Home theater

Hi all, I have a Sonos Playbar and happy with it for more than a year now. Only issue is of course that Playbar doesn't support DTS. From what I understood it was possible to use a NVidia Shield + Plex to transcode the audio tracks to dolby digital. I cannot find how to do this and I was to stupid back than to save the topic... Does anyone know how to use NVidia Shield TV + Plex to transcode so I can use dts files. I tried plex forum but no luck. Hoping there are other people on this forum who tried to solve the issue... Thanks!

Hi, I have a playbase connected to my Sony 49XF8577 by optical cable. I have disabled the TV speakers and have paired the TV remote to the Sonos. When I click the volume button I see the LED on the playbase that blinks. I have also a second remote of my cable TV that can control the TV sound level. I have two problems: - the first is that when I use BOTH remotes to change the volume they seems to produce different effects (at the same volume level indicated on the TV I can hear different actual volume). Sometimes to stop hearing I need to push the volume down button even beyond the 0 sound level shown on the TV. Sometimes the max volume with one remote seems to be capped by the other; - the second is that even when I restrict myself to use ONLY the remote coupled to the Sonos it happens that, when I play with the audio level, I end up hearing different volumes although I set the volume level to the same value (as read on the TV). E.g. I start from 0 and hear nothing. Increase t

Has anyone had problems pairing Sonos playbar, etc with Samsung Q9 TVs ? A couple of reviews on Best Buy indicate that this is a problem. Would like to know before I purchase the TV

Similar to how the beam automatically ungroups and start playing TV audio when the TV is powered on, I'd love to have the beam return to its previous group when the TV is powered off. I find myself manually doing this several times per day on both of my beams.

I recently added a Sonos Amp to my system, replacing an old traditional amplifier. I want to send the audio from my 8-year-old LG HD TV (model: 42LE5300) to the Amp but my otherwise perfectly-functioning TV only has an optical digital audio/TOSLINK output - and Sonos chose to only offer an HDMI input (and RCA component audio input) on the Amp. The NYC Sonos store was nice enough to give me a dongle (which apparently came standard with the Beam but is otherwise not available) to connect the optical digital output to the Amp via HDMI. However during setup the Amp says it does not detect an audio signal from the TV. To troubleshoot I tried connecting the dongle to the optical digital audio output of my very new cable box (a Cisco Technicolor 4742HDC2) - and the Amp still says it doe not detect any audio signal. I've read through the manuals of both the TV and the cable box to make sure that there wasn't anything I needed to do to activate the optical digital outputs (as far as I can

I have noticed the new Sony 950G television supports eARC and I assume we will see more televisions and soundbars following suit. I’m hoping Sonos will adapt this technology to their current lineup soon before they are left behind by their competition. Here’s a very good explaination of the technology: https://www.latticesemi.com/-/media/LatticeSemi/Documents/WhitePapers/AG/Lattice_eARC_WP_FINAL.ashx?document_id=52269

Hi. Just set up a white Sonos Beam in the kitchen to discover that the power cord is black and not white as i would have expected. Given that other white products I have come with white power cords I find this a strange decision to supply black in this instance. Given that I have mounted the beam on the wall under the TV I now see the black cable against our white wall. Is there any chance I can source a white power cord for the Beam?

Thanks for your time. I know this is somewhat speculative as we don't have the Sonos Beam in-hand, but I'm planning to set up a 5.1 system with the Sonos Beam, Sub, and 2 Sonos Ones. My TV is a Samsung KS8000. By your best estimation, will the following setup work for passing 5.1 sound from video games? 1. PS4 -> HDMI -> TV (PS4 Audio Format set to: "Linear PCM" 2. TV -> HDMI ARC -> Sonos Beam + Sub + Ones (TV Audio Format set to: "PCM") I've done some cursory research, and I believe with the PS4's Audio Format set to "Linear PCM" and the Samsung TV's Audio Format set to "PCM", then 5.1 will properly pass-through to the Sonos system. But my vocabulary might be off and I might be misunderstanding what PCM does. If I set my PS4 to output "Bitstream - Dolby Digital" instead of PCM, the TV automatically changes from "PCM" to "Dolby Digital". Would these settings, versus the ones mentioned in the previous paragraph, make any difference in achieving 5.1 with Sonos? I saw menti

Lip sync on Doby digital with sonos Beam. I have tried optical but no different. I changed Blue Ray to Pmc and stereo on sky Hd that solves the issue but no Dolby then so defeates the point of upgrading. The tv is a Panasonic TX50 DX802.

Hi, Is it possible to buy a product that can decode DD+ to DD? I have a full surround setup with a Beam, two Sonos ones and a Sub.

I have a Panasonic VIERA TC-P65VT30 65-inch 1080p 3D Plasma HDTV, Black (2011 Model). The Digital Audio Output on the back of the TV does not fit the Optical Cable that came with my Playbar. I looked at the manual and it says that it is a Digital Audio Output (Optical) with Special Adapter Cable. Here's the link: http://shop.panasonic.com/support-only/TC-P65VT30.html Is there any way to connect my Playbar to my Panasonic? Anyone know what adapter I need to buy and from where? Thanks in advance! Kenny

So i'm wondering if it's possible to use Sonos speakers with the new HomePod. So for example, maybe using two home pods instead of the playbar, but still using a sub, and 2 play ones? I have yet to hear the audio from a Sonos system or the HomePod and just trying to figure out what will work best for me. I use all Apple products, so if the new play ones will support Siri and airplay 2 then i'm probably sold on an all Sonos system.

Hey everyone - I bought a Beam last week, lovely bit of kit. I'm ready to pull the trigger on the purchase of a Samsung TV (the UE50NU7400 to be precise) but I'm frankly terrified at all the reports of people being unable to get DD from Sky Q (and indeed many other sources) whilst using ARC between Beam and Samsung TV. Sky Q is our primary source of content and I'd be loathed to fallback to optimal and lose the Alexa integration. So... is anyone successful in getting DD sound with a Beam connected via ARC to a Samsung (ideally a UE50NU7400) TV? Thanks in advance!

I have a Beam which I like, but I would prefer a bit more so I'm thinking of getting some play 1 for surrounds. However, most of my smart home is Homekit so I would like a Homepod. I pretty much only watch TV through an Apple TV so I know I could connect up a Homepod through this. My question is, has anyone used a Beam and a Homepod at the sametime? If it's even possible, I'm concerned it would create a bit of an odd effect. The only things I can find online are comparisons between them rather than both at once! Thanks

Hello gang. I am a long time SONOS user and love the system. i am up to 4 Play 1 speakers now and recently got the play base. I connected the base up to the TV and it's working perfectly - thank you SONOS. I am turning 2 of the speakers into rear surround sound for the playbase but my question is regarding my existing sub. I already have an amplifier with a nice sub. How can i link my existing sub to the system? i don't want to shell out $700 on a sub when i already have one. I was looking at the connect but some posts i read say it's NOT possible. Since the posts i found are a bit dated i rather ask and see if there some new updates to solving this issue. Thank you in advance.

I have a beat, sub and two one speakers, connected to a Samsung 65” frame TV. Connected HDMI ARC. Sonos is recognized on my TV, but TV isn’t recognized on sonos app. Speakers will only work sporadically regardless if reset or re-synced. One day, turn on the TV and works fine. Next, turn on the TV and nothing. No rhyme or reason and I’m about to return this expensive speaker system if sonos can’t get its act together. Diagnostic 614010941. Please help me fix this, it’s driving me crazy.

Hi everyone, I am a quite happy owner of 2 Sonos One and I recently decided to replace my Yamaha YAS-207 for a Sonos Beam because I wanted to use the Ones as surround. Alright let's get this out of the way, the Beam sounds really really good, the Yamaha has a sub so it sounds a bit deeper in the low frequencies but the Beam is impressive and it destroys the Yamaha in the mids and high, I could not believe how far back the sound felt with the Yamaha until I listen to the Beam, the sound is warm and feels more filling, amazing job for that. NOW, this is not all roses and this all comes down to connections. I wanna have surround sound, my 4K TV does not pass 5.1 with ARC and only has a digital coaxial as output, so here I am spending hours on google and I end up buying an adapter (coaxial to toslink) which now works with Apple TV and PS4, obviously all the benefits of having ARC are now gone... I have a Nintendo Switch, hmmm, no surround sound coming...hmmm why!? Here I go, go

I installed my Beam and it worked perfectly for two days, and then the connection to my TV failed. Can still play music etc, but can't get sound from my TV. Connected with HDMI cable, and didn't change anything in settings etc, so can't understand why it suddenly didn't work any longer. Suggestions?

I recently hooked up my Sonos connnect to my Denon receiver using RCA cables and the DVD inputs on the receiver. The sound quality isn’t great, there is a good amount of static noise and the volume has to be almost all the way up in the app and/or on the receiver to make it decently audible. Did I do something wrong? How can I fix this?

i have many sonos devices in my home and office. one project i'm am looking to upgrade is my family room. looking to replace my playbar & play 3's (ill keep my sonos sub) in my family room to the sonos beam and the new in ceiling speakers for my surround sound. my questions are: 1. i'm i making a mistake, will the sound be better and just as loud? 2. What is the cost of the new ceiling speakers. is it priced as pair or each

Hello, I have a Sonos beam + sub + two one’s all set as surrround, connected via HDMI ARC to a Samsung The Frame TV, and the TV works fine, audio comes trough the Sonos surround setup and remote control from tv properly controls volume on Sonos, the problem is that my Sonos room (set up for the surround) disappears form the Sonos app, can not control it, see it or listen to music, only works with the TV but it is not visible on the app, I do not know if it has something to do with the Frame TV entering art mode or what could be the problem, if I want to see my Sonos room on the app I have to turn off tv and unplug Sonos beam so it can show on the app and play music, but as soon as I use my tv again the problem returns, please help. Thanks!

I have a soundbar and 2 play 1's set up in my living room for surround sound. I'm currently watching Football, but the rear sound from my 2 play 1's is very low. Is there a way of turning the sound up on these 2 speakers, without turning up the sound of the sound bar?

I have a 5.1 setup with a playbar, 2x play 1 and a sub. When I use it to watch movies (usually on an Apple TV device) the bass is loud. When I use it for music (via the Sonos App) the bass is rather underwhelming. I have the music set up to play as “full” through the rear speakers. When I played some music through the Apple TV today I noticed that the bass seemed fairly loud, and also the music coming through the Apple TV was louder overall than music playing through the Sonos App (I didn’t change the volume between Apple TV and Sonos App). Is there another setting somewhere that I am missing in order to make the sub a bit more noticeable with music? Thanks

Hi, I currently have a Playbase and several play 1’s. I was considering buying the sub to pair and make 5.1. I live in a ground floor tenement flat (old hardwood floors) and was wondering if it is worth my while? Is it going to cause to much noise for my neighbours? Is there anything I can do to limit the travel of bass such as a mat? Any help would be appreciated! Danny

I just bought the Playbar+Sub+Play1s for a 5.1 setup in my living room. Super happy with it and excited to expand the system throughout my house. I am going to set up an old 1080p Samsung 47” flatscreen in our master bedroom, and I am wondering if I can use my old Bose Cinemate II as the speakers for this TV — but also connect it into Sonos. So thinking how the Connect might come into play. The TV has RCAs in for audio, and the audio outs are an optical out and what appears to be an analog mini jack (1/8”?). The Sonos connect obviously has RCAs in and out, as well as an optical out. And the Cinemate has RCA in, and optical in. So my goal is to be able to listen to Sonos music on the Cinemate, but also watch TV on the Cinemate. Would I have the optical out from the Connect go into the optical in of the Cinemate — and then use the mini out on the TV, buy a converter to RCA, and have that go into the Connect via the RCA in? Something else? Not possible? Thanks!