Home theater

I have a Sunbrite outdoor TV. I currently use DirectTV but want to go to a streaming service. The Sunbrite is not a smart TV. The audio for the outdoor TV currently uses RCA cables to connect the DirectTV box to the wired Sonos amp, which then is wired to the outdoor speakers. I'll have to use a firestick or such to get streaming video to the TV. The TV has a digital audio output jack but the sonos amp just has the RCA inputs. Any guidance on how to do this, preferably with existing components?

I have two Sonos one’s which I use as a paired set in the same room as a playbar and sub connected to a TV. I want to use the one’s independently as a pair (with Alexa) and occasionally use as a home theatre with the play bar and sub. Is there any other way to do this apart from grouping to get true home theatre?

My setup: Roku Ultra 4660 (2018 model) and Samsung UN65KS8000F with Playbar Roku connected via HDMI to Samsung's TV 'One Connect' From TV using optical out to Playbar Samsung states that TV will NOT process 5.1 through an HDMI input. HOWEVER... When I use Plex on the Roku - I get 5.1 on Sonos! When I have a DVD player going through HDMI, I also get 5.1 on Sonos. So it IS passing.... If I use Samsung Netflix App, I get 5,1. But If I use Roku Netflic App, I can only get Stereo. No matter how hard I try! So: Is Samsung incorrect when they say TV will not pass 5.1 when the input source is an external HDMI? Would the Roku Ultra 4640 (2016 Model) have passed 5.1 from netflix? Does a converter exist that can see ALL types of input and make it into 5.1? P.S. I had ordered this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D2CZHP1/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and it did not help with Netflix. And made no

I have a Beam soundbar and 2 Play 1 speakers. Due to layout restrictions, I don't have the Play 1s set up as surround speakers but as a stereo pair in a seperate room. I have the two rooms grouped so that I get the TVs sound through the Play 1s in stereo as well as the Beam. The problem I have is that when I control the volume of the TV/Beam soundbar with the TVs remote it only changes the volume of the Beam and not the Play 1s as well. I have to use the Sonos app to adjust the Play 1s volume. How do I set the system up so that the Play 1s volume will be adjusted along with the Beam while using the TVs IR remote?

I have a beam setup in my living room and had two Play1s setup as surround. I had to move them, so they were unplugged and now they won’t reconnect. We plugged the Beam directly into the router via Ethernet, still no luck. I am getting a “Setup Incomplete error- check that the speakers are plugged to power and that the date and time settings on the device are correct.” I submitted diagnotic report 424563981.

Hi all....having a frustrating issue....the new Sonos Amp connected to Samsung t.v. through separately purchased Atlona adaptor to get t.v. audio through the Sonace speakers mounted in the ceiling. No sound. Everything is hard wired. We have the Atlona adaptor plugged into the HDMI Arc on the t.v. Any suggestions or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Just set up my new Beam with my sky q box and tv, using the extension to the the hdmi cable so it fits in the optical port. My tv is a modern Samsung one but does not have arc. Can someone please tell me how to include my Samsung blu-ray player in this setup? At the moment, the only thing I can do is to take the hdmi lead back out of the sky q and put it into the blu Ray player. Surely, there must be a way around this. Any help appreciated

Will a Sonos surround sound system be compatible with an LG OLED65C8 TV. I have heard there are compatibility issues and that they audio will not sync with the video?

Hi, new to Sonos but loving it! I have a Beam and two Play 1’s in my Living Room setup. My question is about surround sound. It seems like most of the characters on TV speak via the Beam and not through the Plays on each side of the couch. What comes out of the Plays is mostly music and some effects. Often this overshadows the speaking which is then hard to hear. I’ve gone into advanced settings and played with the surround sound but doesn’t help much. I’m a bit confused by them too though. What is ‘TV level’ anyway? What about music as ambient or full? Does this mean these settings are only for my Plays? I also noticed in About My Sonos system, on the Beam I SOMETIMES see Dolby 5.1 but don’t see Dolby anything on the Plays. Is this normal? On my Samsung TV the sound settings are set to HDMI input, which is presumably my Beam. Any help appreciated. Thanks.

Is it possible to use a PLAYBAR as a center channel with the AMP. I am imagining the following set-up: a. New AMP wired to front left and front right speakers. (I have two Rogers LS3/5a speakers.) b. SONOS PLAYBAR as the center front channel c. Set of 2 PLAY:1 speakers as the rear channel d. SONOS SUB as the subwoofer I already own everything except the AMP. So, I am wondering if I can improve my system to make real 5.1. Thanks

Surround sound works with tv & Netflix but not when music is played i.e music channels only the beam plays music. 2x play 1 Beam

I know that this is an age-old SONOS question. But, this is a new device and I am hoping. Can the new AMP handle DTS from my Blu-Ray player? Can the new AMP handle HDMI Audio: up to 7.1ch/192kHz PCM, up to 5.1ch DSD, Bitstream. This is from DVD-Audio and/or SACD player. (OPPO UDP-203) Thanks

Sonos CEO Patrick Spence, I bought my Play 5 because of the wonderful sound that comes out of it. I also bought it knowing at some point I would be buying a 65 inch 4K HDTV and knowing that I have this beautiful sounding speaker it would sound wonderful together. Just finding out today from your Customer Service that I can not hook up my Play 5 to my new TV ruined my holiday. They both (Rep and Supervisor) insisted I have to purchase Sonos other speakers to hook up my new TV with. Here I think I'm already to hear beautiful sound from my TV only to find out that I can't. I wouldn't have bought the Play 5 knowing this. Your website does not explain this. This is not the first time having problems with my Play 5. The first one was to find out I couldn't use Spotify unless I pay for their premium package and then I had trouble after we moved trying to hook up my Play 5 in the new house that you had to send me another one. I was never told what was wrong with my first one. I am a unhappy

The Sony works excellent passing through DD 5.1 I am able to get 5.1 through the the Apple TV 4K, ATT U-VERSE cable box, and the PS4 while video gaming. All peripherals are connected to the TV via HDMI while the Playbar uses optical out I haven’t tried blu-ray movies on the ps4 yet. The Sony is an excellent tv btw. Many feel it has a better picture than any oled because it is a FALD with a native 120-mhz panel. This setup makes SONOS worth it. Turn your surrounds to full volume in the app for music and tv, and you will have a killer surround sound system as part of your multi-room audio system.

My beam, sub and two play one speakers are playing music, but the remote is not working with the tv. I have configured the TV and connected the hdmi cable to the arc input on the tv. After configuring the remote, I go through the directions to relearn the new codes on the sonos home theater, but when I go to more tab, tab settings, Room settings, there is no beam listed from the list of rooms. Any suggestions, I have rechecked the remote and TV and it appears everything is properly setup. I also tried changing the HDMI cable.

Got the remote working with the Playbar but the Samsung screen is still popping up with “Samsung Optical” every time I adjust the volume. Very annoying. Is there a code or something I can do to prevent this?

New Playbase sounds horrid. I purchased this as an Xmas present for my parents and cannot believe something has been made and sold that sounds so bad. Usually I audition anything like this before purchase, but in this case needed to go with reviews and peoples opinion, as have been out of the country lately. Biggest problem is the centre channel sounds as if it is completely recessed back in the box, muffled, far to quiet and there is also some weird phasing going on that is very unpleasant. Not to mention the sibilant treble. Very Very disappointed in something that costs £550! I also got the Play:1's for surround but I have not bothered to unbox them yet. Have tried various sources - both TV, DVD and Tidal, with TruePlay enabled and disabled. They all exhibit the same issues.

Playbase +LS+RS (Play:1) There is only a quiet hissing-sound from back speakers when the source is stereo, works fine when source is 5.1. Every other reputable surround system will provide some sounds to the back speakers (same stereo as front) when this happens, but Sonos will not (unless playing music). Is there a way to fix this in settings? Kinda sucks not to have any sound in back channels when only providing stereo, a copy of front stereo with a volume setting would do a lot.

I recently got a playbar and added two of my play:1 speakers as rear speakers (no sub). I am playing DD5.1 audio (each channel plays separately so that they can be easily distinguished). However, the audio from the rear speakers always seems to come out of both and there's no differentiation between them. Does anyone have any ideas as to why this might be? I checked what signal the PLAYBAR is receiving at the time of playback by going to Settings > About my Sonos System. Tried playing test track and check the About and it's receiving Dolby Digital 5.1 signal. However, the audio from the rear speakers always seems to come out of both and there's no differentiation between them.

I cannot seem to get my tv to push sound out of my beam! This is frustiating me so bad. I have all the cables set up... in the arc, it’s added and I have the app. The TV sound is off one I plug it in but it’s not producing sound out of the beam! Help.

I enjoy listing to music and usually use my Apple in ALAC to listen to something. My main stress is that I have always been a huge fan of films and have a large Blu-Ray and starting 4k collection. Something like 600+ BRD's and 4k's just started being released so that number is low. I have been using the Sonos playbar+sub, with the connect amp and two ceiling speakers for my 5.1 in my main room. The biggest problem I have had is when I would like to enjoy a film, I am pretty much screwed for audio since Sonos refuses to man up and decode DTS-HD or anything other than Dolby Digital for 5.1. Yes I can 'dumb it down' to PCM but that is not what I bought the disk for or my top notch Blu-Ray disc player for. I feel that Sonos has looked at film viewing like it was way back when everything was just a silent black & white film with some type of live musical accompaniment happening. Well look where that went! The playbar is primarily used for flat-panel, wide screen, HDTV's that have always

Come on SONOS 7.1 and 7.2 Surround Sound is already years old, 9.1 & 9.2 seen as its update, A SONOS 7.1 system would be very much in demand, loads of questions on here already about producing it, Id buy today if it was available, 7.1 channels with that SUB, awesome, come on SONOS make us even happier,...

Hi All, I want to ask and share my experience with trying a HDMI switcher for Beam for my setup. TL;DR - It didn't work - not unless I want to lose CEC. My Panasonic OLED (FZ950) doesn't passthrough unfettered audio signal from an external source (Panas have never had this capability unfortunately). Bl**dy beautiful picture though but that's not what I'm here for.. I bought a 3-way, powered, auto-sensing HDMI v2.0 capable switcher to try an overcome this issue and can get full fat DD 5.1 from TV and BD Player. The switch has a clearly marked 'Input' and 'Output' which suggest it is in a way directional / one-way. Setup as follows: TV HDMI ARC --> (In) HDMI Switcher (Out) --> Sonos Beam. With above setup, there's no sound coming out of the Beam (and not from TV either). Strangely, CEC works perfectly and the TV clearly detects that it's connected to an external speaker - as indicated by 'Home Cinema Volume' on screen when I increase/decrease volume. Alexa commands to t

I'm having problems with sound cutting out when playing blu rays on ps4 .I have a sony tv and connected using hdmi arc

I've been given a Beam for Christmas... Plugged it in to my LG TV and its not working. I've read all the other comments on here..... I am using HDMI ARC etc and have tried everything I can think of or that has been suggested by other forum members. The TV is a 42LA6230-TB which I bought in 2013. Can anyone help? Not the best Christmas morning so far.