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fredrikmolnar
Contributor I
December 26, 2018
Answered

No sound in back speakers when playing stereo source

Playbase +LS+RS (Play:1)
There is only a quiet hissing-sound from back speakers when the source is stereo, works fine when source is 5.1.

Every other reputable surround system will provide some sounds to the back speakers (same stereo as front) when this happens, but Sonos will not (unless playing music).

Is there a way to fix this in settings? Kinda sucks not to have any sound in back channels when only providing stereo, a copy of front stereo with a volume setting would do a lot.
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      Chris
      ChrisAnswer
      Lead Maestro
      December 26, 2018
      Well - it is ambient - it needs a FULL when not provided 5.1 source. It has been asked for and discussed before but it appears must be hardware related …. if you go back years ago we didn't have the FULL mode. But when they added it, it was only for music. And they have never given hint at being able to do it for the digital in … so there must be a limitation there making it impossible for them to do (or do easily I guess).
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      John B
      December 27, 2018
      The idea that not having a particular option makes Sonos not 'reputable' and makes the whole package poor value for money is still unreasonable..

      You are of course entitled to ask for this feature. I just don't think its absence justifies your conclusions
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