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Controlling audio Remote control from Samsung q7 55 to a Sonos PLAYBAR - how does it work

I am trying to hear My Sony system through a new playbar instead of the speakers that came with the system. There is a HDMI output to my tv and I have the Sonos supplied optical cable from the tv to the playbar. I can see a DVD played on my Sony system but not the sound. There are no other audio outputs from the Sony system, except for individual speaker connections.

Hi. I have a kinda large great room where the TV is. The room is all tile will windows to the left of the TV, front door to the right. Straight out is a wall and it also opens up to the kitchen and dinning area. The room itself it 26Lx22Wx16H. I currently have two Definitive Tech Pro1000's (left/right) and a ProCenter 1000 along with a ProSub 700. It sounds good, but nothing amazing and nothing bad by any means. I connect that to Sonos via a Connect. I'm seriously considering dumping all the AV gear and going with a Playbar and eventually adding the Play Sub and then later the surround sound Play: 1's. In a big open room like I have, am I better off upgrading the "traditional" AV gear with bigger speakers or do you think the Playbar will fill that room and be an "upgrade" of sorts over the DT speakers. I can say this, the ProSub 700 is WAY, WAY too small for this room. Thoughts?? Many thanks!!

I have only had the unit fora few weeks and when playing music the sound is fantastic and outperforms my expectation entirely. Unfortunately though it's primary duty of being a soundbar for me has been a terrible experience. My old TV was a cheap HD TV bought a good few years ago so the issues I was having I attributed to that, I had things running through a cheap optical splitter to get sound from both my sky q box and Xbox one without having to change cables all the time and had notices some auto clipping sounds and stutters which I attributed to this switch. Last Wednesday though I got my new TV a nice upgrade from the previous a 55" LG 4K and plugged in the optical eager to get rid of the manual switch (and be able to enjoy the native 4k netflix/prime apps). Since ... still getting the auto clipping/dropouts. The only thing it has resolved though is my Sky Q box when plugged directly into the playbar or through the optical splitter I would lose sound completely on some chan

Planning a whole house system. Want to share sources like Roku Ultra in main room with 5.1 audio with traditional wired speakers AND with the five other zones using the Connect AMP(s). Can I connect my AVR Zone 2 or Zone 3 output to the Connect AMP's line In? Considering using the Denon AVRX6400H. Thanks

Hey guys - so I'm pretty new to the Sonos ecosystem and pretty dang happy with it but I have a question about some setup possibilities I've not been able to track down an answer for. I currently have two Play:Ones mounted up above my TV and a Playbase hooked right to it. Playbase works great with the TV and when streaming music, the Ones kick in in stereo with it splendidly. What I was wondering is if there's some way to set up the Ones so they play in stereo along with the Playbase when my TV has control. This is largely due to the fact that all my TV watching goes through my Apple TV box and it WOULD be great to control my music through that too. I'll admit to not being all that knowledgeable about theater audio systems. I do have the Ones setup as surrounds - but like, how do I even take advantage of that when it seems I get nothing from them when anything is going through my TV. Thanks for any help or info provided.

I have a Connect:Amp in my living room, with terrific speakers, that flank my TV. And as gorgeous as the sound from the Playbar is, I wouldn't mind using my Connect:Amp as Front L/R speakers, and have the Playbar just do Front Center and coordinating the whole setup. Alternatively, there might be people with Play:5s that they'd like to use as Front L/R speakers.

Hi Everyone, I'm new to the sonos community and just installed a playbar and sub to my media room. I purchased a pair of Play:1s that I would like to pair with the playbar/sub for 5.1 surround. Until i can afford additional speakers, is it possible to designate a Play:1 speaker for multiple scenarios as they are moved to different rooms? Here is what I was thinking, Im not sure if all scenario are possible or just a combination: Scenario 1: 2 Play:1s connected to playbar for 5.1 surround in media room Scenario 2: 2 Play:1s in stereo in the kitchen Scenario 3: 1 Play:1 in bathroom I'm hoping I can unplug and transfer 1 or 2 of the speakers from room to room. I would place the speakers in the same spot so that the trueplay acoustics would remain consistent. Cheers

I want to get the TV sound out into the room. It's a large room with very high ceiling which makes for echo and muddy sound. We can't understand a lot of speech on the TV. I'm wondering about using a soundbar behind the sofa where we sit - about 15 feet from the TV. This could get the sound closer to our ears. Can this be done?

Hi I have a Philips flatscreen that does not have a toslink connector. I haven’t been able to use the Playbar unless I plug it into the cable box, but we never use cable, only Roku. I bought an analog to digital audio converter and I can get some sound to come through the PLAYBAR but it is garbled...the signal is corrupted or getting dropped. Has anyone had any experience with this or know if there’s a workaround? Perhaps may TV just flat isn’t comparable even with this converter I bought. NOTE - right now I’m trying RCA cables but will be buying and trying the digital audio coaxial cable option. Hoping that works better than the RCA audio out.

Hi can any one please confirm if a TV with audio output Dolby Digital + will work with the playbar. Thank Simon

How can I link up my LG 4k tv, sonos connect and playbase to operate tv and playbase thru my Denon a/v receiver?

The Sonos speaker is never off. I wish I could just turn it off. (Please Sonos - it would be nice) I have the TV hooked up to the Sonos Soundbar with the optical cable. It's a samsung if that makes any difference. In the Samsung menu, I can say that I want the speaker to be the TV speaker or the optical - I set it to TV speaker, yet the Sonos is relentless and raising the volume on the TV remote (Disk Remote) raises the volume on the soundbar. I just want the TV speakers to be the only output! How do I fix this? I wish I had never coupled the TV remote with the Sonos and could just control the Sonos from my iPhone.

Hi, I want to attach a bass shaker (https://www.buttkickergear.com/Wireless_or a ButtKicker_kit_BKA300_p/bk-kit-4.htm) or a motion transducer (http://www.crowsontech.com/go/crowsontech/3450/en-US/DesktopDefault.aspx?Alias=crowsontech&TabID=3450&lang=en-us) to my home theatre seats. Currently my home theatre setup consist of playbar, sub and 2 play 1's. The playbar is connected to the optical out of a Oppo BDP 103. Since the sub does not have an in/out port, I was wondering if I could directly connect the bass shaker to the tsub woofer out of the Oppo or do I need to purchase a connect amp for this purpose. Thank you in advance for any clues/ advise. Cheers, Sandeep

Hi, In a configuration playbar + 2 play 1 as surround, is it possible to have always a multichannel stereo configuration always? I mean music and TV? Because of noisy neighbors I need to always have audio also in the surround. Thank you Camillo

Hi everyone, First post from me..just took delivery (today) of a playbase, sub and a couple of Play 1's for a home theatre setup. This replaces a Q acoustics 2000 series 5.1 system (with 2050 floor standers) and yammy av amp I've had for 8 years. Well what can I say, seriously impressed, I'm still tweaking a bit, but I can't believe how good it sounds (I have a tv that passes DD5.1 thru optical). The bass is much tighter, the highs and the mids are more crisp and the clarity of speech is so much better. The stereo separation isn't quite as good, but it's nearly there after a trueplay run. Reason for switching, well the better half wasn't impressed anymore with a lounge full of speakers, so I was therefore forced into a more minimalist approach. I wasn't sure if in reality it may have been a downgrade..we'll not where I'm sitting!!

I have a playbar, sub, play 3's in surround and 2 play 5's which I use when playing music to widen the image. Recently the playbar has developed an almost constant crackling when playing music as well as when listening to the tv. I've just submitted a diagnostic 7462309. Hope someone has some ideas.

I purchased an nVidia Shield Pro 2017, this one does not have IR transmitter on the controller.. I have connected my console to the TV via HDMI, and I have connected my Sonos to my TV via optical cable.. Sound is working great, but I can't control the volume with the nVidia Shield's controller, since it does not have IR transmitter. How can I fix this? Is there a way to make Sonos listening to my TV's volume signal adjustments via the optical cable?

When I first installed PlayBase the normal volume setting on TV was between 25 and 30. The volume emanating from PlayBase has been steadily decreasing over time. To match the previous output level I now need to set TV volume at 85 to 95. I've made no changes to settings on either, the Sonos Playbase or the Sony TV set. What to do? There isn't much more room to go up on the TV volume settings and it's already on the quiet side for music listening. Is there a way to test if all speakers/drivers are stil working?

My samsung TV is 4-5 years old. I don't see any options to turn off the annoying message when I change the volume. I've already read about this and I tried the 'steps' that sonos recommends. The steps merely set up the sound and have nothing to do with getting rid of the message. There is no device manager or remote control setup. So I'm assuming that I have to just deal with it or get a new TV. Any thoughts?

i have a samsung tv and when i turn the volume up or down from my tv remote "not available in current mode " appears on tv. the sonos set up said this may occur but i cant turn it off. ive been through the tv menu and turned everything off.

I have done some research on various forums and haven't been able to find a solution as to why my Sonos stopped playing sound from my TV (samsungJUN65JU7100F). My sonos system will play sound from apps like Pandora or on my phone though. I tried toggling the power, verified my TV audio is set to PCM, I verified that the optical cable has a red light on it, I even tried a new optical cable and the results didn't change. Diagnostics 7903144

I am purchasing a new tv and it is limited by only 2 HDMI outlets. I figured one HDMI is for my cable box and the other for my DVD player. Does playbar need a HDMI input too. The answer to this question determines which TV I buy. One with 2 HDMI or one with 3HDMI

Hi, I am trying to add 2x Play 1 speakers as surround speakers to a playbar. I already have a sub connected. When I try to add the second speaker, it initially recognises it when I push the buttons on top, but fails to set it up and gives me a message saying "Surround Setup Error. There was a problem adding the surround speaker. Please ensure the surround speaker and the PLAYBAR are connected to power." Can you advise what I should do please? I have tried removing and re-adding the surround speakers, but experience the same problem each time. The room setting says "(+SUB+LS+?)"

I just got my 5.1 system today, and I find that the voice enhancement works great to bring out voices. I'm not sure specifically how it affects music when activated. I decided to try an experiment by putting it on and off while listening to just music but unless I am missing something, apparently if you have it turned on for TV watching, it is deactivated during the playing of music with the TV off. I assume that in that I don't see that choice in the app when simply playing music. Is my assumption about it being off during strictly playing music accurate or must it be turned off when finished watching TV prior to listening to just music? I'd be curious as to opinions as to how it affects background music when activated during the watching of TV with both music and dialogue.