Home theater

Hello !I'm new to the Sonos world and plan to build a system based on Sonos Arc with Ikea symfonisk bookshelf (1) + frame (1) as rear speakers for design/price reason.I can't exactly know if that would be possible to use those 2 different symfonisk speakers as rear.I found some forum thread mentioning it won't (because they're 2 different models) and some others were it should be ok according to the official guide here, bookshelf and frame are part of the same symfonisk product line ("related models can be used together"): https://support.sonos.com/s/article/4807?language=en_US Is there anyone already with a similar setup who can help me figure out what is really possible ? Would be really helpful for my future choices :) Thanks a lot !

Hi all,I have had the arc since the summer now and been fine.recently I have noticed that the sound has been playing up, not so much the music and bass but the talking in films etc seems to be far away?I have re done the true play and unplugged etc, still seems strange sound. I am using hdmi arc too.any advice will be appreciated Joe

We have had the Arc since it was launched, and I have not had any issues with it since we set it up.  Recently, the audio will stop while the video will continue playing.  It is not cutting in and out, just simply stops.  It is very random, and it doing so with different apps. Last night, it was in the middle of Shang-Chi in the Disey+ app.  It has also happened in Netflix and Hulu.  I believe this is since the latest update, which is in a similar timeframe as the latest LG firmware update. The fix has been to exit the app and restart the movie or show.Anyone else seeing the same issue?

It’s finally great to see Amazon Music in Dolby Atmos supported on the Sonos Arc.  However, I was playing The Beatles Abbey Road in Dolby Atmos on the Arc sound bar and realized that the songs on the second part of the album that are mixed together are played with a gap in between.  Is this a codec issue, a problem with Amazon or Sonos hardware?  Anyone listening to music where songs are mixed together in Dolby Atmos can share their experiences.  Thanks in advance

Hello, I've been trying to watch Blu Rays on my PS4 Pro and it's been driving me nuts that every Blu Ray with DTS tracks transmit as Stereo PCM. My System: Sonos Beam (1st Gen), Sub (Gen 2), two Sonos One (1st Gen), PS4 Pro, LG C1I recently bought an LG C1, and annoyingly the TV doesn't decode DTS Audio, so I understand why I can't get DTS Audio; however, Stereo PCM makes Blu Rays a worse option than streaming. I have my PS4 Pro set to HDMI audio, and Bitrestream (Dolby). I have tried the LPCM option, Bitstream (Dolby), and Bitstream (DTS); none of them fix the issue. I've also clicked the start button within a Blu Ray and changed the Audio Format to Bitstream. I have my C1 set to HDMi(Arc) for Sound Out, eARC enabled, Digital Sound Out to Auto, and HDMI Input to Bitstream. Ice tried Sound Out to PCM/Passthrough with no success. .Am I just stuck with Stereo PCM or am I missing a step? Thanks for reading!TLDR: PS4 Pro Blu Rays decode as Stereo PCM on LG C1

This topic is older and might not have the most up to date information. Please click here to see a list of more topics around the same subject. Hello I have a new 75 smart Samsung TV and I am lost in the easiest and most effective way to connect this to Sonos? Any help would be much appreciated! I have a Play 1 Second Generation but not sure if it has Bluetooth and if this can connect with the other speakers (2 x Play 3 Sec Gen, 1 x Play 5 First Gen). The sound is amazing but not much use for cinema sound unless I can connect to this. Thanks and regards

Hiare these lip sync issues resolved ?I have read through the responses and don’t see an definitive answer to the issue I have read there’s doesn’t seem to be an issue via optical but I have eArc Sony tv , and enjoy the 5.1/atmos I have a sky hd box , but resisted upgrading to sky q coz of the sync issues ….is it still an issue or has been silently resolved ?thnks 

Hi, my Beam device can reproduce audio signal but not video with AIrplay from my Apple devices. The router is update as well as the SONOS application, as well as Apple products. I have this problem since this summer. The bar is properly connected to the TV as you see the typical white SONOS screen saver.Can you help me?Grazie Federico

Hello all! I am having a problem connecting my new Sonos arc to my Apple TV and my Philips HDMI sync. If anyone can explain the proper setup it would be greatly appreciated. thank you all in advance

Hi all, hope someone can answer a question , I'm watching channel 5 , and the app is showing as DD 5.1 but all talking comes out of the surround speakers too , if I put on sky movies then the talking comes from the beam and not the surround speakers , I thought talking wouldn't come from the surrounds using DD 5.1 but it does on channel 5 ....

I have a Sonos Arc connected to an LG CX TV and the two devices aren’t working well together when eARC is enabled.  After much, much research into the topic online it appears to be an issue with the Sonos Arc and newer Samsung TV’s too.  It appears the implementation of eARC by Sonos and the higher end TV manufacturers attempting to implement eARC is not going so well.  I would encourage Sonos to work with LG and Samsung to get this figured out as consumers are spending a lot of money on this high-end equipment and deserve a better experience.

Hi  i am about to buy a sonos arc system and I need to know if I will experience any issues when connecting my ps4 pro to my projector, then use the hdmi arc to transfer the audio in 5.1 dolby atmos to the arc. i havent seen any topic so far so I want to know if anybody has this setup! thanks!

Hi all, I have a Sonos ARC and 2 play ones as rears. I’ve an older Sony TV and BluRay player so I realise I’m not going to get Atmos but decent 5.1 is fine for me. My problem is when playing my Spectre BluRay I can only get 5.1 when I select the English audio description or the other languages sound tracks, but as soon as I set the main 7.1 option it goes to Stereo PCM. This happens with my other BluRays when the main soundtrack is something like 6.1 or similar and the other languages are 5.1. Great 5.1 but in Dutch! Any ideas folks? 

I recently purchased an Arc, Sub and 2 Sonos Ones to have surround sound in my home theater. My room is 14.5 ft x 23.5 ft. The ceiling height is 8 ft. What I am trying to figure out is which direction I should have the TV/Arc facing. Should I have a shorter distance to the back wall and a longer distance to the walls on the sides of the room or vice versa. With the Arc using the walls to reflect the sound, I am not sure which direction should have the longer distance to reflect the sound waves. Thanks!

Hello everyone,  I have a 5.1 setup with my play bar, sub and a pair of ones. My sub recently had an issue and no longer works through wireless link only wired. My app recognizes it and everything but I get no sound from the sub.  if I move the sub to another room with any other configuration of speakers it works it just doesn’t work with my playbar. I know there are multiple post about this issue and I’ve tried every single thing but no luck. I opened this new question because wanted to get some extra help also with the a diagnostic I ran: 917345049  

Salve, ho rilevato che la soundbar Sonos Arc, collegata ad una tv Samsung del 2020 ne prende il controllo dell’uscita audio. Nella fattispecie se volessi utilizzare le cuffie bluetooth oppure l’audio proprio della tv, il sistema in automatico commuta l’uscita sull’hdmi della soundbar.Ho sentito la Samsung che dopo un’ora di chat mi ha detto che il problema è dato dalla soundbar che manda continui output alla tv per deviare l’audio sull’hdmi rendendo impossibile l’utilizzo delle altre uscite a meno di disattivare l’anynet (rendendo impossibile l’uso della soundbar con telecomando) o staccando proprio l’hdmi quando servono le cuffie ad esempio (assurdo).

I have an LG UN9000 tv with a Panasonic UB150 4k player and the Beam (Gen 2).  For the life of me, I cannot get anything but Stereo PCM to play from blu ray discs that have a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack.  Does anyone know the optimal settings for my blu ray player and/or TV that can help me get DTS Surround?  I tried every possible combination of player settings (changing from Bitstream to PCM) and TV settings (making sure the HDMI input is also set to PCM like the player).  Thanks in advance for anything to help!  

Hi,New Oled Panasonic with Bluetooth remote. Any ideas on connecting to the playbar? Thanks

Hi, since the ARC is connected to my Sony AG9, I can no longer switch to the television speakers (TV system). So deactivate the output via the audio system and activate the TV system. As soon as I switch that in the television menu, it switches briefly 2-3 times between the TV system and audio system and at the end the audio system is active

Hello! Did some Googling and reviewed quite some topics on here/Reddit/Unifi Community but couldn’t find anyone with the same symptom. I just recently bought some Ubiquity gear and got the majority of my devices on the new network. One of the things that I wanted to achieve was to wire all my devices where I can. This resulted in my Sonos setup in the Living Room beeing almost completely wired, except for the Sub. The setup is a “classic” Sonos surround setup with a Playbar and two Play:1's (and the Sub).The surround setup has went to a complete factory reset due to the fact that the remote of my new TV was not able to bind properly. This is still buggy but that seems to be another challenge I guess.Today, all of a sudden, a new device came up in my Unifi controller on the same port where my Playbar is connected to (and I don't use the second port on the Playbar for “daisy chaining”). While I was investigating this, 3 other devices (as in; unique MAC adresses) also showed up within the

Remote volume disabled by TV.New TV. Old Playbase.New Panasonic TV. Setup new panasonic remote with Playbase.All ok including old panasonic remotes.Except... playbase sound controls become inoperative on new panasonic remote when TV turned back on.Reregistered new remote many times which only registers when TV off !!When TV turned on then the new remote no longer controls sound on playbase. Old remotes still control playbase and tv no problem. All other functions on all remotes work fine.Is this an optical handshake or bluetooth  clash? All kit firmware fully updated.Seems to be new remote with playbase issue.  

I want to play sound from multiple sources on my Sonos speakers using the Sonos Port. I have a JVC RX-702B receiver (link to manual: http://resources.jvc.com/Resources/00/00/90/LVT1437-007A.pdf). Would it work to connect the Port's line-in to the receiver's DVR out/record? Will the digital connection from the Port to the receiver's digital in 1 (DVR/DVD) still work to stream from the Port to my non-Sonos speakers? It's there a better way? 

Having to submit this question is a matter of frustration and embarrassing at the same time.  Frustrating because I haven’t been able to figure out a fix on my own and because supposed solutions vary depending on whether the Sonos device is a Beam, Playbar or Arc.  Embarrassing because I haven’t been able to determine whether the problem I’m actually trouble-shooting is the same as the multitudinous solutions I’ve seen.Specifically, I’ve connected my LG CX77 to my Beam (Gen 1) and surrounds (Play 1s) via HDMI using eARC.  The LG Magic Remote properly controls audio sent over HDMI to the Beam.  But, the LG Remote will not control the volume of my Sonos system for any audio source other than the TV, i.e., Tidal, Spotify, Tunein, etc.  Is there an actual fix, or am I condemned to using at least two remotes?It is not an adequate solution to try and fool the remote to send IR to the Sonos.  The sound quality transmitted via HDMI in a surround configuration is far superior to that available

Hi,  I really need help because the SONOS experience is below zero and I am about to do things to it which I will regret. I have been a SONOS user for a long time and always have been happy with them. Lately I have a serious issue that bothers me so much. I have purchased a new TV Samsung Q60Aa 55. Since I have connected the Beam it randomly fails to detect it is installed using the TV speaker instead of the Beam. I try the settings, plug it out, disconnect the cable from the eArc connector, reinstall…. And after a while it seems to detect it until I turn off the TV and can start all over this very annoying time consuming issue. Help please. I have always enjoyed my Beam, which still works fine connecting to Spotify. But am unable to use it as a sound bar for the TV. Help..  BTW. It always has worked well with my previous TV LG branded. 

Hi, I connected my beam to my Samsung TV (hdmi arc). My Apple TV is connected to my TV. However I can now change the volume, I would like to see the volume animation bar on the Apple TV when I adjust the volume. Is this possible?