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How to balance TV volume and music (Spotify, radio stream, ...) volume on Sonos Ray / Arc?

  • December 18, 2025
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Hi everyone,

I’m running into a volume balancing issue with my Sonos setup and I’m hoping for some guidance.

Setup:

  • Google TV / Google Streamer

  • TV → Sonos Ray via optical

  • Projector → Sonos Arc via HDMI eARC

In both cases, I control the volume using the Google TV remote, which is correctly linked to the Sonos soundbar.

The issue is that Google TV’s volume is already at maximum, so I have to increase the volume further in the Sonos app to get the TV sound loud enough. This works fine for TV and movies.

However, this causes a problem when I start playing music or radio directly from Sonos (Spotify, radio streams, etc.). The volume is then much too loud, and I often have to quickly lower it to avoid being startled. This is especially annoying when grouping rooms (for example, when music is already playing in another room and I add a room with a soundbar).

I’ve tested Volume Limit in the Sonos app, but that only makes the TV audio even quieter, which is the opposite of what I want. Ideally, TV audio should remain loud enough, while music and radio playback should start at a lower, safer volume level.

Is there any way to:

  • normalize or offset the volume between TV audio and music services, or

  • define different default volume levels for TV input versus music playback?

I’d appreciate any tips, settings, or best practices I might be missing.

Thanks in advance!

Best answer by Airgetlam

I’m not aware of a way to do the first. 

As for the second, I’d suggest you contact Sonos Support to discuss it.

When you speak directly to the Support staff, they have tools at their disposal that will allow them to give you advice specific to your network and Sonos system.

It’s odd, as I don’t have this issue at all, but then my setup is nothing close to yours. I find that there is some very slight volume changes between streams, but Sonos plays what it is handed, either by the TV set (in my case), the local stream settings (embedded in the mp3 tags), or the streaming company. Not something enough that I worry about it, and certainly not to the extent you’re experiencing. 

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Airgetlam
  • Airgetlam
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  • December 18, 2025

I’m not aware of a way to do the first. 

As for the second, I’d suggest you contact Sonos Support to discuss it.

When you speak directly to the Support staff, they have tools at their disposal that will allow them to give you advice specific to your network and Sonos system.

It’s odd, as I don’t have this issue at all, but then my setup is nothing close to yours. I find that there is some very slight volume changes between streams, but Sonos plays what it is handed, either by the TV set (in my case), the local stream settings (embedded in the mp3 tags), or the streaming company. Not something enough that I worry about it, and certainly not to the extent you’re experiencing. 

Bruce
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    • Jan Hodister
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    • December 22, 2025

    Thank you! I might do that!

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