Home theater

I have 5.1 sonos system connected to my TV (Sony Z9D) and while playing 5.1 content from netflix or youtube etc. the Play1s are not working. When I play music from sonos app both the play1s work fine along with bar & sub. Only noticing this issue when I play from TV. I connected my TV to playbar with optical cable. And my TV sound is set to external speakers aswell. ANy help on home this can be resolved? I would want my play1s when I watch content on netflix or youtube from my TV.

Hello all, I've initially have 2 play1s set up as stereo mode and only recently bought the playbar. So now am set up as 3.1 but I've stumbled into an issue. All 3 sonos speakers white LED light won't turn off even though it has been IDLE/PAUSED for more than 8 hours. I paused it before I sleep and when I woke up the white light is still apparent. I've hooked it up to my tele via optical cable and my tv is turned off. Turned off as it screen off. All sonos and tele power are still plugged in. I tried searching the community and some recommended factory reset and etc. I know when we play music or in use the white LED will be there and can be switched off via the app. I'm talking about when not in use the lights are on. Appreciate any help I can get. Previously with my Play 1s, I don't have this issue.

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I've had my Sonos playbar setup for a few years now and haven't made any changes to it. (Samsung TV with Directv). I've noticed in the past couple of months, that the playbar does not completely go 'idle' after a few minutes after the TV is turned off. Even after waiting 10+ minutes after turning off the TV, if I put my ear up to the playbar, I can hear a slight hissing sound as if the playbar is waiting for an input. If I go to the Sonos app and try to play music, the app will ask if I want to discontinue TV playback - again, indicating that the playbar is not idle. The only way to get the playbar to go idle now after turning off the TV, is to change the input to a music input, and then pause or stop it. The playbar will then go idle after a few minutes and the hissing sound will go away. Is anyone else noticing this issue after one of the last recent updates? Again, I've never had this issue with the same setup until recently. The Sonos, TV, and Directv receiver are all run

My vizio remote would work flawlessly for turning the volume up and down and after the latest update it no longer Changes the volume but will still mute it. I tried reconnecting the remote and the volume control still doesn’t work. Anyone have any suggestions?

Hi. Anybody here know, if I can adjust or cancel the timeout for the TV settings. ? When I turn off the TV, my PlayBar is in TV mode for more minutes. It's a little annoying when I want to music just after the TV is turned off :-( When I go from music to TV, there is no problem. Just from TV to music. ......Maybe some people here know what I mean 🙂 🙂 ?

Hi everyone, thanks for any help or input in advance. I just bought a Playbar, Sub, and 2 Playones for surround sound/music in my basement. I watch a lot of basketball but have been very disappointed with the surround during the broadcast. I feel like I should be getting crowd noise and what not in my rear surrounds but I get pretty much nothing, except sound effects when they do graphics or a random really loud clap from a fan. I watch the Vikings/Eagles game on Sunday and it seemed to work great, but I wasn't paying as close of attention to it at the time. Everything seems to kick on and work great during commercials but then drops off again. My Sono's set up sounds amazing when playing music or watching Movies. I called support and the latest answer I got was that it's just the way basketball games are mic'd and they get lots of complaints about. Is this true or are they giving me the run around. Thanks!

Will SONOS incorporate night sounds for the living room sound bar and sub? That would be a nice touch without so much base and also without going into setting.

LG Smart TVs: How do I add my speakers to this tv????!!!! So frustrated! I've plugged in my playbar, but it does NOT play thru the playbar or sub or play5 at all, Pls help! How can I do this?

I have a home theater receiver and I use only 3 content sources: HDMI from xfinity DVR box, HDMI from Chromecast, 2-ch Audio from my laptop headphone jack. All 3 sources go into my home theater receiver and I have one HDMI cable that comes out to feed my TV. Since my TV doesn't output a 5.1 dolby signal from the digital optical output jack, I need to feed the soundbar some other way. I'm thinking I could run the HDMI output cable from my home theater receiver into an HDMI audio extractor. From that extractor I could run HDMI to my TV and digital optical cable into the soundbar. I know the DVR box and the Chromecast audio will pass thru the home theater to the HDMI audio extractor, of course, but I also confirmed that my AUD1 input on my receiver (which I use to input the stereo signal from my laptop or iPhone headphone jack via 3mm-to-RCA cables) will output the audio signal onto the HDMI cable and, in theory, will pass thru the HDMI audio extractor into the playbar on the digit

Recently my playbar sound was dropping intermittently when watching TV. When checking connections I pulled the optical out and reconnected and it solved the issue for a short time. The last time the sound dropped reconnecting did not solve the issue. Any ideas for troubleshooting or fixes?

I've researched many posts on this site and others, and I'm still not sure I understand. I understand the Sonos 5.1 is typically set up with an optical digital cable from the TV's output into the soundbar, right?. But my TV manual says optical digital output is produced in 2-ch stereo when the source is from HDMI, so no go that way. So, why can't I just use the optical digital output from my Yamaha home theater receiver to connect to the soundbar? I see lots of recommendations to use a Sonos Connect, but I just don't understand why I would need one. I really only use 3 sources going into my Yamaha: HDMI from xfinity cable box, HDMI from chromecast (for Netflix), and 3mm-to-RCA audio from my laptop's headphone jack for music (iTunes, spotify, etc). My assumption is... the optical digital output from my Yamaha would send Dolby 5.1 to Sonos when I'm using HDMI sources (xfinity box and chromcast) and would send 2-ch stereo from my laptop headphone jack (and maybe Sonos coverts 2-

Hello, today I read the specifications of the brand new Playbase. What have I waited for a new gen2 Playbar, supporting DTS, DD+, maybe having HDMI or (now I am getting really crazy) supporting Dolby Atmos. There are even soundbars providing Dolby Atmos sound! Really, you can search for yourself, these things are possible in 2017... And now the brand new Sonos Playbase is out... The only difference between the Playbar (based on the first test and specifications I read): It's flat and, oh yes, it will support Alexa. Sonos, did you even listen to your customers? To the complaints about your old product, the Playbar? Did you recognize that the home theater world is moving into a future where you have 4k, HDR movies, losless audio formats, dolby atmos? We (your beloved customers) should pay $700+ for a piece of hardware that supports only stereo if you use e.g. Netflix (Netflix uses DD+, the same for Maxdome in Germany). Not to me

I feel like this should be addressed somewhere on the Community boards, but I couldn't find any specific answers to this question. I have a large digital music collection much of which is not available through streaming services. I want quick and easy access to my Music Library but I'm unconvinced on the options. I have stored much of the music on an external hard drive connected to a PC, however to access that content the PC needs to be booted and logged in. A while back I had a Home Server, but the hardware technology failed on me twice and in the current timeframe Home Server solutions appear to be out of style. So, my question is 'where can I store my digital music collection in such a way that it is readily accessible via sonos without the need to turn on a PC and log in to connect Sonos to my vast Music Library collection?'. Can anyone help? And if this is addressed in other forums or community conversations, please re-direct my ask.

Question - I'm a new playbar owner, I have it connect to a Sony X900e. The remote control seems to work fine, not errors, no on screen display issues. However, what I'm noticing is when I raise the volume using my TV remote, the volume goes up, but it seems to jump way up on the Sonos app. It's sort of all over the board - so one minute level 15 is a good level, but then if I turn it down and back up suddenly level 15 is blasting. I'll open the Sonos app and see while TV is at 15, the slider on the App is almost maxed out, like they don't stay in sync. Anyone else have volume issues?

I'd like it if playbar supported more programmable functions via IR remote. Many of us have universal remotes with unused/assignable buttons. Functions like: night mode, voice enhance, and music playback controls could all be assigned remote commands. The volume LED could be used to give some feedback for these states without having the sonos app open - E.g. one blink for on, two for off, etc... I know that simplicity is a hallmark of the Sonos system, but these could be added as optional 'power user' features.

I am debating on getting one of those OLED Tvs by LG. I am looking at two models: C7P and B7A I believe the only difference between the two is that the C7P supports Dolby Atmos. I understand that currently Sonos does not support the Atmos Codec. However, if in the future Sonos does decide to support Atmos would I need to get the TV with Atmos support now? Keep in mind I do not use a cable box or blu-ray or anything other than an Apple TV.

I’ve paired my soundbar with the tv and can use the remote provided by Verizon to turn on tv which is connected to the sound bar but when I try to use the volume controls on the remote it says unavailable so I’m stuck controlling tv volume through the soundbar with my phone app. Is there a fix?

I have a Sony soundbar and sub which I have connected to my Sony Bravia via HDMI Arc. I have also connected the optical connection on the soundbar to the optical connection on the connect. In this room I also have a stereo pair of Play 1s When I tried to play a track through the soundbar and play 1s at the same time there is a slight but very noticeable delay Has anyone else had this problem and if so is there a solution to synchronise the sound ? I also have a B&W zeppelin Connected to a connect which synchronises perfectly with the other play 1s

Playbar is connected directly to TV via digital audio/optical connector. I don't have an internet connection yet. When I turn my TV speakers off I get absolutely no sound from the playbar even after I manually turn up the volume on the side of the playbar. But when I have TV speakers set to on, I hear the cound coming from the playbar also.

I have connected playbar and 2x play 1 to my TV, hoping that the sound will be great, however, when I turn the volume up with the tv remote control it goes all the way to about half or 3/4 before the sounds get better, is this normal?

Can I integrate playbar into current surround setup? I have a Yamaha RX-V575. It does have an optical output.

Hi! In my home theater system I have a Sonos playbar, a subwoofer and two play1. Now I would like to add a buttkicker in the sofa. Is it even possible? I need a separate subwoofer signal to the buttkicker and i saw that the connect:amp has one. Would it be possible to use the connect:amp with the buttkicker, and then group the connect:amp with my home theater? BR, Andreas

Hi, I have a Sonos One and Playbase. I added the Playbase before had the right digital optical cable connection for my 2010 TV. I went ahead and set up for wireless streaming of music to Playbase and the Sonos One. That works great. Now I have the tv connected how and where do I go back to go through the set up for adding TV sound to my Sonos system.

No sound from play 1s when watching tv