Home theater

Hi! If I have set up Sonos Beam and two rear speakers (Play One, Play: 5 or even Connect with third-party speakers) for surround sound, what will reproduce each speaker if I watch stereo movie or youtube video with stereo sound (not 5.1)? Will rear speakers play regular left/right channel and if no is it possible to make them play it?

i have recently purchased a Sonos Beam and a single Sons One Speaker. I have connected both Speakers, but when i group the Sonos One (i only have the one speaker) with the Beam to enjoy TV sound, there is a distinct echo from the speakers - almost as if the Sonos One is slightly delayed. How do I balance the speakers to get a rich sound, I plan to (when i am able) to buy a second Sonos One, but in the interim I was hoping you could advise how I best balance the TV sound with the Beam and my single Sonos One?

I have a Sonos One, NON-smart TV, and a TaoTronics Bluetooth 4.2 Transmitter and Receiver. Does anyone know if I can stream the audio from my TV to the sonos one through the TaoTronics or something similar? How?

I have a Beam connected to a Panasonic via HDMI-ARC & Viera Link. Sometimes I want to use just the TV speakers but the the Beam won't relinquish control. I can select TV speakers in Viera Tools and they start up briefly, but then the Beam re-asserts control. I understand that if I've shelled out for a Home Cinema setup, I might be expected to want to use it, but I'd like to have the choice

Thinking of getting a sonos beam. Will it work using my tivo bolt remote and if so do i use the Denon code ? Thanks

Hi there, my tv is too old to have ARC or optical out so I brought an analog to digital converter and the sound cuts in and out. I tried different sound inputs and get the same issue. Please advise. Cheers

I have two Play 1's and one Play 5. I am wondering, how can I connect my existing TV to my Sonos system so that I can play sound from Netflix through my Sonos speakers? My TV is not a SmartTV. Is this possible or do I need to buy something else to connect them?

TV: LG 55LM7600 Sonos: Playbar + Sub + 2 Play Ones Cable Box: Xfinity Xi5 (wireless box) I'm not able to get 5.1 audio recognized in the Sonos app from my Xfinity box. When using the same HDMI port/cable, I'm able to get Dolby Digital 5.1 from my Xbox One. I've tried all the settings on my STB and TV and am still not able to get 5.1 with any program I try. Is this an issue with the cable box or is there something else I should try? I just don't understand why the Xbox One is capable of delivering 5.1 and my cable box is not.

Is there a fix for Samsung NU7100 HDMI ARC lag (video/sound not syncing)? I fixed it by using the optical cable.

Is Sonos planning a Playbar refresh in 2018? It'd be great to have a Playbar with updated look matching other Sonos speakers.

Hi, I have an older 2013 Samsung - UN55F7500 that I do not believe can passthrough 5.1 via it's HDMI ARC port (I know for a fact it can't with optical). I know that there are HDMI switches that can extract audio from HDMI sources and send it to an optical connection - and plan to use this as a backup option for my upcoming Beam purchase if necessary (with the included adapter) - but what I'd really like is some solution that can keep HDMI working across the board so CEC works correctly. Is there a switch, splitter, or something in place that could extract audio and send it to the Beam via HDMI, while sending the video to the TV? My theory is something like: Beam --> HDMI Switch (which would also have PS4, Apple TV, etc. all hooked to it) --> TV HDMI ARC port Any thoughts on a device that might work this way - or am I going to probably be sticking to optical until I upgrade my TV?

Hi. I have a Playbase that was working fine for awhile. However, the past several weeks, I've been trying to figure out where a vibrating/rattling effect was coming from, particularly with certain types of dialogue. I discovered that the vibration stops when I lift the TV off of the Playbase. It is difficult for me to reposition it very much, because the footprint of the TV stand takes up much of the surface of the Playbase, although there is a little bit of wiggle room (maybe an inch or two, front-to-back). Does anyone have any suggestions? Perhaps a way to "cushion" it or something? Thanks!

I made a decision to buy a sonos beam, but if i read the futher details i see that the beam onl works with the apple tv gen 4 ?? So is there anybody wo can tell me if the generation 2 apple tv also works?

I am moving into my new house in a few weeks and I am buying the TCL 65' 6 Series that just came out and I want to get a Soundbar for it in my living room since I don't want wires running all over. Guy at work recommended it so I went to BestBuy to listen to it and it sounded awesome with the Subwoofer. I have a few questions though. My room is 14X10 rectangle shape with tv and couch on furthest walls. I am assuming this will be enough? I want it to be loud and crisp. I typically just watch tv and listen to music from ITunes and occasional movies. ITS Roku tv so I will be streaming YouTube Tv for my cable needs and Netflix from the Roku tv as well. Will I have any issues with Dolby or DTS or any of that stuff? Thought I read somewhere here that if you run a show with DTS you wont any sound from speakers??? any help for a newbie would be appreciated. thanks

Hi. I am running a playbar and a sub, and obvisouly I cant get true 5.1 sound, but I was wondering if they receive a 5.1 input does it do some processing of the sound to try and emulate 5.1, or will it sound exactly the same as if it receives a stereo input? Reason I ask is the sound quality is noticibly best when I watch netflix in 4k (and I can see that sonos is receiving a 5.1 signal), but maybe this is just because it is 4k? When I used my Humax PVR or Xbox it only receives a stereo signal as it's passed through the TV and out to playbar, so never receives a 5.1 signal - but as I'm only using a playbar and sub would it sound any different it I could get it to output in 5.1? Thanks

Hi I’m just about to buy a Sonos Beam but I’m concerned that my TV won’t pass DD through the ARC hdmi port. Does any body know if it will or not the model number of my tv is Panasonic TX-L50B6B. Thanks

Does anyone have experience using playbase as computer speakers? I have a desk that is perfectly sized for one, it's my little office-corner with my MacBook Pro laptop. Does anyone have experience placing a laptop workstation on top of one? Does it vibrate at all? Does it heat up or suffer much from heat? Is it weird to get the sound from underneath the computer instead of the sides?

Here is my setup. Playbar optically connected to XBR75X900F and controlled with comcast x1 hdmi to TV. I'm having issues controlling the volume of the playbar. I have the TV speakers turned off and the sound comes out fine through the playbar. My issue is that even though the TV speakers are turned off, when i press the remote volume up/down, there are numbers that show on the TV screen indicating the volume number and sound increases/decreases on the playbar. THis part is fine. If i hold the volume up for maybe 1 second from sound completely off, the TV volume indicator might show volume 5 but the playbar will be very loud. If I tap the volume down button very quick, i am able to get the playbar to slightly decrease volume and also get the TV volume indicator on the screen to decrease. However, i can get the tv volume indicator to ZERO and there is still some sound coming out of the playbar. So it appears that pressing the remote volume up/down gets recognized by

Hi guys, If i am watching a 5.1(netflix default audio option) show/movie through the beam ONLY - what audio channels will the beam pass? Will the rear surround channels be lost? Or does it somehow convert it to L,R and Center channels only automatically. Secondly, if i manually change the the audio setting every time to stereo, will i only be utilising the L & R speakers within the beam. Thanks in advance

Hi Sono’s Community I just bought a house and will be setting up a home theater in the basement. I already have the surround set up of Play Bar, two play 1’s and subwoofer from my condo and love it . I have always been a cable subscriber but was looking into getting Directv. Any issues with Directv /Sono’s combination as far as Dolby Digital and achieving 5.1 surround sound? I have had no issues with Spectrum Cable but there are some really great deals going on with Directv right now. Thanks Dave

Just set up beam sub and two ones for sourround. No sound from the sourrounds... how do i fix this?

Having had my Beam for just a few days I must say that I am delighted with the sound. The main reason I replaced it was for the inclusion of Alexa in the lounge, enabling voice commands for music & tv, but the sound quality is much better than the old LG sound bar that it replaced despite being half the size and minus the sub! I now wish to enhance things a bit more ( I am truly hooked! ) by installing a couple of satellite speakers and providing a bit of 'fill-in' sound to a rather large lounge. So my question is do I go for Plays or Ones? Will Alexa still work from all speakers easily or will I have to shout at the Beam? I have had issues in the past with Echo devices not working correctly when paired.

Hello, I was wondering if its possible to setup the Sonos beam (with airplay2) with an apple tv (4th gen) so that the apple tv will use the beam as the default device. I really don't want to go to the bluetooth setting and connect the beam everytime I turn on my apple tv. regards, zimon

I have a sonos beam in my living room and two play 1s hooked up to it. But, I can’t figure out how to adjust the volume of the two plays1s separately from the beam. Every time I adjust the volume is turns up the beam as wel, I just want to turn up the volume for the play 1s separately. I have read that tapping the volume bar allows you to control separate speakers but this doesn’t work for me. Can someone please help? Thanks.

Remotes not working with Playbar