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This question has been posted several times but I have yet to find a solution. I have unplugged everything it’s not overheated there’s no reason for it to be doing this, please help! We havent changed anything, it has played fine up until a week ago. Now nothing. Beyond frustrated.

Anyone have any experience connecting the Beam to an HDMI matrix and keeping ARC and CEC functionality?

how do i get rid of not available message that pops up on my samsung when pressing the volume button

So, have set up Beam in Surround mode with 2 play ones. 5.1 is turning up from internal to the TV apps such as Amazon, but only stereo from the BT TV and Xbox One. Have checked all their settings and they are correct. Same from blu-ray player. So from what I can glean: 1. The TV is telling the sources it only has 2 speakers so whatever I set the sources to send they will only send Stereo. 2. The issue around TVs not sending digital audio out that plagued the Playbar (according to the topics on here) isn't sorted by using HDMI. Tried 2 different TVs to the same effect. I would have thought Sonos would have checked this. I was expecting that given that I have lots of sources that can send 5.1 then I should be able to get it on the beam.

I setup my new Beam today as a sound bar on my TCL Roku television. Everything seemed to be working fine until the volume started randomly jumping up to a very high level on its own. It happened about 4 times in 1 hour. Has anyone else had this problem?

Hi all, I just wanted to chime in with my experience. I have received my Beam a couple of days ago (international shipping took a bit of time; Beam is not sold in my country, unfortunately) and installed it as part of a 5.1 system (with a Sub and two Ones). Setup was very easy --- I had a Sony soundbar connected via HDMI ARC, so I just disconnected it and replaced it with the Beam. The TV recognized the Beam immediately. So, setup was pretty smooth. The only snag was that I had to re-add my Sub and Ones, rather than add the Beam to an existing Sonos setup. Reading the forum, I was worried I might have lip sync problems. I am happy to report that the lip sync is, so far, perfect. I use an Apple TV 4K for all my content. It is configured to output Dolby 5.1 sound. The TV is in Cinema Pro mode; this turns off most of the processing modern TVs like to do to "improve" the picture (I think most such processing does the exact opposite). In particular, this ensures the TV does not "inv

New hear. I’ve been trying to find an answer to my question for 2 days now. Did my homework, but still can’t find an answer. I recently purchased a beam and 2 One’s, connected to my TV through the HDMI ARC port. For some reason, there is a slight, super annoying echo when I’m watching TV. The echo only happens when I try and group the paired Ones to the beam. Not sure if this bit of info is helpful, but I decided not to add the Ones as sureounds, because I found them to be way to quiet. I’ve triple checked that the TV’s internal speakers are off. I’ve tried what seems to be everything. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I cannot get audio from my PS4 to my Beam. I'm connected from Beam to the ARC HDMI on my TV and HDMI from PS4 to TV. Have both set up for PCM and have tried all other combos. This seems like it should be so simple but nothing has worked and Google/YouTube have been no help.

I want to purchase a sound bar with extra speakers and a sky Q system. Will this work/ be compatible if the Sound bar plugs in directly to the tv and not the Sky Q. The Sky Q box will be in a different room to the TV. The Sky Q box will be connected to the TV by a Cat5 cable if this makes any difference. I assume the sound will work if I play Netflix or Amazon through the TV as well?? Thanks

Smaller Sonos PlayBar for those with smaller TV's and rooms - and partners who don't like technology dominating the room!. Say one with 5 speakers and around a half metre wide would be good. I know it's a compromise but it would still vastly improve the sound quality of a TV's speakers and the (most important) separation of action noise over speach.

Hi I just got the beam and connected it to the HDMI ARC slot in my 4k TV. The TV has only one of these so I had to shift the Apple TV (also 4k) to HDMI 2. Since then, my Netflix has an interview HDCP handshake error that means I get sound but no vision. Any workaround?

I cant remember If it was update 8.6 which brought sound enhancement for playbase. Anyways, i skipped my playbase after i had a listen to playbar. The playbar is just more pleasent and sort/rounder in its sound. Shortly after this update arrived and i havent had a chance to hear the playbase afterwards. So those of you with playbase - are the playbase better at this stage?

I am using an LG TV and I would like to play the TV audio through 2 Play 1's and I do not have a Playbar. I do however have a Sonos Connect.

Hi, my Beam won’t pair with the remote for my TCL (55P607) — standard Roku/TCL remote. Won’t recognize it, so I can only control within the app. Replaces batteries on remote, and connection appears to be strong. Any suggestions?

Zp100 ceiling speakers and playbar......I have all 3 but currently have my speakers wired into the zp100, and the playbar stand alone, is there a way I can wire in the playbar so that it will be setup to use the speakers as rear speakers to my playbar? As currently it is 2 separate zones and I would like to make it 1, will I need to take cable from playbar to ceiling speakers? Any help appreciated thanks

Playing music through Apple Music > AirPlay 2 > Sonos One’s I have no drop outs. But when I select the Sonos One’s though the Apple TV, it’ll buffer then play which is understandable, but the audio will intermittently drop out every 5-10 minutes or so for about 1-3 seconds. CNN and Netflix has this issue so far, HBO Go seems stable enough but has its moments every now and then. I’ve had one instance of sync being off, but a pause/play fixed that. I love that AirPlay 2 has arrived but I think some bugs need to be ironed out. Any solutions for this so far? I’ve read about checking WiFi channels etc but no dice, thanks for any info. Look forward to updates for Apple TV streaming. Diagnostic #827816102

I'm finding the range of voices vs explosion etc in action movies so wide that I can hardly hear voices but explosions are earth shaking. I realize this may be the way the movie is intended but would expect voices to clearer. Turning on Speech Enhancement does not help much and night mode just crushes all detail of the range. My Sony TV does have a sound setting to adjust the Dolby Dynamic range to Standard or Compressed. Currently it's set at Standard I'm going to try Compressed but wondering if anyone else had similar experience. I find this is an issue more with my Apple TV and tv built Netflix App

Can’t get 5.1 surround out of Xbox for Blu-rays on Beam. HDMI-Audio: Stereo: works 5.1 (uncompressed) -„Not supported by Audio Receiver“ What do I need to do?

Beam inbuilt IR sensor doesn’t appear to be receiving remote control signal to turn volume up down. Tv sensor is partially obscured, but thought the Beam IR receiver would pass remote control though to TV. With a Sony Bravia TV.

I preorded the beam and I love it. Couple issues I am having a hard time understanding and I think it is my cheap-o TV. My Vizio M65-E0 4k HDR TV only has 1 4K input which is also the only input that supports ARC. Now, I currently have it set up using the provided HDMI to TOSLINK cable and it sounds great but I am not getting any sound from my two rear Play 1's when watching TV. No audio at all. So i figured I would sacrifice the PS4 and the DirecTV box and only use the XBOX One X for my 4k. Well, since the beam doesn't have a passthrough, I don't think I can even do that. Just making sure I am not missing something here. For now I think I am stuck with the current setup I have. At least untill I can get a new TV with more HDMI input options.

Hi, I understand I can send volume commands from my remote control to my Sony Bravia TV via the Beam over HDMI. This works as expected. However, the Beam obstructs the iR receiver of my TV and so none of the other remote control commands work — channel select, TV guide or up/down/left/right. Is there any way to pass *all* remote commands to the Sony Bravia via the Beam/HDMI? I would like to keep the Beam in position in front of the TV. Thanks!

Hi there, I setup the new beam last night and got it working no problem, issue is with lip sync when watching either Netflix / NOW Tv or through our Virgin TV V6 box. I have an LG 42LB585V-ZM TV and have the Beam connected via ARC. Have tried tweeking settings as suggested to try and sync them but it's not getting close, it's quite annoying. Any ideas on how to resolve it or should i just swap to the optical out? Thanks in advance. Ross

Hi everyone, This is my setup: Philips 55PUS7303 Apple TV 4K XBOX One Sonos Beam + 2x Sonos Play:1 as rear speakers connected with HDMI cable This is the situation: Watching regular TV from TV receiver works fine Using Apps like Netflix and Prime Video from TV with 5.1 Dolby works fine Using Apps from Apple TV (Netflix, Prime Video, iTunes) with 5.1 Dolby works fine Here is the problem: Many blu-rays only have DTS HD audio on the disc. On the TV I set „Multichannel (Bypass)“ from the options: Multichannel - Same result as for Multichannel (Bypass) Dolby Digital Plus - No Sound from Sonos Stereo (uncompressed) - Stereo Multichannel (Bypass) - Works but not in synch and on the XBOX One I can chose: Bitstream Format: DTS Digital Surround - Selectable but no Sound from Sonos Dolby Digital - Selectable but Video Signal before Sound Signal Dolby Atmos for Home Theater - Message „Not supported by Audio Receiver HDMI-Audio: Stereo (uncompressed) - Soun

Hi, I have sonos amp and wonder if i can pair it with sonos beams or playbar to get my 5.1 setup? Tha ks for answering!

I bought a Beam yesterday, and took it back for a refund two hours later! Seems neither of my Panasonic TVs pass Dolby Digital received via HDMI back to the ARC (my newer Sony TV does). I already have two Play 1s in the bedroom and thought the Beam would be ideal for 5.0 sound, but could only hear anything when inputing non Dolby signal to the TV, hence non surround sound to Sonos. Alternative would have been a direct optical link from the (Sky Q) set top box, but then I'm instantly limiting myself to one device and won't be able to hear anything from the TV's built in apps over Sonos. Again optical from TV to Sonos would give the same results as ARC as the telly won't receive Dolby through HDMI at all (even playing through own speakers). I know Panasonic are non existent in the US but are common elsewhere, and have seen lots of people moan about how they handle Dolby audio. So it seems my options are, use the Beam without surround sound (defies the point of me setup), only have