Home theater

I’ve just bought a sonos beam and connected to my Samsung tv (model ue40es6710). The hdmi cable is in the ARC socket as advised but the tv will not allo me to select Dolby in the sound settings meaning it won’t change from PCM. My beam therefore only receives stereo. Pretty frustrating so is there a work around? Only other hdmi connections are for my sky box and my Samsung blue ray player. Any help would be appreciated.

TV connected to Playbar and surround speakers. How do you get the TV audio to play over other Play1's in other rooms? It seems like I can only get music to play not the TV audio.

Currently I have a samsung qled 4K 75 inch tv with a Sonos beam and sub. Pros- I like being able to control my sound with tv remote and I don’t use Alexa. Cons-The sound is great don’t get me wrong, just doesn’t give the theater experience I hear with the play bar. So my question is should I exchange my beam for the playbar and sub and would I still be able to just use my tv remote or should I keep the beam and sub and add a couple smaller speakers???? My goal is to get more true surround sound quality.

Just got my new lovely Beam connected to my Samsung TV but rather than displaying numbers when adjusting volume all you get is ‘Receiver HDMI’ with a + or - . For me this is no problem but for our autistic daughter it’s a huge impact because she needs visual markers when she’s watching a screen - it’s part of her systems and regulation. I’m really hoping there’s a fix or something I’m missing!

I recently had to reset my Apple TV settings due to some issues I had. My Apple TV remote had always worked such that it would only control my Playbar, and not adjust my TV volume (important because disabling the TV speakers on my Panasonic plasma is not an option ). After resetting my Apple TV, for some reason the Apple TV remote automatically learned my TV, and now controls both the Playbar and TV volumes at the same time. Any attempts I’ve made to disable the TV volume control also disables my Playbar volume control from my Apple TV remote. What gives? Anyone have any clue on how to make my Apple TV remote “unlearn” my tv so that it only controls my Playbar?

Hi This may have been asked before but I have no idea how to frame a search for my question. I currently have a beam and two play:1s as surround sounds speakers. For music I have set the play:1s to ‘Full’. I am thinking of purchasing the Sonos Sub. My question is how this would it work for music with the Play:1 speakers set to full. Would the sub still be used for music. And should the sub be placed near the play:1 speakers for the best music experience. Don’t get me wrong - I want it to sound good for movies and such but I want to prioritize music. If Sonos bring out new play:3 type speakers I may eventually replace the play:1s for that. I love the stereo separation but two play:5s would be too much for surround sound IMO and my room is not that big! Thoughts and suggestions much appreciated. Thanks Andrew.

Hi all, just got a new tv and a beam, set up using Sky Q and it’s well out of sync, tried using the setting to alter the sync issue but the more I go, the worse it gets. So on 0ms is the beast I can get but it’s out. Connected via HDMI Arc, No issues using Apple TV, or Netflix from the smart tv, just Sky. Any help?? Tv is Sony AF8 oled if that helps. Really frustrating

Installed firestick yesterday in hdmi2 port, there is no audio. I have turned the dolby digital off like it said to do on this forum, still doesn't work. My television is about 7 years old, Vizio, and is connected to the beam with the optical cable. Also, the only way i can turn off the sound on the regular hdmi 1 setting is to turn the volume all the way down, as the sonos stays on even after i have powered my tv off. I sm guessing this is because of the cable box? I was hoping to get rid of cable and switch to just firetv but with no sound, i guess not. Can this be fixed? Do i need a smart tv?

I’m looking at buying either the LGOLED55C8PLA or LGOLED55E8PLA to use with my existing Sonos surround system. I need to have the playbar sat in front of the screen on the same cabinet top. I’m worried about the bottom of the screen being obstructed by the playbar. Would be grateful for any guidance from anyone with this setup. Thanks

I'm close to getting a new TV: The Sony X900F. Just wanted to make sure there were no surprises in terms of dolby pass through to the playbar. I have two older sony's, and both passed dolby thru no problem. There was no consideration/need for "ARC". Now, the specs for this new TV (per RTINGS.com) says, " 5.1 Passthrough Optical Dolby Digital: Yes" ...which I take to be a good thing. So I should be all set? But also, of the four HDMI ports, one of them is listed as "ARC". Would that mean I should be using that particular HDMI (arc) input INSTEAD of optical? Also, specs say: "5.1 Passthrough ARC Dolby Digital: Yes" Just a bit confused with my options and when/how/why I'd want that ARC input, versus (or in conjunction with) the optical. All to ensure I get dolby 5.1 without a problem. Many thanks for any help!!

Have 2 play 1’s in surround format with a play bar. One of them has a constant crackling sound when music is played during movies/TV. Diagnostic code is 989235372.

I wanted to hang it below but then then the TV would be too high to watch it comfortably. But I’m concerned for the sound e.g. if sound will go upwards and therefore deteriorate. The decoration consideration is not relevant.

1817831652 My speaker is making really loud crackling sound. Can’t even listen to it. Help! That is my diagnostic number.

Just got a home theater setup with playable, sub and 2 play 5s. If I don't want surround sound but instead want all Tv audio to come out all speakers, can that be done? if so will there be issues with sound being off sync between speakers or from source?

Hi, my current configuration is 5.0 since I have not acquired my sub yet. The question is how can I have sound on all the speakers, when the input is only stereo. with the current configuration, I only have sound in the beam. when the input is 5.1 or 2.0 it works properly. Thank you

Hi, I'm having problems getting Surround Sound working with my Sonos Beam and 2 x Play 1s. I've gone through the initial setup and all is playing fine, however, when I am playing audio through the TV, whether it is iPlayer, Netflix or Amazon Prime, etc, the Sonos App is reporting that the audio is being received as STEREO. I am getting audio out of the surrounds, but I think that's just the stereo feed being sent out to them. It's getting very frustrating, does anyone have any ideas? TV is a Sharp LC-40LE831E connected to the Beam via the ARC port.

Does anyone think these new playboxes will impede the sounds on my play 1's that I am using as my surrounds speaker, sound quality, they look like they will make a nice clean installation

Simple question which I can’t immediately see an answer to: does the Beam support HDMI 2.1? Thinking of potential advantages of eARC to rectify the temperamental nature of HDMI-ARC switching, when I upgrade the telly.

First, I've tried the workaround suggested in the article linked below. Seems that enables the IR of the Samsung One Connect Box, NOT the actual One Remote. My One Connect Box is in a cabinet out of range from the Playbar, so I need the actual One Remote to fire the IR to control the Playbar. Does anyone have a workaround here? Seems crazy there isn't a solution in place for this already. Thanks in advance. https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4198/?_ga=2.7961908.746098816.1515511840-1340266789.1502466263

Quick question regarding surround sound. I have an older Panasonic Viera, using Apple TV 4K, connected with hdmi and the through arc. I have sub, beam, two Sonos:1 for LS &RS. Sonos sounds great first of all! However, when I look at the about my Sonos, it’s always Stereo? I know Hulu isn’t in DD5.1, and that’s ok, because Sonos is so good at making it sound great. But for example through my movies I’ve purchased on iTunes, like Avengers that I know is DD5.1, it still comes in as stereo? Is it safe to assume that the older Panasonic doesn’t send the DD5.1 signal? Or am I missing something? If I need a new tv, I will, so any recommendations

Hello, I have an older Sony TV KDL-52WL135 connected to the Beam using the opt port. I have setup the Xfinity XR11 remote using both the Sonos controller app and using the Xfinity remote control setup through the cable box. The controller will work for a bit but once I shut off the TV when I turn it back on I cannot control the volume on the Beam, I can still control the volume using the Sonos app. If I unplug the Beam and plug it back in the Xfinity remote controls the volume again. Any thoughts? Thanks Larry C

Currently have a Sonos 3 and a couple of 1s in the house. We have invested in a nice new TV (Samsung Frame) but don't want to go down the route of buying a Samsung sound bar - i'd rather keep all my music on one platform. Besides i'm blown away by the quality of Sonos and am happy to stick wtih them. One of the features of the Samsung Frame is that all the TV gubbins (e.g. HDMI, Audio, Scart, Coax/Sky) are in a separate box which is connected via a proprietary Samsung fibre optic "invisble" cable to the TV screen. So we took the decision to place our Sky box and our Samsung TV gubbins on a book shelf snug down the side of the sofa. The invisble cable is routed along the ceiling/wall to the TV screen at the other end of the room. All very minimalist. Now my dilemma is - the Sonos Beam needs an HDMI cable from the TV. Which means if we want to put the Beam underneath the TV then we will have to route a lengthy HDMI cable from the corner of the room by the sofa (from the TV gubbins

I would like to implement home theater system in the new flat, but on the opposite to the current flat, I do not want nasty long cables to the surround and rear speakers anymore! I would like to implement a scenario with wired front/center/sub and only for surround adopt a wireless connection. Wireless is not a way for front/center because of quality audio, but for surrond I can accept it. This could also be a good opportunity in order to be ready for multiroom audio in the future. My understanding I need a Sonos Connect connected to the AV receiver and 2 o 4 surrond Sonos speakers, could be Play:1 or Play:3 , or even Play:3 and Play:5. Question is: there will be delay ? Anyone experienced such a mixed configuration ? Thank you Marco M.

New Sub arrived, Discovered the only way I can connect to my already +$1000 Sonos home set up is through existing play bar or other sonos.. No solo control over the Sub to match up with the deep bass I’m looking for. $699 and no Sub “only” control??? I’m pissed.

Firstly before anyone jumps down my throat, we bought Sonos for our kitchen as a kitchen set up not for djing. Im not that bothered if ive got a delay although it would be nice not to. I've been reading through the forum and it doesnt look like this question has yet been asked that i can see of. If you can use sonos as a surround sound with a playbar does this negate the 70ms delay. As a 70ms delay would be as bad for watching tv as it would djing would it not. Do people find a delay using their sonos surround? And if not, could this be a way around the dreaded 70ms delay? You can get mixers with an optical out, so the signal is already digital before it hits the system.