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August 30, 2026
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Arc Ultra TV handshake issues

The sound on my Arc Ultra persistently drops out when I change channel (eg from Apple TV back to a TV channel. Also changing between something playing in Dolby Digital Plus back to non-DDP).

I've tried all the suggested fixes that I can find both here and YouTube but it's still doing it. 

Does anybody have the magic fix? 

Arc Ultra/Sony 65xf8505 (ARC connection)/Virgin Media 360

Corry P
Corry PAnswer
Sonos Staff
September 4, 2026

Hi ​@dhpferguson 

Welcome to the Sonos Community!

I’m sorry to hear of this issue you are having with audio cutting out when you change input sources on your Sony TV. It sounds most annoying.

I had not heard of any known incompatibility issues regarding Sony TVs, so I did a search through my internal documentation on your TV model and found no mentions of it whatsoever. Thinking one of our support agents had made a mistake, I then looked for existing support cases under your Sonos account. I could only find two cases, however, neither of which got past the chat bot. If there was another case where you managed to speak to a person, could you please send the case number to me in a Direct Message (please don't post it here in a public area, thanks) and I’ll look to providing some feedback to the agent involved.

To be clear, there is no known compatibility issue with your Sony TV and Sonos soundbars.

If you did not manage to get to speak to a support agent, then I recommend you try to do so - some in-depth troubleshooting may be required, and that will involve asking the Arc Ultra what is going on via system diagnostics.

I hope this helps, and I look forward to being able to assist you further, if need be.

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

43 replies

Stanley_4
Grand Maestro
September 12, 2026

How odd, wonder why that box is only sending stereo over a 5.1 connection. 

Any other options of hardware from Virgin?

Trending Lyricist I
September 12, 2026

How odd, wonder why that box is only sending stereo over a 5.1 connection. 

Any other options of hardware from Virgin?

It's the most up to date box I believe. All apps, all channels now highlighted as Stereo pcm on the Sonos app.

kdowling
September 12, 2026

Edit: I see you already answered my question. Did you put the TV setting back? Try restarting the TV and the box?