Home theater

Does anybody recommend a decent HDMI switch that can pass Dolby Atmos through to the ARC.  I have a bluray player that converts DTS to Dolby Digital and ideally would want HDMI cable from that to run into ARC along with a second one from TV (for my Atmos and DD5.1 sources) That way I don't need to keep manually swapping Arc HDMI input everytime I watch a DTS movie Thanks in advance

My problem When I try to increase the volume on my Sonos system, it will go up temporarily and then - after a delay of a second or two - automatically lower to a relatively quiet level. If I try to increase the volume again, it does the same thing. Rinse. Repeat.My setupI have a Beam connected via wi-fi to two Ones. They’re all sitting relatively close to one another on my mantle (each of the Ones is maybe a foot and a half away from the Beam).The Beam is attached to my roughly five-year-old Vizio television via HDMI ARC (not using the optical adapter). I have a Google Chromecast connected to the TV via another HDMI port, and the Chromecast is also connected to my wi-fi network. The TV itself is not connected to the internet via wi-fi or ethernet.Further contextThe problem happens when I try to increase the volume on videos playing through the connected Chromecast/TV (Netflix/YouTube/Amazon Video/etc.) as well as on music played through the Sonos system directly using the Spotify app.T

Hello, i bought a sonos surround System with sonos arc, 2 sonos One sl and sonos sub 3rd gen. But i have a projector bene w2700 Is It possible to connect the 2 device and male them work properly with surround?I tried to do so Yesterday but sonos app was giving me problems about CEC options or something likes that.

Equipment Playbar, Subwoofer, 2x Play:1 connected to Panasonic TV 55FZ800 - All configured correctly and working. TV speakers disabled. Sonos S1 controller (due to old AMP and Play 5 in system). My issue is with the intermittent operation of rear speakers when watching sport highlights on TV.When there is studio chat this plays from Playbar only but when the chat continues and they shows some game highlight, the rear speakers kick into life and play both studio commentary and (artificial) crowd noise from the game. Does anyone else experience this and find it annoying? Is there a solution to it? Thanks in advance all for your help. Merry Christmas

We had the Playbar, Sub and Move all setup nicely, then one day nothing worked.I’ve tried literally everything to get the system to work :(IOS app:!Update problemthere was a problem during the update of your Sonos system.Select ‘Try again’ to repeat the update.Doesn’t work. Error 1101– Followed ALL steps, several times over.– Ethernet AND wifi connected, same issue. Mac OSX app:Same issue as above.  Wifi and Ethernet are working sweet, 3-400mb/s on Wifi and 900mb+ on ethernet. No idea what to do, getting ready to throw it all in the trash :(

First-time Sonos purchaser here. I am buying my first home that is coming with four previously installed third party in-ceiling speakers (FL, BL, FR, BR - the setup is essentially the same as what was discussed here). I am interested in purchasing a Beam/Arc and an Amp to power the four in-ceiling speakers.Goal: I want to be able to use all four speakers and the Beam/Arc to play sound from my TV (HDMI Arc compatible) and to play Spotify from my iPhone through the wifi. TV(s) is mostly used for streaming sports/movie through web browser on either Samsung TV itself or through Xbox One, have access to Netflix, Amazon, and other streaming services (I don’t know if streaming through web browser as opposed to a streaming app, or from an Xbox One as opposed to the TV itself effects surround sound capabilities). I have never had true surround sound before, so as of now I prefer volume over surround. The previous owner has also left behind a Polk Audio sub (not sure what size, how old it is, or

I just purchased a new home and two of the rooms included hardwired ceiling mounted surround speakers.  Both speaker sets are of decent quality albeit slightly dated.  One room has a Definitive Technology Procinema 600 system which includes a powered sub, a passive center speaker, and four ceiling mounted passive surround speakers.  Impedance is 8 ohms.  The other room has a Bose Acoustimass 10 system.  That speaker set is a similar setup as the other room except every speaker including the subwoofer is passive.  I do not have power amps or receivers for either room.  I have been using the Sonos ecosystem in my prior home with multiple Sonos One speakers throughout and a Sonos Connect that was hooked up to a powered soundbar and used for phono line-in. I would like these rooms connected to my Sonos ecosystem and it seems to make sense to use these existing speakers rather than replacing them with new speakers considering wiring is already run through the walls and ceiling to the surrou

I just recently got my Arc SL from Costco and a set of One SLs for surrounds.  I (temporarily) relocated my Sub from another room and connected them all together.  Everything sounds great and I’m very happy so far.  Last night we were listening to some music and the bass seemed a bit underwhelming, which is not the norm for the powerhouse that is the Sub.  I hadn’t changed any of my settings since I added the surrounds this past weekend, so I was wondering what was up.  I went into the settings and started trying to increase the bass and sub levels to see if that helped, but it didn’t really.  Just made it “louder” without making it as “present” as I felt it should.  The One’s were sounding a bit too loud for music, so I went to turn them down and while I was in there I flipped them from Ambient to Full and then my bass was back!  The sub came alive again. So my question - is this normal?  When I had the Sub upstairs with my Playbar and a set of Play:1s, I never experienced this lack o

I have a 2020 LG CX series, and when I connect the Sonos Arc it does not appear to recognize it as dolby atmos compatible. When I select the TV internal speakers for the sound ouput the dolby vision/dolby atmos logo appears. When I switch to the hdmi e-arc input (sonos arc) it only displays dolby vision. I dont understand why it is not registering the dolby atmos with my sonos arc.  

I have a Beam with a Sub and 2x Ones.  It is fed by a 2017 TV with ARC but not eARC.  I sometimes feed in my laptop via a Creative Soundblaster card which outputs 5.1 via optical.  I know I would not get Atmos via these feeds if I swapped out the Beam for a Sonos Arc but was wondering what the Arc would output given these 5.1 inputs.  Would I get standard 5.1 (although I’m assuming the quality would improve given the bigger speaker) or would the Arc do something clever and enhance the sound further? 

Anyone got any tips on how to pair Arc with a Samsung TV?  I’m using the ARC HDMI port and have turned on Anynet + on the TV setup but still no joy.  The ARC is working fine with Alexa for streaming music but not working with the TV.

Hi, is there any possibility of how to test Dolby Atmos without TV? I have Samsung TV (2018) with Arc only and cannot play Dobly Atmos. However, I would really like to test the Dolby Atmos to hear the difference.Is there some service (Tidal perhaps) or some sound file or some other way of how to play some Dolby Atmos right from the Sonos S2 app (without TV)? Or must it be played from TV via HDM eARC? Thanks,Jakub

If I set up two Play:1 speakers as surround speakers to an Amp - can I then use Airplay 2 to play music over them? I think this is the case?My question is will the Amp always play music out of speakers hard-wired to it, when playing out of the surround speakers? Thanks 

I have a Sonos Amp (latest gen) hooked up to a pair of Mordaunt Short speakers.  Most of the time it all sounds great however when I’m watching films and have it at about 50% volume explosions in films sounds very distorted and clipped.  This didn’t happen when I used the same speakers with my marantz amp and optical feed from the TV.I’m using eArc to feed the Sonos Amp.Any ideas?  It really spoils a lot of action films.Thanks

Hii have a Sony Android TV with Sonos arc connected to eARC . I loose the audio on TV and that happens frequently and I need to do a reset of my TV to get the audio back on the soundbar. During this time I can play audio on the Arc using other sources for example audio Over airplaycan someone pls help with issue?  

Hi, I’m having trouble connecting my beam to the projector output.Device: Sonos BeamProjector: XGIMI H2 So I have connect all the cable and settings, but still no sound coming out from the projector, is it because my cable are too long? or should I buy the optical converter instead? Please advise.I attached my set up for to understand better.Thank you.

Hi everyone & thanks in advance for any help.l have an LG Oled & going to purchase a Beam.in the same room l have 2 Sonos Ones on either side of the TV & 2 in ceiling speakers powered by a ZP120 Connect Amp (yep it’s old but no reason to change :-).Can l configure this as a surround set up, if so how would you do it.Use all of the speakers or just the Beam & the ceiling & move the Ones elsewhere ?

I updated this week to the 12.01 S2 patch and things went to hell.  TV sound only works  sometimes.  Neither LG remote nor AppleTV remote can control the TV volume anymore - previously both worked fine.   Sonos S2 app tells me it can’t find the ARC connection between Arc and TV, but it’s there and I can hear sound, and yet app keeps telling me to connect it and enable ARC output of TV lol.  Music is totally normal.  Everything was fine until I updated the latest version of the software yesterday.  Further Sonos’ instructions to setting up LG remote and AppleTV remotes are both outdated and reflect neither (1) 2020 CX line of LG OLED nor (2) S2 App workflow.  

Hi, is it normal for the Sonos (gen 3) sub to slightly pop after I mute my tele, or turn my tele off? It happens about 30 seconds after muting, a very faint pop. Has anyone had this with there sub? Thank you 

I just purchased two Sonos Moves with the intend of using them as rear speakers in a surround sound system alongside the Arc and Sub. I don’t have sufficient wired/outlet capabilities to support wired speakers in this fashion and thought the Move would be a great solution. Unfortunately this feature does seem to be available. Does anyone know whether this missing feature is a hardware or a software issue? From reading the forums, it seems like other people have been similarly troubled by this. Would like to gauge potential for Sonos to resolve this through a software upgrade or would it take hardware development. To the extent its a software problem, is there any timeline for when the feature may be allowed? For comparison, it looks like Sonos recently permitted two subs as feature in a Home Theater setup. To the extent this is a hardware concern or an upgrade like this may be a long way away (8 - 12mo+), I unfortunately feel like it makes the most sense for me to return these speakers

I have had my Arc hooked to my OLED 65BX for a few days now and really pleased with the system - last couple of days i have noticed that when I sometimes switch a channel, that the volume is very very loud - anyone any ideas what I am doing wrong please? 

I recently purposed the sonos amp but I am wondering if it was the right move.  So my set up - Ive got a living room with five speakers / sub with the speakers already in the ceiling (wired to an amplifier).  I recently purchased the port to run those five speakers and its been working great.  I also have two ceiling speakers in my master bedroom that are hard wired to the same location as the other give.  The problem ive run into is my receiver only is a 5.1 so I cannot run the two in my bedroom which I definitely want to do.  So, I bought the sonos amp for those two speakers but it wasn’t cheap and might be overkill?  I was wondering - would I be better off buying a new high end 7.1 receiver and just running all of the speakers off the receiver via the port?

Hi everyone, i just installed a wonderful setup in my livingroom with 2 Sonos Fives and 1 Sub. Now i’d like to connect my TV with the System to have at least Stereo sound from plattforms like Disney+ or Netflix. I do know that one would need an Arc or Beam to get Dolby digital or Atmos but i just have no possibility to fit such a soundbar to the TV as it “disappears” or rather folds down into our couchtable and there is simply no room left. We don’t want our livingspace to be focused around a TV - that’s why we will not rethink this setup. Our TV is a 32” Samsung QE32Q50R - so quite new and has HDMI Arc as well as analog output. But only supports Bluetooth for external speakers. My idea was to stick a Sonos port underneath the table to transmit the signal to the Fives and sub but then there is the delay between image and sound. So - does anyone know how to get a stereo setup for tv without having to install a soundbar?Thank you for your help. 

The Bass on the Arc sounds terrible has anyone found a solution for this. 

I recently upgraded to S2, trying to get sub and rears connected and they disappear.  Looking at my system, I get “?” Vs the items.  I have deleted and reset everything a few times, please advise