Home theater

I have a Playbar and wish to add a Sub and some One’s for surround sound.I have been told by a sales guy that the new Gen 3 sub won’t work with the Playbar, so I will need to try and find a Gen 2 Sub (difficult) or purchase an Arc.I would be grateful if someone could confirm this is the case.

So I just managed to get a Vizio OLED at a really, really, really good price. I've been using my Playbar for three, three and a half years now with no issue. I have the TV set to optical, surround sound settings turned on, the bar's programmed to the remote, optical cable is fully plugged in on both ends, and yet I have zero sound out of the Playbar. Am I stupid and missing something, or what?  Edit: I turned off dialogue enhancer in the TV menu and now I have sound. Go figure.

My ARC’s Alexa mic seems extraordinarily weak compared to my Sonos Move. It makes sense, considering the Move’s microphone array. But it presents a problem when giving commands to my ARC, as my Move will pick up the commands 20 feet away (while my ARC is 8 feet in front of me).The truth is, I live in a townhome. And while my kitchen and living room are separate rooms, they’re not far apart. The discrepancy between the sensitivity of the two devices’ microphones is what is causing this issue.Can anyone offer any insight into this problem? Or a solution?

Hi I have the Arc already and looking to get some rears, however my wife and i sit on separate sofas. Her sofa is directly in front of the ARC and mine is 45 degrees to the left. Is it worth placing a rear speaker near her and the other one near me. Would that create a mess of sound of enhance the ARC somehow?  

I have a 5.2 setup, with the two subwoofers at the front along with the Playbase. They must remain in that location for aesthetics. The surrounds are behind the sofa along the backside of the kitchen counter.I’ve attached a photo, but is there anything I can do regarding the placement of the surrounds, or more importantly the Trueplay tuning. The green is the path I took to tune it. The orange is the locales of the Sono’s system. I didn’t know if I should go into the full kitchen while tuning, or just keep it in the watching area.Also, as you can imagine, sitting at the sofa corner(s) is very loud for surrounds. Perhaps they need to be put into negative numbers? ideally they’d go to the L/R of the sofa, but that’s not really possible.  

Does anyone see any issue with setting the Arc on top of the mantel?  The TV would be just to the right of the Arc. The issue I have is that the TV is in a built in.  The opening of the built in fits the TV screen perfectly so my only option would be to set the Arc on the shelf and it would block 1-2” of the bottom of the TV screen.  The TV is on an adjustable mount so I could push the TV back a few inches and have all of the clearance I need from top and sides of the Arc but I think it will look a bit clumsy.  

HiI have an Amp connected via optical adapter that I use for HT purposes with a pair of Ones as surrounds and a pair of passive speakers. Content comes from an Apple TV 4K.The problem is that frequently (several times per evening) the remote (I use the Apple TV remote) stops being able to change volume. The only way I could come up with to restore this function, is to repeat the TV setup in the Sonos app. This quite time consuming of course and not a good user experience.Is this a common issue, does anyone know how to avoid this, maybe an easier way to fix or to reestablish the remote functionality?  

Hi all,I just can't seem to get a 5.1 signal into my sonos :(Can someone please help me why this isn't working?The whole reason to upgrade to a new sonos amp was the surround mode :)…I hope someone can help me.Thanks in advance, Paul Tv connected and recognizes the Sonos as a Home cinema.manual settings Mi Box S. When I use auto → I get the PCM 2.0 Stereo signal in the Sonos AMP ( in about my system)When i select manual the Netflix apps does send a 5.1 signal but sonos keeps saying 2.0 silence. When selected auto audio Netflix sends this to my system (and sounds works, but not 5,1 I think :(  

I have an Arc, 2 Subs and 2 one SL's. I understand that I can independently control the Subs volume in the S2 App, but what does the EQ function in the S2 App do to the Subs if you increase bass on the EQ? I'm confused as to why there is a volume control for the sub and a bass EQ. Does the bass EQ change the crossover frequency to the Subs? Thanks in advance for any and all answers!

My Arc struggles to produce convincing left and right front effects, probably due to the lob-sided shape of my room. I’m wondering if I can add 2 more speakers (stereo pair) to help? 

Hey everyone I’ve attached pictures of my room and was wondering what would be the best placement for two Sonos One speakers, I was thinking to put one in the corner above my bed (wall mounted) and one on my desk however I’m not sure how that would impact the sound, any suggestions?The other option is placing them above my bed wall mounted facing my computerAlso the room looks smaller / weird because of the Ultra-wide cameraThank youhttps://imgur.com/a/7DtjUNO

Hi i have bought a arc , and i have tried trueplay whit iPhone 11 and a 6 . I Think that my Old playbar is murst better for musik that the arc is , shoud new not be better , a nother thing is the s ore t is very harsh and it is very inoring to Sound to , is Sonos cumming whit a new opdate to fix this , Sorry my english 

I tried watching Dunkirk UHD Blu ray this morning which has a DTS-HD MA soundtrack. I know the Arc cannot decode DTS and cannot currently receive 7.1 LPCM, but I thought the Xbox One X could encode Dolby digital on the fly? If I have my Xbox set to bitstream Dolby digital or Dolby Atmos I get no sound (Sonos app says it is receiving ‘silence’) from the arc if my C9 is set to pass through (eARC on). If I change the tv to PCM I get 2.0 stereo (presumably this is the tv downsampling the bitstream signal to LPCM). Given the recent C9 firmware upgrade, once Sonos have released their promised update enabling 7.1 LPCM I presume I can just set my Xbox to output to 7.1 uncompressed and away I go. However, anyone got any idea how I can get this working before then? UHDs and games with Dolby Atmos soundtracks work perfectly already btw.

I read recently that Sonos updated the firmware to allow a 2nd sub to be added to a HT setup with compatible soundbar and at least one if the subs being a Gen 3.  I already have two subs, and thinking about adding a third to the household collection -  but can’t test the 5.2 config as both current subs are Gen 2s.  main reason for asking is that the answer would decide whether I choose a white or a black Sub to add. IF the 2nd sub config adds a lot of benefit I’d prefer to colour match it to the existing 5.1 system. But if it is only marginal then I’ll match it to the ‘other room’ and ‘loan’ it to the HT for occasional use.  EDIT: i should add that the room is approx 6.5m by 3.5m and rears are Play 5 Gen 2.  thanks.  

I have Arc + Sub + Rear One Surrounds for home theater paired with an LG CX. I also have a separate 2.0 system dedicated for serious music listening sessions located in the same space.I was wondering if I can get the Amp and a speaker selector switch (to switch my bookshelves between Sonos Amp and 2.0 system) but also have the Sonos Amp integrated into my theater setup so my bookshelves act as FR and FL channels when watching TV/movies? If the Amp can’t be fully integrated with Arc + Sub + One via Sonos app, what if I got an HDMI splitter to split/mirror the eArc connection from LG CX, and connect it to both the Arc and Amp? If this will work on the Sonos side, it’ll be dependent on finding an HDMI splitter that supports eARC.I would use the speaker switch to quickly toggle my bookshelves back to my 2.0 system for music listening sessions.  

Hi Guys I have just purchased a Sonos beam and have connected it to my Sony Bravia OLED TV.I bought it to compliment the speakers the TV comes with (which are pretty good) but the problem is that as soom as the Sonos system is switched on/connected, the TV speakers stop working. I cannot get them both to work at the same time.  I have connected the system to the HDMI Arc socket as instructed.  Any thoughts guys?  

HI,I own two sonos 1s and i know that they are able to be connected to apple devices via airplay 2. However, i was wondering if i bought a TV with airplay 2 technology would i be able to connect my sonos ones to it. I have been looking at the LG 43UN74006LB TV.Thanks.

I have an LG OLED non-eARC TV. My main content source is Apple TV 4K and I also have an old Sony Blu-ray.With HDFury Arcana and EZCoo 4x2 Matrix switch, I have at last (I think!) sorted out the ATV and DVD sources including Atmos from the ATV playing Netflix.Occasionally we want to watch Smart TV content (eg BBC UHD streaming)  but I can’t find a way to get the sound from it into the Sonos Arc.Has anyone solved this or got any great ideas to solve?

Please add full DTS support! None of my Blu-ray movies sound good because of your lack of support. Most of the movies I have only support DTS. Anyone else interested? Please like this post

Hi all,Having read a lot of threads on Sonos surround sound, I’m still experiencing issues, and hope for some assistance in preparing my setup for a PS5 at some point: My current setup consists of a PS4, which outputs video through HDMI to a BenQ projector.Simultaniously, the PS4 outputs sound via Optical directly to my Sonos Playbar + 2 x Play:1s for surround.Setting the PS4 to output only DD5.1 via the Optical ensures that I have perfect surround sound - all good! Now, sometime in the near future I’m looking to replace my PS4 with a PS5, which lacks the Optical out port. So I was looking into HDMI audio extractors with optical out, which should be able to do the trick.I purchased this one: https://www.conrad.com/p/speaka-professional-3-ports-hdmi-switch-3d-playback-mode-remote-control-arc-audio-return-channel-3840-x-2160-p-1360279- and implemented it into my current setup between the PS4 and the Playbar, outputting sound from the PS4 via HDMI now, and extracting it from the Switch to

Comcast cable box requires the use of the ARC port.  It won’t work with a coaxial cable.  I’ve connected the Beam using the optical adapter but no sound comes out of the sound bar.  What’s the fix?

Hi - I would like to use the Sonos Ones/SLs as front speakers (so voice/commentary comes from there) and the Beam is positioned behind me in my setup. Currently, the Ones/SLs seem to have the rear audio coming out instead with the Beam outputting the front sound. Is this possible to reverse this with the app? If not, can this be a feature added to the app?

Will I suffer some signal loss to my Sonos ARC by using optical instead of the required HDMI 2.1 cable from my Sony X950H? 

Hi all,My room layout has a couple different options as far as wall mounting surrounds go, and I'm having trouble deciding between them.I'm thinking option "A" (shown as green boxes in the sketch) would be better when considering music playback, as it would be better for distributing sound through the entire floor, versus being focused on the couch/seating area.Option "B" (shown as blue boxes) would likely be the better option for pure home theater/couch sound quality, although (from what I understand), the speakers would ideally be further forward and to the sides (as in option "A").My main concern with Option "A" is the extra 7' or so of distance between the couch center and the right surround, but the depth of the surround speakers seems more ideal. The space around the right surround for option "B" is a high-traffic area (not ideal to have a speaker jutting out there), so I need to factor that in as well.Any feedback from actual audio experts and/or people who have experience with

Ok, im close to giving up and returning the arc and sub.  I have tweaked with the settings for weeks but can't get the balance right.We cannot watch a Netflix program or a movie without having to constantly adjust the sound up and down.  The dialogue is absolutely terrible, either too low or too tinnie.  Also when they speak a lot of the times the speech goes up and down in volume even though its a normal monotone sentence. Whereas action noises and music is way too overpowering, hence the turning up and down throughout a movie or program.  Speech enhancement I find is very poor too. I am using this with a new Sony Bravia OLED TV with earc on auto.  Not sure if there are another settings on the TV audio output I need to change or if anyone can recommend any settings on the arc and sub for the right balance. At the moment its an expensive set up that is just not fit for purpose.