TV Sound not loud enough

Question

I recently refurbed my kitchen/dinner. As per diagram I am having real difficulty with getting enough sound from the in ceiling speakers to reach my seating area, which is around 8 metres from the TV (65inch).

The in ceiling speakers give perfect sound but not to my seating position.

I have play one either side of the seating area, to provide the surround side, but normal TV dialogue sound doesn’t come out from these, unless its music, or in 5.1, even then it’s very limited

I think I should have positioned the ceiling speakers above the seating area - but I haven’t

Ideally I want the tv sound to come from the play ones, as I can’t move the ceiling speakers. Is this possible? or any other solutions much appreciated.

If I turn sonos off and use the TVs internal speakers the sound is adequate, but this defeats the objective of having the system in the first place.

Thank you in advance.

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Best answer by GuitarSuperstar 29 January 2021, 19:45

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GuitarSuperstar · Accepted Answer

I’m assuming you currently have the Play:1s connected as surrounds to your Sonos Amp. If so, you could disconnect them as surrounds, pair them as a stereo pair in a separate “room”, and group them with the Amp while watching TV. This will allow the Play:1s to play the full TV audio rather than just the rear surround channels. With this setup, you might experience a slight audio delay while playing TV audio through the Play:1s though. Music will still be in sync.

You could also experiment with keeping the Play:1s unpaired as separate “rooms” and group the Amp and individual Play:1s together to see which setup sounds better. Not sure it would make that much of a difference though.

Jonnylinton · Answer

That’s perfect. Tv sorted thanks so much. Just need to sort the delay.I assume if I want to play music as my previous set up ie amp/sub/surround sound etc that options gone now.

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