Home theater

I have a projector screen mounted in the middle of a room. Can I mount a Sonos Beam high up, at the ceiling of the room? Or will it sound weird, coming from up there? I also have: A Sonos sub (on the floor) 2 Sonos Play1 (about 1 meter from the floor, at the sofas corners)

Je possède 2 enceintes One. Je n'ai pas de téléviseur. Je voudrais acheter une Beam, un vidéoprojecteur et un lecteur de blu ray. Je n'arrive pas à trouver de lecteur blu ray munis d'une prise HDMI arc pour la connection de la Beam et une HDMI pour la connection vers le vidéoprojecteur. Est il impossible d'utiliser la Beam pour regarder des blurays sur vidéoprojecteur ?

I have two conventional rear ceiling speakers wired to a Sonos AMP connected to my TV via HDMI ARC. Can I connect a pair of Play 5 (2nd Gen) speakers and use these as the Front Left and Front Right in a surround sound set-up? It doesn't seem like the software will let me add the AMP as surround speakers and pair up the fronts at the same time. Thanks

Hello, This evening I have unboxed and setup my Beam system. I have done this after reading about issues some TV's have passing through DD 5.1 signals, as a result I wanted to get some feedback and confirm my system is setup correctly and that my TV is correctly sending DD 5.1 to the Beam from other HDMI sources. My setup is that I used a Fire TV Stick connected to an HDMI port as my primary streaming device and then I have the Beam connected to the TV via an HDMI ARC connection. Freeview TV Most shows I viewed displayed in the Sonos app as "Audio In: Stereo" but one show displayed as "Audio in: Dolby Digital 5.1" Fire TV Stick With my Fire TV Stick surround sound setting set to "Best Available" the Sonos displayed as receiving "Stereo" on all content from both Amazon Prime and Netflix content. If I change that setting to "Always Dolby Digital" then content on Netflix and Prime showed as "Dolby Digital 5.1", and a show on the Fire TV IPlayer app displayed as "Dolby Dig

I've just setup a new Playbase and all went smoothly, with just one small exception. When I change volume and use the mute key the TV shows this message "TV Volume is Fixed". My Playbase volume is adjusting correctly, and my TV speakers are setup to be off. (That is how I want it - the TV speakers are not competing with the Playbase) I searched for this message and found a number of threads, but the solutions all involve changing the Audio Out setting back from Fixed to Variable. But this is self defating because it re-enables the TV speakers ... so it's no solution. The perfect solution would be TV speakers Off, Playbase volume adjusted either by remote with synchronised sliding volume indicator coming up on the TV and no "TV volume is Fixed" message appearing. But I suspect the slider part is just not possible. The next best solution is same as the above, with no message or slider appearing on screen as volume is adjusted by remote. I believe this is possible because mid way

Can the HDMI to Optical-audio adapter for Beam be used to connect the Playbar to a HDMI port?

Have a Beam, Sub and 2 Ones as rear surrounds in my home theatre setup. The Beam's really not cutting it compared to having two floor standing speakers as front left and rights, especially when just listening to music. I'd like to add 2 decent floor standing speakers. Am I right in thinking the only way of integrating them into the setup for music playback is via a Sonos Connect? Also, can I integrate them into the existing Home Theatre speaker group as front left and right along with the Beam? Thanks in advance.

I have a soundbar and 2 play:1' s connected to my samsung tv. What i find when watching channels lije the news m is that speech only comes from the soundbar and the rear play:1's are quiet. Then the adverts come on the tv, the speech is replaced by music and the rear speakers come alive and ive got sound all around. Is the speech only from the soundbar a feature of the system or have i not got the system set up correctly? Does anyone else have this annoying feature? Thanks

When I first installed the beam I was able to turn on and off my TV through the Alexa and Arc HDMI port. Now however I get the error message "sorry the hub that device tv is connected to is no longer responding, please check that connection and power supply. The beam and tv are connected to the internet, other smart plugs and devices to n my house work in command. I haven't changed anything on my network and I've power cycled everything. Nothing has worked yet. Samsung Smart TV, Beam, and two Sonos One's Thoughts?

Can anybody here confirm if the Sony UBP-X800 has a menu option which allows us Sonos users to convert DTS to DD5.1, so we can output to a playbase (that's connected via optical from TV). The UBP-X800 would be connected directly to the TV via HDMI? If it makes any difference, my TV is a Sony XD93.

I recently bought the LG OLED55C8PLA and connected it via optical cable to my Playbar with sub and two sonos 1s. I have apple tv4k in hmdi 1, a samsung blueray dvd player in hdmi 2 and Nintendo switch in hdmi 3 Can anyone guide me through the set up process how to get the best surround sound experience? My sonos app keeps saying “stereo “ for audio input. This is both the case for the native netflix and Amazon app i am using as well as the apple tv. I have switched apple tv from atmos to 5.1, still same problem. Im traveling the next few day so cannot give feedback straight away but thanks for any advice in advance Nick

Hi, Just got a Sonos Connect, attempting to hook it with Denon AVR-3312, to play Sonos music to those speakers (Sonance) wired to Denon AVR. I ordered the digital optical audio cable and need some help as to how to hook the cable between Sonos Connect and Denon AVR using the digital optical audio cable or RCA cables. Thanks so much, Jay

Hi all. I currently have a Samsung TV (Samsung UE40H6700) which I have connected to a Samsung Soundbar (Samsung HWF751). Occasionally, we use a projector (BenQ W1210ST) by connecting a FireStick to the Soundbar HDMI IN, and then connecting the Soundbar HDMI OUT to the Projector. This all works well. I am considering upgrading the Soundbar as it's started to drop out randomly and, as we have a few Sonos products, liked the look of the Beam. My issue is that I don't understand how I could get the same functionality without an HDMI OUT on the Beam? And will the Firestick work by plugging into the HDMI Arc input or do I need to use Wifi? I am confused with how connectivity seems to have decreased since I bought my kit 4 years ago - assume I must be missing something! Thanks in advance for any advice.

Diagnostic report 8079857. I've had my system for about 4 months. I had my Playbar connected wirelessly to my network and added a sub and two Play 1 for the surrounds. It worked great until about a month ago when the left surround started dropping off. When looking at room settings in the app, it would say (+SUB+?+RS). I tried removing from power for 30 seconds, removing surrounds, adding surrounds. Sometimes it would work for a few minutes and then drop off again. I tried setting it up as the right surround speaker and even switched physical sides and the issue followed, app showed (+SUB+LS+?). My system has received all the updates and I even have since hooked up my Playbar via a wired network connection with no improvement. I attempt to remove/add surrounds and it detects the speaker long enough to advance the app but is followed by the message "Setup Problem: There was a problem preparing your speakers. Please check your network connection or the power on your speakers in this room

I have a Beam connected via ARC to my new LG OLED B8. TV is set to output sound via ARC. Everything is working, Alexa can control the TV etc. and sound is playing in sync through the Beam. However when I change the volume using the LG remote or my Apple TV remote, the volume will change but no volume indicator appears on the TV (when using LG remote small +\- sign will display on the TV but no level, when using Apple TV remote nothing will display). On my old Samsung (same Beam connected via ARC) a volume bar labeled “Beam” would appear showing volume range from 0-100. I did not set this up, it just came up automatically. Is there a way for me to get this same volume bar to appear on the new LG B8?

My tv was working and randomly in the middle of the day, the sound quite working. Called Sonos support and they wanted me to change my optical cable. I changed it and still no sound from the tv. Checked all the settings not sure what else to do. Music does play on the sound bar just no tv coming through.

Bought the Beam when it was released and had some issues setting it up as the app would not recognize the anynet/ARC from the Samsung TV (MU7000F). After sorting that out I learned that the TV would lose connection with the Beam if I turned the set top box off (Fios). That meant going through the whole setup each time (unplug TV and power back on to get it to find HDMI connection). I found out that if I leave the set top box on but just turn the TV off, no issues with the beam disconnecting. Now the TV turns on at random times day and night. I'm assuming the Beam is doing this as it never happened before. Diagnostic # 1598039679, happened twice in the last 8 hours.

I have had my BEAM for 3 weeks and lately the sound keeps dropping out. Its got so bad that I am returning the Beam

Hi Sonos, First, I'm sorry if I've sounded abrasive at times. I really appreciate your products, and currently own Beam and Sub. That's an investment already, and I've had nothing but the words of praise for the quality of the sound. And the app is very convenient. Not so much for the ease of use. I'm going to journal a few issues I've had, that could have been avoided. With all of these done, I can use the system, but this involved a lot of workarounds. Sonos is famed for "just works" principle. HT setups are not "just works" for a lot of people. PCM over optical/ARC works well, but Dolby Digital causes lag on a lot of TVs. Workaround: Get an HDMI extractor. Solution worked. All audio is in sync now. Downsides:- -- A) I have to manually switch cables if I want to switch from my PC to Chromecast or Xbox.--- B)Additional piece of hardware is now cluttering up the area behind my TV, and I need one more power outlet for the AC/DC adaptor for the extractor. Only Dolby Digital

Just got a new Sony Bravia x950g tv. I think this tv uses a bluetooth remote and I cannot get it to pair with my sonos playbar. Sony claim the tc comes with a IR blaster in the tv but I cannot get any headway in being able to control the sonos sound through the remote. Any suggestions?

Just Got A playbar to my 2017 lg oled and using my magic Remote the volume adjustment feels kind A slow.. Can i speed the adjustment up somehow?

Hei I have just bought a Playbar and 2 Play:5 speakers. I have the playbar on the wall under my TV and the Play:5's as back speakers, works like hell!? When i play from the sonos app, it plays in "stereo" mode and when i turn on the TV it plays in surround mode. My question is how do i get "stereo" mode when im watching something on the TV like MTV and want the Play:5 back speakers to play like the bar and not as surround? Thank you in advance for your reply

I have a playbar 5.1 setup and recently tried to play a movie that was encoded with AAC 5.1 audio. When that didn't work, I found a thread that said that the playbar only will support AC3. My question is: can the Beam play AAC 5.1 or would it be better to re-encode the file to AC3. Thank you!

Trying to use a new LG OLED TV that uses Dolby Atmos with my new Sonos Amp to set up a surround environment using two wired speakers as fronts, two Play:1s as rears, and a phantom center channel. But I read that ARC HDMI on the LG TV won't support Dolby Atmos. Anyone out there know if this will work?

set up beam, works with everything, apple tv, smart tv netflix ect, cant get sound from DTV box. checked audio setting on dtv box, tv, beam, no luck, get beautiful pic...no sound, tried otic to HDMI swapped hdmi cables and inputs on tv still no sound. can anyone help? thanks