Home theater

Not ideal but after Trueplay tuning it really fills the whole area with sound & the 5.1 really shines.

Can I connect multiple Sonos soundbars to the same system?

I just recently pulled the trigger on a 77” LG OLED C8 after being fed up with DD5.1 pass through incompatibility with my old TV and having to use an unreliable HDMI switch. Everything seems to be working better with the OLED. However, from time to time, it will switch off of the Optical output option and instead defer to Internal Speakers. I don’t know why. The other thing that will happen is no sound will come out of the speakers at all. That’s when I have to go into settings and turn off Simplink. I don’t know how it keeps turning back on. The only thing I can think of is somehow ARC is resetting the sound output settings. Is this an LG problem with their settings? Or a Sonos problem since for some reason “Sonos” is not an option listed to add a new device, and we have to instead use Philips?

Has anyone had an issue of the L bracket on the Sanus Mount WSSBM1-B2 blocking the Beam’s IR sensor? When I attach the Sonos Beam to the L bracket using the 2 supplied screws, the Remote control does not communicate with the Beam b/c the metal plate covers the bottom of the IR sensor. The only way I can get it to work is to remove one screw and rotate the Beam on the bracket 15 degrees so that the bottom of the Beam’s IR sensor is exposed. It looks goofy but at least the remote works. Was wondering if anyone else had this problem and was able to come up with any better solutions.

i have the playbar and sub and was thinking of adding two play 1's to make the surround system complete anyone know if this works with my existing TV Model LG 49UH661V TV please help

Hello! I recently purchased a Sony XBR49X900F TV and love it. The wife and I would like to create a home theater area while also getting into the Sonos universe. I was about to pull the trigger on a Sonos Beam 5.1 surround bundle when I came across several posts in which people report lip syncing issues with Sony Bravia and LG TV's. This is somewhat concerning, but most of these posts are now several months old. Before I drop $1500 on a 5.1 Beam setup, can anyone confirm that the Beam performs well with an X900F TV? I'd rather not go through the return process with an entire 5.1 system. Thanks so much in advance for any assistance that can be provided.

Wife is about to kill me, so so let's try my question again, because i didn't phrase it correctly the first time round :) I don't think i can be the only one here who loved the concept of SONOS 5.1 (1 playbar, 1 sub, 2 ancillaries). I use, like many others, MKVs with ac3 or DTS as my main source of entertainment. (or more to the point, my wife does :D) So, if you assume that: - I do not wish to sell my sonos setup - I do not wish to sell my tv (LG OLED65B7V) - I am *very happy* to source any hardware to create a compatible source What should I do in order to get the rear speakers to ever work? Whatever I tried, i always end up with the sonos app telling me i'm pushing 'stereo' to it, even though Im clearly not. I tried: - Kodi on shield set to 'passthrough' - set to 'ac3' (only, with dts compatible decoder disabled, as its my understanding that sonos doesn't support dts) - etc So, clearly, it's 'not working'. QUESTION: How many of you have been able to enjo

My older Samsung UN65H7150 tv randomly drops audio to my 5.1 Playbar, Sub & 2 Ones via optical out. My Setup: TV: Samsung UN65H7150 Media Player: Nvidia Shield TV via Arc HDMI I tried an HDMI Extractor from Best Buy (Insignia- NS-HZ340) but could not get audio from the HDMI ports to the extractor. I had to connect the extractor from the Nvidia Shield TV then grab the optical from there but I feel like the sound quality doesn't sound as good as when i'm connected directly to the tv's optical. Spent hours reading through the forums here & haven't found a good solution. Any help is appreciated.

I just purchased a playbase and am running in-ceiling surround speakers with a connect amp. Is there a way to get these to revert to stereo sound when not watching tv/movie? It seems a little ridiculous to not have this option. My Denon receiver that I previously used is over a decade old and did this. I have tried everything that I can think of short of un-linking the surround speakers from the surround setup. Is there something else that I can do?

How do I reset my play bar to the factory setting ?

Hi, It is possible to use a Sonos Beam with 4 Sonos One Gen 2 speakers for 5.1 Surround sound, and if so, how well does it work/sound? Much appreciated Richard 🙂

I have a Sonos Beam, and I have connected a pair of Play 3's as surround speakers. I now want to connect a pair of Play 1's to use as rear channel surround sound speakers. There doesn't seem to be anyway to do this? It looks like one one pair of speakers can be connected, and then only as the rear channel surround sound speakers. How can I accomplish this to have a Beam as the center channel, a pair of Play 3's as the front channel, and a pair of Play 1's as the rear channel?

Hi All, I've searched long and far, but can't seem to find anyone with the same issue. Looking for ideas to see if there is anything obvious I'm missing. Using a Playbar & 2x Play 3's. Current set-up is: HTPC (Windows 10 / nvidia GTX 960 HDMI Output for Audio and Video) - > Monoprice HDMI Switch - > Playbar (VIA Optical) I've set Kodi to Passthrough and I get 5.1 for anything that plays though Kodi, verified through About My Sonos System. Anytime I play Video or a Game through Windows though it is only pushing out Stereo, again verified through About My Sonos System. I've set the internal Speaker Set-up in windows to 5.1 and even tried stereo, but still only stereo is being sent out. Windows test only plays on left and right channel. I've verified all content is AAC that I have been testing this with, and been at this for about two weeks trying to figure out whats going on here. Any other thoughts?

My new tv comes with a list of speaker companies that it pairs with why is sonos not on the list? And what code can I use to program my universal remote manualy?

Hi guys ! I've just ordered a White Beam but I'm a bit concerned about the mesh durability/staining over time, especially after I saw it in the showroom (the sides were really dirty/greyish) but I understand this is not the best environment for it. Are you concerned as well and do you experience stains on your Beam ? How do you/did you clean it ? Do you recommend going for the white or black version to avoid staining and have the best durability ? Here is attached a picture of actual set-up if needed (also we have a cat). Thanks !

Trying to understand how AirPlay 2 will work with Sonos. I have a Denon AVR x2400-h supporting AirPlay 2. If I would buy a Sonos one would my Denon receiver appear in my Sonos app? If so, can it be turned on as well? :) If not, then I suppose I would use my Apple TV, though then the same question, would the Apple TV appear in the Sonos app? Or would I only be able to Control Sonos via Apple TV.

I am sure its not meant to work this way but my issue is that my TV has to be turned on for my system to work. Optical Out from TV to Sonos Play bar HDMI Out from Apple TV to TV HDMI1 Airplay music from iPhone to Apple TV and TV needs to be turned on for Sound Bar to function. Really??? Thanks in advance if anyone out there sees my mistake and can suggest a solution where I dont have to turn my TV on. Thanks DG

I have the Sonos Beam and it's great for music/AirPlay but watching TV is incredibly frustrating. I'm using ARC HDMI through a Samsung MU6300 with an Apple TV 4K. The video is ahead of the audio. I've tried setting the Samsung audio delay to 0 ins settings which helps a little. The audio delay in the Sonos app is useless as it needs to go the other way. I've tried setting the AppleTV to stereo and every other audio related setting I can find and nothing works. There is a slight delay between the video and the audio no matter what, which is extremely grating. How can I fix this? Is there some kind of magic combination of settings that will make this work? This is an expensive set of components for this not to work correctly.

Just switched from Direct TV to Spectrum (formerly Time Warner Cable) yesterday. Technician was unable to figure out how to sync the Spectrum remote with our Sonos system so that we can control the volume via the remote instead of using our smart device(s) to do so. Spectrum Customer Service suggested that I call Sonos to see if they have a code(s) that are compatible with the remote, but they're closed today (Sat). Our Direct TV remote was compatible with Sonos, so it can be done. No...we are not going back to Direct TV. Any other suggestions?

I know there are lots of topics on this, but they are all old. Any news on getting wireless headphones to work with playbar/sub? There is no way to listen to the tv privately with sonos at this point.

Sony UBP-X800 does not have an option to force usage of Dolby Digital 5.1, unlike the now discontinued Samsung BD players. Is there any chance of getting someone at Sonos to talk to the guys at Sony, asking them to add that option to their current range of BD players? Sonos, either that or please implement DTS support. Right now there is no BD player on the market that can reliably provide surround sound to your Home Theatre "solution".

For those of us with TV's that can pass 5.1, does the BItstream (Mix) setting enable the PS4 to transcode DTS to DD5.1 and pass it via HDMI to the TV, enabling the TV to then send the 5.1 via optical to the Playbar/Playbase?

I have a Sub, two Play 1s, and Playbar for my main living room TV. The TV sits on a media console and I sit directly in front of that, about 12 feet. The Sub sits next to the media console, with the Playbar in front of the TV and the two Play 1s on either side of the Playbar. I know the two Play 1s should be on either side of me by the couch, but I have no where to put them unless I mount them into the wall on either side of my couch, which I don't really do. My question - am I losing a lot here leaving the Play 1s where they are, next to the Playbar. Also, how do I know with certainty that I am getting Dolby Digital - when I check Advanced Settings it does day Dolby Digital - but what does that even mean in terms of watching content? I have a 4k Apple TV hooked up and set the sound on that to Dolby Digital. It is very confusing whether I should invest in a HDMI switch to achieve X. I have a Sony 65" X900E. Thanks!

Greetings, first time poster. I thought I had a simple solution to the lack of a headphone connection in my Sonos setup. And I was not interested in spending money on a Connect if I didn't need to. Why not, I thought, have an optical audio switch in line before the signal goes to the Playbase? So the audio connection would be from TV into the switch, and the switch would have two optical audio outs. One would feed the Playbase, and the other could go to my AV receiver (which is no longer the main source of output now that I have my surround setup)(a Playbase, a pair of Play:3's and a Sub. The AV receiver is perfectly fine, just unused) With a switch in line, I could choose only the output I wanted. My plan works great by manually unplugging from the Playbase, and then plugging into my AV receiver. I plug my headphones in to the AV unit, and I get my desired effect: headphone sound for me, and no output from the surround to wake up my wife. When I want to switch back to the sur

Hello everyone, I would like connect my Optoma HD27e projector + Apple TV with Sonos One's. The reason why I do ask this question is that due to some problems (no idea why it is happening), I am not able to stream all the sound from Apple TV via Airplay to Sonos. Some apps do work nicely, some apps send the audio to HDMI only and there is no way to make them play via Airplay. So my imaginery plan is to let Apple TV play everything to HDMI (projector) and connect the audio from the projector to Sonos. Just to make it sure, I do not plan to buy now or in the near future the beam, so I am looking for a solution clearly to Sonos One. What I would like to do is to connect projector to Sonos Connect and then to stream the sound to Sonos One. Is this solution feasible? If not, would that be possible with Sonos Amp? If so, will there be any audio delay? Thanks for all the advices!