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Discuss Arc, Beam, Playbar, Playbase, and the entire Sonos home theater experience. How do you set up a Sonos 5.1 system? Which Sonos work with your TV? Ask your home theater questions here.

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Understanding Dolby Atmos and Sonos Arc

One of the most exciting features of the new Sonos Arc is its ability to play Dolby Atmos sound. As with all relatively new technology, it’s...
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Sonos Home Theater Speaker: Comparison Chart

Published 5/10/20 Exciting things are happening at Sonos. They have just announced the June 10, 2020 release of a much anticipated addition...
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Ryan S
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Enabling CEC on your TV for Beam

Sonos Beam, the smart, compact soundbar for your TV is now available. We've collected some of the best resources for Beam in the thread here...
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Andy_cContributor I
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How would you set up a home theater in this room?

Hello! I'm in the midst of a new home build and I'm trying to figure out what would be the best path forward for rear surround speakers in the room where my main TV will be set up. It's not ideally shaped, unfortunately.Right now I have a Sonos Arc, but I'm not sure if it would be best to pair this with two speakers like One SLs on speaker stands set up behind the couch, or if it would make more sense to do a set of in-ceiling or in-wall speakers. If I did in-wall speakers, the back right would be further back than the back-left.Any recommendations on what may work best in this space? Thanks! 

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Shaz12567Contributor I
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Need some help connecting my PS5 and LG CX to my Sonos Arc

I have a Sonos Arc standalone with no other speakers or subs. I am almost tearing my hair out trying to solve the below conundrum for hours now.My PS5 is connected to the HDMI 3 port on my LG CX. My Sonos Arc is connected to the LG CX through HDMI 2 (eArc port).On my TV sound settings, I have enabled eArc. Digital sound-out is "pass-through". In HDMI Input Audio format, both HDMI 2 and HDMI 3 are set to PCM.On my PS5, I have set "AV Amplifier----> 5.1 channel----> SOund output: Linear PCM".Despite the above setting, the Sonos app is telling me its outputting Multichannel PCM 7.1 indicating I am missing 2 full channels of sound.How do I fix this? I don't want to change the PS5 output to Dolby and HDMI 3 Input in TV settings to Bitstream as I have heard PCM is better than Dolby for gaming.Can someone please help with this? What settings should I change to output 5.1 on my sound bar?

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marijnmoermansContributor II
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TV remote can’t control volume from Playbar anymore

Since a couple of days my TV remote can’t control the Playbar volume anymore. Nothing changed in the setup, it just stopped working.when trying to “setup remote” I’m getting the error that the remote isn’t recognised.On the TV I’m getting a Sonos + and - icon, but the volume doesn’t change (see picture).The remote is a Samsung remote (see picture).Any help would be great. No clue what has happened.thanks in advance Marijnp 

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Ivan XAvid Contributor I
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What's the meaning of "Atmos" as a supported codec separate from Atmos (TrueHD) and Atmos (DD+)?

At https://support.sonos.com/s/article/4945?language=en_US, “Dolby Atmos” is listed as something distinct from “Dolby Atmos (Dolby Digital Plus)” and “Dolby Atmos (TrueHD)”.My understanding is that Dolby Atmos is metadata which is delivered via either DD+ or TrueHD, but not a format in and of itself.I’d love any clarity here. Thank you.

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Jason A.Contributor I
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Can Sonos separate my system to

Can Sonos separate my Playbase as - a center channel and base/sub base and…make my (2) sonos play 1 as the front left channel and right channel making it 3.1?????

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1 month ago
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TegsContributor III
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Help with sudden Arc and surrounds lip sync issues.....

Does anyone know if the Sonos Arc would have been updated recently?My setup was working wonderfully until recently when lip sync issues appeared and no amount of tweaking will get rid of them, TV is a 77"AG9 and I have a Sky Q box.Its so frustrating when everything works perfectly until it doesn't!!!If it gets resolved the "auto update" is getting set to off*****Moderator Note: Modified in accordance with the Community Code of Conduct. Specifically, removed links.*

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Jeffrey_35Headliner III
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No Sound from TV with Ray

Have Lg uhf 50 tv. Trying to add Ray. Sound out set as digital sound out auto (tried Pcm also) and simplink off as it’s not hdmi. No sound. Settings on Sonos are just standard. Tried turning on and off and reset to no avail. Does the audio out that comes with Ray different than previous? It fits fine in that but different shape on back of my tv which less than 5 years old. One on the tv doesn’t seem like it’s already in. Don’t want to push too hard as that’s what happened with the arc hdmi, it pushed the jack in so I can’t get at it. Any help appreciated. 

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larson-7Contributor I
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Connecting two Fives to soundbar

Hello, We’ve collected Sonos speakers over the course of a few years and ended up with two fives in stereo and two rear-facing ones in stereo. As I understand there is no way to make the front facing fives part of the 5.1 channel that the soundbar + 1’s + sub would create, correct? Is there any way to accommodate them? We really like the 5’s for listening to music, but the 1’s are not a true rear surround now while watching movies. I know we should have done our homework more, but we slowly acquired these overtime and recently moved, which yielded us a very large common space that contains all of these speakers.

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dev12Contributor I
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Beam Gen 2 with dolby atmos on epson projector

Hi I’ve just bought a beam and and epson EH-TW7000 which i’d like to use to with a chromecast ultra and hopefully get dolby atmos. I now realise I need some kind of HDMI switch/matrix to get the audio out but I’m not sure exactly which one….don’t really want to spend another couple of hundred pounds on an HDfury if I can avoid it. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks,

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drenContributor II
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2020 Samsung qled + AppleTV 4K + Arc = no sound

Here’s my setup:Apple TV —> HDMI to 2020 Samsung qledSonos Arc —> HDMI eArc to TVHere’s the problem:I get sound when clicking around on the AppleTV menus, but no sound when I play anything. Nothing through Netflix, Hulu, Disney, or iTunes.  I DO get sound when I don’t use AppleTV and just use the apps through the TV.  I know this is an issue that others have, but Apple doesn’t have a solution besides turning off all surround sound and I haven’t seen Sonos provide any support to resolve it.  All new brand name tech and they don’t work together??

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VerricomContributor I
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Support for latest Panasonic remotes

I have just upgraded to a nice new shiny 65 inch Panasonic 2021 OLED TV, everything appears to work perfectly in respect of optical connection from the TV to my Sonos Playbar however the Playbar cannot/will not learn the volume settings from my infrared remote whilst trying to train it using the volume up button. Has anybody come across this issue with the most recent universal Panasonic remote (mine is a R3PA265) and if so is there a known fix to get the volume up, down and mute buttons to work.

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ArlSetupContributor I
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Adding Sonos during Renovation/Addition - Advice & Best Practices Requested

Hi All-New to Sonos and we are currently in the process of renovating and expanding our house and looking for the best setup to get what we’re looking for. A few notes before getting into the details:Planning on using a Samsung Frame TV Use YouTubeTV, not a traditional cable provider Would like to avoid a sound bar for aesthetic purposes  Want to ensure that TV audio is easy to hear Looking for audio in 2 (Family Room/Kitchen and Dining Room), potentially 3 (Family Room/Kitchen, Dining Room+ Living Room), rooms Dimensions of rooms are: Family Room/Kitchen - 16’ x 27’; Dining Room - ~ 11’ x 12’ 6” and Living Room - ~12’ x 13’I would appreciate advice on how the best way to set this up is; I’ve provided our floor-plan with my initial thoughts on how this should be done as well as what Sonos products I am thinking from my research, but would like confirmation that this is the best way to do so and will function properly.Below is our floor-plan and I’ve denoted (proposed) speaker location

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Simon23Contributor I
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Sony KD-65A1 TV and Sonos Arc

Until recently my Sony KD-65A1 TV and Sonos Arc have worked perfectly since I purchased the Arc over 12 months ago. The Sonos Arc is connected to the TV via HDMI/ARC. Recently the TV sound on the Arc has been dropping out after using one of the TV Android Apps such as YouTube. Even when I close the App and go back to TV there is no sound. Once the sound has dropped out the only way to get the TV sound back on the Arc is to disconnect the power or HDMI so the sound switches to the in-built TV speakers and then reconnect the Arc when the sound is then redirected back through the Arc. I have tried all combinations of settings to try and resolve the problem without success. The Sonos App does not show the type of signal from the TV when there is no sound (blank instead of the usual Dolby Digital 2.0, Stereo PCM, etc.) so I think the Arc has stopped processing the sound from the TV HDMI. Both TV and Arc have latest software and I wonder if the issue is as a result of a recent software updat

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Mart the FartAvid Contributor I
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Atmos with Arc

Could you please kindly assist please…….again!I bought a Arc and installed it ok, the problem is I cannot get any atmos on it?The tv is Samsung 2017 model, if I look at the audio outputs there is no DD+ only DD and only see DD 5.1 in the Sonos app, is the DD+ format totally different to normal DD and should I be able to select DD+ in the audio settings? Maybe the tv is too old?I am aware that the Arc needs to have a minimum of DD+ for it to play a compressed atmosIf I play a blu ray with atmos soundtrack I still only get DD 5.1, there is no tv setting for passthroughwould a HD Fury Arcana resolve this?Also if I stream Amazon music ( not unlimited) via airplay should I see cd format 16bit 44khz in the app as I don’t😥Thank you 👍Martin

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kitenskiContributor I
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Beam or Ray on a cabinet shelf?

I'm considering a soundbar (likely Sonos Beam due to extra cost of the Arc) and due to the limited height of my TV on it's stand, I'm thinking the soundbar would need to sit at the front of this shelf as pictured below. I'd move the Tivo behind the TV and get rid of the DVD player in the pic.Would this cause any issues with sound quality coming from the soundbar at all?TV in the pic is 65”, the width of the shelf as shown is 107cm and there is 7cm behind each of the small posts at either end of the shelf.  

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codenamejohnContributor I
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Volume in increments of two still

I saw there was a similar post on thisBut that was over a year ago, but it still seems to be an issue. I have a Sony Bravia 65” XBR-65X900F and a Sonos Arc hardware version 1.27.1.8-1.2. Is there anything to do to fix this?

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codenamejohnContributor I
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Sonos Arc continually stops working with Sony TV XBR-65X900F

I’ve had a Sonos Arc ARCG1US1BLK back in Dec 2020, and have a Sony Bravia 65” XBR-65X900F connected through an ARC HDMI cable. It works about 90% of the time but periodically the Sonos Arc will stop playing audio. Things I typically try to get it working again:Restart TV Disconnect/reconnect HDMI cable Restart Sonos Arc Switch from HDMI to TV source and back Switch between TV speakers and external speakersUsually only restarting the TV fixes it most of the time, but sometimes i just have to restart everything and reconnect everything. The past few weeks though it’s been happening very frequently. I’ve noticed it most when we’re streaming something and pause it. When we try to unpause the audio doesn’t return.What the heck is going on with this thing, is this a known bug that Sonos is going to patch? Can they maybe just add a button to “Fix/Reset” everything automatically. Not having a power button on the device implies there is no need to reset it. Except this thing has been frustratin

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daryld1988Trending Lyricist I
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can we please get dts hd and dts x it is 2022 afterall

hi just touching on this which im sure has already been asked plenty of times, but can we just get dts hd and dts x already it seems crazy to me to think a system that can cost up to and over 1500 hasnt the ability to play these modern formats, when you could pick up a standard av receiver for about 300 pound which would support all the mentioned formatsI have found myself more times than enough now sitting down to watch a film and simply getting mute audio just because it is in dts hd or dts x and quite alot of the time this is when i have friends and family over so it isnt a good look for the sonos brand that it cant produce sound for these types of movies or tv showsit is somnething that could quite easily be achieved since yous went and enabled dts standard after not supporting it, i feel if yous want to be seen as the go to soundbars yous then have to make sure its the go to for audio formats also which currently it isnt dont get me wrong the sonos eco system and products are fant

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Welshboy244Contributor I
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sonos beam 1st gen and optical cable

Hi I've just ordered a beam 1st gen, however I have only buried an optical cable in my wall, I know there is an adapter for HDMI to optical however Is there any kind of adapter which converts Optical to HDMI so I can use the optical cable, I've googled it but can't find an answer, thanks in advance

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MikeInMaineContributor I
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Arc TV sound cuts in and out.

Just got the Arc and have it paired with 2 Play:1’s and a gen 3 sub. Samsung Q80R tv.  The sound from the tv will play for around 5 seconds and then cut out for around 1 second, play for 5, out for 1, on and on.  I’ve swapped out the hdmi cable twice, tried unplugging the tv, switched between PCM and DD+ and switched between different apps on the tv. The sonos app shows that I am getting an atmos signal  Was running a beam with the Play:1’s (but no sub) before just fine. Not sure what I should try next. Thank you,mike

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nashienetAvid Contributor I
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Surround sound setup but Sonos still says Stereo PCM

Hi,My Panasonic Viera is set to 'surround' in the sound settings and it's connected to my Playbar with an optical cable.But when I watch standard freeview TV and a movie on disney plus on my Roku; my Sonos app still reports a Stereo PCM output.I am a bit nonplussed. Is there an obvious next step for me to check?

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MattcoffContributor I
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surround sound speaker compatibility

Hi. I have a Sonos playbar and a Sonos Play1. Both run on the S2 app. If I purchase a Sonos One 2 gen - will I be able to set the two speakers with the soundbar as surround sound?Many thanksMatt

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Stanley_4
2 months ago
g4t3w4y5264
g4t3w4y5264
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Stereo Fives or Stereo Ones to existing surround setup

Hey,I currently have a Beam Gen 2 and 2x One SL as Surrounds but don’t have a TV or anything connected to it. I only use it for music via Airplay. My Beam sits on my desk and behind where I sit is my bed, where I placed the Ones left and right of it for a surround setup.Now I’m thinking of adding a stereo pair to my desk (on either side of the Beam) because i want more stereo sound comming from the desk when I’m laying in bed or even if I sit on my desk.The options are of course a One Stereo Pair or one with 2x Fives, but I think the Fives would be to much for that. (I’ve also considered if I’m going five to put them as surrounds one the place of the ones and to put the ones to my desk at the front)Whats your thought on that or do you have any recommendations for me?Thanks and sincerely

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LGB65Avid Contributor I
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Ultima actualizacion sistema SONOS

Por aquí se habla de la ultima actualizacion del sistema SONOS como la 14.6 pero acabo de ver que mi actualizacion es la 14.8.Se actualizó ayer despues de perder señal mi sub y los dos play 1y reiniciar el sistema.Alguien tiene también ya esta 14.8? 

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LGB65
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andrew richardsContributor I
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Sonos Arc audio keeps cutting out.

I have a sonos ARC and sound keeps cutting out for 1-2 seconds and then picks back up. My sonos was fine for about 1 week after purchasing but now the sound will cut out periodically. Here is my diagnostics number 103248445. How can I fix this issue?

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