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Stanley_4
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Sonos Era 300 placement for surround

I’d say place the 300s for optimum TV sound and add a stereo pair positioned to work for sitting at the table, or a Five if you can’t find p...
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BJOutdoors
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Two independent systems

I have two SONOS systems. I would like to set them up to operate independently of each other. How do I do that?
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Arc Placement

Updated 9/14/23 to include Era 300’s as surrounds (which have upward firing drivers) that replaced Sonos One’s. All other information and gu...
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Joecable1Contributor I
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sonos arc with Sonos amp more than 40 feet apart

Hello, it is my understanding that this Sonos arc can be hardwired along with a Sonos amp, and then ceiling speakers for the rear. As long as everything is hardwired, is there an issue? I know if the arc and amp or wireless they have to be within 20 feet of each other? 

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Stanley_4
1 year ago
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CaverContributor II
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Will the ERA 100 worked paired (2 speakers) with the Amazon Firestick ?

I’d like to use two ERA 100 speakers paired for stereo as the primary output using an Amazon Firestick?  Will they work?

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melvimbe
1 year ago
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legedemaContributor II
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Connection issues

I do have a beam gen 2 , sub mini and 2 x Era100 which I use as surround.Lately I noticed that there are connection issues like  when watching a movie the sound is totally lost from all speakers for about a second and  continues like every minute which annoys me when watching a movie.Recently it went worse and sound stopped totally when watching movie on apple TV ( Netflix)  and never came back until I switched to TV then closed the TV and open again. This happened also a few times but I really don’t know the reason.My modem is in the same room with my setup, don’t think there is anything wrong with the wifi.Any of you facing same issues ?

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1 year ago
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AndreaEG6Contributor I
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Sonos Arc not connecting to system

Hello everyone, I’ve recently bought an Arc and I couldn’t wait to add it to my system to replace my Beam Gen 2 which is currently paired to my Sub Gen 3 and a pair of Ones as surrounds which will be soon replaced by a pair of Era 300. My Beam and Sub are connected to the router (a 5 port hub actually) by ethernet while my Ones on Wi-Fi and everything works fine, I even have a pair of SYMFONISK in my bedroom connected on Wi-Fi. I’ve spent an entire evening trying to connect the Arc to my system but I couldn’t get it to work, I’ve tried everyting in my knowledge but nothing happened: tried several times to factory reset the Arc, tried to reboot the router, tried to connect on Wi-Fi and then by ethernet but nothing changes: I always get this type of errors (I translate from italian so I don’t know if the translation is accurate with the actual message with the app set to english):  Connection to Sonos Arc was interrupted. Get your mobile device closer and make sure Sonos Arc is switched

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1 year ago
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diogor3Contributor I
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Beam gen 2 sound quality after 15.5 version update

Hello. The sound of my beam gen 2 with sub mini became quieter and got worse in overall quality after 15.5 version update. The sub mini looks like it got less powerful too. Did it happen to anyone else? I tried trueplay again and reset to factory settings but it didnt help.

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Jamie A
1 year ago
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AlkemistContributor I
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Intermittent Sound cut on the Xs in surround of a Y

Problem:It's been several months since I've been able to use the Sonos Play:1 speakers (WIFI) in surround with my Sonos Beam (RJ45), when I play music on them, every x minutes or tens of minutes there are sound cuts on one of the Play:1s, as if I was running out of network.If I use them independently there's no problem, I've tried several times to disconnect/reconnect, reset, but each time it's the same problem.I've also tried maximizing the group audio offset, but nothing (then it's not so much an offset, it's outright cuts).There's clearly a problem with communication between the speakers.Apart from the surround (which allows you to have a single "device" playing the music), the "group" functionality is really not optimized, each time having to reset the sound to the same level, having to reselect the speakers to play the music, ...Solution:By switching my Beam to WIFI, the problem no longer seems to occur, I don't understand what could have changed, I've neither changed my router no

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1 year ago
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stevekedroContributor II
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Very strange network issue with my Arc!

Attention Sonos Community,I'm in need of some serious assistance, and I'm hoping you can help me out with my predicament. Here's the situation:I recently received the Roam as a Father's Day gift, and I've been enjoying playing music through both my home theater setup (Arc + 2 Ones) and the Roam simultaneously. However, I encountered a major issue today that has left me scratching my head.After briefly streaming music through AirPlay to both my home theater and the Roam, I noticed that my home theater stopped playing audio, while the Roam continued to function normally. I attempted to reconnect my home theater via AirPlay, but to my dismay, I received a vague error message on my iPhone.In my desperation to find a solution, I went through an extensive troubleshooting process, including multiple router resets, reaching out to customer support, and even unplugging and reconnecting the Arc. Unfortunately, nothing seemed to work, and I eventually resorted to performing a factory reset. Howev

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buzz
1 year ago
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Morlock1943Contributor I
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My TV does not support Atmos - but the Sonos Arc does - how do I get Atmos in everyday use?

I have Earc hdmi om both Sonos Arc and TV, but no Atmos support on TV. How do I get Atmos? The newest “Chromecast HD” support Atmos - Can I somehow connect it, to solve the problem? (do I need the HDFury or VAX04101A to fix the problem)? I need help from the experts :-)

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1 year ago
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Iki ZamriContributor I
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Sonos speaker no sound when i connect ethernet cable. Only wifi works.

I have setup my playbase & sub via wifi. Works perfectly.  but when i plugged in ethernet cable to either one of them, they suddenly stopped working & sonos app cant find them. I am using a mesh network. TP-link Deco, connected to a switch(unmanaged), then to the playbase/sub.Any help? 

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1 year ago
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Dan55Contributor I
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15.5 low volume beam gen 2

Just updated to 15.5 firmware update and noticed less volume from beam gen 2. Has anyone else noticed this issue?

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1 year ago
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AdrianssnContributor I
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Sonos beam gen 2 pair with 1 Era 300

Hi,The standard theatre setup is to pair beam gen2 with a pair of era 300, I wonder to pair the beam gen2 with 1 era 300, would this enhance the Atmos audio or it just have to be one beam gen 2 with 2 rear Era 300? Thanks

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1 year ago
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Maximus122Contributor I
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Era 100 surround Sound / Pioneer DJ Aux

hi I have the era 100 both of them set up as a surround sound sound with the arc and a sub. The reason I bought the area 100 is so I can plug in my Dj mixer using the auxiliary input with the adapter. So far no luck when I try to play my Dj mixer into Era 100. Sonos support told me I need to buy the specific Sonos line usb c adapter from their site for this to work. Is this true? or would I not be able to play because it’s already part of the surround system? 

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controlav
1 year ago
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babag21Contributor I
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Soundbar and two Ones do not join the same room

I have one Sonos Soundbar and two Sonos Ones (G2) that simply do not want to be part of the same room. Two Ones were set up as Living Room and play nicely. When I try to add Soundbar it is always created as a separate “Living Room 2”. I can group them as two separate rooms to play the same music, but if I try to tune them they get tuned independently as two separate rooms.Any way to make all three speakers part of the same room as the same setup? 

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1 year ago
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MartinAlvisContributor I
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5:1 Surround not working with Arc + Era300

I’m reasonably new to Sonos products…I have had a Sonos Arc for about a week. It’s connected via HDMI to my LG OLED TV. Settings on the TV are to use eARC, passthrough and Dolby Digital Plus codec.Yesterday I recevied x2 Era 300s that I want to use a rear surround speakers. I’ve added these to the Arc home cinema systemHave tried Dolby Atmos sound by watching something on Netflix. Sound is definitely coming from the Era 300’s. It’s a little quiet but think I can change that in the app. in the app the Arc Home Theatre set-up also shows its receiving a Dolby Atmos signal.Moving onto non-Atmos; I’ve tried a few different videos using 5:1 surround sound. Not a peep is coming from the Era 300;s. I’ve checked the app and can see the Arc is receiving a 5:1 signal but only seems to be playing this via the Arc and not using the Era 300s.I have no idea where I’m going wrong!In an ideal world I’d also be able to use the Era 300s to output audio when playing 2:0 or PCM content but wouldnt want to

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106rallye
1 year ago
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jonny_chanookContributor I
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Disney+ inconsistent with beam gen 2 + surround + Hisense TV

I have a Beam Gen 2 plus 2 Sonos Ones as surround sound for my Hisense TV. All streaming services work fine (Netflix, iPlayer, 4onDemand etc) however Disney+ does not work perfectly. Every now and then it drops out for a millisecond. When checking with Sonos support they ran a few checks and said the speaker network was dropping quite regularly, but weirdly this only seems to be on Disney+. Annoyingly there's no way to reinstall the app on the TV, so not really sure what else to try. Disney+ did work perfectly for about 3 months or so.Any thoughts?

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1 year ago
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FlybyNightContributor I
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Playing Music through Sonos app vs TV

I have a 5.2 set up with the arc, two subs (gen 3), and two era 300s as surrounds. When I play music (Spotify) through my TV, I am hearing a lot more sound from the Arc and subs, but not as much from the surrounds. When I play music (Spotify) through the sonos app, the surrounds are much more pronounced and the subs/arc is less pronounced. It seems that my EQ and Surround settings are the same… Is their something I am missing?

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bgbrownContributor I
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First Sonos System

Hello all!This is first time posting and first Sonos system.  I am in the process of finishing out my basement and creating a theater room.  I currently have an ARC, 2 subs, 2 in wall speakers, 2 in ceiling speakers and 2 amps.  The plan is mount the ARC under the TV with the 2 in wall speakers on each side of the TV and use the ceilings as rears. First question -  Will the above set up even work? Second question - Can I add another pair of in ceiling speakers (with another amp I’m guessing) and create a left and right pair for the rears? Third question - Is there a better way to do this? lol Thanks! 

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Stanley_4
1 year ago
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mmfwContributor I
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Beam and Amp, how to separate Amp to just play music on hardwired speakers?

I just added a Beam to our tv, we were listening to the TV via the amp and the hardwired ceiling speakers. Now the setup runs through the Beam and that works fine as I added the Amp speakers as surrounds. So far all is well with the tv sound. I would also like to play music and when I tried it it played through the Beam with no ceiling speaker sound which is not what I want. How do I play the amp speakers on their own without the Beam? I have looked through all the settings and can’t seem to find my way.  

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R o bContributor I
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era 100

Hi I have a Beam gen 2 and a Era100 but the era keeps loosing connection with the beam , no cables involved. All in the same room.any ideas please wifi in the house is good .

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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DwarrelpootTrending Lyricist I
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Dealing with dips peaks and nulls

So I did the sub crawl with the sub gen 3 and found the best spot I could find. While doing initial measurements it seemed quite flat, but now a day later, I remeasured and there's a lot of dips.I use a beam gen 2, 2 one SL's as surrounds and the sub gen 3.Blue is with trueplay and orange is without. After trueplay the 30hz was on par with 50 and 60 and I didn't have the dip between 50 and 70.Without trueplay 30hz rattles the doors and is painful to the ears anywhere but the couch (it's probably in a null or something).Any tips to get this to be a bit better? 

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1 year ago
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AndersBergstromContributor I
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Beam Losing Connection to Samsung TV/ Apple TV

My home theater isn’t holding a connection to the TV. My TV keeps defaulting to TV Speakers rather than HDMI/Receiver speakers. Beam work via Airplay but is not optimal at all.   

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Ken_Griffiths
1 year ago
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gcwebbyukContributor I
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Sonos Arc mic not sensitive enough

We have had a Sonos Move in our living room for a few years, and find it responds pretty well to the Alexa wake word - sometimes we have to mute the TV or speak up a little, but it’s rare.We have recently bought an Arc, and inherited a couple of Ones to use as rear surrounds.The Arc is the same distance away from the sofa as the Move (4-5 metres), yet it really struggles to pick up the Alexa wake word.  We are having to shout to get it to wait, and then usually having to repeat what we want as it doesn’t hear us.  The Ones are about 1.5-2 metres away from the sofa, and we thought maybe we could use them for voice controls.  However, it seems as soon as they are added as surrounds, they have their mics disabled (making them pretty much One SLs).Short of buying an Echo Flex to purely use for voice control (and somehow getting it to use the Sonos for all output), is there anything I can do to make the system hear us?Shouting at the TV is not ideal really...

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Ken_Griffiths
1 year ago
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Bonbon99Contributor I
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Era300 as a single surround speaker to pair with an Arc

Just wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to use a single Era 300 as a surround speaker for an Arc playbar? thanks very much in advance

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1 year ago
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Bonbon99Contributor I
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Installation of the Arc + Sub + 2 x Era 300 as a home theatre / music room

I'm just building a house at the moment and planning a home theatre room with new Sonos gear - Arc, sub and 2 Era 300s . On the installation front, I’ve been reading reviews this morning and one indicated a need for ethernet cable connections to fix a lag between the Arc and the Era 300s and sub (https://cybershack.com.au/reviews/sonos-era-300-as-rears-to-the-sonos-arc-superb-dolby-atmos-7-1-4-review/?unapproved=60193&moderation-hash=9d98285680f738e006005efc5e7695f2#comment-60193).The Arc will be connected to the TV with an eArc HDMI cable. The TV will be connected to the router with an ethernet cable. I wasn't planning on connecting any of the 4 Sonos speakers via ethernet, instead I was planning on just relying on wifi connection (as I have for all my current existing and past Sonos gear). Based on the review above, that could be a problem. Do others agree and, if so, should I provision an ethernet cable back to the main router, or is there some way of directly connecting the Arc

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Corry P
1 year ago
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MBSHORAKAContributor I
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Should I add the ERA 300 to my current system?

Hello to the sonos community. I currently own a sonos arc, a sub, which are both placed by the TV and I own 2 sonos ones used as my rear speakers. I was thinking of adding 2 era 300 to my collection but had two questions. I live in a loft and currently the entertainment system is under a ~20ft ceiling, but the loft itself is not big (~1000sq.ft total). First, would it make sense of adding the speakers, given the size of my apartment and possible noise complaints from neighbors (currently not had a single complaint). And my second question is should I use the ERA300 speakers as rear speakers or front speakers? I do not want to replace the sonos ones with the ERA, but keep both.

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