Home theater

I just beginning to investigate taking the dive into the Sono world. I don't know if what I'd like to do will work and I'm looking for some advice. I'm thinking of using using a Samsung Frame that has it's "one connect box" connected to a Sonos AMP using eARC. The AMP and the one connect box are hidden in a cabinet across the room from the Frame TV with the extra long "one connect cable". The one connect box will have other HDMI devices plugged into it. The AMP would also be powering existing in-wall rear surround speakers.  Under the Samsung Frame would be a Beam (or Arc) sound bar. The sound bar I hope would just using wifi so there are no addition cables between the TV and the sound bar. Does it work like this? Can the AMP handle the eARC input from the TV and share it with the Beam/Arc soundbar wirelessly? I don't know a lot about how the Sonos ecosystem works, any insight would be greatly appreciated! And thanks for any help in advance!

I’m considering a 5.1 system driven by an Arc, with Amp providing in-ceiling surrounds and, possibly, subwoofer. I’d like to clarify some details that are unclear in the support articles.Here’s what I think is true:If the ceiling speakers are configured as surrounds, they cannot be used to play audio independently; but there is an option to play full volume through the Arc and the surrounds together (described here). I assume this works for all types of inputs (TV, AirPlay, internet audio). Per this article, it’s not possible for Amp to drive a subwoofer when its other speakers are used as surrounds. The only supported subwoofer in this configuration is the Sonos Sub. As long as the Arc and Amp are on the same network (I’m anticipating using ethernet), I can store the Amp in another room/closet and route the speaker wires to that location (despite the statement about line-of-sight here). Although Amp generally requires use of the Sonance architectural speakers to allow for TruePlay cal

HelloMy Beam (Gen2) arrived today (10/4/21).  Here are my thoughts…Test Parameters Testing was done to compare the Arc and Beam-Gen2 as stand-alone speakers without surrounds and sub(s). My opinions are based upon my ears. There are no graphs or charts to show frequency response with peaks and valleys. In short this is not a Peter Pee review (for those of you familiar with his YouTube Chanel) . Just a plain good ol’ fashion End User opinion/experience. Sonos Original Setup: Arc + One x 2 + Sub x 2 Sonos Test Setup: Arc / Beam-Gen 2 TV: LG OLED 65in (165.1cm) with eARC Room Dimensions (L x W x H) 20ft (6.096m) x 13ft (3.9624m) x 8ft (2.4384m) Disc Player: Panasonic DP UB9000 Ultra HD Blu-Ray Disc: Justice League 4K Ultra HD / Disc1 / Part 2 Heros Sonos App Reported Sound: Dolby Atmos (True HD)SetupSetting up the Beam-Gen2 was simple, fast and easy. To date it was the best experience I’ve had with a Sonos product. The ease of setup IMO is in no small way due to the integration of NFC usi

I’ve configured my AMP in a home theater setup with B&W mains, the virtual center (of course), a Gallo Sub hardwired to the AMP, and dual Play 1 surrounds. Now I’m wondering what’s the best way to calibrate this mashup? Any ideas?

Hi all , I have sky+ HD and I've been looking at the beam gen 2 with 2 Sonos 1sl speakers , am I better using the optical from my TV to the bar ( outputs Dolby digital ) or hdmi arc to the bar even though I only have sky+ hd ?? Thanks 

Anyone have this set-up and can feedback Dolby Atmos experience with the Beam 2. I currently have the original Beam and looking to upgrade. 

I have an ARC with 2 x ONE SL surrounds. I don’t always want the surrounds on (quiet hours at night). What’s the easiest / best way to turn them on and off when desired?

Hi all , I know Sonos products are designed to be kept on but I'd like to know is it ok to unplug the beam gen 2 every night and plug it back in every morning ? Thanks 

Bonjour,Je souhaite acquérir une sonos beam 2, cependant au vu de mon installation je me pose une question.J'ai un vidéoprojecteur et donc sur le mur ou sera projetée l'image, la sonos beam. Ma contrainte, je ne souhaite pas avoir de fils entre la beam et mon vidéoprojecteur.Est il possible de diffuser le flux audio sur la beam en passant par un chromecast, firestick ou apple tv branché sur mon vidéoprojecteur ? Ou autres solutions ?Merci

Hi Together, Before posting this question i seaarched the forum but did not find the correct answer, so might be a repost but please go through it and suggest me. I bought a Sonos Playbase, currently i have a Benq projector which is connected to Apple 4K TV (box), so not using any TV. When i tried to setup the Playbase, i am not able to do it, because, as i understood, i should also connect the Optical cable to some TV, otherwise i can not setup the Playbase.As i dont have the TV, i am not ablr to do it at the moment. If i buy a Coaxial to Optical switch/convertor, is it possible to setup my playbase without having a TV?.

Apple Music from within the Sonos app has no crackle/clip, it only occurs when using audio from video source. I'm using a matrix to connect to a projector, with the Sonos-provided optical adapter for the signal to the Arc, HDMI cable is 4K. I’m still within the return window on the Sonos products, so if in all these posts and years NO ONE has found a definitive solution to this highly common problem, they are sadly going back. Great sound for music, but the point was to be the theater sound system.

This is still a problem. Can Samsung or Sonos do something?

Hello everyone, I write from Italy and help me through the Google translator (sorry for the mistakes).Today I received the SONOS ARC soundbar, because I have received great feedback from many other customers.The problem is that I can't hear the surround effect (for example behind the head or overhead for the Atmos effect ...).Unfortunately I have no iOS systems and therefore cannot use Trueplay ...I hear the soundbar good and powerful, but only with front effects!The TV is obviously set to Dolby Atmos ...Can any expert user help me please?Thank you very much...Greetings from Rome :-)

Hi brains trustHere is my conundrum. I will be getting a base level TV for the spare room and wanted to pump up the horrible tv speakers slightly with a beam. In the main TV room I have a 5.1 playbar setup. So my question is whether I should just put the beam in the spare room or move the playbar into the spare room and have the beam 5.1 setup in the main room. Going to need to stuff around with wall mounting etc so need to make the right call early. Anyone have experience with both and can help out?Thanks in advance.

Hi all , beam gen 2 , as it's connected via hdmi is it possible to listen to TV via the TV speakers ? 

I am mounting a frame/art tv above the mantle and I don’t want to look at a speaker beneath it, I’d like to have two matching sonos speakers on the right and left.  I already have one beam, i love the shape of it.  Ideally I’d like to know if it’s possible to connect two sound Beam bars to one television to create right and left channels.  If not, can two beam speakers connect to make *balanced* sound on the right and left of the tv, connected with a split optical cable (or other solution?). I know I can *add* Sonos speakers to the tv if one is hardwired, but I want them both to be connected to the tv automatically.  I have read mixed reviews on connecting the speakers to the tv with HDMI cable. Either way if the two are hardwired to the tv, a splitter would be needed (I assume?)I don’t want a middle channel/speaker as I don’t have anywhere to put it.  An amp or woofer would be fine if that’s absolutely necessary.Thanks for your help and ideas!

Hi!I have the following situation.I am in a house with Eero Pro mesh network (total of 4 units, so good coverage).My Arc and Sub are connected to Wifi and have been working with a surround setup well in the past.The house came with built in-wall speakers that I would like to connect as surround speakers to the set up.  The TV/speakers are on the 2nd floor, but the cables of the built-in wall speakers go all the way to the basement.The Amp worked without a problem independently.  Hower, when I tried to add the Amp as surrounds to the setup, I got the error message “There was a problem adding your surrounds. Check the network connection and make sure your products are powered on”. I have the suspicion that the issue is as follows:  The Arc wants to connect via a direct Wifi connection to the Amp, but the Amp is too far away and therefore out of reach to create the connection.Would it help if I tried to run my Sonos setup on SonosNet instead of Wifi (I have 8 devices, so should get ample

Hi everyone.I have just bought a beam gen2 connected to OLED LG EF950 (2016) NOT ATMOS TV.Beam is connected through ARC port to the oled and on the other hdmi is connected a firestick 4k max that would be able to handle and manage the Atmos signal.Problem is that despite beam gen2 and stick 4k max are Atmos compatible i cant be able to get Atmos.Surely problem is the oled.Any advice?Thank you 

BonjourIl n’y a pas de pass-through sur l’Apple TV. Le mode audio « auto » de l’Appletv envoie un flux audio  LPCM multicanal.Quand la source lue est en Dolby Atmos, retrouve t on les infos Atmos dans le LPCM multicanal en sortie audio ou non ?Pour résumer, est ce que si j’achète une Sonos ARC recevant du LPCM Multicanal de l’Apple TV lors de la lecture d’une source atmos, j’aurais bien les effets atmos restitués par la barre ?

Can Sonos arc play Dolby atmos through wifi network. By using Apple TV 4K

Problem - My Sonos app says I’m getting Stereo PMC audio only. It also sounds like that.  Set up - LG CX (eArc) - Sonos Arc (part of a full 5.1 setup) - PS5 playing 4K UHD disc (Bladerunner 2049) Expectation - Thought I should be getting Dolby 7.1 audio output. Any ideas why the app say PMC?  

I have a Sonos Arc connected via HDMI to an LG OLED C1, with eARC and HDMI-CED enabled. Most things work fine, including the LG magic remote (I didn’t have to do any Universal Remote configuration, it just works) and I only had to change a couple of settings on the TV to get full surround sound working. That said, with the Arc connected I can’t see the volume level - the vertical bar that normally appears when you’re changing the TV volume level. If I disconnect the Arc, I get the vertical bar back, but with the Arc connected then all I see is a + button, a - button and a sound icon when I change the volume level. It works, but that useful piece of information is missing. I can see it on the Sonos app, if I look there, but not on the TV screen. This suggests some kind of communication failure between the Arc and the LG TV, with the actual volume level not being shared. Anybody else seen this or have an idea what might be the problem?

I have a sonos full surround system which is the arc the base and 2 one SL speakers, is it so possible to add in ceiling speakers to this system or that is all I can add to the surround system?

Hello,Yesterday I ordered everything that I mentioned in the title. So far I owned the Symfonisk only and experienced audio-video delays while using it with my windows PC via TuneBlade app (basically AirPlay simulator). Easily fixed when using VLC, but a nightmare when using Netflix. Now I’m going through the forum and see multiple threads from the past regarding lip sync issues on LG TV’s. Were those ever resolved? Also, I’m planning on using the TV for Netflix and other on-board apps for watching movies and stuff, but on the other hand I want to plug in my PC, also for movie watching stuff that’s not available on the current streaming platforms. Am I going to face audio delay issues again? 

Hello, I recently tried using my Nintendo Switch for the first time since getting my Sonos setup, and I can't figure out how to get the Multichannel LPCM to work on it. My current setup: Sonos ArcSub Gen 32- Sonos One SLLG CXMy Sonos app version is on the most current version of 13.1.3, and my Sonos system is on 13.1.1The LG CX is also on the latest version of 03.23.06 My TV settings are as follows: Sound Out: HDMI ARCDigital Sound Out: Pass Through (Have also tried PCM and Auto)eARC: OnHDMI Input Audio Format: Bitstream (Have also tried PCM) On the Switch under TV Settings, when I set it to Surround Sound and run a test, no sound comes through, and the Sonos app either shows No Signal or Silence. When I set to Stereo, sound will work, and the Sonos app will show Stereo PCM 2.0 I've seen other forums where people will say that Multichannel LPCM works for them using a Switch and LG CX, so I'm wondering if there is something I'm doing wrong, or if there is something I may have missed. I