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jbenthall
Contributor I
August 2, 2019
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Symfonisk with playbar for surround?

Could 2 of the Symfonisk speakers be used with a playbar for a surround setup?
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      MisfitAnswer
      Enthusiast II
      August 2, 2019
      Yes. But it would need to be the same two Symfonisk speakers.

      So 2 bookshelf or 2 lamps.

      You cannot create surrounds with 1 bookshelf and 1 lamp.
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      Ryan S
      Ryan S
      Retired Sonos Staff
      August 30, 2019
      jgatie beat me, but for some added info...

      @Harbinger, if you make a group, they'll all play the same music in sync, each one playing the same music. TV audio however will be a bit of a mess. The Playbar will play the full audio coming in. It'll send the same audio to the Lamp and to the Shelf. The two grouped speakers will be slightly slower than the Playbar, since they're not part of a home theater bonded setup, and instead will be playing their own versions of the same audio hitting the Playbar. It wouldn't give you surround, you'd be surrounded by mirrors of the same audio, potentially echos.

      Ideally, you'd want to use two of the same Symfonisk type of speaker, bonded with the Playbar as surround speakers.
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        Harbinger
        Lyricist I
        August 30, 2019
        Copy this. Thanks jgatie and Ryan S for your quick replies.
          Flavio80
          Lyricist III
          December 26, 2019

          Ciao a tutti, ho acquistato due lampade ikea Symfonisk ed una Sonos Beam collegata ad una tv lg su una porta hdmi arc, ho abbinato sull'app sonos tutti i dispositivi per il surround, solo che l'audio della tv si sente solo sulla Beam , invece ascoltando musica in streaming si sente su tutti i disponibili. 
          Grazi mille

          magee
          Lyricist I
          February 4, 2020

          Hi! I have Beam and I try to setup my two Sonos Symfonisk (Bookshelf) to surrounds. I do everything right and it seems all is going well. Then came screen: ”Wait… This room speakers preparing to use together. This may take a while.” → Installation problem: preparation of the installation seems to be a problem. Check your internet connection or power on the speakers of this room. 

           

          I tried also to pair Symfonisk together to test listening music and they work fine. But I can get them to work wirh Beam for surround speakers.

           

          Help please!

          Ryan S
          Ryan S
          Retired Sonos Staff
          February 4, 2020

          Hi Magee, this is probably something best worked on live with a technician. For basic troubleshooting, try setting up the Beam and each of the Symfonisk speakers as separate rooms first. Then in the Sonos app, go to Settings for the Beam and add surrounds. 

          If that’s not doing the trick, you can submit a diagnostic and post the number here, or just reach out to the team directly and someone can help you directly.

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          magee
          Lyricist I
          February 5, 2020

          Hi, thanks for your quick respond. I just did and tried what you suggested: reset all these three sonos speakers, setting them up the Beam and each of the Symfonisks as separate rooms. That was ok. I tested that I can play music from each of these speakers alone. So all was good. Then in Sonos app I went to settings for Beam-room for adding surrounds. All seems to going well. The surrounds installation went ok but then ´preparating together´ step came same messages than above: installation problem…

           

          Now Beam worked but the two Symfonisks are queit. In the Sonos app, there is Living room (+?+?) Beam. I also tried funktion: find missing product. With that Sonos app could recognise the Symfonisks. Then in the Sonos app, there is Living room (LS+RS). But still only Beam worked and make sounds. I tested that with Dolby 5.1 movie but only Beam makes sounds. I also tried Trueplay for Living room (LS+RS) but only Beam makes sounds again: ”Speakers is missing! Nothing is heard from one speakers. Make sure you are in same room and all speakers are power on.”

           

          Is there any options that I could do? Now I have used three evening to try to setup these surround systems.

          Airgetlam
          Airgetlam
          February 5, 2020

          If that’s not doing the trick, you can submit a diagnostic and post the number here, or just reach out to the team directly and someone can help you directly.

           

          Bruce
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