Home theater

My family enjoys backyard movies. I am setting up an Amp with outdoor speakers. If I have my iPad plugged into the projector (for video), can I simultaneously use Airplay to the Amp for the sound? Or does plugging into the iPad make Airplay through the Amp unavailabile? Thank you

I have connect my TV to my Beam via the HDMI-ARC which is HDMI 1 HDMI 2 is connected from my TV to my Mag322 iptv box and all is working well however The HDMI 3 from my TV to my SKY box although I get a picture I cannot get any sound to work Does anybody know what I might have done wrong or the correct way to get both the iptv box and my SKY box to work I use the sky box as a back up when I get internet issues and also for some specific programs that I do not get on my iptv system Thanks

I have a room in my attic with a couch against the back wall. I have a 5.1setup with. Beam, sub, and two play ones. My plan is to mount the play ones to the wall on either side of the couch. Is there and optimal distance (both height and width from couch) to mount? The reason is ask is because if I can mount them fairly close to the corners of the couch, I will be fine running the wires directly down the wall behind the couch, but if I mount them above and to the side I will mostly likely look to put outlets where I plan to mount or an in wall power kit to hide wires.

Hoping someone here can help me figure this one out. I am having lip sync issues with my video provider, Charter Spectrum, for their basic US cable package - for both Live Programming, and DVR'ed programs (interestingly, the lip sync is even more pronounced on DVR, but it is pretty bad as well on live feeds). Here is my basic setup: Cable Box: Spectrum 201 (it's Spectrum's latest gen box) Television Set: Samsung QN49Q6F (QLED 4K UHD 6 Series Smart TV 2018) Sonos Beam Set-Up: Optical directly from the Beam to the Television Things I've attempted: 1. I've tried a variety of setting combinations on both the Cable Box (my only options were to toggle audio output between "Dolby Digital", "HDMI", or "Other"), and on the Television. Nothing has helped, or seemed markedly better than the other combination. 2. Had a Spectrum technician come over - he said my only option to resolve the lip sync issue is to connect the optical directly from the Spectrum 201 to the Beam - this

My initial setup went fine and the Beam worked as advertised. The setup was temporary while the Pro Wall Set-up was being finished. After mounting the TV, and the Beam along with a DVD Blue Ray the audio playback went from ARC/HDMI to television thru the Beam (and no Dolby & Atmos etc) Sonos App would not resolve to getting a good CEC (Samsung AnyNet) connection. The steps in the following URL worked: https://en.community.sonos.com/home-theater-228993/enabling-cec-on-your-tv-for-beam-6810049/index1.html#post16251595 My hunch is the BlueRay was hogging the connection.... All steps followed and Bob's your Uncle. Cheers

I have a Playbar, and a Samsung TV that won't pass through 5.1 from its optical out if the input is HDMI. Our Motorola cable box is connected to our TV using HDMI, and I want to get the 5.1 when I watch TV. I've looked through the questions and answers posted here and elsewhere, and it seems like some people have used an HDMI switch from Monoprice with an optical out to get around this problem.  The suggestion is to connect the HDMI source to the HDMI switch, and the HDMI switch sends out the full 5.1 audio through the optical out and into the Playbar.  (I'll call this the "HDMI switch" approach.)   The other approach is to connect the cable box's optical out directly to the Playbar.  (I'll call this the "cable box direct" approach.)  This works, but I don't like this approach because we leave our cable box on at all times, and when we turn off the TV, the Playbar still plays audio from the cable box, as the Playbar has no idea that the TV's been turned off.

I cannot connect the Smart Remote volume button to the Sonos Soundbar.

TV surround / party sounds - hi I currently have one Play 1. I am looking to buy a TV soundbar and also want some good sounds for an upcoming party. Is a Beam and additional Play 1 the way to go? I would keep the Play 1s together in one room in the future for music and the Beam in another room for the TV but bring them all together for the party. I do have a budget unfortunately. Sorry i'm really green with all this stuff - I've been trying to do some research but would really appreciate your advice. Thanks.

I was playing around with the settings in my new Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K, and I saw this on my phone while checking what audio in the Beam was receiving!:D Edit: It shows that the audio in is Dolby Digital Plus in the controller app on my phone, but I get no sound! Just to clarify!;)

Beam in PCM mode = audio in sync. Beam when outputting Dolby Digital is out of sync by about half a second (tv plus Netflix/amazon etc..) ARC or optical makes no difference. The sound quality is great with both formats but their is also a noticeable rise in quality with DD. I was wanting to get 2 Play One's and have surround sound but can this be the case if i stay in PCM mode or would i be wasting my money? The sync is noticeable enough using Dolby Digital that it's not viable even though the sound is better. TV is middle of the range Sony.

Looking for advice on a setup for my large open concept living room with 15ft+ ceilings. Are there folks who are going the route of Sonos Beam + Play:1's for surrounds and able to fill the room? Will the sub be required as well? Attached is the floor plan of the room which includes living + dining + kitchen.

I have four hard wired speaker zones throughout the house with a Connect AMP connected to each zone. I recently bought a Sonos Playbar and wondered how I would go about using the speakers in the family room to augment to the sound bar. I have an optical line running from the TV to the Playbar, but I don't know how to get it to wireless send the sound to the connect amp for playing sound through the hard wired speakers. All of the hard wired speaker zones were wired to a junction box in my bedroom closet when they built the house so there is probably 35ft of distance between the sound bar and the connect amp. Any ideas?

I recently replaced a 5.1 system with a Beam and was a bit underwhelmed. I added two play 1 speakers and the difference is amazing. Both with music and tv, i feel like i am in an envelope of sound. Great clarity at all volume levels. I wish there was a cheaper alternative for a sub. That would be a nice addition

I still have to turn down the volume when watching movies on Netflix at certain parts of the movie. I have a Beam with 2 x Play 1 surrounds. This happens on the Beam with or without the Play 1's as surrounds. When the volume is adjusted so that voices are easily heard, sound effects, explosions, or music in the movie are way too loud. I have to turn down the volume, then turn it back up to hear voices in the next scene. This happens in all sorts of movies, not just action movies. The main reason I bought the beam was to stop having to do this. I have run Trueplay, loudness Off, bass at -2 to -5. Night Sound On and Off. I have tried speech enhancement, but it makes the voices sound funny and doesn't help with the loudness issue. With Night sound on, it improves the loudness of sound effects compared to voices, but not enough. I have submitted a diagnostic, 180293187, if someone would be kind enough to check it and see if my Beam is functioning correctly?

A Sonos user would like to have a smaller version of the SUB, in size and power. What do you think about it?

A couple of "hands-on" reviews of the new Beam mention a slight audio lag in the video demos of the product. The demonstrators said it could be addressed by adjusting the controls with the app. In reading more about audio lag and lip sync issues with Sonos soundbars, it seems that the one sure way to eliminate the lag is by switching from Dolby Digital to PCM stereo. If I'm going to use the Beam on its own without a sub or rear speakers, will I lose much by doing this switch? In other words, with this simple set up is PCM stereo enough to provide high quality sound from an Apple TV 4K connected to a TV with the Beam connected to the TV through an HDMI ARC port?

My initial setup went fine and the Beam worked as advertised. The setup was temporary while the Pro Wall Set-up was being finished. After mounting the TV, and the Beam along with a DVD Blue Ray the audio playback went from ARC/HDMI to television thru the Beam (and no Dolby & Atmos etc) Sonos App would not resolve to getting a good CEC (Samsung AnyNet) connection. The steps in the following URL worked: https://en.community.sonos.com/home-theater-228993/enabling-cec-on-your-tv-for-beam-6810049/index1.html#post16251595 resolved the issue. My hunch is the BlueRay was hogging the connection.... Part 2: Yesterday I believed I had solved the issue....today I turned on the television and immediately could tell the sound was not right. Checking the Sonos app the Media Room did not show as active. The television set-up under Room Settings showed no CEC connection. The BlueRay player was connected yesterday and today I have disconnected it in attempt to reset as per above link.

I am looking to play netflix on my Macbook Pro and listen to the show through the SONOS ONE speaker. Now it doesn't have to be wirelessly, Can I direct connect the LAN network cable into the usb network adapter or lightening adapter into the MBP then into the back of the SONOS ONE and listen to the audio vs using the MBP internal speakers. Seems to be a very expensive speaker with such an antiquated bottle neck forcing the user to NEEDING the SONOS app to use this speaker. I dont ,understand the target audience whom would stricly purchase a speaker and be extremely limited on its use case to only web base radio stations... I wonder if there is a royality or channel direction traffic profits they are gaining by limiting this functionality... For those whom reply with its not ment for that, please tell me then the purpose of limiting the mindset of networking the unit to only radio station web codecs and such vs being able to plant this unit and a few others, turn on HBOGO, yo

When a Beam is connected via HDMI arc, how should a PS4 be configured to output surround sound for Blu Ray playback? I can't get an option to output bitstream(mix) on the PS4 Blu Ray app.

I have a Sony 65X850D TV and a Sonos Playbar. My service is Verizon and TV is working off an Arris VMS1100 DVR. Since installing the TV and Playbar I get persistent sound drops. I have spoken to Verizon many times and they have been to my house several times but the problem continues. Now Verizon tells me they are aware of issues with Sonos and they are working with SONOS to fix it. At this point i have to watch TV using the TV speakers. It is definitely an issue with the Arris box since I have no issues with sound drops while using SONOS apps like Netflix or Amazon Firestick. When will this be fixed? I want use my Playbar !

I’ve tried all the suggestions in here, turned the Dolby off, my tv speakers are off. Switched to PCM. I had to reset the factory settings on my Visio because every time I’d turn TV Speakers to Off, it would automatically switch back to on. I thought this might have something to do with the Fire Stick, but resetting the tv fixed that problem. Ive gone to Browse on the Sonos app and have selected tv, but there is no audio coming out of the Beam when on Fire Stick.

Hi, I am trying to determine on a Beam vs Playbar for my space. Not sure on if my room is small, medium or large. I have attached a pic of my space. As you can see it is open concept with the kitchen and dining area (where I am standing for the pic). The TV is now a new 65" TCL. I will also probably do a pair of Play:1 behind the couch for surround. Thanks!

I recently purchased the Sonos Beam and connected it to my Insignia NS-48d510na15 via Optical input and have had issues with the audio cutting out often throughout the course of a one hour show. I tried connecting via the HDMI-ARC as well and am still having issues with the audio cutting out. In addition I have noticed the sound volume getting louder and quieter while switching shows from time to time (this is the least of my worries right now, but thought would try and document all the current issues). I recently tried playing music through the speakers via airplay and Sonos app and do not notice the sound cutting out, but its harder to tell with music than while watching a show. Lastly, I have tried cleaning the optical cable on the connector side, but not the TV side, I plan on trying that next week when i get the proper tools. Is there any other reasons I may be having issues? Please help. Thank you!

Hi guys I have a beam and 2 play 5 gen 2. Currently set up as surround with the 5 . questions are when listening to my music account is it better as it is or use 5 as a pair in stereo and forget the beam . Thanks in advance

If you connect the new AMP (via HDMI ARC or optical) to a TV as the front L,R speakers does the Sonos create a synthesized center channel or does it only provide a stereo pair for the TV? If only a stereo pair, can the existing TV built-in speaker (limited as it is) provide a true center channel or are the internal speakers always disabled completely when optical out or HDMI ARC out is in use? Secondly, the setup guide says "Use Amp with third-party speakers to add surround sound if you already have a Sonos home theater speaker (Beam, Playbase, Playbar, or another Amp) connected to your TV" so: Can I use one Amp as the primary L,R speakers connected to the TV with HDMI ARC or optical and then use a SECOND Amp connected over the wireless network to be the Surround L and Surround R speakers? This is implied, but the setup guide is very terse and doesn't explicitly provide any more information on this. Basically, if I want a full 5.1 surround sound system but using my own s