Hi,
I have a question. I just installed a Sonos Beam in my leaving room. Works well but I already had two Sonos Play 5 paired to play music that I wanted to use them as surround speakers as well. Unfortunately, when I go in the app and try to set up the surround options, the only choice I have is for Play 1 that are in other rooms but no option to choose the two Play 5.
any advice on how to do this?
thank you!
I think you’ll have to break the stereo pairing first.
FYI… a pair of Play:5s as surrounds for a Beam might be overkill. The Play:5s could overpower your Beam. A better option would be two Play:1s or One SLs as surrounds.
Thanks a lot for your answers, very helpful
It seems you have to choose between surround ou stereo but you can’t have surround when watching TV/movies (with the Beam) and stereo (only Play-5s paired) when you just want to listen music, right?
Yes, once you bond the Play:5s as surrounds to the Beam, they will only play as surround speakers. If you want them to play as a stereo pair again, you have to unbond them from the Beam.
While playing music, you can set the surrounds to “Full” or “Ambient” mode. Most users set it to “Full”.
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