Home theater

Hi, I have the arc,gen3 sub I'm thinking of getting the era 100's for surround sound.My room is oblong 17ft by 8ft my settee is up against the wall)17ft so my seating is 6ft away from sound bar and TV, the eras will be roughly a foot behind me, will I still achieve suround sound or am I too close to sound bar, in other words will the sound bar drown out the rears?

Hi everyone !i finally bite the bullet and got a sonos sound system. I ordered beam gen 2 first and in my 18 sq meter living room i was a tad underwhelmed. I read so much about it and also checked it myself in department store and i was waowed but… at home it felt a bjt underwhelming. Clarity was amazing but almost i can say it was rich enough. I got sub mini and that was a game changer. Dverything elevated! Sound was fuller and richer. I can genuinely hear the difference and felt what everyone was saying (sub mini will help beam to offload the low frequencies). anyway, after my long winded entrance….lets talk about surrounds. Era 100 s were next to order. They havent arrived yet but i am already regretting a bit my purchase since i feel like it wont be that different for a surround speaker compared to sonos one. I know there is an extra tweeter and mid woofer bigger etc. But… i wondered if i am gonna be still ok with a second hand cheaper sonos one for rear. thoughts? Anyone tried bot

I’ve a reasonable Sonos system consisting of various One’s Move, Playbase, Sub etc. I quite often do a full group play around the house while doing stuff. It’s not that often though I sit in from of my Mac and listen to music on one individual Beam. I had been aware though with YouTube that the sound of definitely around 70/30 to the left in pan. Made more aware of it this evening while listening to some actual music.  I’ve tried various sources, Mac via hardwired HDMI through a CALDigit TB3 Hub (normal setup)Tried airplay from my Mac, iPhone, iPad but all with the same pan issue. I do however have a second Beam connected to a TV in one of the bedrooms. Quick swap out and the issue persists.Double checked the stereo on the Playbase and that’s perfectly down the middle.  Any advice please?

just hot a sky glass tv, The sound plays ok through the Sonos system but I cannot control the volume, a quick Google seems to show this is a common issue. Just wondering if anyone has found a solution?The soundbar is connected to the tv via HDMI-arc 

My Sonic Beam occasionally cuts out, I have to power off by socket and restart.

I have an Arc and two Three for rear surrounds.Plan on add a Sub later on. I read on a non Sonos forum that it may be possible to add 2 5’s as left and right speaker at the front. Is this correct? Steve

I’ve recently bought a Samsung S90c tv which has been great. I have a Sonos Arc that is connected to eArc, set to pass-through. I stream through my AppleTV box. Everything works great until I watch something has Dolby Atmos available, which I then get no sound on. Netflix, AppleTV, Disney etc. any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you everyone 

Hi everyone, I recently acquired a Beam (gen 2) that is to be hooked up to a PC set-up as its speaker. I have a pair of Era 300s that I want to link to it as the rears. I bought the Beam to avoid the delay issues that the other Sonos line-in speakers experience, in the context of a gaming/AV use case. The Beam will be connected to my monitor via the HDMI 2.1 connection, with a HDMI 2.1-ready cable, and the monitor connected to the PC tower also via a HDMI 2.1 connection with a HDMI 2.1-ready cable. If relevant, I do have other Sonos products active in the property (2x One SLs, Sub and an Ethernet-connected Arc) - which are currently in their own group in the app. With this in mind, my questions were: 1. If I grouped the Beam + 300s in the Sonos app, would the 300s use the 'internal' group network created by the Beam and also share the same zero/near-zero latency the Beam would otherwise have if it was by itself? 2. Would there be any confounding issues if the Beam was connected to my r

Would using the Sonos HDMI ARC to optical Adapter plugged into Sonos Ray work using a PS5 / through a monitor connected to the PS5 without audio delay? I know that using speakers there's a 75ms delay, and using a Beam using HDMI would be fine, but the Ray is slightly cheaper and smaller form, so it would work better for my purposes.

i have a Sonos Beam Gen 2, currently i have it connected directly to my Sky Q box, is that the best connection or should i connect to my HDMI ARC ?

HelloI configured my isp tv box remote to work with my playbar, but both the volume +/- and channel +/- are controlling the volume, so when zapping I also make the volume go up and down. The channel +/- also control the volume in a weird way, so after some time I need to adjust it via the app.I have looked around the app and help, but  I can't find a way to remove or replace the remote other than disabling IV, but that also means I can't change the volume then.Can anyone help?Thank you

Enabling night sound with beam gen 2, 2 fives, sub mini causes a delayed distorted repeat of what the center channel is doing. Maybe it’s just me but I think if other people try it you’ll hear it too. It doesn’t happen when it’s turned off obviously and the surround settings is 0 for music and tv.

Hi All,Many posts of this issue, I brought a brand new ARC in December 2023 & the voice control (Alexa) randomly switches off, the work around works by disabling the button on the app but as others mention the sound control also stops I’ve contacted Sonos & they were willing to replace with a “Grade B” refurbishment which i was not happy with so contacted John Lewis who I purchased it from & they have replaced with brand new one.The new one arrived & exactly the same issue, anyone had theirs replaced & it works?

When are these people at Sonos going to listen to the literally thousands of people complain about the lack of dialogue with the Arc.It truly seems they don’t give a ****.Its all our problem in that we do t know what we’re talking about and our settings are incorrect!Id like to know how many people are actually happy with the Arc dialogue because it seems thousands arentI can’t do TruPlay as it continually says a speaker is missing even though you can clearly hear all speakers playing during the intitial sound test!Surely Sonos can make some type of dialogue adjustment in the App so it can be adjusted similar to bass and treble for example,  it no, we don’t have a clue hat we’re talking about.Please listen to your customers and fix the F…ing problem.Im truly over itModerator Note: Modified in accordance with the Community Code of Conduct.

Best option to set up:Samsung TV with ARC soundbar connected via HDMI ARC port. Amp in different closet 30’ away connected to 2 in ceiling speakers.  No option to get HDMI cable to back of TV to amp. There is 1 network connection at the back of TV that runs to closet where amp is located.  Customer wants his samsung remote to turn the volume + - the same for both the soundbar and amp speakers.  What would the best options be? Run an ARC converter over the cat6 to the amp? Or am I missing something here on the app set up side? 

We just managed to get the arc finally connected. Directions online don’t match….anyway, I really expected the sound to be much louder.  It’s up ¾ of the way!  Is there a setting we need to tweak?  Seems like it shouldn’t be.  TV is a smart Sony 85 inch - couple, three years old. Also does the light go off on it.  Is that normal?  

I have problem with my apps like Youtube on Sony a80j where the dialogue is lower and the other sounds like boms and music are higher. I have switched on the dialogue button on Sonos sorround (Beam gen 1 + 2 play1), and the settings are on Dolby Digital and connected with earc.Here are my settings: 

My Arc is flashing orange and white and not playing sound from the TV?

HiI've seen similar problems here but nothing exact, so hoping someone can help please.I have a Beam connected to my Samsung TV via HDMI ARC and two rear Sonos 1 as surrounds.Everything is fine except on terrestrial TV programs and their apps - so live TV for example on BBC, ITV and on iPlayer and ITV app - where the vocals come out distorted on the rear speakers. The speech is fine on the Beam but on the rears any background music is ok but vocals are crackly.The weird thing is on other apps like Netflix, the vocals just come out of Beam as expected and not on rears. I’m assuming it’s an encoding issue on terrestrial but it’s driving me mad! Any thoughts please? There’s not much I can do on TV sound settings except switch between PCM and Dolby Digital - both make no difference though. thanks

Case number 1.   TV samsung 75” is installed at the top of the wall , Near the ceiling.Sonos Ray bar is installed 15 cmts under Tv. With this conditions, the IR remote control, not work. Only when you are in front and at level of the bar with de remote in your hand.If you are sitting at the couch or lying on the bed, the IR remote control will not work, at any angle , even  if you are exactly at the front of  the bar .An IR remote control will not work with sound bar model RAY , if the SONOS bar RAY will instal at  high of 1.40 to 1.50 cmts of  rhe floor level . To fix this problem, you must to use an IR repeater and install IR “eye” in front of IR reciver Sonos Bar. with this solution, you will not have any problems to volume control of the Sound Bar.If the sound Bar Ray, is installed at 30 to 45 cmts fron the level floor, You will not have any problem with volume control.,  You can up or down de volume from any angle..

I have my living room set up with a Playbar, Sub, left and right surrounds Play 3. Often when I play a song it sounds like only the playbar has output and then maybe 30 sec later the sub comes in. I've dicconnected and reconnected it a few times. No change. 

My Sonos beam lost connectivity to Wi-Fi but connects on Ethernet. I have tried to factory reset, spent hours on the phone to the support team at Sonos and my internet provider and cannot get it to connect. I also noticed slight almost unnoticeable gaps in audio at the time WI Fi dropped. The only thing I can think to do next is try to connect on someone else’s WiFi or my phone as a hot spot on 5g Any ideas gratefully received 

I am able to get Dolby Atmos sound when watching shows on Apple TV+ and Disney+, but not when streaming from Amazon Prime Video or HBO Max. I am only getting Dolby Digital Plus (DD+) 5.1 with those two services, despite that the content has the Dolby Atmos badge under the title screen. My system is as follows:Surround sound: Sonos Beam (gen 2) paired with a sub mini and two Era 100s (as surrounds). This is plugged into the eARC hdmi port.TV: Sony Bravia - XR X90L (2023)Streaming Device: Apple TV 4k (3rd generation). This is plugged into  4k/120hz hdmi 2.1 port I’ve tried playing around with some audio setting on both the ATV and the TV, but so far, I can’t get HBO nor Amazon to play Atmos, yet Disney and Apple TV+ don’t have an issue. I will also say that I tested the native Amazon app on the Sony platform, and that also only gives DD+ 5.1. My Netflix subscription doesn’t support Atmos, so I can’t test that application. Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated.

I’ve been using Beam gen 1 with my Samsung Frame TV. No problems. HDMI and all other cables are in the wall.  I’m now replacing with a Beam gen 2 (so that I can use new Eras 300 set as surround).  Is there any reason the HDMI cable that I’ve been using successfully with Beam gen 1 would not work with the Beam 2?  When I connect the new Beam 2 using the existing cable, nothing works.  So I tried the HDMI cable that came with Beam 2, it works, but it will be too short to run behind with wall.Why would the HDMI cable work for Beam 1 and not Beam 2? And if I need to buy a new cable, (that’s long enough), do I just need to get HDMI 2.1 for it to work?Thanks in advance!k

Bonjour la communauté j aurais une question sur  les réglages thrueplay , j ai installé ma barre de son beam et mes 2 enceintes era 100 dans mon salon . Pour ne pas utiliser tous les système quand j écoute la musique j ai mis ma paire de era enregistré sur l appli sur pièce à vivre et ma beam sur salon , je voulais savoir si lorsque je les appairent pour faire un système surround je suis tous le tps obliger de refaire les réglages thrueplay il n y’a pas un solution. Pour garder le réglage actif quand je passe du mode surround au mode stéréo pour les era ?merci pour votre aide