Home theater

I recently purchased a Playbar and 2 One speakers. I also listen to tv through headphones, and use a J-Tech digital to analog decoder with optical pass through, to split the Optical signal for both headphones and Playbar. Here is my question- setting my Xfinity X1 remote sound settings to Auto-detect for Dolby Digital seems tp produce the best surround sound for tv programming. However, when playing Homeland(On Demand) from Showtime, the center channel sound(including most dialogue) disappeared. I had to switch the Xfinity settings to stereo to retrieve the dialogue, which then limits the surround sound. Other tv shows don't seem to have this issue. Any ideas?

Please please please give us the option to control, sync, all sound levels between Playbar and other grouped speakers when using tv remote.

Hi folks We recently bought a house and the prior owners left this gear behind. The house is setup with built-in speakers in loads of rooms (I'm guessing over 6), including outside. I'm not an audiophile and nor do I have much knowledge at all about how to setup a house-wide audio system. All we think we really want to be able to do is play Spotify in different rooms/zones..! The Marantz receiver is an NR1603 (https://www.crutchfield.com/S-wgrkdYaKG4I/p_642NR1603/Marantz-NR1603.html) and the Sonos is, I guess, a Connect. Below are the pictures of the audio cabinet and the wiring at the audio cabinet (there is a separate networking cabinet for the house): https://imgur.com/a/Opy6SfE I think some of the hardware is from 2002 (when the house was renovated and rewired), although the Marantz is from 2012 I think. Any advice about how to get the Sonos Connect hooked up to the Marantz properly (what wires go where?) and how to get that music then flowing to the other rooms wou

Just bought a playbar, do I return it!??? I have just purchased an LG oled tv which supports atoms but the playbar I have also just purchased does not support this. I’ve just heard about the upcoming new playbar which may support atmos. Do I return the playbar and wait for the new one? I’ve just paid £700 for it and will be extremely pissed if the new one is released soon and I just miss out on the new one with atmos support.

I have a spare Apple TV 4K remote control (not paired to any device at the moment) and I thought I'd use it to control my Sonos Playbar. I want to use the volume up and down buttons as you'd expect and the menu button as the mute. I go into the controller, into preferences and enter remote control setup as you normally would. I go through the set up; it asks me to hit the volume up button and it successfully recognises the remote, then it asks me to hit the volume up button three times, the volume down button three times and the mute button three times. Everything goes as you'd expect (I've set up other remotes before and nothing seems unusual) but, after I exit the set up and try to use the remote, every button on the remote only increases the volume. No decreasing, no muting - just increasing. I've tried going through the setup five times now - both with the TV on and the TV off. Every time it seems to go through the setup process just fine but I end up only being able to incre

I unfortunately consider myself a Sonos fanboy. Not the bad kind - not the kind that'll bash on people for buying other brands. Sonos has many flaws in their current system and I accept it. I am the type of guy who bought a Sonos Play:1 and have been hooked on expanding my Sonos system ever since. And I get very excited about buying a new Sonos product even if it saps my wallet dry haha (hence the second word of the post). Right now, I own 1 play 5, 2 Play 1's, a SUB and Connect. Next up, Playbar. Or will it be...? Currently, the Playbar is very lackluster in terms of a proper home theatre experience. There is an announcement that will be made in San Francisco on April 6th which will hopefully uncover all the details of this soundbar. I have seen recently (heard early rumors a month ago) that Sonos have a new soundbar on the horizon? Codename 'S14' and it's been said it MAY have HDMI support, with mics for Amazon Alexa as shown by FCC filings. This opens so many doors. We're tal

I want to extend my Sonos System (Playbar in one room and a PLAY:1 in another room) with AirPlay 2 functionality. If I extend my Playbar with two ONEs as surround speakers, will I have full access to AirPlay 2 functions?

Hello! I want to see a playbar with hdmi support. Or if you manage to decode Dolby TrueHD to Dolby 5.1 with your current playbar so we can keep enjoying good sound with sonos. It's actually a shame that such a good sound system like Sonos, and if we consider what it costs, doesn't support Dolby TrueHD or at least have the ability to decode it to 5.1. Instead we end up with stereo sound when watching today's movies. If you use chromecast Ultra, the sound is stereo. Google movies, stereo, if you don't choose to play the movie through Youtube... and so on. That's just...old...out of date. Please make this happens. I promise you it will be an win-win situation for both you and us. I know this has been discussed many times before but it seems that you just keep looking the other way. Best regards!

Hello all, I am having a problem syncing the audio and video on my Hisense (Sharp brand) 55H6D tv. I have tried using the sync assist within the app, however this only seems to make things worse. Also, there are no audio sync options within my TV. Are there any additional options I could try? This seems ridiculous... Much appreciated!

Have a sub, playbarabd 2 play ones. Seems that you cant just grab a play one and use it elsewhere without removing the speaker from the room setup and reinstalling after. Thought my other option would be to just move a play one to another location and let it play music along with the music playing with the main system. Problem is that the play ones have no sound when playing music. Is there a way to make sure the surround speakers play with music instead of just the playbar and sub?

I purchased a Playbar this weekend. I attached it to the wall and went through the setup process. In setting it up I was able to get Sonos to recognize and work with my Comcast TV remote and I was able to play and stream music from my iPhone through the Playbar (it sounds excellent BTW), but I have been unsuccessful in getting my 8 year old Samsung TV (UN55C7000) to connect with the Playbar. My TV has a digital optical output, but it requires a male connection and not the female connection that Sonos provides with the Playbar. I bought an adapter to connect to the TV, but no luck in connecting to the TV and producing sound. I also called Samsung tech support to ensure that there was no setting on the TV that could be the cause. Can anyone provide some suggestion on how to resolve this issue?

We bought a Playbar and surround system setup about a year ago. It’s been working fine except every month or two it stops working for the cable tv. If I switch to Netflix, the sound is fine. I’ve tried resetting everything: tv, cable box, router, Playbar, and nothing works.

I recently purchased a connect amp and have it powering 2 in ceiling episode speakers and an in wall sound bar. I just added an svs sub which is connected via the subwoofer output on the connect amp. It sounds amazing, but I cannot find an option to adjust the volume specifically to the sub or even an on/off button for the sub through the sonos controller app. Does this exist? And if not, it seems like this could be an easy update for the amp software. Thanks.

I just bought a new Samsung TV, Q8. Unfortunately I'm not able to turn volume down or up with the Samsung Remote. I added the Onkys home theater, since Sonos is not officially supported and after that I'm able to adjust the volume, but only as long as I use the setup box. If I use Netflix or Plex, than the remote stops adjusting the sound. If I switch back to the setup-box it works again. My question: How come Samsung does not support sonos? The Remote may only be bluetooth, but the TV has Infrared and can send the Signal to the Playbar. However it's not everything works how it should be. Does anyone have an idea, is there another way?

How do I connect my Samsung TV (49" KS9000 Curved SUHD Quantum Dot Ultra HD Premium HDR 1000 TV) through the smart remote to enable sound adjustment? The SmartRemote does everything but change the sound through the optical connection

Hello, maybe someone in 2018 has found the solution. Do you know if are there any “boxes” like an audio extractor that convert an HDMI INPUT DTS in a optical output DD 5.1? Even optical in and out will be ok. Unfortunately I only found extractor that separate video from audio from HDMI input to an optical output, but don’t do the DTS to DD transcoding. It means that if the HDMI source is DTS, the optical output will be DTS, and if the HDMI source is DD 5.1, optical output will be DD5.1. I’m searching for a converter that with DTS HDMI input, will output a Dolby Digital 5.1. Thanks

I've used the Sonos Playbar with a multitude of TVs and have found a few nuances that would greatly improve the Sonos Playbar experience. Support more than one remote All households have 3 or more remotes, and sometimes even more – It is so annoying to have to switch between the remote you are using to control your media, and then use another remote to control volume – It'd be great if regardless of what remote you were using, you could control the Playbar volume Support RF (Radio Frequency), not just IR (Infrared) signals Many remotes for Smart TVs including Samsung, the worlds largest Smart TV manufacturer, only support RF signals with their remotes – Users have to find weird hacks to make the $700 playbar work with the TVs. Show a volume indicator to the TV For many TVs, once Sonos is connected, do not show the volume level as it goes up or down – it is so annoying to have to guess what level of loudness the Playbar is when you do not use the app.

Hi I have been using the following combination sucessfully until Kodi upgraded to Krypton. I run Kodi on a NAS (Asustor) that outputs the audio via HDMI to a Samsung TV U55. This TV has a box connected to it with 4 HDMI ports and 1 optical out. The optical out is connected to my Sonos Playbar. I have tried all kinds of settings on the internet. Without success. Current settings in Kodi: Audio: 2.0 Allow Passthrough AC3 capable receiver AC3 decoding the audio device is HDA in Samsung Anyone have this issue? Any suggestions what I could try?

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So I am forced to use PCM digital output in order to hear sound on my Sonos using Fandango Now. This wouldn’t be a problem if the sound quality didn’t become distorted on louder action scenes. Hard to describe the sound just a loud cracking noise. I have watched the same movies on Vudu (which work using the auto digital output setting) and don’t have these same sound issues. I have run a diagnostic, confirmation #1929339404.

Hi, I was watching tv when all of a sudden the power went in the sockets. My fuse box had tripped. After resetting the fuse the Sonos PLAYBAR will no longer power on. I have swapped fuses and tested the sockets which are all working well. What can I do now?

I purchased my Playbar yesterday and to be truthful did a lot of research comparing sound bars for quality, sound, and cost, but the topic the TV optical/toslink output not passing 5.1 didn't come up until the sales man at BestBuy advised me to check the specs on my TV. Well my Samsung TV (UN55c8000) is one of those that doesn't support 5.1 on the digital output (toslink) port when devices are connected via HDMI to the TV. I'll save anyone interested in the Playbar / Playbase some 80+ hours of research...read this article. http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/How-to-Get-5-1-Dolby-Surround-Sound-from-a-SONOS-PlayBar.shtml Your support forums are full of similar questions requesting advise/information on connecting multiple devices via toslink to the Playbar, yet there is no direct response form Sonos that i can see on a recommended product. I also checked your Shop/Accessories link and no products listed. For such a common issue I don't understand why you don't have a solution or

The old how-to tutorial link seems to be dead. Anyone have the detail here? Dead link: https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2248/~/setting-up-connect%3Aamp-as-surround-speakers

Like many people I have speakers wired into my ceiling of my living room. There are two speakers which are wired into a closet in a different room which is great because the components are out of sight. However are there any updates/ upgrades to the connect amp where it would not need to be wired into the same network switch as the Playbar. I currently have a Sonos connect wired to the receiver powering the speakers but like many people have commented there is 70ms delay in the audio,

Like many other PLAYBAR users, my TV does not Output Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound to the PLAYBAR, it would only output stereo. So I purchased the Monoprice 4x1 HDMI Switch with optical Output in hopes to solve this issue (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003L14WB8/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1514747722&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=monoprice+hdmi+switch&dpPl=1&dpID=41dWnTEGwRL&ref=plSrch). I have the Apple TV 4 and PS3 running through the HDMI switch, optical out from switch to PLAYBAR and HDMI Output from switch to TV. Initially the Apple TV worked, but the PS3 did not as the sound continued to only pass stereo. However, after changing a few settings on the PS3, then it worked just fine. Here is what I did: 1. In Sound Sertings, change output settings from optical to HDMI, check Dolby Digital 5.1 box, and uncheck every other box. 2. In Video Sertings, go to BD/DVD Audio Ouput HDMI, and select Bitstream. 3. In Video Settings, go to BD Audio Output Format (Optical Di