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clatwom
Contributor I
December 15, 2017
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Using current Play 1 as surround speakers.

Hi I currently have 2 play 1’s in various rooms around the house I have just purchased a sound bar and sub and want to reposition the 2 play ones I have as surround speakers, do I need to reset them to factory settings to achieve this or is it just a question of repositioning them to the right Room, renaming and following the set up procedure in the app? Sorry this might sound like a silly question but not sure what to do. I have replaced the two play ones with Sonos ones. Thanks in advance for your help.
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jgatie
jgatieAnswer
December 15, 2017
No need to reset them. Just reposition them and configure as surrounds. They will take on the name of the Playbar and Sub once you do.
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jgatie
jgatieAnswer
December 15, 2017
No need to reset them. Just reposition them and configure as surrounds. They will take on the name of the Playbar and Sub once you do.
    clatwomAuthor
    Contributor I
    December 15, 2017
    Perfect I was hoping it would be that easy ?
    clatwomAuthor
    Contributor I
    December 15, 2017
    Thank you
    kmac09
    Lyricist II
    January 16, 2018
    I have 2 PLAY:1's that I'm trying to connect as surrounds. In Advanced settings, it doesn't say add surrounds.... it just has tv diaglogue..... it will let me pair them together and use them as separate speakers, but will not let me add them to the playbar as surrounds.... any ideas???
    shippers
    Lyricist III
    January 16, 2018
    Is your app up to date?... also it might be worth setting up the playbar from scratch then you can add the play 1's from that setup wizard.
    kmac09
    Lyricist II
    January 17, 2018
    Yep... the app is up to date. I'm going to factory reset everything and start from scratch. I also purchased a Boost so the system has it's own designated wifi....
    lilliejo
    Lyricist I
    October 1, 2018
    Can't get the play1s to act as surround sound?? They are in sync with the playbar but don't work as surround ? any ideas? NEED HELP
    jgatie
    jgatie
    October 1, 2018
    Can't get the play1s to act as surround sound?? They are in sync with the playbar but don't work as surround ? any ideas? NEED HELP

    Did you set them up as surrounds? You need to bond them as surrounds, not group them. See this link:

    https://support.sonos.com/s/article/2927?language=en_US
    gmasy
    gmasy
    Avid Contributor II
    October 2, 2018
    Can't get the play1s to act as surround sound?? They are in sync with the playbar but don't work as surround ? any ideas? NEED HELP

    Are you sure the sound coming out of the TV is actually 5.1 sound ? You can check by going to the 'about' section in the menu and check the 'audio in' value.
    If it isn't, the TV might not be well configured.
    If it is, then maybe the media you're looking at isn't providing 5.1 audio?
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