Home theater

Hello, My ground floor main room have the Living Room, Kitchen and dining room altogether. I have a Sonos Beam that I am using stand alone with the TV, and I have to Play:1 covering both the Living Room and Kitchen. We often use the 3 of them together when we listen to music, and its a great setup. I was curious to see if I could set up the Play:1 as Surround speaker as well. Although they are a bit far in the back, it would probably make the sound a bit “fuller”…. The question is; if I connect the Play:1 as Surround, do I lose the ability to use them standalone?   Thank you for your help!

Is there a reason why when I turn off my tv I have to turn up the volume on the Beam? It's always mute to start with. Similarly it mutes if tv is paused for a while

I'm thinking of changing my existing playbar for the new arc. Given the Playbar is currently over the wallmount tv and we like that arrangement, are there likely to be any problems with using the Arc in that same arrangement? I realise there are the upward facing speaker units, but won't that just mean sound reflects off the ceiling into the room?

I am trying to connect my beam to a new tv but the app keeps saying other devices are connected to the hdmi and are interfering their is nothing else connected how do I fix this tia 

Hi, I consider to buy a Sonos system, but I am not sure if what I want to do is possible.I want to have the sound from my television to a Sonos system without a Soundbar.My idea is to connect my television through the HDMI/ARC port to a Sonos XX box and then stream to wireless Sonos speakers.I also want to be able to stream from Spotify directly to the Sonos Speakers (when not using the Television) What is your opinion, is this somehow possible ?  br Kaj DK  

I have a Play 3 and just purchased a Beam. The Beam works with the TV. The problem is the radio. it works when ‘Group’ed with the Play 3 BUT not all the time! I have gotten it to work on it’s own ungroup’ed playing the radio but only once or twice briefly before connection dropped and it says ‘Unable to connect to Sonos product’. Most of the time when I try to play the radio on the Beam it is unable to connect to Sonos product. Currently both products are in same room, close to router, but my plan is to move the Play 3 but I need to get Beam working properly first. I am guessing the problem is not the Beam but maybe wifi or router related? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks

Is there any update on this? I just got the arc and sub gen3. I was watching pacific rim on my 2017 Samsung q7 through the arc with Dolby digital and Dolby digital plus sound and everything I tried was unbearable. It was streaming through Vudu Pacific rim in 4K and Mandalorian on Disney plus. It’s just extremely loud with anything outside dialogue. I had enhanced speech and night mode toggled on which made it a little better, but overall I’m extremely disappointed. I had the sub gen 3 at -2 and the eq on the arc bass at -7. I don’t understand why it gets ridiculously loud during scenes where my ears were fatigued. I thought my cousin and I were going to have a fun binged weekend with this thing but as of now I’m about to send this thing back. Anyone have recommendations?

Hi all,in my quest to have both Dolby Atmos sound and the best picture quality, I have run into an issue that many others have as well - the lack of DTS support on the Arc. Before buying the Arc, I had a Samsung UBD K8500 connected to an LG OLED B6. With the Arc, I upgraded the TV to an LG C9 in order to utilize the eArc connection and get the best sound I could (I have the Arc paired with a sub and Play Ones for surround). Next up was an upgrade for the BluRay player, and I bought the Panasonic UB820, particularly for it’s DolbyVision support that the Samsung was lacking. What I didn’t realize was that the Panasonic does not decode DTS on the fly, and the majority of my 4K Blu-Rays are in DTS with no Dolby 5.1 track.My current workaround for this is to use my Xbox One X to play blu-rays, but I feel like I am not getting the best picture I can get by not using a dedicated 4K player, and the interface is clunky.Am I overvaluing the importance of DolbyVision and should I just go back the

Hi My Oppo203 is capable of transcoding, is that correct word? DTS to DD 5.1 via optical.   Does the Sonos ARC have an optical connection?   If it does, to get around no DTS on the ARC would I simply connect the optical from the oppo203 to the Sonos ARC.   Thanks  

HiI've just set up my new Sonos Beam to work with a Panasonic GX800b. Do I turn the Dolby Atmos setting to off or leave it on just Dolby digital?? Or won't it make a difference.Thanks 

Hi and greetings to forum,just replacing a broken Sony tv xd85. And I had it with my Sonos 5.1. new tv has acoustic surface , so what shall I do with the 5.1? Any suggestions? 

Meget pent brukt Sonos Playbase til salgs. 3k. Bodø-området.  

Hi Do the sound settings on your TV effect the sound of the Sonos beam?? Example: If I put the treble up on the TV settings will the treble go up on the beam?? Cheers

Hi, I have a Samsung 8 Series (UN65MU8000) TV hooked up to a Sonos Beam and Sub. The Beam is connected via an HDMI Arc connection. For the past year, system has been working fine... until today. I’m no longer able to output audio via the HDMI Arc connection. The Beam shows up on my Source menu, but the TV will no longer outputs audio to it. Any thoughts? I unplugged the Beam and disconnected the HDMI cable several times and nothing. Sonos TV setup is also not working. I submitted a diagnostic: 1231399004Thanks

I just bought a Sonos Beam. I understand I should be able to see the Home theater audio format being played in the S2 app. How can I do that?

Hello all, I thought I would share my work-around for this much derided problem: lack of support for DTS sound on Sonos’ so-called home cinema set-up. So called, because, it does not support the sound encoding used on *most* Blu-ray Discs. I say most with good reason, out of the 100 discs I have of the most popular and mainstream films, 80% are DTS-HD.   For the Play Bar I had a decent work around which produced DD5.1 or DD Stereo (see here: https://en.community.sonos.com/home-theater-228993/dts-dolby-5-1-on-playbar-2015-edition-6731191).   For the Arc it was really annoying to have to even look for a work around, however, I think I have a solid one. Bit it does require you to be much more technical and basically, be capable of ‘ripping’ or copying your Blu-ray Discs. Before I went this route, I looked for every transcoder, box, set-up going but there is nothing. I even though about returning the Arc or buying a second one to use for DTS alone, which was a bit mad.   As it happen

Hi Guys Having issues with low voice volumes during movies. I have switched voice enhancement off and on but its not much better. I have a Samsung telly connected to a beam via optical link, a sub and 2x play 1's via WiFi.Playing music is fine. Voices just seem to be drowned out watching movies (Netflix or prime) Any ideas? Any ideas 

My beam and connected sl1’s work great whrn streaming apple music, but the sl1’s skip when watching recorded or live tv.

I’ve mocked up a new setting area in the S2 app that really should be simple to implement as it’s literally uses the same logic and configuration as the surround audio settings — only this would focus on the 2 Atmos firing speakers only.Simple visibility of the Atmost setting as On/OffAllow basic control to set preference of overall volume boost for the two types of content and if TruePlay is not used, allow settings to configure ceiling height. Maybe distance back to the listening area as well?With this little extra control, we could improve the impact or sound stage based on how our individual spaces are configured. Additionally, I think having the option to turn the Atmos firing speakers on for non-atmos content could be possible to simply improve the impact of 5.1 sound output.This could be some very low hanging fruit with a huge impact for all Arc owners and potential soundbar buyers who are on the fence about buying the Arc.

My Beam is great when playing from an HD or standard TV source, but when I try and playback HDR or 4K the audio stutters and flutters; the picture, however, has no interference anywhere so it is definitely audio only. This is incredibly annoying and makes the programmes unwatchable, so I’m pretty close to returning it to the shop for my money back. The higher the spec of the signal used the worse the problem it would seemResolutions I have tried include:WiFi Network check - 180MBS at the TV verified on 3 other devicesChange of HDMI cable to Beam - New gold plated cable in place to latest spec. Replaced cable handles UHD perfectly from playerChecked all settings on TV Sony KD-49XF7003 - Sony confirmed all are correctTried all settings on Group Audio delay = Low, medium, high and max. Problem the same on all settingsAnyone got any suggestions before I give up and return the Beam? I like it, but I also like watching HDR and 4K content 

tl;dr -- is there any way to avoid running a physical HDMI cable to the Sonos Arc?  Can I leverage a wireless HDMI transmitter?Context:I’ve seen a few questions posted to these forums in the past with a similar question, all of which resulted in a pretty clear “no solution to this problem”, but things may have changed since then with the introduction of the HDFury Arcana, so I’ll try again.  I am using a projector in an open-concept living space which will result in the projector screen dropping from the ceiling between my Living Room and Kitchen (above my Dining area).  The complexity of this layout means I cannot expose an HDMI under the projector screen (unless I literally just run it manually every time I want to watch, and then unplug/conceal when not in use).My set-up includes my projector above the sofa (Epson 5050UBe), projector screen over dining (Solo Pro 2).  Apple 4KTV + Xbox Series X (soon) are my two primary sources.  I plan on stashing both the Apple 4KTV and Xbox Series

I have a samsung tv, sonos sound bar, att u-verse for cable, and a roku. When I watch u-verse the sonos sound bar has to be at 75% just to hear the audio. Then switching to Roku it blows the room out because it's still at 75%. Why does the sonos need to be at 75% to hear anything from u-verse? I've been trying to figure this out on various message boards and multiple people have issues but no one can figure this issue out. Help?!

Hello, I am trying to determine if this configuration will work for my newly refinished basement.  I am a long time Sonos fan, and have 6 zones in my upstairs.  I would like to setup a 5.1 surround system in the basement and use both ‘Ports” and “S1” speakers as my side and rear surrounds.  (Please see attached diagram).  However I think you can only select (1) Line-In as a sonos source.  I would like to be able to use the 2 Port’s to send the surround channel output to 2 sets of S1’s concurrently.  Can I do this? 

Will my TV (QN65Q900RBFXZA) allow for Dolby Atmos audio using the OneConnect ARC port?  I just ordered the Sonos Arc which supports Dolby Atmos but not sure if my TV is going to become the issue. I've been reading Samsung hasn't released an update for eARC capability.  Honestly, I am not sure what the differences between ARC vs. eARC and if it will be an issue. 

I just bought an Arc I have a playbar home theater system.  What steps do I take to replace it with the Arc?