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Christopher_44Contributor I
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ERA 300 Rear Surround Placement (Couch against wall/windows)

Upgrading my surrounds with ERA 300 (already purchased, with the Sonos wall mounting brackets).I have included a photo of my rear wall, which the couch is against and includes a large window.Does anyone have placement tips?  

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Home Cinema Advice

Hi allI’m looking for some advice on a home cinema set up.I’ve got a set of old KEF Egg 2001.3 surround speakers and subwoofer, which was linked to an Onkyo receiver.  I bought the system in 2011 ish, and recently upgraded our TV so has made the Onkyo redundant.I am a big Sonos fan, have an Era 300, 3 Sonos One’s and a Roam around the house, and wondering what to do with getting better home cinema sound.Replace the Onkyo receiver with a newer AVR which has Dolby atmos, HDR etc - I’ve had a recommendation for a DENON Receiver for around £379 Add the PORT to then connect the set up to Sonos Get a Beam now, and then look to upgrade my set up with Era 100s and Sonos sub, and get rid of my existing KEF speakers and Onkyo receiver.Our living room with TV isn’t a huge space (around 4m x 4m), so don’t think we need the higher end Sonos stuff.  If I did 3 - is it worth keeping the KEF subwoofer and would this work with Sonos, or is it better to just sell it with the speakers and get a Sonos sub

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No sound from my sony blu-ray ubp-x800m2 to my beam 2

Hiya,I’ve just bought a sony blu-ray ubp-x800m2 and can’t get my Beam2 to pick up any sound. I’m using the hdmi2 output into the back of the beam and the hdmi1 output goes into my projector. Any ideas as to what I can do?

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Devine84Avid Contributor I
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Sky Stream with Sonos Ray

Hey everyone. So I wasn't sure how best to set the sky streams output settings with the Ray? Soundbar only, no surrounds or sub.The output options are dolby digital, pcm, or passthrough. I can't decide what's best as a true stereo representation of the output of sky stream box. Anyone else have one set up? CheersAndy 

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Sonos Ray + Samsung The Frame

The ray have the IR-sensor underneath….WTF!?! So stupid. Design is more important than functionality… im forced to put my Sonos Ray with the speaker pointing to my roof….🤯And if you have Samsung the frame with tv module in a cabinet beneath the tv the remote doesn’t work anyway. My god…No aliens has influenced this product, that’s a fact. So stupid… 

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Audio Issue when playing music - Sonos Arc Ultra + Sonos One

I recently set up a Sonos Arc Ultra with two Sonos One speakers as a surround system. However, I'm experiencing an issue where the sound from the rear speakers cuts in and out when playing music. I've tried reconnecting the speakers and rebooting the router, but the problem persists. Any suggestions on how to fix this? It's quite annoying to hear the music cutting in and out from behind me. 

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eARC vs ARC

I am planning on getting a Sonos Arc Ultra and two Era 100s for surround. My TV only has an ARC input, not an eARC. Will I still be able to get Dolby Atmos, and will I be losing something by not having eARC?THANKS!

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arc ultra wall

I come from Poland, I want to buy a sonos soundbar Arc ultra, I need a matching wall mount for the Arc ultra: which one will definitely fit? Which mount will fit it. Please send me suggestions for www links. Which model? For example:https://www.sonos.com/pl-pl/shop/wall-mount-for-arc//Mkfp

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Arc Menu

How do i access the sonos arc menu

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Multichannel PCM 5.1 dropping out since 14.10 update

Anyone else experiencing the same issue? Multichannel PCM 5.1 blanks out for a second every 1-2 minutes. I don’t think it’s a bandwidth issue as it works flawlessly with Multichannel PCM 7.1 (thorough test) and Dolby TrueHD Atmos (quick test). And it may have been caused by the Sonos 14.10 update. Setup is PS5→ LG C1→ Beam 2 (via earc). 2 weeks ago before the 14.10 update, I watched a bluray film wherein I had my PS5 transcode the DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio to Multichannel PCM 5.1 (as the C1 does not support DTS) and had no issues. Earlier today, I played a bluray film for the first time in 2 weeks and I encountered consistent audio dropouts every 1-2 minutes. It had the same setup where DTS-HD MA 5.1 → Multichannel PCM 5.1. I tested other bluray discs including the one I watched 2 weeks ago and they all now have the same issue. Curiously, I’ve been gaming heavily on my PS5 the past two 2 weeks and haven’t had any audio issues. Then I realized that I’ve been using Multichannel PCM 7.1 when ga

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s1 app

Want to add Ray to existing system that has connect:amp

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Arc Ultra and LG OLED C4

Hi. Thinking of moving back to Sonos from the Sony HT-A9 and was wondering if anyone here uses an Arc Ultra with a LG C4 OLED Tv ? Any issues, problems etc ? 

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Grouping & Switching Sonos Beam Gen 2 + Two Era 100 - TV / iPhone music

I purchased 2 ERA 100’s that I stream music to from my iPhone.I also purchased the Beam Gen 2 that is hooked into my Samsung TV via HDMI ARC.Is there a way to group them - Beam Gen 2 + Two Era 100’s together and switch between streaming music from my iPhone and listening to a movie on my Samsung TV? How to group? How to Connect? How to switch back & forth – TV & iPhone music?Thank you!

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Sonos - all I want for christimas is.....

Just upgrade from: Arc with play-1toArc Ultra + Sub 4 and Era 300. Sounds awesome !However two things really buggering me already now:Having a setup with a non eArc projector and eArc enabled TV - both connected to separate ATV 4K’s for the projector I rely on Airplay - I would love to see Airplay support Dolby Atmos - seems that Apple has enabled that recently for 3rd parties so looking forward to getting that supported from Sonos as well ! Why on earth not exposing the sub as a regular Sonos speaker to allow it to group with any other Sonos speakers. Right now it gets dedicated to the Arc Ultra and that group needs to be grouped with the other speaker group I want use in order to work ? This actually came as a surprise to me - would have gone for a non-Sonos sub and a Sonos port IF I have only known about this. I read people stating that the sub creates a dedicated 5Ghz channel - which is complete nonsense - sending low frequency information could probably be done using morse code ov

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jason_a69Avid Contributor II
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Sonos Arc Ultra shipping box dimensions and weight

Can I please have the above information so I can arrange shipping to my place in Taiwan

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Sub gen 3 flashing white light

HiI have an arc ultra and sub gen 3 setup app and system fully up to date.Last night I turned my TV off and 5 minutes or so later I noticed a flashing light, it was the sub gen 3 light blinking white, it lasted about 20 seconds, arc ultra was fine.I checked the Sonos app and my mesh internet Eero app and all was fine nothing seemed to have dropped off from the sonos app or lost connection.Anyone have any idea what this flashing white light could mean?I think it means it’s rebooting, but not sure? Thank you

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LG C4 OLED + Kodi + Sonos Beam

Hi, I have the following setup:LG C4 OLED (connected via HDMI ARC to Beam)Installed Kodi on LG C4Sonos BeamThe problem is that when i try to play a kodi movie in dolby 5.1, I get PCM 2.0 or stereo 2.0 when in Sonos app.When I play movie in Prime and Netflix (app in TV) I get 5.1 sound when I check in Sonos app.I’m pretty sure (I might be wrong..) that this worked before, couple a weeks back but I had problem with sound sync with 4K movies and started re-config, I solved the sync but lost 5.1. I can’t find my way back to 5.1 and after 1h of trying I gave up. Has anyone had any luck getting 5.1 with the same setup as I have and still have the sound synk?Thank you! 

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nathan33Contributor I
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Question about surround speakers placement

Hello,I currently use a single Sonos One for music and an LG OLED without speakers for tv/movies. I’m thinking of upgrading with an Arc Ultra and two Era 100s for surround in order to improve both my music and movie experience.Right now, my One is in the middle of the room (red). From what I’ve read here and seen on the Sonos website, rear speakers should go behind the couch and be angled towards it (blue).My question is: If I set up the Era 100s like that, it will be great for movies and TV , but won’t the music sound worse if I’m anywhere else than on the couch (eg: in the kitchen) ? Since the speakers will be aimed towards the other side ? Is there a better way to do it ?If anyone has advice or tips, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks!  

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voices/talking from ERA100

Good Evening,I am trying for months now to try to hear when I’m watching TV or a movie people talking/voices from my Sonos ERA100 that are behind my coach ok each side.i only hearing people voices from the Sonos BEAM. All is in surround mode… the people voices/talking do not come out clearly…I mostly hear the music from the movies I am watching.would it be possible to have some help ?

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RandinhoContributor II
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Apple TV, Beam and EARC

My system: Beam Generation 2, Sub Mini and One SL and One as surrounds, with Apple TV 4k Generation 3 with 128 GB, LG TV 60” with EARC outputI was not getting Dolby Atmos from the Apple TV, just Dolby Digital 5.1 even with HDMI 2.1 cables. Couldn’t even get to the Immersive Audio option in settings on the Apple TV. Then I saw this from Apple’s support page: “Apple TV 4K uses a high bandwidth form of Dolby Atmos that doesn’t work over ARC connections”. Apparently to get atmos you have to connect the Apple TV directly to the sound bar, which is useless if you are using a soundbar with one input like the Beam.Fortunately I also have a FireStick which immediately gave me the option for ATmos and is working fine. Would an EARC splitter like Arcana Fury enable to accomplish this with the Apple TV?

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I can't see my associated product, I've already tried several times and it remains, thank you for your help.

I'm changing my sonos system, I bought several items (ARC ultra ERA 300 and Sub mini) but at the moment I only received the sub mini when connecting to the app and although the process finished without problems I can't see my associated product, I've already tried several times and it remains, thank you for your help. At this time, the old system continues to operate until the entire new system arrives. Thank you

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robot squiresContributor I
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Sonos sound bar to Sony Bravia

I have connected to optical output of my Sony Bravia TV to the Sonos sound bar.I had previously used the sound bar with a Panasonic TV and I used the TV remote to control the volume on my sound bar and surround Play1 speakers.While the sound from the TV is coming out of the sound bar I cannot control the volume level using the TV remote.Can I pair the Sony TV remote to the sound bar?

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CristiRogoContributor I
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Connecting an Soundbar with sonos room

Hello, I have a Sonos Room portable speaker and a Sonos Room SL and I want to buy a Sonos Ray or Sonos Beam and possibly pair it with the two Sonos room speakers. I saw on youtube that this preset would not be compatible, and now I look at the Sonos.com page and see a system between a Ray and a Room? So if I buy a Ray or Beam soundbar can I make it work together with the two Room speakers for a more pleasant experience or not??

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Jack7Contributor I
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Should I upgrade my Sonos products?

Hi. My bedroom has a Sonos Beam (Gen 1), two Sonos One SLs, and a Sonos Sub Mini. They’re linked as a system to my TV. Boxing Day’s coming, so I wonder if I need to upgrade. I don’t want to buy an Arc, because my bedroom’s not that big. I just wonder if I should upgrade to a Gen 2 Beam or replace those One SLs with newer products. I only play video games on my TV and I use those Sonos products as audio. Thank you.Moderator edit: changed “buy a beam” to “buy an Arc” on request

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McOcasoContributor I
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Sonos Arc SL Connecting audio headphones

I have headphones for my existing TV that come t via a standard red/white audio cables how do I connect it to the Sonos Arc SL while watching TV

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