Home theater

Is there a way to force surround sound from the speakers even though the content might only be in stereo? My old (early 2000's) Sony amp could do it... ?

The whole point of buying beam was to integrate my play 5 in with the TV and voice control. But I discovered that doing so loses core functionality of being able to play records or CDs or anything via line in. Has anyone figured out a work around for this?

I keep seeing two issues that prompted this thread: 1. The Sonos solution for HT is not as good for 2 channel music as a dedicated to music Sonos system can be 2. Dialogue is too low to be easily heard if the effects are to be kept at neighbour friendly and retaining hearing ability levels, even after using all that Sonos offers to deal with this issue. Therefore: Why not go the whole way with a dedicated to dialogue centre speaker with its own volume control slider? With the 5.1 decoder in that box. With the Sub and a 1 pair each for front L/R and surround, that would then be a genuine 5.1 system, that would also work better for stereo music in stereo mode with just the front speaker pair playing, with the Sub for bass support - a genuine 2.1 system for music with the required stereo sound stage and imaging when only music is being played. IMO, releasing a center speaker that allows for doing just this would have be been a more useful alternative to play bar than the recently

I have a 2015 Vizio. Just set up beam and 2 play 1s for surround sound. The TV does not have a Dolby output only bitstream and PCM. I was told i couldn't use the surround set up with no Dolby. Is this true? On settings it states "surround ON". Is there a work around? Thanks

Have two play 3’s,bar, and sub. Have found advantages to both options depending on what I’m listening to. Is this literally just a personal preference option, or am I missing something entirely?

Hi, Sorry I am a newbie. In our 6 Meters x 8 Meters Family room we have 2 Play5's and a Sub which sounds just amazing when we play music. In our TV room which is about 4.5 Meters x 5 Meters we have a Playbar and a Sub. I am now thinking of adding in 2 x Ones for surround sound. My questions on this setup are : 1) Does a surround sound system make a difference when listening to music? 2) I think this has been answered elsewhere but does anyone know or #Sonos #FeatureRequest if the Ones can be used with Airplay once they are bonded to the HT?

I purchased the beam yesterday. Connected to my sony kd-65xe8596... When watching tv, the connection alternates between tv and beam. So the sound cuts out every 2 seconds. It shows audio system active(beam) 2 seconds later tv speaker active. Its connected via hdmi arc. Please can you help fix this issue. Thank you!

I have Sonos surround sound (Playbase, Sub, 2 Play:1) set up for a large room where we have a large screen TV. we can sit on furniture in front of the TV and surround sound is appropriate and it sounds great. But in another area of the room, we have a dining table (next to the 2 Play:1 speakers). We would like to EASILY toggle between surround sound and full sound when watching TV (since when we are at the dining table, we can't hear the TV voice channel and surround sound is not appropriate - how can that be done?

I am trying to connect a new TV to my speakers. I am connecting the TV using an optical cable and a RCA converter that goes into the INPUT ports on my connect I am getting some sounds but it keeps cutting thru my speakers but it keeps cutting off

I keep hearing different things on this. If I have a PlayBar with two Sonos One's as surrounds, will the group be AirPlay 2 enabled? The official blog post (https://blog.sonos.com/en/airplay2-coming/) says that "When you group one of these Airplay-enabled speakers with older Sonos devices, you can bring AirPlay capabilities to your entire Sonos system." However, I keep hearing that since the PlayBar is the master in the 5.1, that the Sonos One's set as surrounds lose their AirPlay ability. Why would these be handled differently than another group? Is there a way to overcome this? Could someone please confirm if this is the case?

I thought I’d post here my experience in setting up my Sonos Playbase. In addition to the Sonos Playbase I have two Play 1s, as L&R surrounds and the Sub - these are all in the Sitting Room. I also have a Connect in my Home Office to which is connected a Pair of M-Audio Studio Monitors. The Connect is connected to a Netgear Orbi Router (RBR50). My iTunes Library of 22,000 plus AIFF files - which is on an external Hard drive connected to my iMac - is linked to Sonos and can be called up to play through the iPhone app. I had to reload just about every cover image so that they show up on the Sonos Players. My iMac is connected by Wi-Fi to the Netgear Orbi Router (RBR50). Here though I want to talk about how I got the setup to work for watching TV and Movies. I have my Panasonic TX-P46GT30B TV on a Sanus WSTV1 Stand which in turn sits on a Unit inside of which there is only space for the Pioneer BDP-LX71 Blu-ray player a Mains Extension with 8 sockets and a USB Hard Drive for

So configuration TV : https://toshiba-tv.com/uk-uk/49u5766db Audio Output Power (RMS) 2x10W Dolby Audio™ DolbyⓇ Digital Plus (DD+) DTS™ Decoder DTS™ HD + DTS™ TruSurround Internal Subwoofer YES Speaker Type Speaker Box Equalizer 5 Band Ger (D) + Nicam Stereo YES Sound Modes Music, Movie, Speech, Classic, Flat, User HDMI™ ARC Through HDMI™3 HDMI™ CEC YES With sonos support I have disabled on TV DTS and digital output is now PCM (can be PCM or Compressed ) Apple TV 4k Xbox One Sonos Beam configured in 5.1 paired with two Play’s 1 The Issue I don’t have that separations back left or back right. I’ve watch YouTube with different 5.1 samples from Apple TV and directly from smart TV and failed each time. I have also played YouTube from iPad and send the sound Beam trough AirPlay and still no separation. When sound should come from back left for example I can hear him from left only. I have sound output from surrounds plays one but not separation front - back in 5.1 vid

Just received my new beam - first impressions are amazing! Works perfectly with Samsung QE7 TV except for one thing, and it's only minor but annoying! Previous soundbar showed the name of the device, not just "receiver", the beam now connected via HDMI ARC just says receiver. Which isn't really an issue, the question is, it just shows + or - when adjusting the volume, previous soundbar had a level along with it, it would be nice/useful to know what the volume setting is, without looking at the app. Only minor things - but have I missed something? Apart from that, Beam with a pair of Ones (sound set to full not ambient) just wow! Thanks in advance.

Hi,just got a full 5.1 setup,Beam,two Sonos One and a Sub,it sound ok but the Beam when watching at low levels the vocals are so quiet that I always have to put the volume up and is not very convenient specially later in the night,I’ve checked the app and adjust the Speech Mode on but still wished the volume was better,at the moment is sound similar to the tv speakers,had a chance to try the Samsung HW-N950 and that was proper sound coming out from the centre channel.Any ideas on how to increase the vocals on the Beam?

Response from Comcast support about the Sonos Beam: "Okay, it all makes sense now. The Sonos Beam soundbar doesn't support Dolby Atmos. I know this specifically, because I have one myself. I have also researched this high and low. My personal fix was to just watch my programs on another device like my phone or tablet and connect the device to my soundbar via blue tooth. I do apologize for this inconvenience but XFINITY equipment only supports Atmos Dolby Technology. -BMG" Is anyone else having this issue?

Hi all, new to the forum but first time poster. Never had any issues with Sonos products so never felt the need to ask a question. I have recently purchased the Beam, very impressed with its sound etc. but what is really bugging me is being able to switch back to TV audio after playing music through the Beam? I’m connected via ARC HDMI I see many similar questions on here but none of the answers have helped me. I don’t have Alexa enabled as I have kids and they just shout Alexa all day so that isn’t an option for me. That leaves me with the Sonos app. I click on the Beam then “browse” and that’s where I become stuck. I keep pressing TV but nothing happens. The only way to get TV sound back through the Beam is turning the TV off by the plug, not even turning off via standby helps. It’s pretty poor from Sonos really I must admit. I have tried all settings in TV and app but had no success. I wondered if anyone had any other ideas? I actually upgraded from a Bose system, never h

How do you turn on and control the night mode in the new Beam?

I want to create a home theater using an Optoma UHD60 projector and Sonos 5.1 Surround Set with Playbar and Sonos One speakers. I am thinking of connecting a PC or Raspberry Pie to the projector. As I see the playbar has to connect to the projector via optical in. UHD60 has an optical out so I am thinking of connecting the projector to the playbar with a long optical cable. My questions are: 1. Is this connection proper for this setup to work? 2. Does this connection provide 5.1 surround sound? 3. Does the long optical cable have audio quality loss? 4. Is it ok to connect the optical cable to the projector or is it better to find a source with optical out?

I have a Spectre X40 TV, and it has an SPDIF connection for outgoing audio. However, it seems like a regular audio plug, not at all like the optical converter plug that came with the Beam. I assume there is some sort of converter I can buy, but no idea what it's called. Anyone know? This is the TV side:

I have a beam and from time to time, I get stuttering audio. The sound often corrects itself but it’s not something I’ve had before. The input source is a Sky Q box with local content (not streamed) and it’s using a HdMI cable plugged into a brand new Samsung TV. It can happen with all/any content type. Non HD, HD and 4K. Old and new content too.

I bought a playbar yesterday and have connected with a bridge and the digital audio cable but can get no sound. I have a Pioneer pdp-428xd with all HDMI ports used. Can anyone help?

Is there a way to have the Beam soundbar provide TV sound automatically when the TV is turned on? Currently I have to either tell Alexa to switch to TV sound, or click 'TV' via the Sonos app. Would simply like to turn on the TV and have sound, rather than have to talk to the soundbar each time I turn the TV on!

Trying to use a Beam to control a 70' Vizio TV with the HDMI ARC connection. Using Alexa, I can turn on or off the TV, and control the volume of the TV. However, if I turn OFF the TV using the Remote Control, the Beam can not turn the TV on and in fact, the only way to turn the TV on is to reboot the TV by removing the power cord. I have searched for any Power Control settings on the TV, with no success. I also spent an hour on the phone with Sonos support, with no success. Any suggestions?

I purchased and connected a Beam via HDMI-ARC, however the sound is very limited. I have to turn it up to 35 to hear the TV, while I'm in the room. It is connected to a Samsung UN55F6300AF. When I look at the TV sound settings, I see that the sound is processed through PCM rather than Dolby Digital. Dolby Digital is greyed out. Would connecting via optical cable produce a better sound? For music it sounds really good, like a SONOS should...but for TV it is not cutting it. I want to like this thing, since I love the Ones I own.

Just tried to connect a new beam to a new Sony 49x900f via hdmi arc - no sound.... I go to - home - settings - external inputs - Bravia sync settings - Bravia sync control .....and it won’t allow me to switch that on - I just get message “not available while Bravia sync compatible audio system is used”...? When I go to “Bravia sync devise list” I get a non specific audio devise and when I try to enable it nothing happens.... When I connect through the optical cable it works but no volume control from the remote..... Is it possible to start the whole configuration process all over ? - completely formatting the app and the beam ?.... Thank you in advance Ittai