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Salsa_mikeContributor I
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Amp (in ceiling speakers) + soundbar + sub

I moved into a townhouse with in-ceiling speakers pre-installed, so I purchased the newest Amp (as of late 2023) to power them. It works great for steaming music from my phone. It also works great via an HDMI connection between the amp and my TV.  I want to add a subwoofer and a soundbar so I can:1- Stream music from my phone and get in-ceiling + subwoofer (soundbar is a bonus, don’t care if it works)2- Watch TV/movies and get in-ceiling + sub + soundbar in terms of products I’m thinking about adding, I am thinking Beam 2 and Sub 3rd gen   will this setup work with what I’m trying to do? 

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OmerpwnzContributor I
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Where should I place Sonos Era 300?

I got Sonos Arc and Sub under my TV, but I lack a rear/surround sound. So I consider buying Sonos Era 300. What do you think is the best placement for it?Thought about 3 options (pictures attached). Not sure I need 2 Eras though..What do you think?Let me know if you got another idea..Thanks!

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D_BalContributor I
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No consigo ver en APP sonos dolby Atmos - Samsung QN85C

Hola a todos¡¡¡Estoy intentando configurar mi TV Samsung QN85C, para que en la APP de Sonos se pueda ver que está recibiendo Dolby Atmos. Reproduczco peliculas desde Disney plus donde se indica que son Atmos, pero en APP Sonos aparece Dolby muticanal PCM 5.1.¿que debo mirar para conseguir ver que recibe Atmos el Beam (2 gen)?HDMI configurado en e-ARC, y no está la posibilidad de hacer passtrough en las opciones de sonido HDMI la TV.Gracias¡¡¡¡ Daniel

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daryld1988Trending Lyricist I
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can we please get dts hd and dts x it is 2022 afterall

hi just touching on this which im sure has already been asked plenty of times, but can we just get dts hd and dts x already it seems crazy to me to think a system that can cost up to and over 1500 hasnt the ability to play these modern formats, when you could pick up a standard av receiver for about 300 pound which would support all the mentioned formatsI have found myself more times than enough now sitting down to watch a film and simply getting mute audio just because it is in dts hd or dts x and quite alot of the time this is when i have friends and family over so it isnt a good look for the sonos brand that it cant produce sound for these types of movies or tv showsit is somnething that could quite easily be achieved since yous went and enabled dts standard after not supporting it, i feel if yous want to be seen as the go to soundbars yous then have to make sure its the go to for audio formats also which currently it isnt dont get me wrong the sonos eco system and products are fant

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Rumo74Contributor I
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Era 100

Buonasera, vorrei acquistare il mio primo prodotto Sonos ( Era100) e volevo sapere se si può collegare alla TV via bluetooth senza bisogno della barra audio.Grazie 

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PatricksContributor I
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Sonos Amp

I have the Arc, Sub and Era 300 connected to my LG for surround cinema sound, would I notice the difference if I added Sonos Amp with a second sub?I love watching movies as close to cinema sound i can get on Sonos. 

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grwrenContributor I
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Sonos devices status when disabled/inactive

Hi. I'm a Sonus system newbie and new to the forum as well. I'm just looking for a little advice on the best state to leave a Sonus system in when it's not being used. We have a new home theater  system consisting of an LG OLED tv, Sonos ARC, Sub & Era 100's for surround sound.My wife, or I, will very frequently use blue tooth headphones to watch tv so as not to disturber the other. In order to use the BT headphones I have disable both HDMI-CEC and eARC on the tv. With HDMI-CEC & eARC disabled the status LED on the Sub and Era's remain white as long as Sub Audio and Surround Audio are left enabled on the Sonos app. If I disable the Sub & Surround Audio on the Sonos app, the LED on both starts a slow green flash.I know a white LED means the device is powered and ready to use and the slow green flash just means the devise is disabled in the Sonos app. My question: is there a recommended state for the devices in when not in use? Does one state consume more power than the other

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MitchellsxEnthusiast II
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feature request: centre channel control

I would like the Sonos ARC to get some sort of EQ adjustment also a way of manually changing the centre channel output volume. I find this to be very useful on other soundbar set ups. For me the ARCs weakness is the dialogue it can be too quiet and hard to hear voices, you then turn volume up and the overall sound is too loud, a way of manually adjusting this would be great.  Yes I have done triplet many time, used speech enhancement and latest software done many different adjustments and never been happy with it.so Sonos please give us this. 

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CantHearContributor I
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volume needs to be increased

If I have the tv/sonos on all day by the evening I have to turn the volume up a lot.

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hominamadContributor II
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Switching between "TV" mode and music

Hi - I’m planning a construction project in my house and part of it includes re-doing our TV area. It’s a small area - around 12’ x 8’. I’m thinking about doing a setup with an Arc, Sub, and 2 ceiling speakers for rear surround via AMP. I had a few questions about this setup.How would this zone be used if I want to listen to music on it instead of TV? Specifically w/ regards to the surrounds. Will the AMP for the surrounds and the SUB be linked to the ARC and act as one zone, whether for TV or music? Or is each component like a separate assignable room? I’m trying to figure out how to get this space to work best for both TV and music. How does the TV etc recognize the configuration for it’s output? Does it act like a 3.1 setup and use the source material mix? Or does it just come as a bitstream and Sonos does its own thing with the mix? If I need to have multiple inputs - i.e. a streamer, blu-ray, etc.. I assume they just all go into the TV and I use the TV inputs to switch back and fo

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Samjan75Contributor I
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How make a surround config good for music?

I’ve just received new speakers for my living room. 2 Era 100 and Sub Mini. Since before I have a ray connected to my TV because it turned out that the TV I bought a year ago had terrible sound. My use case for the new speakers is listening to music. Don’t care that much about surround sound for the TV but okey if it comes in the package without messing up sound quality for music.  When installing the new speakers it ended up as a surround set up with the ray sound bar. As default when playing music it mainly used the ray and the Era speakers as some kind of “mood managers”. Not at all my intention. I want Era as stereopairs preferably without the ray in the mix at all.   To improve the situation I’ve changed surround settings in two ways:Changed music setting to “Full” adjusted music level to +15It makes the system behave a bit more as expected and sound did improve, ray is still playing though. So I’m closer to what I’ve been after, but after playing around a bit with settings I’ve f

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BOL74Avid Contributor I
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Ikea Symfonisk

Hello all of you…. I’m not gonna be seriously personal,but i need to give the reader’s some info.I had to “move” over to my 90 yo granny cause of changes in the family-situation. Granny does not hear so good,based on that i brought my Playbase over along with a couple of Ikea BS w/stands and my Sub mini. But granny did not like the Ikea speakers. And i have not any good place to put them.  They are too noticable in Granny’s eyes.Anyway….the speakers i could have been interested to use is one Ikea Symfonisk Lamp and one Ikea BS but this setup is not available. But let’s say both of these speakers got the same drivers/amp this setup could be done. I get it that the inside volume is different,but that is possible with an prosessor read what they are paired with and adjust themself if so.There was allso an member here that wish for a Ikea Flower-lamp and a hanging lamp from the roof. This had been an alternative for us. A pair Sonos Roam/SL could allso been an alternative but they can’t be

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AjTrek1
AjTrek1
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Lip Sync Issues with Sonos Sound Bar(s)

HiDisclaimer:The following is not an everyday occurrence just once in a great while 😂This is not a hardware/software solution more aptly it’s a “try-it” to see if corrects the lip sync issue. It more so involves AV cable/stream viewing.After adjusting the Lip Sync in the Sonos app and still no Joy. Stop the AV stream either by turning the TV off or temporarily switching to another stream. I’ve found it fixes the issue 100% of the time when the Sonos app lip sync adjustment doesn’t correct the issue to my liking. I guess it resets the stream so to speak. So give it a try.. you have nothing to lose kind’a 😊 Note:You will most likely miss a portion of the AV Stream unless you can time shift to recover the missed portion. 

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kazio4444Contributor I
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Where to place Sonos Arc

Would you so kind as to help mi with the following issues as I can't find answers quickly.And I still prefer to seek support form the source :-)I tested and bought a Sonos Arc last week and it works well but I can't decide where to putit to work best. My "indoor cinema" is a retractable screen (3 x 2.5 m) anda BenQ W2700 projector (photos).This screen is perforated, which means it isacoustically "transparent" (but probably not completely). And, the basic issue is that thescreen (rolled out from the ceiling) has its lower edge separated from the floor by 44.5 cmand the distance from the wall to the screen plane is 29 cm.I have three options for installing Sonos Arc:- behind the screen, on the wall (1 m from the floor, "height" of the heads of seated "cinema" viewers)- on the wall, under the screen (40 cm from the floor)- on the wall under the screen 44.5 cm from the floor, on a boom eliminating the distance of 29 cmWhich solution is the best from the acoustics point of view?

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kh57Contributor II
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Volume issues between Apple TV, Sony TV and Sonos Playbar + Two Play 1's

I have a Sonos Playbar with two Play 1’s in surround mode, tied via optical cable to my Sony TV.  When using the normal feed of Dish TV receiver via my TV, everything audio works just fine.  But when I’m feeding streamed content via the Apple TV, I struggle to get sufficient volume going out of my Sonos surround.  I found at one time, that resetting volume to zero with the Apple TV remote would get things going. Now it seems like the audio signal from the Apple TV is just weak.. and I have to separately crank up the Sonos volume with the TV remote volume control or my Sonos controller.Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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albeamContributor I
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Remote

Is there a remote that is compatible with the Beam Gen2 instead of using the app?  

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Alphasquare76Contributor I
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Help!!! How can I add mic to Sonos ARC for Karaoke Singing?

I have ARC, 2 era 300 and a sub in my sonos system and the arc is connected to Amazon Fire TV e-Arc port. I want to add a microphone to my system so I can use it for karaoke singing and I want the mic sound to output to my sonos system. Is there a workaround for this purpose and without mic delay. Any suggestion will be highly appreciated. Thank you guys!

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CrhisLumenContributor I
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How high to place my Sonos arc and Sonos sound bar was 300?

How high to place my Sonos arc and Sonos sound bar was 300?  In a medium-sized room, I put the television on the wall as well as the sound bar and the speakers.

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Sam1970Contributor I
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New to Sonos and need advice please

I just bought a Sonos Arc and planning to get a sub. and two Sonos one Sls for surround sound system. Iam completely new to Sonos and will appreciate advice. I heard that I cant stream music from my Android phone to the Arc or the SLs..Is that true? Is there a way a round it? Iam not into Iphone and dont want to buy an iphone just to be able to use Sonos. I can purchase the Samsung Q990C this weekend at a good price and Iam wondering if I should go for that and just sell my new, unused Arc?

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JacktotumContributor I
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Apple TV Remote - IR Not Working Fix!

Hi all!  I’ve had my Sonos playbar and Play 1’s since 2016. I’ve NEVER had problems out of them until recently. I’ve searched high and low for answers and have even been dismissed by customer service (on my first and, subsequently, last call to customer service. My IR sensor wasn’t reacting to my Apple remotes volume changes. Well, I’m happy to tell everyone, I’ve figured it out.  In your Apple TV settings, go to:- Settings > Remotes and Devices > Volume Control > TV via IR Apparently, this changed in a recent Apple TV update and was reset to Auto. This is the fix that worked for me so give it a shot! I really hope the hassle of using the Sonos app for tv volume is no longer an issue for us.  Have an amazing day, everyone!  

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rodtContributor I
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Feature Request: Allow 2x Era 100s as Front Left and Right

I have installed a Beam (G2) and a mini sub as a surround system on my LG TV.I would like to extend the width of the front sound stage so I bought 2 Era 100s to use as Front Left and Right. I found that when setup as satellites with the Beam they will only operate as Rear channels.My room doesn't allow rear channels (physical restraints). Please allow the two Era 100s to operate as front Left and Right to broaden the Beam.

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rossmonContributor I
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Home Theater - two Sonos One SLs front channel and Amp ceiling speakers rear channel

Is it possible to have a home theater setup with two Sonos SLs as the front channel speakers and then two in-ceiling speakers on an Amp as the rear channel speakers? The TV would connect to the Amp via HDMI. If this works, does the Amp need to be connected to Ethernet?

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cfaContributor I
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Lack of headphone jack

I am not pleased that the Beam does not offer a headphone jack.  I bought a fantastic pair of headphones and plan to use them to listen to music and tv most of the time.  Since the Beam doesn’t have a jack it will likely be replaced by a new more versatile soundbar or I singly will go back to mostly using my A/V receiver.  Probably won’t bother with any other Sonos products in the future.  

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DoctorGladContributor I
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Apple TV + Sonos Beam wont generate Dolby Atmos

Hi everyone,I've encountered a problem that i hope that you can help me with.My TV supports Atmos but after connecting an Apple TV 4k 3rd generation it wont work, in fact on the apple TV menu it doesnt show, theres supposed to be an "Immersive Sound" option.My Beam 2 Generation is connected through the ARC(Not eArc, but as far as i could see it shouldnt matter), apple TV into normal HDMI.My TV is a LG 65sj810v-za. I managed to toggle "Bypass" and i also tried passing both as "auto" and PCM, however nothing seems to work...Dolby Vision and 4k works on the apple tv, i can get it to play 5.1 aswell but as i said, the Apple TV wont recognize it as Atmos. My TV will play atmos when i stream through the tv and not ATV.Does anyone have any suggestions to how i can fix this?

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TalvishEnthusiast II
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Sonos Arc + Samsung Q90T | Sound Cutting Out | Anyone else?

So I recently picked up the Sonos Arc + Sub and a Samsung Q90T TV (which has HDMI 2.1/eArc) and I am experiencing the sound cutting out periodically. Some details: Only devices I can test with are an Xbox One S, Xbox One X and the built-in Samsung TV Apps Sonos, Xboxes and Saumsung are properly set to have Dolby Atmos I have experienced sound cutting out on both Atmos and 5.1  I have experienced sound cutting out from both the Xboxes as well as the built-in Samsung TV Apps (only tested the Netflix app) . . . so I know the Xboxes aren't the issue At times the sound cuts out very infrequently (minutes apart) and other times about every 10 to 20 seconds and there is no discernible pattern on what changes this. There is a sound setting on the TV showing ‘sound output’ that should should normally say ‘Receiver(HDMI-eARC)’ when you have the ‘HDMI eARC Mode’ set to ‘auto’ but sometimes shows ‘Receiver(HDMI)’ instead (as if it lost the eARC signal). The most st

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