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Discuss Ray, Beam, Arc. Playbar, Playbase, and the entire Sonos home theater experience. Should you get a Sub Mini or a Sub? Maybe two Subs? Which Sonos work with your TV? Talk about your Sonos Home Theater experience here.

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Where should I place Sonos Era 300?

I got Sonos Arc and Sub under my TV, but I lack a rear/surround sound. So I consider buying Sonos Era 300. What do you think is the best pla...
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Home Theater and Television Recommendation Megathread

Looking for information on Sonos home theater setups? Find answers about surround sound, Dolby Digital, TV recommendations, and all the rest...
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ledzep1Headliner I
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Does Sonos Arc and Sub Gen 3 have 5gz WiFi?

HiAs title, does the sonos arc and sub gen 3 support 5ghz wifi?If they do can someone explain how I would switch to this, currently have both setup on the 2.4ghz wifi, Im sure I read that the gen 3 sub supports 5ghz, so presumed the ARC would as well. Thanks

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ratty
3 years ago
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jch61Contributor I
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Turn Off Beam Visualizer/Screen Saver

Is it possible to turn off the visualizer, and if so how do I do that?  For the first two months of using the Beam with a Samsung Frame, everything worked great and the TV switched to art mode when it timed-out.  Then during the holidays, the Sonos Beam Visualizer started taking over.  Likely I turned it on accidentally, but I don’t know how.  BTW - we have no voice control activated.  I’ve searched the Sonos site and found no info.  Any assistance will be very much appreciated! 

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Rowena B.
3 years ago
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bobo1Contributor II
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Home Theater TruePlay question

I’m setting up a home theater in a rectangular basement room that’s about 25-30 feet long.  I’ll be using an Arc, sub, and two One SLs.  The home theater setup only takes up about 15 feet of the room, so there’s 10-15 feet of open space behind the rear surrounds. Here’s my question: when I do the TruePlay setup, where it wants me to walk around the room waving my iPad or phone, should I walk around only within the 15 feet of the home theater area that ends with the rear surrounds, or should I also cover the 10-15 feet of empty space behind them in the room? 

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3 years ago
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HallgrenContributor I
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Sonos Amp - low center channel

Hello Sonos and user! I have a Sonos Amp as home theatre system. It sound great in stereo but the voices are some time too low and sound effect too high. I need to adjust the volume to hear the dialog and to keep the sound effect on a bearable level. I have been playing around with the eq, dialogue enchantment button, night mode, max level, surround settings but it don’t solve the problem. The sound is really magnificent but I find the Voices are actual easier to hear from the tv speakers.  I have B&W cdm1 se as front speakers,  2xOne as surrounds and no Sub. The cdm1 are about 20 years old and are precursor to B&w 706 2s. I use Nexflix and Viaplay to streaming movies. Tv Samsung 49q7  Is it possible to raise the centre channel level to enhance the dialog? Or any thing else I can do? Change front speakers?  Or should  I lock else where for the tv sound? Sonos Arc?  /Johan 

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3 years ago
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RLA1995Contributor I
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Sound comes and goes when first turn on

sound goes in and out when connected to sonos arc HDMI when I first turn on Samsung Frame tv.  I have to unplug the HDMI cable for a few minutes and then plug back in for it to work properly. only happens when I turn TV off and then later come back and turn TV on.

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3 years ago
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dul4910Contributor I
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Arc + Ones + LG GX + Apple TV 4k +

Hello !After a lifetime of having average TVs and using internal speakers, this week I upgraded to an LG GX, Sonos Arc, 2 x Sonos Ones, and an Apple TV 4K.I have connected everything up and after watching one movie via Amazon Prime, which I don’t even think had Atmos, I was blown away with the experience.Having done a quick Google and also looked through the various settings within the LG and ATV menus, I assume that I won’t have the ‘optimal’ setup without making some adjustments. I know that my setup will be extremely common but I am struggling to find a thread setting out the optimal settings. Please could someone advise me on this, so I can make the most of my new setup?At the moment I am only using two HDMIs - the ATV is connected to HDMI1 and the Arc to HDMI2.Thanks in advance!

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3 years ago
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MiddzyContributor I
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Sonos Amp

Is it possible to connect both my Sonos Beam and two hard wired speakers to my Amp for surround sound purposes whilst at the same time using the same Amp to connect to 2 separate hard wired speakers (just to play music through them but not wanting them to play the surround sound from the tv)? Or does they require 2 Amps?

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Paul A
3 years ago
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BennyBlancoContributor I
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Adding Arc and Amp to existing HT

We are looking to add the Sonos Arc and Amp to our current HT setup. Below is a crudely drawn picture of what we have today and how we think it will be setup. Question: Does the Arc and Amp need to be connected by wire or wireless? Can I get TV sound with both the ARC/Amp? Would we need to connect the Sonos Connect, PS4, Android and Sat. receiver directly to the TV?Appreciate any help, we are newbies at this. 

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3 years ago
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Nelson_CRContributor I
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Sonos Beam Netflix HDMI ARC Chromecast

Hi community,I have the follwing question, if I have a Chromecast to play Disney+, can I use the HDMI arc to get the sound in a Beam.Besides, if I use Netflix, HDMI arc will pass the audio to the Beam?

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3 years ago
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RZ1Contributor I
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Arc mounting

Can the Sonos Arc be mounted flush with the bottom of the tv if the top speaker grill is in front of the tv? I am assuming if the speaker grill clears the front of the tv the upfireing speakers should be fine. If not, how low is needed so that Dolby Atmos will sound good. 

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3 years ago
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jheylinContributor I
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Sonos Beam - fuzzy distortion peaceful piano sounds.

Just got the Beam yesterday. Playing soft classical piano and sometimes during a movie there is a fuzzy distortion on the high notes. Is this a hardware issue?

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Paul A
3 years ago
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User228754Avid Contributor III
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Beam power cable, HDMI-ARC cable lengths and construction

Hi I have managed to find the lengths of the power cable (2m) and HDMI cable (1.5m) off the forum, thanks, why is the HDMI not the same length as the power cable, they travel the same distance TV to BEAM???? However is the UK plug moulded ? I like many will try and feed this up (string trick) a conduit in the wall, it would be handy to have a removal plug system on the end so can be fed either way, i.e down  Finally sold the PLAYBAR so moving to a BEAM.Another question, anyone have the BEAM slung under a wall mounted TV, any recommendations. Whats the sound like give it is not on a solid base - rattly sound ?  thanks

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Corry P
3 years ago
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KimberlyAAContributor I
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5.1 upgrade

I current have a 5.1 system in my media room w/ a HarmonKardon AVR receiver, Klispsh speakers: two front standing, two in-ceiling surrounds, a sub and a center channel. It’s a TCL TV w/ an hdmi/arc port. Off the receiver hangs a Wii, DVD player and record player.My question: While really only wanting to keep the TV and front standing speakers (and perhaps the HarmonKardon to enable the auxiliaries) would Sonos amp (or Port?) along w/ an Arc (to replace the center, two Architecture in-ceilings, and a Sub allow me to still get 5.1 fm the TV and DVD player?

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Corry P
3 years ago
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DBrendborgContributor I
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Ventetid Arc

Hvorfor bliver der bare ved og ved med at være så laaaang ventetid på arc’en!? Det er sq da ikke imponerende! 😴

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Mark P
3 years ago
User228754
User228754Avid Contributor III
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Sonos Arc with Samsung 2018 49" Q6F QLED 4K Ultra HD QE49Q6FNATXXU

Just sold my PLAYBAR…Now trying to decide if I should replace with BEAM or ARC. Have many Sonos products including two PLAY3s we used as rear speakers with the old PLAYBAR.TV is a Samsung 2018 49" Q6F QLED 4K Ultra HD (QE49Q6FNATXXU) with HDMI ARC but no eARC, so ARC could sit underneath TV at 1140mm long.So question is it really worth it ? and will it actually work with an HDMI ARC rather than eARC and give all the Dolby Atmos benefits as there is a big difference between BEAM & ARC 

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Corry P
3 years ago
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WhirlygigContributor I
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Sound dropping off when on Apple TV

When I turn on my Apple TV it has no sound and I need to link the sound into my beam and Sonos speakers every time.  This happens for both movies and music. I love the Sonos sound but so far my experience with the system is it’s very temperamental. 

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Annazel S
3 years ago
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Freemac911Contributor I
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Volume control

My play bar only comes with an optical input And it’s not allowing me to adjust the volume with my TV remote how do I fix that

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3 years ago
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David BlythContributor I
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Play 1 speakers working with my Playbar

Until yesterday's update I had 2 Play1 speakers working with my PLAYBAR.Now they will no longer connect to my PLAYBAR, it seems to want to attache my PLAYBAR to 2 of my newer SONOSONE speakers not even in the same room

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Annazel S
3 years ago
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nickwijngaardsContributor I
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Sonos Arc stepper

Hi Sonos,I installed the Sonos Arc on my TV (with arc/earc). Only thing i’m missing as a feature is a stepper to increase/decrease the sound with 1-10% instead of 1%. It’s very irritating to press the volume button like 100 times.Thanks.

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3 years ago
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SaltyseadogContributor I
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Play 5 stereo pair Sub and Playbar

Can anyone tell me if I can use playbar and sub then two play 5s as surround sound speakers?App doesn't give me the option... 

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Annazel S
3 years ago
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Carlos PadreContributor I
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Surround Speaker Distance

What is the reference distance of surround speaker? Is it in reference to the listener’s head or the Arc soundbar.

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3 years ago
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hoddy8770Contributor II
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Sonos Arc

I have a sonos playbar and am considering the Arc. I have looked up and everything mentions eArc my tv is HDMI arc with I get the and difference from the arc. my playbar is via sub and two play 1’s

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3 years ago
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Hokie4LifeContributor I
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Problem with LG C9 and powering off Sonos Arc

I just got the Sonos Arc yesterday and have been having problems with the CEC function of the TV turning off the soundbar. I had no issues with this function with my previous soundbar (putting the Apple TV to sleep, which would turn off the TV, which would turn off the soundbar). With the Arc, I can still use the Apple TV to turn off the TV but the Sonos Arc remains powered on. I’ve verified that that CEC (LG calls it SIMPLINK) is enabled and Auto Power Sync on the TV is also enabled. I’m using the HDMI cable supplied with the Sonos Arc and it is connected to HDMI2 (ARC) port on the TV. The TV recognizes that there’s a Sonos sound bar connected to that port.I’ve gone through TV setup on the Sonos S2 app and selected “Connected to ARC.” This appeared to be successful as the app confirmed this and I heard a tone from the soundbar. Is there a setting on the app that I’m missing?I’ve already tried powering down and unplugging the TV and Sonos Arc for 5 minutes but the results remain the sa

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3 years ago
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RZ1Contributor I
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Directional HDMI

Still confused about directional hdmi cable with a soundbar. Should the arrows point from the tv’s earch hdmi port to the Sonos Arc, or from the Sonos Arc to the tv. Some people say the tv is the source for sound so the arrows should point from tv to soundbar. Others say the hdmi port on the Sonos Arc is an output so the arrows should point from the soundbar to the tv. So confused. 

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3 years ago
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Marcella1982Contributor I
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UHD BluRay player, LG OLED and Sonos Arc LCPM

Hi, can anyone tell me what uhd blu ray players work with lpcm multichannel pass through with lg oled + sonos arc? I have tried two uhd blu ray players so far - lg ubk80 and Panasonic DMP-UB390EB and neither work.  thanks in advance for your help    

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3 years ago
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