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Home Theater Speaker Layouts

You can only add two surround speakers to a Sonos home theater setup. I would use the Era 300s as surrounds with the Arc and use the One SLs...
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Maximum amount of speakers supported in a surround sound setup for Home...

You can add up to two Subs (one must be a Gen 3) and two surround speakers to a Sonos home theater setup. So if you want to use the Era 300s...
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Arc Ultra Surround Sound change!

Hi AllWe are happy to announce to all Arc Ultra owners that the latest Sonos system update (issued today) includes a change to the behaviour of the “TV Level” surround setting slider option, in response to your feedback.Previously, the slider had an effect on the apparent volume of the Arc Ultra itself, as the Arc Ultra is involved with the rendering of the rear channels, even when rear speakers are present.Now, the new behaviour of the “TV Level” setting will be that it will only affect the rear drivers/speakers, rather than the rear channels. The result of this is that when adjusting “TV Level”, you will no longer hear the audio coming directly from the Arc Ultra increase or decrease with the slider. Instead, you will only hear the surround speakers raise or lower their volume with the slider.I hope you all enjoy the change we’ve made - happy listening!Please note that I am keeping this thread separate from the threads already extant in relation to Arc Ultra and it’s audio profile. I

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Error 1000

For more information and steps to try, please see this support article:  Error 1000 when updating Sonos Hi, I wanted to add the last element to my Sonos set (SUB + 2x Era 300), - Arc. I get to the point of updating the software and I get "Error: 1000". And so on. I've already tried factory reset and moving closer to the router. It's always the same. Maybe you have some ideas or similar experiences?

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line-in and TV in conflict

I have a Sonos system consisting of a Beam, which handles my television output, and two Sonos Ones serving as surround speakers. It’s been working splendidly, but recently I purchased a Sonos Era 100 to connect my CD player via its line-in. This has introduced issues that I'm struggling to resolve. If I play the CD player through the Era 100 alone, it’s perfectly acceptable, albeit a bit limited. However, attempting to play it through the entire system creates a problem when I next switch on the television. Either there’s no sound at all, or there’s a peculiar echoing conflict where the TV speakers and the Beam fail to synchronise. All I really want is to play CDs when I fancy listening to them and watch television when I wish to do so, with the system understanding which input I desire at any given time. Have I inadvertently created an impossible conflict, or is there a solution? Can anyone assist me, please?

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Holiday greetings to all Sonos forum users!

I would like to share with you a small success related to my Sonos. I did not expect a solution to my problem until suddenly it was found! I would also like to greet and comfort my American friends. Hang in there! Here in Poland, we have been holding out for 10 years. As you can see, I have a lot of it:My last purchase, two weeks ago, was ARC Ultra, but I missed one thing both before, with Beam and now, with Ultra. I wanted to listen to the music and, at the same time, watch and listen to sports from TV. Unfortunately, my TV set with eARC, a 7-year-old Samsung Q75, did not allow switching to the TV speakers when connected to a Sonos soundbar. Of course, this is not Sonos' fault but the eARC standard.But I did not give up and …… I found FeinTech VAX04101 HDMI eARC Pass Switcher 4x1. Well, I understand. A match, European football, soccer. Stadium atmosphere and Mad Season! I highly recommend it.By the way, Sonos. When will there be the option to save playlists? I have the latest update a

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sonos multiroom and amp

Hi. I’m designing a system in my house, I’m new to Sonos amp, I believe I need it for recessed speakers as Sonos don’t offer mains networked recessed speakers from what I understand? Provisional setupcinema room 5x4.5m:1x bass,1x playbar,1x pair rear 8 inch sonance 1x Sonos amp Large open plan kitchen a lounge space 12m x6m. Tv one end kitchen the other:1x play bar4x 6 inch rear speakers 1x Sonos amp looking to install recessed speakers in 3x wc’s. I belive I need 3x additional amps if I wanted to only play music say in one of them at a time… Or am I missing something? I may just opt for the surface mount mains ones in other areas if buying multiple amps is the only way  im toying with the idea of a audio switch to save on amp cost for the cinema and kitchen rooms listed above, but not sure if it’s going to be a pain to keep switching as they would be mounted all together in utility cupboard, I’d like some ideas of how other people install with similar setup       

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CIS14Contributor I
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Ideal and simple connection

I have a Arc Ultra soundbar, a Sub 4, and an Amp driving two wired in-ceiling speakers in addition to a Samsung TV with HDMI ARC. The soundbar, subwoofer and amp can be connected via WIFI. Ideally I would like that the soundbar, the subwoofer and the in-ceiling speakers all be active whenever I turn the system on to watch TV or listen to music. Is there an ideal connection or order of component installation to make this process seamless and intuitive? I'd like to make this as simple as possible in the event that family members want to use the system and not have to learn any complicated sequencing in order to make it work. Thanks in advance.

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ChrisHolzerContributor I
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(Feature Request) Arc Ultra - needs volume control for center channel

Right now I almost regrett to have moved to a Sonos ARC Ultra + Sub + 2xERA300 setup as the center channel of the Arc Ultra overpowers the left and right channels which means that you have almost no directional stereo effect from the front.The center channel is at least 5bB louder than the left an right channels, you can notice this easiely by playing a surround sound test video which you would usually use to finetune the channel volumes when using an AVR.We need an option to change the center channel volume of the Arc Ultra to actually hear the left and right channels.Trueplaytuning does not change the current behaviour, speech enhancement makes it worse.

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Volume Control Issue on Sonos Arc Ultra combined with TV & Fire TV Stick

Hi there!I’m new to Sonos and have my system for a few days now. I use an Arc Ultra with Era 100 as surround and Sub 4. The Arc Ultra is connected to the Sony TV via HDMI eArc. A Fire TV Stick 4K is connected directly to the TV HDMI-In without any adapters.The following problem: The Arc Ultra somehow seems to interfere with the signal from the Fire TV Stick remote control and also the TV control. When the Arc Ultra is connected, you have to hold the remote control extremely close and very directly to the TV or soundbar to switch the TV on and change the volume, otherwise nothing happens. The navigation buttons up/down/left/right, on the other hand, work instead well and theoretically also much further away / in another room – really strange.The Arc Ultra is located around 15cmin in front of the TV. I’m sitting 2.5 meters in front of the TV. The “Use IR” and “IR Repeat” settings are activated in the home theater settings in Sonos App. I had already turned it off once as a test, but that

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Blue WindyAvid Contributor I
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Please increase the sound output from the Beam when the side surround channels are played on the Sonos Beam Gen 2.

Finally, yesterday, a pair of Sonos Era 100s arrived. I have been configuring a pair of Sonos Era 100s as surround speakers on my Sonos Beam Gen 2 and have been playing Dolby Atmos Music and Dolby Atmos demo content to evaluate the experience. Overall, I am satisfied, but there is one major drawback.When the side surround channel is played, sound is output from both the side speakers of the Sonos Beam and the Era 100s. The problem is that the sound of the Era 100s is so loud that it overpowers the sound output from the side speakers of the soundbar.In other words, I could hardly perceive the positional separation when the rear surround channel was played and when the side surround channel was played.When the rear surround channel was played, sound was only output from the rear speakers. Yes, this is correct.However, when the side surround channel was played, sound was output from both the soundbar and the rear speakers, but the rear speakers were still so loud that it was difficult to

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Blue WindyAvid Contributor I
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Feature Request : Please add TruePlay Quick Tune to Sonos Beam Gen 2.

I am using Sonos Beam Gen 2 and Sonos Era 100 as surround speakers. Sonos Era 100 supports Quick Tune. So even though I am an Android smartphone user, I can enjoy TruePlay on Era 100. The problem is that when I configure Sonos Beam Gen 2 and Sonos Era 100 as a home theater, the TruePlay option disappears. This is because Sonos Beam Gen 2 does not support Quick Tune.

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Sonos Gen2 beam disconnecting from Sony K50S30

I recently purchased a Sony K50S30 and a Sonos Gen2 beam.  Both were installed by a 3rd party from Best Buy.   The issue is that every time I turn the tv back on the sound is coming from the tv speakers.   I can disconnect the eARC/ARC and make the beam work that way or I can press the power button on the tv remote and do a restart or I can unplug tv and beam,  disconnect everything connected to tv, plug tv and beam back in then go to the Sonos App and select TV setup and follow those instructions and then it works.   All this just seems wrong for equipment I have only had for 2 weeks.   Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

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addrianoAvid Contributor I
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Missing arrow to expand SUB details in SONOS app

Hey guys,I've got a question about the Sonos app. Yesterday I added a second SUB to my system, but I can't find the info about mySUB. I'm not seeing an arrow like in the attached picture (SUB 3). The SUBs are on the same network and everything works. Do you know why this is happening?Thanks in advance 

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Blue WindyAvid Contributor I
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[SUPER FATAL BUG] Sonos Beam Gen 2 does not pass LFE from surround and overhead channels to the woofer!!!

I only have Sonos Beam Gen 2 soundbar. I do not have rear or separate woofers. So this is probably a bug that only affects people who use the soundbar alone. However, I can definitely say that it is very critical and very urgent. Because this bug has a huge negative impact on the listening experience. For example, if there is an explosion behind you, the woofer will not work. And if there is an airplane explosion in the air, the woofer will not work.Just play this test video. You will intuitively see what I am talking about.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LVSQiUX1dp3BEmQ6aDHZDOi7RG9zReHf/view?usp=sharingIf you use the Hi-Fi cast app, download it and change the .mp4 extension to .m4a. Then you can cast to the sound bar.

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MarkOMContributor I
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Beam and Sub volume drop

So two questions about my Sonos Beam and Sub.Sonos Beam and Sub keep reducing in volume when I am playing music. I’ve reset the system and it’s still doing the same thing.    The same Beam won’t connect to my TV via HDM. I’ve the cable in the right port and still nothing, I also tried the digital port.  

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DeeDeeK9Contributor I
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Connection Issues Arc Ultra & Sony Bravia TV

I have a new TV, Sony Bravia A95L 55”, initially while I was waiting for delivery of a new Arc Ultra & Era 300’s for surround I used my old setup, Playbar, Sub Gen 2 & 2 x Play 1’s for surrounds with the new TV, Playbar connected via optical cable. All was fine. When the new stuff arrived I connected it all up, Ultra via eArc HDMI etc, I now have a few issues; Occasional disconnection from the Sonos and back to TV speakers, without me doing it. When I reselect the Sonos, its fine. When I turn on the TV in the morning, by switching on the Sky Q box, more often than not not the TV shows nothing on the Sky Q channel, I have to restart either the Sky Q or TV, then its fine. When I fast forward, rewind or pause on programmes, when the sound comes back I get a nasty noise from the speakers. this seems to be only on Sky recordings and not all the time (see clip)Any ideas as to what it could be? 😋    

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Chase PesoContributor I
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Sonos Ray + Apple TV

I just picked up the Sonos Ray on clearance on Best Buy and am aiming to use with the latest Apple TV (4K 128GB 3rd gen) and Samsung TV (65" Q70C QLED 4K UHD Smart Tizen). Sadly, I cannot set the Sonos Ray as the default Audio Output on Apple TV. Each time I power Apple TV on or even evening opening a new app (YouTube TV, Hulu, Netflix, etc), I need to manually select the Sonos Ray as the audio output. once it is manually selected, I am able to change volume and mute without issue using the Apple TV remote, so I do not believe this is a remote issue. Additionally, the Sonos Ray does show up in my Home app and I’m able to play music/audio from my iPhone without issue.Any advice/suggestion on how to avoid the need to manually set Sonos Ray as the audio output EVERY time on Apple TV?

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Arc Ultra Airplay Issues

I recently purchased an Arc Ultra for my Samsung TV.  I connected the HDMI cord to the tv and it works great, but when I turn off the TV I am no longer able to play music through the Arc via airplay. When I unplug the Arc, I’m able to discover the speaker over airplay, but it immediately goes away once I start using my TV and never returns. Does anyone have any advice for how I can get the Arc to connect to airplay without resetting each time?

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shyguy24Contributor I
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Sonos Arc Rebooting Spontaneously

For the past month or so my Sonos Arc has been dropping out periodically while watching television.  I believe it is rebooting itself based on the white pulsing status light.  I have tried quite a few troubleshooting steps but have not been able to solve the problem.  It is occurring approximately every 45 - 60 minutes.  Using Sonos ARC, Sonos Sub Gen3, Vizio P75 television and AppleTV 4k.  So far I have tried the following.Factory reset of soundbar Two different new HDMI calbes Plugging soundbar into different power outlet Changing CEC setting on Vizio television to ARC Only Rebooted Apple TVAny other recommendations?

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keep speakers grouped

Hi,Does anyone know a way to keep speakers grouped other than when one product is playing from a TV (HDMI eARC). It would be great to keep a few products in a room grouped for listening to music other than when they are set to automatically ungroup when the AMP is playing from the TV.Thanks,David

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Build Speaker System.

Hi.I have a Sonus Beam Gen 2 and 2 Roam speakers.If I wish to get better surround sound should I replace the Roam speakers with a Mini Sub or get the Mini Sub working in conjuction with the 2 Roam speakers? 

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zb411Avid Contributor I
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TruePlay Error with Home Theater Setup

Hello - I’ve set up my Arc Ultra with 2 Era 300s as surround speakers and a sub 4. Everything is aligned from a home theater perspective in the app but I can’t get TruePlay to work.  I go through the steps and it plays all the test tones but then I get an error message as shown below. I’ve tried deleting and reinstalling the app with no success. Have tried it multiple times and still get same error. Using my iPhone 16 Pro.  Any suggestions on how to fix? thank you  

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toyboyChromatic Producer II
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Sonos App Build 80.18.27 Shows Arc playing 5.1

I’m watching a movie on Plex which shows it’s Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 and I’m sure it’s only stereo and the same thing watching YouTube videos. I'm sure those are also stereo. I’m wondering if I have a setting messed up in my App. Any ideas?

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dolby atmos setup

I have:2017 Sony KD-49XE9005 (ARC only, no eARC)Oppo UDP-203Apple TV 4KVirgin TV 360 boxI can’t get atmos through Sonos arc ultra / era 300 / sub 4Do I need a new TV or is there another solution?

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Kevin_51Contributor I
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connecting Arc Ultra to Play 5 gen 2 surrounds. i cannot get them to connect or even find the play 5 speakers

I am trying to set up my new arc ultra, but I’m not able to get it to find my Play 5 GEN 2 speakers to use as my surround speakers.  I have tried resetting all the speakers and that didn’t work.  Can someone help me please.  

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LM404Contributor I
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Arc Ultra + Era 100 Surrounds

Arc Ultra and Era 100’s  Anyone else have this setup and noticing that the Era 100’s as rears are doing less work with the Arc Ultra when compared to the standard Arc? I’m barely noticing any audio coming from the rears even with the surround volume turned up to maximum.  I swapped my original Arc back with the Era 100 surrounds and tested the same Atmos movies on the Arc and the Arc Ultra, and there is a significant difference/reduction in the signals being sent to the Era 100’s in the rear channels with the Arc Ultra.  Increasing the “TV Level” setting for Surround Audio in the Sonos app increases the front surround volume coming from the Arc Ultra but the signals coming out of the ERA 100 rears are almost non existent.  Is this behavior the result of how the Arc Ultra processes surround channels, and should be considered normal operation?

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