Home theater

I have the playbar and 2 Sonos one SL connected. However, there is no sound coming from the rear speakers. The playbar sounds great, I can only mute and control the sound from the SL speakers. How do I get them to all play? This is driving me crazy I’m about to return this whole system. 

Hi  I have a 3.1 paradigm speaker set for my TV sound - centre, Left, Right and sub.  I want to use the Sonos AMP but it can only connect 2.1 passive speaker system.  so can I add another Sonos AMP to drive the centre speaker, with the other Sonos AMP does Left Right and Sub? I have other SONOS ones speakers in the house and want to use my paradigm speakers to play music through them not just use them for TV,    possible?    

I have a 5.0 setup using a beam and 2 play 1s.  Everything seems to be working fine however when the audio is being recognised as 2.0 I appear to be getting sound out of the rear speakers.  I was assuming that nothing would come out of the rears unless I was playing content that contained a 5.1 audio track. Am I miss understanding this?

Hello, I have few questions. Right now I have 2 ones and a sub. I want to add beam or playbase or playbar. Which of these do you recommend for a 5.1 setting and playing music? I have a 30m2 living room. The center speaker is only for vocal right? So it’s not important how the sound quality of this center is? I also want to use the center and 2 ones for playing stereo music. Do you recommend that, and so which center speaker?    is 2 ones and a center speaker more powerful for playing stereo music instead of 2 ones only?   2 ones and a center is like 2 fives only for sound quality ? I doubted between 2 ones + center and only 2 fives for playing music.    thnx so far

I recently bought a new TV (Samsung Q70) and, although the sound is better than I expected, I am considering some kind of sound bar. I already have a number of Sonos speakers so was looking at the Beam. I see that Sonos do a bundle with the Sub. Is there any advantage to getting both or would the Beam itself suit my needs, which is basically to give the sound more oomph!  And if I did get the sub as well, where to place it in my room?   The drawing is not to scale!! Basically 15 x 20 ft lounge. My options considered for the sub are positions A B or C. I don’t think I can do surround sound effectively because my TV is in the corner and my wife will not be changing the room around! Hence why I’m looking at beam + sub. Any advice/help appreciated

Is it possible for the BEAM to accept an HDMI signal directly from a source (cable box/ dvd. etc) instead of the HDMI arc or optical out to hdmi converter

Hi! I have a LG OLED55B7 with a magic remote and a playbar. I’ve configured the remote to work with the Playbar a few times now, but i stops working after a while. It’s like the playbar resets itself. Sometimes it starts working again after I hit mute or unmute. But that only works once or twice, then the connection between the two are totally of.    In the TV-settings I do the following: Set the soundbar to optical/arc output, set the manufacturer to philips, and use the controller 1. then i configure the remote in sonos. This works for a short brief of time, then it loses connection. I have tried other manufacturers for the playbar in the TV settings with no luck, philips seems to be the best option in that case. I will however try the pioneer and see if that may work. But I’m in doubt. I do not use the optical cable that came with the package, I’m using another optical cable I’ve had with my old system. Feels unlikely, but could th

Hey all, I am a newbie on this stuff, so please be kind.  I recently purchased a cheap LG tv, which of course, has terrible internal speakers.  With my old TV, I used an older soundbar that connected via Dig 3.5 mm cable, which worked well. This new LG, of course, has no such port. I tried connecting via optical cable, 3 diff ones, in fact, with no sound. This led to my next option, a Sonos Beam. Got it today, plugged it into the tv, did setup via app, and…...you guessed it, no sound.  App says nothing found after plugging HDMI ARC cable into appropriate port on TV.  Unplugged & turned off TV, started over, same result. Tried calling Sonos, nobody home.  So, called LG, they gave me a few suggestions, again, no sound.  They said they would call Sonos and get back to me Monday. Not to be a pessimist here, but I’ve heard that one before.  Is there any other than the steps that are given elsewhere in the forums here, left to try?  I am thinking that the LG firmware is the cul

 Will sonos be updating software? I have a sonos beam and two surround ones. Supposed to be great for films. Very disappointed. The sound is dropped when i go to watch a film on netflix as apparently Dolby dig + isn't supported. Why o why  haven't sonos sorted this for what must be the largest film platform. Every time i watch netflix i  have to reset netflix audio output away from Dd+  as this is the default on its handshake. The sound isn't as good as ordinary terrestrial t.v. Also sold with Alexa!!! But Alexa use is very limited and will not control any smart plugs or lights. Ask Alexa to turn the lights off and sonos Alexa turns the TV  off . Again very  disappointed. i was told it was good for Nflix and would operate as my Echo. :-(  :-( 

It's now early April of 2019. Just a week ago I purchased the Sonos Playbase via used. (Sorry Sonos, your product pricing is uncommonly steep compared to most.) I thought I did my research well enough and found the Playbase to meet my needs. In regards to it's sound within the soace I live in it's fantastic!... until I realized my research was woefully ignorant of the one big topic that's permeated through many forums here: Sonos's desire not to succumb to the growing market and past technologies of DTS 5.1 and Dolby Atmos. Yes I've read their reasons and yes they make sense, but that doesn't negate the fact that if I'm to enjoy any AV media that utilizes, these formats Sonos finds so unpopular, I have to struggle blindly and feel my way to costly work-arounds. DTS incompatability has been a heavy hitter in this particular arena. I actually don't mind the downgrade to Stereo (which was one of the reasons I chose the Playbase for my theater s

Every home automation company I have talked to is advising against the idea of using Sonos with a projector at all.  I would like to make it work in order to avoid paying for Savant/Control 4, and so I can have it work with all of the other Sonos speakers I plan on having around the house.  What is the best way to go about this?  My plan is below, will it work? Epson 5050ub is connected to Apple TV 4k via HDMI.  Apple TV connected to Sonos 5.1 (playbar, sub, 2 back speakers for surround) via Airplay or optical (using adapter at Apple TV). Based on what I have seen on here, I believe this should work.  What do you think?  Is there a better way?  Is Airplay or optical better for this application? Thanks!

My beam has stopped working on my Samsung tv. I can play music from iPhone ok. I tried using a new hdmi cable but that didn’t help. The anynet + is switched on on my tv. I haven’t done anything different & it just stopped working. What can I do? 

Hi I have had my sonos beam since the launch in denmark, and are quite glad for the "wireless" surround i can have to my play:1 as rear speaker. however, it annoys me in my setup that i have to use my "build in" plex / netflix app on my samsung TV to get 5.1 signal output. Whenever i use netflix app / plex on the shield, The sonos Beam only plays stereo My setup is: TV: Samsung UE49KS7005 Nvidia Shield newest 16gb version Sonos Beam+2play:1 rear speaker. Cable: HDMI ARC between TV and beam Shield connected to HDMI port on samsung HDMI input. When ever i play Netflix, plex movies on the build in app on my TV, the sound is decoded fine to Dolby digital 5.1 everything i play through shield is stereo. is there no solution to this i have tryed to force surround output on shield, etc. triet some "PCM" and "Bitstream" setting on sam

I have an old Philips PF9731 TV without HDMI ARC or optical audio out. Will a Sonos Beam work when using a HDMI Switcher with Audio Extractor with the following connections: Cable box and DVD player connected to HDMI In on Switchbox TV connected to HDMI Out from Switchbox SPDIF Out from Switchbox connected to Beam (using the optical adapter that comes with it) If this doesn’t work, any other sugges

We are new users of Sonos.  We have a set of Play 1’s and a Beam. Which is the best way to tune our surround sound based on what we have? Using Trueplay or should we use EQ? Thanks for any input.

When I turn my TV on, no sound comes through the playbar. I previously found a help topic that said to unplug all HDMI devices and plug back in making sure the PLaybar is first. This works to fix the immediate problem, but I have to take these steps everytime the TV is turned on. Is there a way to force the playbar to keep a permanent connection to the TV?

Set Beam up in December 2019 added 2 x One SL’s yesterday. All three units successfully grouped together as ‘Lounge’. Beam has been brilliant, Have introducing left and right hand One SL’s placed on floor behind each end of settee. Can operate system volume from any of the units, however when Beam is at acceptable volume, we can not hear the 2 x One SL’s, although they are working when you get your ear very close to them. Also once I get volume working correctly, can I expect to get true surround sound, such as helicopter buzzing around the room etc. This is my very first post, look forward to some helpful replies - Thanks

I have my Xbox One X connected via HDMI to a Phillips 50PUS7304/12 TV, which is connected via optical audio to a Sonos Playbase. I want to keep the main audio to the Sonos from my TV for the movie apps on it like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video etc.. I don’t experience any audio lag when watching anything directly from my TV. If the Xbox audio output over the HDMI is set to stereo uncompressed it's absolutely fine, except that I want better than stereo. It won't accept being set to 5.1 or 7.1 uncompressed (for this I'm just assuming it's because the TV isn't really made to be a high-end audio receiver which is fair). If I set it to bitstream out, the Dolby DTS setting is accepted but no sound comes out (presumably because Sonos don’t support it), while the Dolby Digital and Dolby Atmos settings both have a noticeable lag (maybe up to a second). I have exactly the same issues when using the optical output directly from the Xbox to the Playbase, the only difference be

I have a projector (No ARC) HDMI audio extractor →  Optical to HDMI adapter →  Beam. Optical can support stereo Dolby Digital and Stereo PCM. I want to plug a laptop in it detect 5.1 sounds...not all channels play think it missing out front or something. I think it is sending out 6 uncompressed LPCM channels  Kodi on a fire stick works if i set it to 2 channel and Dolby digital transcoding. (If want to understand that message me) Making the laptop output to DD seems maybe impossible (I want this for games not movies) My question is in does the beam support 6 channel PCM over ARC,  So if i get something like this an “ARC sender” so I don’t need the optical adapter  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07T6CDPQJ/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza will it work?      

I’m planning to buy a Sub for my currently 5.0 setup (Beam and 2 Play 1s). The setup sounds very good but I feel like it’s missing the thumping bass of a subwoofer. I know that the sub is very expensive at 700$ but after the EoL announcement, I wonder how long the sub would be support by Sonos. IMO I think that the sub should be able to last longer than the playbar (same released date in 2012) because the sub doesn’t work alone without a speaker. So I think that the main music streaming is from the speaker itself like Ones, Play 5, Beam or Bar.  What do you think I should do in this situation? Thanks

Hello Everyone,  Although I believe I know the answer based on previous topics, I wanted to confirm with the community before purchasing anything else.    Here is my setup: I have: An Epson 1060 Projector (https://www.amazon.com/Epson-Cinema-brightness-speakers-projector/dp/B073S4TS4G) Roku Premier Streaming (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HDBZN7Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) and Sonos Beam.  The roku is directly connected to the projector.    Am I correct in understanding I will need an HDMI Audio Extractor in order to play sounds from Roku. (This one for example. 

I have tried to sort this multiple times but the dialogue that comes from the playbar is so hard to listen too, my wife now refuses to watch TV in the room with it!! music is great but you almost need to lip read if there is any background sounds going on   i have called tech support and submitted diagnostics but the sound is still poor, any ideas what to try - i am seriously thinking about purchasing something else   Andy

I have a Beam and two Sonos Ones, and my TV is Philips. If I set up my Playstation to use the "optical" for audio, there is no problem, but as soon as I turn it to HDMI--which is the real dolby one!--there is almost a one-second delay. Any ideas? it is really annoying. Thank you!

This thread is specifically for those who are trying to understand the Playbars 5.1 and DTS issues. As most of you know the Playbar does not convert DTS signal. It also will only convert 2.0 to SIMULATED PCM 5.1 signal. If you can live with the simulated signal, then you are ahead of the game. IF you want PURE unadulterated 5.1 from your DirecTV or Cable, you WILL most likely have to buy a switch like this one. http://www.monoprice.com/products/7974 Or a Bluray converter like this one. http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-103/ MOST tvs will not convert true 5.1. There are some on this thread that say they do, but most dont. I found this out the hard way by buying one of Samsungs highest end tv's, only to find out that 2.0 is all i

I have Samsung The Frame 55 (QN55LS03RAFXZA) and Sonos Beam. Im using the HDMI ARC port and the cable supplied with the Beam. It works fine, but sometimes the TV looses the connection to the Beam. The setup is: the TV can detect that there is a HDMI connected speaker but the sound comes from the TV and I cannot chance volume (nothing happens when I push the buttons on the remote even if the screen shows + and -) Are there known problems with Samsung TVs and HDMI ARC ports using The Beam?