Home theater

Hi Sonos fans. Does anyone know if Sonos will be launching a less expensive SUB in the near future? I have read that there a plenty of people who would buy a cheaper SUB, surely it's a no brainer for Sonos to release one?

I want to beef up the sound of my tiny 22inch Samsung smart tv as we live in our newly extended kitchen watching all our tv and listening to music I’m here and it doesn’t cut it. Is it a crazy idea to mount the beam vertically for space reasons?

Are there any plans to release a new Player/Playbase with HDMI ports?

Our new house is getting build and it now up to doing the internal wiring and we are reviewing our TV Surround Sound setup. Do we stick with the Sono Playbar, or replace it with the Sono Amp and put in in wall speakers. If you were starting again, would you just have your Playbar under your TV, or swap over to the Sono Amp with in wall speakers?

Is it possible to have my Roku player communicate with my Sonos amp so I can hear the Roku through the outdoor speakers? Both are on the same wireless network.

I have a 5.1 Playbar sub + two play5 I want to ask if something it’s coming I heard the speakers Dolby Atmos for make 7.1 that’s true ?

My Sonos Beam (attached to my Philips 55OLED803 via HDMI) had been randomly making screeching beeps (very short and randomly occurring). During one 50min Netflix episode it has been occurring some 20-30 times. So you can imagine this is very annoying. While googling it seems to be related to Alexa, but the Alexa service (nor the google one for that matter) isn't activated because it hasn't been available here in the Netherlands. We just bought it past Friday. We haven't loaded any programs on the TV, we only watch Netflix/youtube/digital tv via a media box on it. Edit: it's not when changing the channel and it's not as loud and long as here: http://youtu.be/6ZzoKlgkx74 Edit2: Diagnostic report 363072178

Hi - I have a Sonos Beam and 2 Play 1's with no sub in my average size living room. I think the sounds is generally great for my room, except for the Sonos Beam sometimes sounds muddled and a bit overworked when listening to bass heavy music or movies - it really produces better mid-bass sounds, especially at volume. I'd love to take some of the bass load off of the Play1's and the Beam. I want to add a sub, but for my space, the Sonos Sub is crazy overkill, I live in SF where our house touches our neighbors house - I don't think they'd love the sub. So my question - can I rig a Play 5 to act as a sub? I am sure if I add it to the mix, it will help with bass for music, but can this also be incorporated into movie/TV surround sound? Thoughts? and Thanks! Zulfi

Hi, just happily bought my sonos amp for my tv living room. My LE40D503F7W samsung tv doesn't have hdmi arc port, so how to i connect the amp to this? Attached a picture to see what is available, what kind of converter would i need if possible? Would like to avoid also having to get a new tv :) Chromecast that is connected now.

Hi everyone! I'm looking to buy a Sonos Beam to get the surround option for my Sonos system. Sonos supports surround in the form of the soundbar doing the FR, center and FL channels, and pairing up with two speakers as RR and RL. They don't support separate front speakers. I was wondering, why has no one grouped that "room" with another "room" consisting of a stereo pair, and then using that stereo pair as "real" FR and FL speakers? Could anyone try that for me, because I would like to know if it just works and if there's any trouble. It should be possible since you can pass along the stereo signal from the Beam to another room, and this would be fitting for the front channels. I wan't to space out the left and right front channels really far, so please don't tell me that "the soundbar spaces it out enough" 😃 That would give me "real" 5.1, but the front left and right would be doubled. Thanks a lot, appreciate your time in advance. EDIT: I contacted Sonos via Twitter,

I've had a Playbase for a while now, and is my only Sonos speaker in the house. I want to channel my turntable through the Playbase using the Connect. Ultimately I'll be adding additional speakers but want to start with the single Playbase. is this possible?

I am trying to solve an issue for a friend. Friend purchased Optoma UHD50 projector and installed it in his basement that has drywall walls and ceilings. Currently uses roku stick for HDMI input and now he wants to use a Sonos Beam. The projector has a 3.5mm audio out. I've found a 3.5mm audio transmitter/receiver kit that can deliver the 3.5mm audio out to the Beam Sonos but I also need to convert the 3.5mm audio signal to an ARC1 HDMI signal to input into the Sonos Beam. Does anyone know if this is possible or if there is a converter out that accepts a 3.5mm audio input and outputs HDMI ARC1? Thank you in advance!

I've a TV that support's eARC, and have already invested in Sonos around the house for music. I'm looking at Sonos AMP as the basis for building an AV solution for my TV. eARC has a number of benefits, however lip sync support might be the most significant. The question is, is Sonos going to update the AMP to support this, like some of the other manufacturers such Samsung and Sony are already doing? Thanks!

Good evening all I am going to be getting a Sonos Beam shortly and having had a trial run with a Panasonic soundbar I am certain that the Beam will assist my partner who does not have great hearing. However she does struggle with the loud crash and bang stuff that goes on in the background and the TV volume is constantly going up and down, so am looking forward to giving the Speech/nighttime options a whirl - but a couple of questions:- 1 - Is there a noticeable improvement in the clarify of speech and reduction in background audio when this function is enabled? The Panasonic soundbar we have tested has a speech function but marginal difference. 2 - I understand the Beam can be grouped with other sonos speakers to play the TV audio (not surround sound) - does the speech/nighttime mode settings get replicated in the other speaker (play 1 in my case)? 3 - Would it be weird to my partner if the grouped speaker was adjacent to her listening position playing the TV audio - so she would have

I just purchased an Epson PowerLite Home Cinema Projector. My intent is to setup a screen outside to watch football this fall. I have a Chromecast plugged into the first of two HDMI ports and use that to cast YouTube TV streaming. I am wondering how I can get my sonos playbar to provide the audio? The back of the projector has an area marked "audio" which has the yellow, red, and white inputs. I tried getting a Optical/Coaxial Digital to Analog converter, but that didn't seem to work. I wasn't sure if that was because it did not have the yellow jack (only had red and white). I went into the App and set the "room" settings to TV autoplay. It did not take over the audio from the projector itself. My next thought was to purchase the Optical --> HDMI adapter, but I'm worried that the HDMI port will only look for video and not audio. Any idea how I can get this to work? Football season starts up soon!

I'm considering buying a Sonos Beam to go with a Samsung 48-inch QLED Q70R TV but I keep reading about audio sync issues with Samsung and other TVs. Has anyone gotten the Beam to work via HDMI with no lip syncing issues? Thanks.

I've successfully connected my Beam to my Vizio M550SL using the Optical Out connection (my model does not have an ARC). I turned off the TV speakers through the Vizio main menu, but whenever I turn the TV off then on again, the TV speakers revert back to turning on, and the audio is played through both the TV speakers and the Beam, causing an echoing sound. To fix the issue, I simply go back to the Vizio menu and turn off the TV speakers again, but I was wondering is this was an issue anyone else had experienced, and if there was a way for me to turn off the TV speakers permanently? Thanks!

Hi I am looking at buying the new Sonos AMP for my lounge, with the Sub and a pair of Bose 791 speakers. However, I need to understand how the ARC works. I want the options of having the TV sound, Sky, PS4 coming out of my speakers when I want it, but the rest of the time, I just want it to use the speakers built into the TV. Is this selectable or if I use the ARC, does the sound always need to come through the Sonos AMP?

I have a play 1 speaker. I am unable to connect Sonos to the new provider. I have followed the instructions, but when I try to connect via settings - wifi, sonos network is not offered to me. I have also tried the alternative method that's offered using an ethernet cable, but I get a message advising me to check the power and/or the cable connection. Any suggestions regarding what I can do next?

I have an LG TV that's has an RF remote and cant control my Sonos volume. Does anyone have a universal IR/RF remote recommendation? I hate using my iphone to control the volume.

I have just bought a Sonos Beam for use with my LG47LA740 ZB. I used the HDMI ARC slot and used my controller on the app to try to connect - didn't work. Used the adaptor and plugged into Optical Output - sound works! Any reason why sound doesn't work using recommended HDMI ARC connection???

Hello, I've read every post on this and looking to confirm a few things related to connecting a Projector to a Playbar by way of Blue Ray Player. I have a few quick questions: Would a Blue Ray Player work to be the bridge between a projector (with not Optical port) and the Playbar? The Projector will not have Optical, so would it work to use ONLY HDMI (wired or wireless) from the Projector to a Blue Ray Player, assuming the Blue Ray players sends DDS and has Optical (to connect directly to Playbar)? Or, does there need to be some sort of Audio connection between the projector and the Blue Ray Player? One of the Projectors I'm looking at has an S/PDIF port, would that work to connect to the Optical part of a Blue Ray Player? Most projectors only have HDMI and not even S/PDIF, with only like "Audio Out" ports for what look like headphone jacks. What is the fix here?

I have a sonos beam connected to a Panasonic TX-40EX700B using a sky Q mini box to provide the picture source. The sky Q mini is connected to HDMI 1 and the beam via the HDMI arc port on the TV. Every time I change a channel the beam makes an loud beep for a few seconds then the sound resumes as normal. If I change the sky mini sound settings to 'normal' from 'DD' the beep disappears. i'm not sure whether this is a limitation with the beam, TV or sky Q mini box, at the moment I watch everything in stereo as I'm worried the high frequency beep could in some way damage the sound bar at higher volumes. I'm hoping somebody may have experienced this problem and found a work around.

I recently purchased the Playbar and sub and have been happy with it so far. I’m contemplating purchasing 2 Play 1’s to set up as a 5.1 system but am wondering hoping for some input on those of you that have went this route. Is it worth it? I mostly use my system for Netflix, Movies streamed from Apple TV, and DirectTV broadcasts. I have a Sony x850e if that weighs in at all with what audio channels it transmits in. I just don’t want to spend the money on Play 1’s to have very little broadcast in true 5.1 surround.

Hi all Ive a Beam, and 2 Play 1s, connected via HDMI Arc to a Sony Bravia kd-55xd8577 I have connected the speakers correctly to the Beam, but cant figure out how to get surround sound working! Do I need to connect the TV to the Beam via Optical cable? I cant see anywhere in the Sony menus, to output Dolby Any help really appreciated