Home theater

Hi all I have a 5.1 set up with a Samsung TV. Sonos beam, sub and two sonos ones. The system works well with music however, when playing the TV there is no sound from the two sonos one surrounds I have one of the sonos ones connected to my router as it would not set up totally wirelessly when I recently moved house and got a new internet connection. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks Janish

Hi,   I have had dropouts when I stream content to my Playbar since the end of October. I have my Playbar setup as a home theatre with a sub and two Sonos One. I also have 4 more Sonos One speakers in different rooms. The dropouts only happen on the home theatre. I have never had a dropouts with the other speakers.    I spent 3 hours on the phone with Sonos Support trying different options: Playbar wired to the routeur, changing channel of the SonosNet, changing the output format of my TV, etc. Nothing work. They asked to move the Playbar in another room because the support agent thought it was cause by interference. It worked but for me it doesn’t make sense that it was cause by interference.    When I moved the Playbar in another room, I unplugged the optical cable. I figured out that the problem is when the optical cable from the TV is plugged to the Playbar. I put back the Playbar where it was (below the TV) without plugging the optical cable and then, no dropouts. The problem is r

I have the new Sonos Amp with Oberon 5 speakers as a replacement for my PlayBar. I am disappointed by 1. the implementation of the phantom center channel on this, 2. the DSP settings available for the surround speakers and 3. overall brightness, especially when adding the Sub. Although the Amp is an improvement for Music alone, the Playbar is better for Movies (together with Trueplay, Sub and Surrounds). It seems like a half finished product to me and hopefully they will make improvements over time. 1. Phantom center: I already noticed that voices are very low in volume compared to movie sound effects on my Playbar, but this is even more noticeable on the AMP. Due to complaints Sonos has partly solved this in the past by adding a button which artificially increases the “voice frequencies”. This option is far from ideal as it does not cover all voices (especially low ones) and it also brightens the rest of sound image. A much better option would be in my opinion if Sonos let you choose

I have not seen any post about this question in over a year, so hopefully there is current news? Can we get an update on the next version of the Playbar? As stated in many of the threads its overdue and the potential upgrades are needed. Personally, I'm looking for a blue tooth option since everything I have is running throught a mac mini and it has no optical out option... thanks

I have just purchased the beam, two sonos ones as surround sound and it makes a massive difference to my TV experience so far BUT   My TV is a samsung smart tv and when I insert media, movie or via USB. I have two options of sound mode PCM and DOLBY DIGITAL   Which is best to get the best surround sound for my system

I have see some very old threads talking about the exact same issue that I am facing. I have a Sonos Beam with Sub and two Sonos SLs I have the beam connected to TCL6 series via HDMI arc and TV audio is set to output Dolby Digital. I am using native roku apps to stream.   When I play YouTube, I get good dialogue volume, Level 20 is good enough and the music and dialog levels seem balanced. When I play netflix, the sound effects are way too loud in comparison and dialogues are barely audible. To make sense of the dialogues I have to turn up volume to 40 or even higher however that makes the effects too loud.  I have to constantly keep adjusting the volume.  This is so frustrating.   It almost feels like the center channel is not loud enough in either 3.1 or 5.1 setup. I have tried the Speech Enhancement too, it helps a little but not enough.    I have also tried True Play tuning many times.   Any more ideas?  

Good morning I was looking for some help please, I currently have a Sony amp running a 5.1 surround system wit two ceiling speakers and two wall and a Center speaker all connected and running well also have a sonos connect to allow me to play music through the speakers, ,y question is how could I connect the speakers and amp to allow me to play the sound from the TV through other sonos connect to allow the sound through Bose speakers I have on the patio and the outdoor kitchen. Looked at the new amp but can’t see how that allows the current 5.1 sound that I have through the Sony amp. Many thanks in advance for any help offered and hopefully I’ve explained my self well enough  SET UP  TV running into a Sony amp with a sonos connect connected to allow sonos to play through the 5.1 speakers  Patio two Bose speakers running through a sonos connect amp  Outdoor Kitchen two more Bose speakers running through another sonos connect amp (I also have a play bar on the tv in the kids playroom but

Hi All I have a Samsung QE55 Q9FN Tv, a Sonos Beam & have just purchased x2 Sonos One Speakers. I am trying to get 5:1 Surround Sound but to no avail ?!  Everything is connected through a Samsung One Connect box, my Beam is connected using the HDMI Arc port, then the Tv, PS4 & Sony 4K player using the other HDMI ports. I have just purchased x2 Sonos One Speakers all paired up connected to my System / Account. If I play music through the Sonos App thats fine, sound comes through all Speakers, the Beam & both Sonos Ones. However when watching TV, using PS4 or 4K player sound only comes through the Beam ? I have made sure TV Audio settings, PS4 & 4K player are set to Dolby Digital but still sound only through the Beam. If I go on the Sonos App to My System to check what sound is coming in it says Dolby 2.0 when watching Tv, Dolby 5:1 when on PS4 & just Stereo when on 4K player but sound only comes through the Beam. So my Q. Is how on earth do I get 5:1 Surround Sound f

I just purchased another Sonos One speaker today for the purpose of setting up surround sound in my kitchen/family room (which are connected). Previously, I only had one of the Ones in my kitchen that I use to listen to music while I'm cooking or doing dishes and whatnot. I like to use the Alexa feature for timers and skipping songs when my hands are dirty. Now I have a Beam with 2x Sonos Ones bonded as surround sound speakers in the kitchen, facing the family room and TV.  The problem I have (that everyone else seems to like) is that anytime I want to play music in the kitchen at night while my kids are sleeping, I have to listen to the beam and both Ones in surround sound. I don’t want this. Previously, I would just listen to the one speaker and it was plenty loud and not full of too much bass. I went through the process of turning off the surrounds and only listening to the beam in to the family room, but its too far away and I have to turn it up too loud to hear it. Then I went thr

Simple question;   Will it still be possible to use the old Amp for driving rears together with a new AMP when the legacy-split is effected or will the old amp then “hold back” all of my new speakers?   I will have all my amps located in an AVR-cabinet so could save a lot  if I could buy 1 new AMP for fronts and supplement with buying a used Connect Amp for rears which sells at around 1/5 of the cost of the new Amp.    Probably a long-shot but understanding is that the AMP driving the fronts defines the group so I wanted to check. 

We have a Sony tv with a sonos beam and 2x play 1s we use as surround sound.  The play 1s and the beam sound great with music through the app but for some reason the play 1s are now not playing any sound when watching tv. We have the tv volume up so loud to be able to hear through the play bar.  It was working fine but I got the Ikea symfonik lamp speaker at Christmas set up in another room and sometimes I group them all to play same music, but that's the only thing thats changed so why is it now not working??

Hi everyone. Today I went out a bought my self a  Samsung TU8000. This TV is sold as having Airplay 2 function built into it. I also have a Sonos Move speaker, wich also has Airplay 2 built into it. For the life of me I can’t work out how to get the sound from the TV to go to the Sonos Move useing Airplay 2. ! Does anyone know how?. Ive spent the last 3 hours hopping to find an answer on the net, but no luck so far.    Thank’s 

I’ve just ordered a couple of Ones to pair with my Beam for Surround. That being said, now I’ve done so I’m a little confused as to where to place them. I have the TV on one wall, with the Beam by it, seating position in front.    I considered getting stands to put directly behind the sofa, but I’m not a fan of how the wires would have to run from one of the existing outlets. either by the TV or the back of the room to get them powered and they’d probably look a little out of place.    I’m currently thinking it may be better to place them on top of the counter at the back of the room, ~3 metres behind the seating position. Would that work or would they really be too far away to be effective?

Hi, I purchased a Sonos beam recently and I am unable to use Bluetooth headphone unless I unplug the beam. Baby is slightly a bit to young to appreciate the beam sound quality even with night mode turned on. Is there a software update coming soon that will allow me to turn off the beam so I can use headphones? 

Hello. I am wondering if anyone knows how to get the Sonos Beam to play the sound from my PS4 Pro while it’s connected to the Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box(HSB). My setup is as follows. PS4 Pro connected to HSB. Sonos Beam connected to HSB. HSB connected to the only HDMI ARC port on my Sony XBR900e. As I understand it, the PS4 Pro needs to use the ARC port to get the benefits of HDR so that’s why the HSB is connected there. If I unplug the Sonos Beam from the HSB I get the audio to play from my tv, but once I plug it in, I get no sound.   Any ideas are welcomed! Thank you!  

My parents has a Sonos beam that is connected to their LG TV. They have a Apple TV and a blu-ray player that is connected to the TV. The Sonos beam is connected to the TV with optical cable. The Apple TV is used on a daily basis while the blu-ray player is more rarely in use. Sonos beam plays sound from the devices when they use them, but when they are controlling the sound on the Apple TV (with the Apple TV remote) it shows the LG TVs sound controlling, and when sound reaches level 0 it is often still sound (it is like the Sonos beam is in another sound level after it has been used on radio or Spotify). I changed the preferences on the Apple TV from sound output to be Apple TV to be Sonos, and then the sound controlling works perfect, but this automatically changes again after turning off and on the TV once. Any tips on what they can do and still use both Apple TV and their blu-ray player with Sonos-sound?    

I just replaced my two Play:1s that I was using for sorround with my playbar, with two Ones Gen 2 because I missed. I tried different things, but I was only able to do either airplay as a group or sorround. Googling a bit told me that it’s either sorround or airplay. Can this really be true?

So I am doing this on the cheap, but it is a rarely used room in my house.  I have a new sonos amp connected to five speakers in the room (yes, it works!) and a roku ultra.  Is there anyway to create a home theatre experience here without having to buy a used receiver of some sort?  HDMI splitter? Ethernet cable?  Optical?  Get an old sonos amp?  Looking for some advice on what might do the trick.  Thanks!

Probably been asked before but does anyone know if it’s possible to connect the 2 so the image is projected via the projector and the sound via the Sonos Move 

Hi folks!    I currently have a playbase as my TV speaker. I recently chose to pick up two used Play 5 Gen 1s for my new larger room I am moving into (24 x 17) as they were the same price as Play 1s.    I am now reading about potential surround issues for the Gen 1 Play 5s, or the only option for them to play the same audio with a delay? Are play 5 surrounds only available for the Gen 2 or is my setup feasible at al!    If so, would the best option here would be to sell my play 5s and go for two Play 1s instead (and maybe a sub in the future)? Would this be sufficient to fill the room? (50% TV / 50% Music)   Thanks All! 

Hi,   After 2-3 seconds my TV speakers automatically take over the output from my TV and not the Beam. If I alter the volume on the Sonos app it will turn on the Beam as the TV output but again only for a few seconds before reverting back.    When the Beam isn't playing, it's not an option as audio output on the TV. 

S2 is Sonos next generation software solution. Will it bring optional front speakers for Playbar setup? That would be awesome for better audio separation.

So, I currently have a Samsung 43" Q60R QLED Smart 4K UHD TV connected to a Sonos Beam with a Fire TV 4k Stick and a PC connected to the TV via HDMI. Samsung falsely advertises the monitor as "Freesynch" in graphic callouts on the web page for the product but the fine print says it doesn't have it for the 43 and 49-inch models. So now I'm looking at the ROG Strix XG438Q gaming monitor so that the AMD card on the PC can output the best video to the screen. However, there's no HDMI-Arc on the monitor and the only audio out is 3.5" and has no 5.1 sound. There's no optical audio out on the Fire TV stick (or cube) so I'm trying to figure out if there's some way to split the HDMI out of the Fire Stick so that audio can go to the Beam. The PC also has several 3.5 audio outputs for 5.1 sound that way and wonder if there's something that might accept the audio from the PC via the several 3.5" jacks and the HDMI from the Fire TV which then forwards the video on to the monitor. I'd sacrifice the

Hi Everyone, This is my first post in the community so please be gentle. TV MODEL: LG OLED TV B8 55 inch SONOS BEAM: Connected to LG TV via HDMI ARC. The TV and Beam are working correctly eg. volume is controlled by LG remote etc. The issue arises when I plug in my MacBook Pro via a normal HDMI input into the LG TV (which works well) until I return to the use the TV and no sound comes out of the Beam. In order to get the BEAM to work again I have to remove the HDMI cable attached to the MacBook from the TV and turn it on and off again.  I am thinking of wall mounting the TV where removing the HDMI cable to fix the problem will not be viable. I hope that makes sense. Please help. Thank you to anyone in advance.      

Hello   My tv: Samsung QE55Q9F 2018 with the One Connect Box   When only the beam (HDMI ARC) is connected to my tv I have no problem, but when I also connected Chromecast I started having issues. The tv is then always losing the connection with the Beam. Sometimes the signal returns to the beam, but after a while it will switch back to the tv speakers. I read somewhere that the beam has difficulties communicating with other HDMI-CEC devices or is it Samsung who is at fault here?   Edit: Now its losing the connection even without Chromecast connected...I don’t get it.   Kind Regards, Matteo