Home theater

Hi all,I installed the sonos amp and two wireless SL backspeakers.Installation went smooth!Now when I test a clip from YT on my television the back speakers are still played through the front left and right from the Sonos AMP.I think this is YT, only playing stereo?My tv detects the home surround system, and seems to work.Is there any way to test it with a sonos app/ something to check if all channels are ok? Thanks!

If I set my blu ray player to decode DTS and output LPCM to my television that has EARC, and set my television to pass through audio to the Arc, will the audio sound as good as if the Arc decoded the DTS format? Will every speaker on the Arc, with the exception of the up firing drivers produce sound?

I know there is a lot of discussion on using HDMI extenders to get TV audio as an input. I’m having some difficulty. Here’s my current setup: Samsung TV → optical → SPDIF converter* → RCA → RCA to Cat6 adapter → Cat6** → Cat6 to RCA adapter → Sonos AMP​​​​​​​​​​​​​​*https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DZXWHJA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1**cat6 cable is the 40 foot cable that runs from back of TV to sonos AMPO This setup works fine, except the volume control is only available via my sonos app on my phone, not my TV remote and I want to improve that.  I then went and purchased this from amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08KFMVLQB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1and connected it, but found that while the Samsung TV recognized the HDMI as a speaker output, the sonos app failed when I try and test the CEC for the TV setup. I then read the site here and realized I needed a CEC pass thru, which this item didn’t have in the specs. So I retur

Hello, I've recently purchased a Sonos Beam, Sony X900H and an Xbox Series X.The X900H has the eArc update. I am connected via hdmi in the eArc port. eArc is set to auto in settings.Sound on the TV apps work well. However, on the series x, there is a significant audio delay. I have changed to optical (re-syncing my remote etc.) and the delay was worse. Now I'm back to hdmi eArc, and wondering what my options are. I have tried:-changing a/v sync options - auto, on, off-eArc mode offI have tried swapping to PCM which seems to help. I'm not exactly sure what that is so any insight would be appreciated. The only thing I can tell is the sound seems a bit more hollow on PCM mode.Thanks for your help. 

Can anyone define “Drivers” in the specs for the Arc?  In other words, I would like to replicate a 3 Ch sound from the Arc and then add two Play 1 in the rear to complete the surround. I’m pretty tech savvy but I’m thrown off by “drivers” versus channels. Can anyone offer some feedback? I’m not even convinced I would even need the rear Play 1 in the same room.My other question is:My main TV is 65” but I plan to replace that with a 70”-75” at some point. In terms of “power” and sound quality, I’m trying to compare the Arc versus the Beam.  I see the recommended sizes of TV for each device but I’m curious to see if anyone has those circumstances. If sound quality isn’t affected, then it’s a no brainer to go with the lower cost device (Beam) in my case. If anyone has any thoughts on these topics I would love to hear your feedback! Thank you!

Hi folks. To set the context:- moved into new home. Existing sub reset to factory.- new home installed 3 amps each running 2 stereo for different zones (2 are sonance 1 jensen) with an arc.- running amps hardwired and sonos arc is wireless. 1. My soundbar is not able to set 1 amp and 1 bass for a dedicated home theatre setup. I've tried numerous variations from resetting each device and reconnecting to no avail. Has anyone experience an issue whereby the soundbar needs to be hardwired and so does amp and sub? Or should I be able to have a home theatre setup on 1 zone with the arc wired, surrounds via amp wired, and wireless sub? Or is it possible to have wireless sonos arc, wired rear amp surrounds, and wireless sub.Thanks Sunny 

Our main room has an Arc/One’s/Sub where we watch on an LG Nano tv through Apple TV 4K.  While watching Hulu (Killing Eve), the app shows Stereo PCM 2.0.  I just picked up a new TV for the bedroom, LG UN73,  where we have a Beam/One’s set up.  The new TV in the bedroom plays the same show in Dolby Digital 5.1.  Both TV’s are set to Auto, the main TV is set to Passthrough from ATV, and I have switched the Apple TV back and forth from allowing Atmos and forcing DD 5.1.  Right now, I can only see the difference being the Apple TV app, vs the LG app in the bedroom.  I am hoping someone can help me accomplish DD 5.1 out of the Arc.

I’m a relatively new, and relatively frustrated Beam (& rear Symfonisks) owner.  I have a Virgin Media V6 Tivo box, PS3 & Roku Express all going into my TV via HDMI, then out Via HDMI Arc to the Beam. I’m receiving Dolby Digital 5.1 & 2.0 from each device (confirmed in Sonos app). My frustration, like so many others, comes from not receiving DD from anything being broadcast in DD+ from the Roku, (Disney+/Netflix/Amazon) all the Beam receives is Stereo PCM 2.0, a vast difference in quality to DD.  After many, many hours of reading similar issues faced by others, I think the issue is with my TV, it’s a 2015 Sony KDL32w705c, while some TV’s can take in a DD+ signal and put out a DD signal, it doesn’t appear that mine can. I have tried every variety of settings.  Is there a cheaper option than a new TV? I was half contemplating a new TV, as I quite fancy something larger (40-43”). I read somewhere that TV’s produced from 2016 have a better chance of being suitable for my needs,

Hi All,I have just become the owner of a Sonos ARC which I have been looking forward to for a while. After setting up the ARC and having issues with my Sonos Play 1 surrounds I decided to hardwire my ARC and use the SonosNet configuration. I have an LG C9 and Apple TV 4K and have been using Netflix to tryout the Sonos ARC capabilities but for some reason the Sonos Play 1 surround speakers don’t seem to be in sync or on occasions don’t work. Or should I say sometimes for no reason vocals will move from the ARC to the Play 1’s… Sort of with a muffled effect. I just watched Formula 1 drive to survive on Netflix and the sound was everywhere even when a driver was doing an interview???It’s as though the voice flips back and forth between the ARC and the surrounds, making it sound very unstable.My ARC is connected to the eARC HDMI port and the LG C9 has eARC enabled and Passthrough configured???I have also checked my Audio settings on the AppleTV.Everything is running on the latest firmware’

hi Guys,Ive hooke up my arc via the DHMI ARC port on my sony bravia KD75XH8096BU 75 Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart Android TV.Issue im having is that i the audio is always via the sonos and i cant have the tv sound only,  i can select tv sound via the tv audio settings, but after a second or two the sound reverts back through the sonos.  how can i solve this,   i just want to use the sonos when watching a film and not running everytime the tv is on.  TIA  

My Sonos arc sub was working and sounding great until it stopped and “unpaired”, now nothing. I’ve tried everything;  reset the sub, reset the arc, deleted and re-uploaded the app..nothing will get the sub working. I get to the point it says “your sub has been added but may not appear in the systems tab. If so, unplug the power cord and plug it back in to finish setup from the systems tab.” Of course that’s not working. Anyone run into this issue? I’m really annoyed.

I was hoping someone has had a similar issue that I’m currently experiencing with the Sonos Beam and found some sort of solution. This has driven me crazy to the point that I’m ready to get rid of this sound bar. I have a Vizio P75 F-1 TV which I connected my Sonos Beam to using the HDMI ARC port. At first, the Sonos Beam worked great. My TV remote controlled the volume (though it was always delayed) and was always connected as soon as the TV was turned on. Then about 3 months later, the Beam stopped automatically connecting and I would have to manually go into my TV settings and connect the Beam. This was annoying but at least it still worked. Fast forward to about 6 months ago, my Beam is now completely useless. When watching TV, no sound comes out. When I go to the CEC settings on my TV, it says the Beam is connected, but no sound.    Some of the solutions I’ve tried: Power cycling both the TV and Beam Adjusting the Beam settings on the Sonos app (IR settings, TV set-up, etc) R

I’m sold on the Arc + One SL setup for my home theatre but I have an issue.    My projector is up high at the back of the room (obviously) so routing the devices at the front of the room into it is impractical.   So they’ll need to go into an HDMI matrix, 4 in, 2 out. Then one HDMI out to the projector, the other to the Arc. I don’t want to use Optical for audio due to its limitations.  Does anyone know if or how I’d be able to control volume in this setup? My display has no speakers or volume control, so I couldn’t use that in the way a TV normally would.  Would my only option be the Sonos app? That’s a bit clunky and slow for that moment you want to grab the remote and change the volume.  Does HomeKit and AirPlay compatibility mean that the playback status and volume would show on the lock screen of my iPhone whenever the Arc was playing audio? Or are there any other options? Thanks in advance    

Hey,My Playbase randomly disappear from my system. The only way to make it visible again is to restart it by pulling the plug. This is very annoying as you might guess.Except from my Playbase i own four Sonos One, and they all work fine.Help!

I just bought a Sonos Arc with two Symphonisk as rear speakers, and although I am very happy with my choice, I feel sorry for one thing. Indeed, I am disappointed to find that the surround sound is always activated when the rear speakers are on. When I listen music from my NAS or a streaming music service, I don't need and don’t want a surround upmix. Unfortunately, the option to deactivate this feature is hidden in the sub menus and must be reactivated each time I want to watch a movie and then deactivated each time I want to listen to music. It is therefore very tedious to manage. My previous 5.1 amplifiers allowed to listen by default only the original format of the audio content. And I find it a real drawback that Sonos does not offer this option when you associate surround speakers with the sound bar. Why not offer the original format with the Ambience and Full options in the Music playback submenu in the Surround audio settings?

HiIs there a simple way, via the Sonos controller app (on iPhone/iPad) to retrun the source to TV after playing music? I’m sure there used to be an option but I cannot find it and wonder if it has been removed in a recent app update? I’ve read older posts which talk about an option in the app, but it doesn’t seem to be there. There are also posts regarding Beam that suggest “asking Alexa”, but since the playbar doesn’t have Alexa that option is also not available.Is there a way to do this now, or has the option been removed completely?Thanks

Hi. It is still a little unclear to me about the clearance needed when mounting the Arc to the wall. My TV/wall mount combo is about 3” from the wall and if I mounted the Arc to the wall, there would be about 2”-2.5” between the bottom of the TV and the top of the Arc. The Arc drivers take up a little over 2.5” of the front of the arc. I am wondering how thick the Arc mount is and how much further out it will make the Arc from the wall. Will the Arc stick out enough past the TV to avoid the sound being obstructed? If so, then is the 2-2.5” of clearance between the TV and Arc sufficient for the Arc to work properly?   Thank you and apologies if this has been answered before. I could not find the answer to my particular situation.

Hi.I got a samsung q60 series tv 2019.Ive got a sonos arc with Dolly atmos., but i dont get the atmos Chanel. What shuld i do?The svettigt on the tv is on dolby+ and the hdmi is conected to the arc hdmi on the tv.

Hi everyone   First post here - I pre-ordered the ARC fully knowing that it only has 1 HDMI-eARC port and its gonna be mega pain for PC users to Dolby Atmos to it unless you are gaming on a TV with eARC. So let’s start trying to find solutions…. I have started a new petition (as futile as it may be...) at nvidia to ask them to natively support hdmi audio only output on the gpus (given most of the monitor us PC gamers using gsync (or freesync-compatible) would have a spare HDMI slot) - please go sign here if you wish: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/feed/377326/native-hdmi-audio-support-sonos-beam-and-sonos-a/ As for my main question, has anyone tried using an audio extractor and successfully extracted a dolby atmos audio stream? Given that the ARC hasn’t been released, i figured someone out there must have tried it on an Atmos AVR.  Ps. i’m really excited for the ARC to arrive. Can’t wait to sit in front of it to game.   

 hello I'm not sure where to put the question if I create a new post. I want to create a sound at home either 7.1 or dolby atmos, I don't know much about the subject. now i have 1 beam and 2 sonos one. My idea is to install 2 five, what I don't understand is what kind of configuration is left 7.0 or still 5.0 or this setting does not work as surround sound Thanks.  

I’m losing my mind over here :)I have an Arc + Sub (gen 3) + pair of One SLs connected to a Sony Bravia 900h TV on the latest firmware with the 2.1 HDMI features. When the TV  is set to run at 60hz the sound works fine. When I switch the TV to 120hz my audio drops or I get no sound at all when selecting Atmos output on the Xbox Series X. Switching to Dolby Digital or 5.1 uncompressed works fine.  Anyone else out there struggling with the Series X and the Sony 900h? I know Sony is having issues with this particular firmware version but I’d like to rule my Sonos system out as part of the problem. 

Hi, a little help required please.  I’ve an older (2012 KDL46” Sony Bravia TV) hooked up to a Sonos Arc and 2 Play ones as rears. As it’s an older TV we use a Chromecast for the normal catch up services and for our Amazon Prime and Disney+ subscriptions. My problem is I don’t think I’m getting 5.1 for anything that goes through the Chromecast. The exact same film watched straight from the TV sounds so much better (full surround) than when I stream from Disney+. I just had the opportunity to flick between a Pixar movie on BBC and  stream the same on Disney+ and the TV broadcast sound was full surround I’d say, the Chromecast just seemed to have an ambient or stereo rear split at a background volume. I’ve fiddled with a number of settings on the TV and the Chromecast but I can’t seem to fix it. Any ideas?

First I love the set up with the Beam and 2 play 1’s...I see that there is a problem with connecting a set of bluetooth headset.  I’m experiencing the same issue with two sets of bluetooth headsets.  This is definitely a Sonos issue….why don’t they just issue a software fix?  there is no reason the Beam has to control audio all the time….Sonos just fix it.

I set up a Beam in its own Sonos room. This is attached to the TV. I would like to move it to a Sonos room which contains 2 Play 1’s. These are in the same physical room as the TV/Beam. I have grouped them but can’t find the right mix for clear dialogue from the TV. I want to Trueplay the three components as a set but don’t believe I can do that for a group.

Hi everyone I have recently purchased a Sonos ARC (works perfect)I have since added a pair of Sonos SL speakers sync’d as a stereo pair and setup True sound with no problem.I can Stream music services with no problems at all, the problem is when I watch the TV and the Surround SL speakers keeps dipping in and out (skipping) which isn’t right.I’ve changed the WI-FI channels ( tried 1 & 11) as Sonos is set on 6 I have 4K HDMI lead connected to a OLED LG through the ARC port.ive tested my WI-FI strength and is a strong signali do also have a Sky router. any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks in advance👍