Home theater

I expect to have a new Sonos 5.1 system (Beam with Ones) in just a couple days and just planning speaker placement. After browsing these forums for about a week I realize my small livingroom is not the ideal room for surround sound. So I'm here asking for opinions and advice. My livingroom is on the smaller side and my sofa (main listening position) is against the rear wall. So there is not an option to place the Ones behind the couch and to make things worse I am not able to sides either (wall or stand). Well maybe one wall as the couch is in a corner. Seems my only option is mounting on the rear wall. With that in mind how should i go about mounting them. Higher up than normal? Facing toward seating area? Angle down? Up? Facing forward? I tried researching this earlier and frankly there doesn't seem to be A CORRECT answer. I found many different solutions some which completely contradicted each other. Still relatively new here and have already received good advice here so I

H there. At the moment I have two play 5s gen 2. I would like a decent home 5.1 surround sysem not only for movies but I find increasingly some of my favourite music is being remastered etc in 5.1 stereo mixes. Should I purchase a soundbar or a beam and use the play 5 as rear speakers or could I get a true 5.1 system for similar money? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello. I am a new poster. I have just bought a SONOS BEAM and SAMSUNG UE55NU7400 TV. I have paired the TV remote to my Beam no problem and it turns the Beam volume up and down easily enough. However - I cannot get it to "wake up" the Beam in the first instance. Thus, I turn the TV on and annoying have to turn the Beam on via my mobile phone before I can then operate it with the TV remote. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks

I've had the same AV setup for almost 5 years now and no issues with the playbar accepting IR commands for volume up/down/mute, but as of today, it won't accept any. Playbar recognizes the cable remote commands, but I don't use this remote normally. I use an Xbox One with Kinect (which has an IR blaster) to control my audio and video. The Playbar is connected to the Xbox via Optical cable. The Xbox is recognizes my voice command, but either Xbox isn't sending the command (it sends every other IR command, and the TV recognizes that a volume IR command has been sent, so I doubt this is the case), or Playbar isn't receiving/reacting. Nothing has changed with respect to the location to the IR blaster or Playbar. All I need is the Playbar's remote code to set up the Xbox to send the proper commands, but I can't seem to find this anywhere.

Hello, Im new to Sonos and we are having renovations done to our flat at the minute. I bought the Sonos Ceiling Speaker 4pcs, Sonos Amp, Sonos Beam and Sonos Sub. We will connect it to the TV and Projector. Will it possible to connect the amp+beam+sub to play at the same time when using either the TV and projector? Can the amp wirelessly sync to the other sonos speakers and what cords do I need to use to this? As there will be a cord running from the TV to Beam which will wirelessly connect to the Sonos Sub however I dont know how to connect the in ceiling speakers to sync with the other system? I will also have a small sonos speakers in bedroom 1 and 2 to be paired wirelessly for music. Comments and suggestions are welcomed.

I moved my 3 year old playbar to my vacation house and when setting it up I couldn’t get the playbar to recognize the remote for volume control. I tried to pair it with the xfinity xr15 remote or the Samsung tv remote with no luck. I spent an hour and a half on the phone with Sonos only to end up that they thought my ir receiver on the Sonos was bad even though it had worked perfectly at my other house. I ran out and bought a new playbar and I had the same problem. I then took my old playbar and hooked it up to another tv and it recognized the xfinity remote without a problem. In the cabinet under the tv I have my router, a T-Mobile Cel booster, telephone and a Samsung hub as well as a Sonos amp , DVD player and the xfinity receiver. I thought the issue might be interference so I disconnected the T-Mobile, phone, and Samsung hub. Tried to set it up again and it worked. This morning though, turned on the tv and the volume is not working again. Any idea what could be the problem?

7357834 Diagnostics Please help! This just started happening within the last week. I disconnected the playbar and tried just the TV speakers and confirmed that it's a Sonos issue and not direct tv. The playbar is in the same room as the router so it's not a distance issue. Please help! There was an hour wait on the "hot" line...what's the deal with that?!?

My apologies if this has already been asked, but I'm having trouble getting sound on a couple of built-in speakers. I have Sonos speakers in most rooms of my house, but my family room and kitchen both have built-in speakers in the ceiling that are powered by a Sonos Amp and Preamp (?) that run through a home theater receiver. For whatever reason, when I am listening to music on Sonos, only two of the four in-ceiling speakers work in the family room. Funny thing is, all four of them work in the kitchen. I tried messing around with a lot of the settings in the app, but couldn't get the speakers to work. Any thoughts?

Hi, I have done a lot of research about this issue and I found out that it purely rely on the TV HDMI-ARC passthrough to determine whether you can have the 5.1 surround option in Netflix app on the shield TV. So the result will be vary based on the TV models. I just want to let you know that it is now possible to choose 5.1 surround option in Netflix after upgrading to the SHIELD Experience 8.0. As long as you manually choose to enable the dolby digital plus format under advanced sound settings. It worked in my test. I am not familiar with these technical explanations so please forgive me if I use the wrong terms.

It is well known that the Shield TV won't downsample Dolby Digital Plus from the Netflix app to regular Dolby Digital, so many people (myself included) cannot get a Sonos 5.1 setup working properly with certain apps on the Nvidia shield. I am wondering if a new TV with better audio passthrough capabilities will solve this problem for me. Specifically, I am looking at the Samsung QLED QE65Q9FN, which according to rtings is supposed to have 5.1 dolby digital passthrough via optical (see https://www.rtings.com/tv/tests/inputs/5-1-surround-audio-passthrough). Does anyone know if a Samsung Q9FN TV will actually downsample Dolby Digital Plus from the Nvidia Shield and pass through regular Dolby Digital to Sonos? I would be grateful to hear experiences from anyone that has this setup (Nvidia Shield TV with Netflix --> Samsung Q9FN --> Sonos 5.1) I should have mentioned that I have a Sonos Playbar 5.0 setup with two Play:1s as rear speakers. No Sub.

Hi! Why does the Beam not support LPCM 5.1? I find this very strange because the Beam is a soundbar and does not support the best and most basic codec. Is it a hardware thing or just software? Kind regards/ Mathias

I have purchased an LG OLED tv but I cannot manage to connect the SONOS PLAYBAR with the remote control. I went to the Audio settings and I also used the app on my phone to try to connect but it doesn't work. Does anyone have an idea? thanks !

I just bought a Sonos Beam and 2 Play 1s for surround. I have the Beam connected through my HDMI ARC port and know my TV passes through Dolby Digital signals. During any movie action scenes that are for example any Marvel movie the background music comes in clear but the talking or punches, gun fire, really action sound seem to get pushed to the background and don't come in that loud. The movies can be 5.1 or not 5.1. I tried messing with the surround balance also with the Treble and Bass which are only set 10% higher than the default settings. Even with the Voice enhancement enabled it doesn't improve much. I have a Nvidia Shield and running a Plex but also tried in Google Play Movies app and the HBO Now app. Am I missing something on the setup? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Other than movies the setup has been great!

Im having a new kitchen installed and have four ceiling speakers fitted which will be fed from the new Sonos Amp. Im looking to connect this via HDMI arc to a TV which in turn is connected via HDMI to a sky Q mini box. Firstly am i correct with the above set up and secondly are there any known compatibility issues with any TV brands in using ARC? I'm researching the TV at the minute.

Looking to use a pair of Sonos one gen 2’s as wireless rear speakers with an Onkyo receiver. Is is it possible to use Onkyo as 3.1 system and use the Sonos CONNECT as a bridge to pair the Sonos ones as rear speakers?

Hi Folks, I have an older TV which has no HDMI ARC out but does have an optical out. In spite of my best efforts in getting an 5.1 signal to Beam, I have been unable to do so. Here's what I tried: I have a Roku unit which streams Amazon Prime video & Netflix, I verified that Roku is sending out 5.1 signal to the TV for a movie being streamed in 5.1. But the audio in to Beam always shows stereo output. It looks like the TV is somehow modifying it to stereo output. Same when I connect a Blue Ray signal to the TV. I do have an inherited Receiver which has a HDMI ARC out. I was wondering to connect it to the Beam instead of the TV. The plan is to connect the devices to the receiver and using the HDMI ARC out to the Sonos Beam. Granted, the receiver is not being used much here but I thought it would be a good test to see if that changes anything. I tried to look in to the manual of the TV and see that when I move the sound output to non-TV speakers (to the connected Beam), th

Sub has no light and doesn't react. Its roughly a year old and stopped working all of a sudden. Does anyone know how to fix this / open the sub? Its a bit heavy to send around the world...

I have recently ordered the new Sonos Amp. Does it have the same limitations as the Connect:Amp in regards to using a 3rd Party subwoofer when used in the Surround mode with a Playbar in that the Amp would also disconnect the sub outputs? If that is the case, I assume that you could add the Amp as just another Sonos speaker (rather than setting up the Playbar for Surround) and that the 3rd party subwoofer would work properly. Am I correct? Would this be a good workaround?

Hello, I'm new here on the forum and I really want a powerful home theater using a Sonos system. Can you help me? I would like comments and suggestions on the following setup for a 650 sqft room with 80 ”tv: 1. Playbar or Playbase; 2. Four in-ceiling by Sonance (two pairs); 3. A Sub by Sonos: 4. A Sonos Amp. Doubts: 1. Is it a good setup and does it work as a powerful home theater? 2. Is it compatible with TruePlay? 3. Will there be any delay between the TV picture and the sound? 4. How will I connect the cable tv, my ps4, blue ray and vinyl phono? 5. Maybe get two Sonos Amp? Thank you very much if you can help me.

hye guys, In my living room I have 5.0 sound BEAM = 3.0 play1 X2 surround = 5.0 And it's Amazing But I would like to experience the SUB and take the advantage of 2 Play1 for other rooms . So I was thinking to remove the 2 Play1 in other rooms And put a SUB with the BEAM in the living room to get 3.1 Sound Any comments ???

Whe. I'm using the Sonos playbar and sub in an 3.1 or 5.1 setup, on what hz is the sub crossed? As far as I could see it's not manually adjustable to like 80 or 60hz.

Hi, I have an older (2010) Samsung TV,it looks like there is no HDMI ARC, only Optical out. Using this i only get Stereo, so my question is how do I get the full 5.1. I have an Xbox One which I'm thinking of trying (optical out) or I've seen there HDMI splitters but there is so many out there. Any info would be great Netflix & normal TV usage

I have 2 sonos one and 1 beam.. I want to set them together with surround sound setting. I see TV Room (+?+?) and do not see True Play tuning. And only beam is working. Other 2 sonos one are not working in surround setup. Attaching snapshot of TV room setting. Please help.

I have read lots of threads here and on Reddit with naysayers indicating that Sonos does not work well as your home computer speakers and this is simply not true. If you have the budget, there is nothing that even comes close to Sonos for immersive sound for gaming etc. I have been using Sonos as my go-to surround sound speaker system for my PC for the past 4 years without issue. I have also installed them through various versions of Windows without issues. The installation procedure is as follows: If you do not have a Sonos system already go to step 2 below. If you do have a system already then you need the app on a tablet, phone or other device that is different from where you are going to install the computer Sonos system. **Needed - 1 x Playbar or Playbase, sub if required and surround speakers (play 1 or 3) if required. Computer needs a sound card that has an optical output (most do). Make sure you have a random old remote around that has a volume control on it. Need an E

Hi Everyone, We just bought a new house and I am trying to figure out how to get things to work properly. The house already has speakers mounted in the ceiling (Front Left, Center, Front Right and 2 Surround) Speakers all mounted in the ceiling. They are wired back to a receiver that is connected to the TV and everything so that would allow me to have Surround Sound and I am ok with that. Is there a way for me to have the 2 surround speakers work with Sonos so I don't need to put a physical Sonos speaker in this room? Whit