Home theater

I want to buy a pair of Sonos 1 speakers and have read that they can be used as “a pair as rear home cinema surrounds with Playbar, Playbase, or Beam”I’ve just bought a Samsung Q60T smart TV together with a Q60T 360W 5.1 Channel Soundbar. The Soundar is connected to the TV from a ‘HDMI to TV’ port and the Sub woofer is connected by bluetooth. The Soundbar also has another HDMI port and a USB and Optical-in ports.I don’t have a Playbar, Playbase, or Beam and I wondered whether I would be able to use the Sonos 1 speakers at the same time (ie as rear speakers) as the Samsung Soundbar?The TV can output sound to external bluetooth speakers but I’m not sure if it will output to wi-fi speakers and if it does, I wouldn’t think it would be possible at the same time as the Soundbar because the Soundbar is an option on it’s own.Is there a way to connect Sonos 1 to the Samsung Soundbar? Thanks,Dave (aka Grandad)  

I want to mount my arc on the wall below my tv and have been watching YouTube videos by Peter Pee. He goes into technical details on all aspects of systems and mainly Sonos recently. According to Peter, there is an optimum distance from the arc that you can sit at to enjoy Atmos and the up-firing speakers are at a fixed angle not allowing for much adjustment to this distance. The only adjustment you can make with a wall mount is the distance below the ceiling. He provides a chart showing the impact of changing the height and changing the angle of the unit to the ideal sitting location. Wall mount does not allow for any angle change. Sonos should provide information on the best mounting option for a given setup. For example I have  a 75” tv and sit 15’ away from the arc  and can mount the arc 7’ below the seating. What is the best angle  for my arc??? Also, they should sell a mount that allows that allows adjustment of the angle. 

33 / 5000Hello, Next week I receive SONOS arc,sub 3G and 2 one GEN2.I would like to know what are the best settings to adopt for Netflix on my ps4 as well as on my TV knowing that I want 5.1 Best regards  

Hi. Is it possible to connect a pair of play 3's to a beam for surround sound?? Tia

Hi all,Forgive me if this seems like an obvious question, but I haven't been able to dig up a definitive answer.I have a Sonos Connect that feeds into an old school power amp that drives a couple of passive speakers and a sub.If I were to connect a Beam to my TV, would I be able to pair that with the Connect to output audio from my TV through my amp? I don't need a surround setup, L+R will do just fine.Would there be any sync issues and would I be able to do this over wi-fi, rather than having to hard wire either device to the network?Thanks in advance for any input!

I’ve seen mentions online about the “no signal” issue with running an AppleTV 4K through a Sonos ARC with relation to “boot up order” but I haven’t seen anything that actually mentions the boot up order or more importantly how to force the boot up order.Is there a setting, or delay on the Arcana that I can set to control the boot sequence? Sometimes I boot up the system and it works, other times I have to manually cycle the power on the Arcana in order for the signal to get picked up.

I have an Arc that is connected to my router over ethernet. I’m waiting for my new sub to be delivered and I was wondering if its possibe or if there is any advantage to connect the sub to the same router over ethernet. The router is very close to the ARC and where I plan on placing the sub so making the connection is easy.

Hi.After years of mediocre sound, I bought an arc, sub and two One SL speakers for surround. But I didn’t really do much research on Sonos functionality, hope you can help me out a bit.Just to paint a small picture:We have a pretty large living room, TV about 7 meters from the sofa, bedrooms are closer to the arc than the sofa. For me to enjoy music or TV sound without waking up the family early morning or late at night, I was ideally hoping that the One SL speakers could “take over” and be the only active speakers if I wanted them to. Making the arc and sub mute actually. Is that possible somehow? Also I would love if I could stream my music to the One SL speakers only if I wanted. As far as I see from searches and other replies, this is not achievable at the moment? I was hoping these topics were old and there’s some news on this. Could I make the One SL speakers as one group (sofa), arc and sub another group (TV), and these groups to play the same thing if we want, but able to strea

Recently bought a beam to pair with my QLED Samsung QN65Q7FAM sounds great just have a few questions I cannot find answers to. I have Alexa (a few of them) the beam is connected. I have read I can turn off the TV by telling Alexa to do so. However when I do only the Beam turns off..are there different setting for say Movie, music etc like on my other sound bar when I set it up in sound settings I did hdmi input audio format - Bitstream and Digital output - Dolby digital. .. is the correct and best settings? Audio delay 80 sound feedback lowMy anytime + is enabled  thank you in advance!!

I have a very good self powered sub that I want to use.  I currently use Arc + Sub via optical splitter. However, I’d like to know a way to have the Sonos using EARC while the Sub uses optical. Any suggestions?   *** Thoughts on the Sonos Arc so far. Meh.  It’s not as good as what I heard from a Sonos one time in Best Buy.. (maybe playbar?)

I’m struggling with Sonos since moving to the new app.i have a Sonos boost, which is hardwired into a ubiquity dream machine.i also have a play bar and sub since upgrading to the new app I can’t seem to connect to anything, the play bar and sub work fine with the tv, but I’ve no way of using the app as it just tells me it can’t connect. Any thoughts thanks  michael

Hi all! I have a Q85T and a PS5. I asked Sonos what settings to use and they said “Linear PCM on PS5 and Passthrough on TV” - when I do this, the output is Stereo 2.0. If I change the PS5 to ‘Dolby Bitstream” I get “Dolby Digital 5.1” but NOT “multichannel LPCM 5.1” output… do Samsung need to release an update to fix the TV or what is happening? Sorry I asked this elsewhere but maybe it should have been in here? 

I have read posts over 4 years old about sonos playbar not supporting Dolby Digital Plus. I find it amazing that sonos does not clearly state this or even better found a solution. If a conversion process is not possible then the conection mechanism should be changed to hdmi. I phoned sonos and the operatives are not really awarevof this issue. If sonos want to be in the 5.1 home cinema market this is a must!!!! I would like to see some meaningful response from sonos that addresses the issue and does not just fudge the ussue since it was first identified over 4 years ago on this site.

Just bought a Beam.  Looking at photos on line,  I see two passive radiators on the front.  Where is the third one?Thanks people.

Hello, I have a playbase plus 2 play 5s setup as home cinema.the playbase doesn’t connect to the wifi anymore, works with lan cable but disconnects straight when I take the cable out. I’ve sent a diagnostic report.  cheers,rogier 

Hi - I have my Sonos beam connected to tv through ARC, and have also tried optical. Under both set ups the sound keeps skipping. I’ve switched hdmi cables, Wi-fi is strong etc but still happening. Diagnostics 1922675514. Can anyone please offer guidance? Thanks 

Hello everyone Thanks for looking. Long post sorry. I need some help as I’m stuck. Here is my set up. Any questions or answers I would be grateful.I’ve set Questions in the post thanks. TV MODEL LG OLED65CX5LB (2020) OLED HDR 4K.Playstation 4 PRO, HDMI 1 (Changing to PlayStation 5 eventually, or New Xbox). BT Vision 4K HDMI 3.Sonos Arc HDMI 2 eARC with Subwoofer Gen 3 and rear 1s. (Note all HDMI1,2,3,4 settings are set to  BITSTREAM and not PCM) Atm. TV Internal Apps ———-Straight to Sonos Arc from HDMI 2 eARC from TVI can successfully get Atmos (over Dolby Digital Plus on Netflix etc), and Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Digital depending on movie or show. For Atmos, the TV has has to be set to eARC button ON   and the DTV Audio set to AUTO or PASSTHROUGH (Both Work) PCM does not work. Obviously this a lossy format of Atmos and better with Blu Ray or Hard Disk I suppose. Q1 I’m assuming Blu Ray players can play Atmos movies to this soundbar if not encoded in DTS OR DTS-MA or you could cho

Considiring going for a Sonos Arc.My TV does not support eArc. Will I be able to get Dolby Atmos on a Sonos Arc through HDMI arc?If not - would my dolby atmos receiver with two 2 hdmi out do the trick?

Hi, I’ve seen a few questions pretty close to this but I’m a total novice and they weren’t super clear to me.I’m designing a new home theater experience and I’m looking to set up a projector. I think most of the time I’ll be streaming movies from Netflix or hbo or something so I want to equip the projector with a streaming stick, probably amazon fire. And to get surround sound I’m going to use the beam or arc.My understanding is that in order to use a projector with sonos I need an hdmi matrix. In layman’s terms I guess it is the equipment that allows me to feed in the source material and split out audio to one device and split out video to another device. In my case it would split to a projector and sonos beam.Where I’m getting lost is how I get a fire stick involved to watch streaming content. Can I also plug it into the hdmi matrix?And a couple really stupid questions… 1) if I have an hdmi matrix, I need to physically run a cable to both the projector and the beam, correct? 2) is al

I have a Sonos.Arc and two Sonos One speakers.  I added a third Sonos One and it is not playing any sound.  Any suggestions.. 

Hello,   just received the Arc and so far loving my first Sonos device    I have an Apple TV 4K, LG OLED B9 (eARC support) and now the Sonos Arc. When I play normal DD-Content on the ATV, the Arc only outputs Stereo. (The TV also says PCM)..   Is there anything I can do besides force the ATV to output DD? Because it would be not so nice to switch between the audio settings if I want to watch Atmos or DD-Content.   Thanks Michael

Hi, So yesterday I set up my new Arc with my existing SUB Gen 3.Before that I already had 2 pcs of One Gen 2, 1 Five and the Sub Gen 3.I had that as a music set up at home. But to my disappointment once I connected the SUB to my Arc, the SUB could no longer be paired with my One’s and Five music set up. I understand I cant use the SUB at the same time for both TV and Music. But is there a way that it can be connected to both setups. So when I watch TV the SUB is connected to ARC, but when TV is off and I want to play music, can it be connected to the music setup without me having to go to SONOs app and change the setup every time? Another question. When I go to the ARC in the APP it say I can add surround speakers. But once there I can only add the One Gen 2, there is not an option to add the Five. Doesn't Five support being connected to Arc? 🤔

Looking for some advice with my current set up. i currently have the system setup in my living room which is about 8m x 5m. System consists of beam, sub and two play5 gen2. I listen to music a lot through the system using the sonos app as well. Just recently discovered that turning the play 5s verticle makes them into a stereo set so now running them like that. Sounds great but not sure if its the best i can do.not sure if its good practice to play music through beam and the play 5s togetherany advice appreciated

https://support.sonos.com/s/article/4932?language=en_US Why doesn't this not working for me?I switched to the new app (S2) while in the old app I could adjust the volume of the rear speakers. Now it is not responding.. Grts Steven

I just received and set up my brand new Sonos Beam. Loving it so far! However...we have a light wall, and a white fireplace mantle, and Sonos is one of only a few companies that make a white soundbar. I wanted it to blend in and be as inconspicuous as possible. The white Beam came with a black power cord. This immediately seemed an odd choice, unless it was a packaging mistake? I see on their website that they actually SELL white power cords. So for $25, I can resolve the issue. But that’s $25 on top of the $300 for the soundbar. I chose a white unit for a specific purpose, and would have expected the power cord to match. Or at the very least allow users to select the color cord they prefer. Any way to exchange my black power cord for a white one?