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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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olskiContributor I
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TV audio occasionally cutting out, skipping and popping sounds

Hi! I have an Arc and 2 Ikea speaks as surrounds.The setup works brilliantly aside from this issue of the TV audio cutting out for a split second randomly (but frequently), or skipping or popping. It's almost like packet loss on a HDMI connection!I’ve scoured through the various topics and this seems to rear its head quite a lot but the solution is a bit of a mystery so hoping for some individual help.For context the Arc is connected to a 2017 Samsung TV via HDMI.Thanks!

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Airgetlam
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SusanH91Contributor I
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volume goes up on sonos after tv turned off then on

I have a Sonos arc attached by hdmi cable to a Samsung tv. I lower the volume on Sonos before turning off the tv and when I turn the tv back on the volume is significantly higher than when I turned it off.. any suggestions?

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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pbchadContributor I
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setting up just 1 sonos SL one with Beam

I saw that I can setup surround with SL One with Beam, but with two speakers...not one.I can tied them together or via the play/pause button, but Id rather have them auto connected.Is it possible to setup both as speakers for my tv?

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106rallye
1 year ago
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Mark R.Contributor I
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Samsung QE55QN85B not working with Sonos Beam Gen2

Bought a Samsung QE55QN85B 4 weeks ago and connected to a Sonos Beam Gen2 bought on 6 Aug. Both devices have the latest updates. HDMI cable supplied with Sonos is ok and connected to HDMI eARC. No issues streaming to Sonos from iPhone but sound from TV drops. Have tried every combination of switching off and restarting TV/Sonos, have gone through every set up option on TV. Tv shows output to Sonos Beam. Sonos app shows it thinks it’s connected to the TV and adjusting volume on TV shows same adjustments on Sonos app. However there is no sound from the Beam. Best I’ve achieved is to get sound from You Tube on TV but as soon as I changed to Disney+ sound was jittery and then stopped altogether. Have phoned John Lewis for technical support for the TV, reset the TV and redone the connections. For about 3 minutes had sound from the Beam but then stopped. John Lewis are now exchanging the TV as we are assuming it’s a fault with the TV. However I will post again if the issue is not resolved wh

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106rallye
1 year ago
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wnschoenContributor I
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Ray and Sony XBR-48A9S Optical Work Around

Is there any work around or additional product to get the Sony XBR-48A9S Remote (it is NOT an IR remote) to control volume on Sonos Ray?

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1 year ago
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Henkew123Contributor I
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surround speakers deactivating

Hi, I have an issue where the speakers in the back and the sub gets deactivated by them selfs almost every day i my home theater set up. This is always at the first use of the day and never in the middle of playing a sound.Is this normal? I always have to activate them manually in the app. When I get home they are blinking slowly with green.I use the arc, sub gen 3 and 2 of the one sl.

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Ken_Griffiths
1 year ago
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coinhunterContributor I
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Trueplay Tuning with odd space

Hi, I just got my Sonos Arc (without sub). I was wondering how to tune Trueplay if you have 3 corner walls only. So my wall looks like:Front: where the tv is and the window at the backLeft: Concrete side wall with the couchBack: Couch with a wall (this is where I sit to watch)Right: Open spaceShould I tune on three walls or also do some tuning on the right side even though it is open space? 

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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Rbh314Contributor I
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connecting ray to amp

I recently added a ray to my living room Tv. I already four speakers wired to a sonos amp in this room. I am trying to add the existing speakers to the ray to create surround. The online setup runs as it should but the connection fails every time and erases the amp from my system. The result is I have to restart the amp and I don’t get the surround sound desired.  Am I missing something?  I can pair the speakers, but since they aren’t truly setup as surround they just echo, it isn’t the desired outcome. Please help. 

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jay houseAvid Contributor II
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Sound dropouts on Beam gen 2 using game consoles

Setup islg C1 oled 55beam gen 2apple tvnintendo switchps5sound set to pass through on tvearc turned on The setup works perfectly with live tv, tv built in apps streaming and anything played via the Apple TV. But, 1 second audio dropouts occur whilst using either the Nintendo or the PlayStation. The dropouts occur every minute or so for 1 second.  I’ve tried turning everything off and back on etc and disconnecting all devices except one of the consoles and the beam but the issue remains. Any help greatly appreciated, a bit gutted spending all that money for something I can’t use whilst playing games. 

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1 year ago
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markingContributor II
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Volume scale on AppleTV via Sonos Arc not displaying

Volume scale on AppleTV via Sonos Arc not displaying

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Airgetlam
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Henryv99Contributor I
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Connect a RCA analog to digital converter to Ray

I am connecting an Audio Technica Turntable to my Sonos system using a Sonos Ray, using an analogue to digital converter and connecting this to the Ray bar. The Ray will not detect the optical signal from the converter. I have tested it by connecting it to the optical input on my Denon Amp and it works perfectly but the Ray will not detect it? If I connect an optical cable from the DVD player to the Ray it works but it will not work with the signal from the optical signal from analog to digital converter?

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ratty
1 year ago
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clembaudContributor I
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Problème connexion Sonos Arc / Apple TV / Videoprojecteur

Bonjour, J’ai acquis une Sonos Arc mais je rencontre un problème pour la relier.  En effet, je souhaiterais connecter la Sonos Arc à mon Apple TV 4K et à mon Videoprojecteur (Epson EH-TW5400). Sauf que l’Apple TV n’a qu’un port HDMI et le videoprojecteur en a deux distincts. Comment faire pour relier l’ensemble et faire en sorte que cela fonctionne ?  Merci d’avance de votre aide ! 

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sjimbobContributor II
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Sonos Beam (gen 2) surround with One's does not show Dolby Atmos

Hi there,Recentely I bought the Sonos Beam gen 2 soundbar for my LG C1 tv. I connected it with a HDMI ARC cable and I made it surround with my two SonoS one's. The moment I wanted to experience the Dolby Atmos, I figured Netflix is only showing me Dolby Vision and no Dolby Atmos. The moment I unplug the soundbar Netflix is showing Dolby Atmos (since my tv supports this). I wonder if I am doing something wrong, but I thought Netflix would show me Atmos with this setup. Can somebody help me with this or explain why this isn't working?   If you need any more information, let me know!Thank you in advance!

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Corry P
1 year ago
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sjimbobContributor II
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SonoS Beam gen 2 with two rear speakers (SonoS one) displays no Dolby Atmos on Netflix

Hi there,Recentely I bought the Sonos Beam gen 2 soundbar for my LG C1 tv. I connected it with a HDMI ARC cable and I made it surround with my two SonoS one's. The moment I wanted to experience the Dolby Atmos, I figured Netflix is only showing me Dolby Vision and no Dolby Atmos. The moment I unplug the soundbar Netflix is showing Dolby Atmos (since my tv supports this). I wonder if I am doing something wrong, but I thought Netflix would show me Atmos with this setup. Can somebody help me with this or explain why this isn't working? If you need any more information, let me know!Thank you in advance!

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1 year ago
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marc007Contributor I
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Firestick and Arc

I have a Sumsung tv and firestick pluged into on of the HDMI ports. I just bought an Arc and set it up and plugged it into the HDMI ARC port and the firestick is not working now at all, no on/off, no sound no anything. It was working fine witha samsung sound bar and optical. I can use the samung apps built into TV and the sound works fine though the ARC sound bar just nothing with the firestick. Help haha

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jgatie
1 year ago
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rony2005Contributor I
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A Sonos speaker is added to arc just for voice enhancement.

I have speech enhancement turned on with the arc, but I'm still trying to find out how to hear dialogue better. Is it possible to have a Sonos one SL or another less expensive speaker configured to exclusively play voices?Has anyone else ever experienced the arc with only one back speaker? In that case, how did that sound?

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Mr. T
1 year ago
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Blesson92Contributor I
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sonos is not shuffling apple music library

My sonos app is no longer shuffling my apple music library. This needs to be fixed asap. I have around 1000 songs in my library. I have had sonos for over 5 years and I have used sonos for music everyday. I use it with my Samsung galaxy s10+. Not being able to shuffle music is a deal breaker so if this doesn't get fixed, I will be looking into other sound systems. 

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controlav
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KAL71Contributor I
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Sonos Beam no longer connects to Sony Bravia TV - New Post

Hi, I made the original post below about 4mo ago. I was given the below solution in blue. I tried the solution & it didn’t work. I’ve been looking for the original Sonos HDMI cable, which I can’t find. I came back to this & tried again. I even did a Android software update to see if that would fix this. Nothing seems to work I followed the instructions exactly & the TV recognized the Sonos. My Sonos app, when I did TV Setup, said I was all set & connected to the TV. The Sonos device made a sound, but there simply is not TV audio coming through my Sonos. When i increase volume, the Sonos lights up but teh TV does not show any volume increase. This is so bizarre, because when I purchsed the Sonos & connected to TV 1st time everything worked perfectly & Sonos gave TV sound for about a year. Then just stopped. Nothing I do solves this. Sonos works fine for music on the Sonos speaker network. Can someone PLEASE help. Is this a Sonos problem or Sony problem??Original

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SkinnerupHQContributor I
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Beam (Gen 2) on 5GHz wifi doesn't seem to work

I can’t seem to get my Beam (Gen 2) to connect to my wifi using 5GHz. Although the specs say it supports 5GHz that doesn’t seem to be the case (at least not for me).If I disable the 2.4GHz band on my SSID the Beam won’t connect at all. Using both 2.4GHz and 5GHz will allow it to connect. But as can be seen from the network controller (below)… only using 2.4GHz.But why?What is the trick here?As you can see my other Sonos speakers have no problem using 5GHz and the Beam is the newest of them all??!The reason this annoys me is because the Beam is the ONLY device on my network that requires 2.4GHz. So if it worked as I was expecting I could disable the 2.4GHz all together. Any good ideas as to how I can fix this? Or is it simply “not fixable”? Thanks :-)

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bhagon1979Contributor I
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TV issues

I am hoping someone can help. We have Sonos, a Beam (with TV plugged in via ARC), an amp (with turntable), an old Play 3 and a Roam.I am having real problems connecting the TV to the system. I can get it to play through the Beam, but not the other speakers, which was my hack for a surround sound type TV watching experience.This is a recent problem, and I've done the basics (all updates, unplug from power, unplug ARC, etc.) and still doesn't work.Sometimes the other speakers show up in my controller (sometimes they do not), and even if I crank the volume on the amp and the play 3, no sound comes out.I do find this constant connection issues frustrating with Sonos.Side note: primarily my wife uses the Beam voice controlled with Alexa, not sure if that is related or not.Any advice warmly appreciated.

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Airgetlam
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BigDubRobContributor I
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beam not connecting to Sonos App

Hi There I bought a new Sonos Beam. It connected initially to the Sonos app on iOS. It then just disappeared and now it won’t reconnect and cannot be found. I have unplugged the Ethernet, HDMI and tried resetting the system but nothing. It works with TV via the HDMI but isn’t registering on the Sonos app. Help! 

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Corry P
1 year ago
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Lio69Contributor I
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craquelures sur sonos Beam

Bonjour ma sonos Beam a des craquelures sur le dessus au niveau de la jonction tissus et plastiques est ce normal ?cdt 

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ThefatpandadContributor I
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sanus arc tv mount with su wl855 mount install

Having a bit of trouble making sense of how to install this with that wall mount and could use some help. My tv is on the ground and I realize that the sanus arc tv mount has to go on the bottom holes before I mount the tv. The problem is the mount backer thing is only on the top and based on the su-wl855 instructions after I lift the tv and hook it into the mount, then I put the screws from that wall piece into the bottom holes of the tv. Am I wrong to then assume that I will need 3 people to install the tv? As I will have to put the back piece of the su wl855 first then have the 3rd person screw into the wall bracket while 2 people hold it up? Thanks a lot. also a bit confused on whether or not to use the spacer. manual here for reference https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/res/manuals/5004/453320bc03e41c49f8852fb982b51207/50040731M.pdf

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WilllawrenceContributor I
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Play 1 pair wont connect to beam and One SL wont

I have a beam, sub and One SLs setup as surround in my living room. I recently bought two used Play 1’s and it won’t connect as surround. It recognized them but will not connect toy current setup. How do I get them to pair into my existing surround setup?  

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babyarcosContributor I
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Phillips TV does not have HDMI ARC or Optical ports

HELPJust bought Sonos Beam for my Phillips TV 46PFL3706/F7Tv does not have HDMI ARC or Optical portsHow do I connect ? 

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106rallye
1 year ago
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