Home theater

When are sonos going to bring an update for the Beam soundbar? Sinc issue needs sorting as does dolby digital output.

I’m trying to set up a remote control to work with a Playbar. The app keeps telling me it’s detecting button presses on my remote even when I’m not pressing buttons. The remote setup fails because the Playbar is detecting phantom button presses but not real ones. I tried this with two different remotes and did a factory reset of the Playbar, to no avail. Does anyone have suggestions on how to fix this? Thanks! Carl

I have a Panasonic OLED 65FZ950U. The HDMI cable from the beam is plugged into the ARC port on the TV. Sometimes when I turn the TV on, no sound comes from the beam. I check the TV sound setting and its set to TV, I change it to Home Cinema and a message pops up Invalid operation. I then unplug the HDMI cable from the beam, plug it back in and after a few seconds I get sound from the beam. TV HDMI input setting is set to digital. Not sure if this is a TV or Beam issue.

I have previously connected the SONOS playbar to an LG49SJ800V using community advice. Cannot connect successfully with LG55SK8000PLB. TV recognises the playbar via optical cable, but when optical is selected from sound out menu, no audio plays.

Checking what players work and which don't

My playbar has been dropping my TV audio. This problem happens to me randomly at least twice a week. I have also tried to play Pandora and I get no sound. The speakers grouped with it will play the TV audio. My diagnostic number is 126502693. Please help. I am about to get a center channel for another room and I can’t justify a Sonos if I can’t fix these issues.

Good day, Seems like im one of these lucky folks who a sales man managed to win over me... I seem to have bought 2x play 5 2x play 1 1x Sub 1x Beam The setup I was aiming is pretty simple Beam for middle and tv input sonos 5's for left and right sonos 1's rear left and right and well sub oubviously... And I seem to have passed the 30 days return... So what do i do? Is there any plans from sonos from letting us setup our own 5.1 or some day 7.1 setup? Thanks!!

So I have the JU6400 Samsung UHD TV. It has an ARC HDMI port, and 2 other HDMI ports. I connected the Beam with ARC, and Apple TV 4K on a regular (STB) HDMI port. Turned on AnyNet+ from the Samsung menu to have it see the Beam on HDMI-CEC (ARC). Except they don't want to talk to each other! I have played around with every setting on both devices to have the audio from the TV routed through a "Receiver" (Beam) option on TV, but no sound gets outputted. I have even turned off CEC control in the Apple TV settings without success. I have read multiple forums here and otherwise and tried with every possible setting, unless I am missing something obvious somewhere. ANY TIPS?? The other route I took from Optical Out from TV using the Optical-HDMI adapter. I got sound, yayyy! Except, then I got to know that the TV is programmed to not output Dolby/DTS surround sound when the input is 3rd-party HDMI input which is Apple TV in this case. Meaning, I am now listening in Stereo!! UGGHHH!

I just purchased a Sonos Playbar. Everything works perfectly. I can go to the app and play music while I’m watching TV but how do I switch back to the TV audio without turning the TV off and on?

Does anyone else have this configuration of equipment and know how to set up please

I have beam, but I use two play ones for wider stereo by silencing the beam, the paired play 1’s are in stereo as my front speakers for movies with a wider sound stage than the beam itself and sound incredible with a more immersive experience from the front. Only if Sonos would come out with a center channel! Expensive to do this but sure sounds great!

I really hate this system. I tried to add a sub back onto the system. It was there before. I did that and the whole system lost connection and the tv wouldn't work. I spent the evening trying to reconnect it. Spoke to tech support for 2 hours and they told me that I needed a new router and now my tv is stuck on super loud and they said they can't fix it. It worked fine last night. Audio that requires an internet connection is a flawed system. I hate it right now and want to toss all of it in the trash!

Sonos has made it pretty clear Home Theater is not a priority for them. I was really hoping for an announcement at CES but while other companies were running laps around their decades-old audio codec support, Sonos was nowhere to be found (unless you count their panel on gender equality in the industry). Sennheiser's CES offering seems to deliver everything I am looking for and more. Can't wait until this comes to market. https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/11/sennheiser-ambeo-3d-soundbar/

I have a playbase and sub with on play 1 and just purchased the sonos one. Would I be able to connect the sonos one with the others to complete my surround sound?

I'm trying to find out what the best TV (preferably 4k) would be for me to buy for my set up of playbar, playbase and x2 play 1's

I'm considering buying the Playbar for our new apartment.. But I have some thoughts before I buy (besides the high price tag). I already have 2 Play:1s which I plan to be back surround speakers. But I'm unsure about some things: 1. Is it not possible to connect the Playbar wirelessly to the network without the Sonos Bridge? Or do you have to plug it directly in my router via a cable? 2. My Setup consists of a Samsung Smart Tv, a PS4 and an Nvidia Shield. Will I be able to experience the full sound experience from these sources? (PS4 and Nvidia are plugged in the TV by HDMI). I hope someone can clarify this for me. Thanks 🙂

Hi I currently have 2 play 1’s in various rooms around the house I have just purchased a sound bar and sub and want to reposition the 2 play ones I have as surround speakers, do I need to reset them to factory settings to achieve this or is it just a question of repositioning them to the right Room, renaming and following the set up procedure in the app? Sorry this might sound like a silly question but not sure what to do. I have replaced the two play ones with Sonos ones. Thanks in advance for your help.

Is the HDMI cable that ships with Beam a high speed cable?

With my previous Samsung television, I was able to control the volume of the Playbar with my Directv remote. I now have an LG OLED55C7P with the same Playbar and same Directv remote, but I cannot get the remote to control the volume. Has anyone figured out a way to fix this so I don't have to use my phone to control the volume?

When I turn the TV off the Playbase’s volume increases to max for a split second letting out the last noise on the tv.

Hello, I would like to do a new audio-visual setup in my place but I am not sure if this would be feasible and if so how. I am not purchasing the individual sonos nor the projector before I figure out how to do this. Basically 1. I want to use a projector mounted on the ceiling as opposed to a tv to see games, movies etc. 2. I would like to connect my cable box (already connected to a router) and possible an appletv to this projector, but wirelessly 3. I would like to use a sonos system (one with/without playbar) for sound for these (plus for playing music as well) Is this feasible and if so what would be the appropriate setup? In particular, what kind of projector do I need to get? I get confused over projetors that claim to have wireless mirroring versus those that you can connect a hd wireless connection kits. These kits have a base which you can input other devices. And on the sonos part what should be the best combination? Basically, I cannot have long wires connecti

I have a TCL 43S515 TV that I can turn off via voice on Beam but it won't turn off via voice control. However, I am able to turn on or off the TV using the Roku App on my mobile phone. Is there a setting to enable this on via voice? When I tell Alexa to turn on TV I just get the "OK" confirmation from Alexa.

Need Help with set-up. I connected my Beam to the Receiver using the HDMI/Optical converter - plugged into the Optical TV/Sat digital output slot. Have Roku HDMI to receiver Input. Have HDMI cable from Receiver output to projector HDMI input (not arc). The Roku displays content through the projector successfully. The problem is that the Beam does not produce sound but the projector does (poorly of course). What am I doing wrong?

I have an older home theater system that is fairly complicated, not to mention bulky. I'm considering a Beam to help simplify things and conserve some space. When I first set this up 6 years ago, optical media was king, and loud, bombastic movie night was our thing. But, the kids are older, and the AppleTV is now the primary source. So, here's what I currently have: TV: 2013 LG 60PV450. Might support HDMI ARC, but most likely not. AVR: Denon 7.1 Sources: Dish Network Hopper, gen 4 AppleTV, PS4, Nintendo Switch Current speakers: Velodyne 12" sub, Polk Monitor series 7.1 remote: Logitech Harmony Hub So - I'd like to keep the TV and sources, but swap out the large speakers and older Denon AVR. I currently have 2 Sonos Play:1 speakers (love 'em!) that I can use for surrounds. If I get the Beam, I **might** get lucky and find my TV supports HDMI ARC, or most likely need to use the HDMI to optical adapter, leaving me with 2 available HDMI ports on the TV. I'm thinking the Hoppe

I'm addressing 2 issues. Firstly the sound on my smart TV is atrocious and secondly, I want a decent music system in the same room - a 16x21ft room with vaulted ceiling and very few soft furnishings. I'm considering a Sonos beam plus a couple of Play 1s. Am I on the right lines or selling myself short? Secondly, how should I mount this combo in relation to each other - for example the Play 1s on an opposite wall to the Beam or on the same?