity of instruments is not there. I'm only 60% satisfied with the Sonos Amp. It is ok when I play vinyl with the surround sound on both rooms or one.2. But when I play Hi-Res, 24 bit music on youtube coming from Room 1 - my experience is a bit better in both areas. The quality and the listening experience is not exhaustive, even if you increase the volume a little bit.3. I just love to enjoy my vinyl just like the way I listened to hi-res music but I don't know how... Wha

Hello guys! This is my first post so forgive anything which may seem a little out of place for the forum.Okay this is my setup:Sonos Arc, One SL (2), Sonos Sub (Gen3), Denon AVC-X3700H.I have quite a number of HDMI devices such as Blu-ray DVD player, Nintendo Switch, PS4, Sky etc hence my need for the AV receiver. I’ve connected the Sonos Arc directly to my Panasonic TX-55HZ1500B which support eARC on all it’s four ports which are currently enabled. After connecting these to the receiver, I’m only able to use the receiver when it’s off else the Sonos system doesn’t produce ANY sound whatsoever! Funny story is, I’m still able to use the receiver to switch between devices while it’s off and it gives the correct resolution such as UHD, Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Vision etc for the devices that support those.My first attempt to connect them found that it all worked together while the receiver was on but after needed to switch the systems off completely, the whole thing fell apart! I