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Home Theater Speaker Layouts

You can only add two surround speakers to a Sonos home theater setup. I would use the Era 300s as surrounds with the Arc and use the One SLs...
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Maximum amount of speakers supported in a surround sound setup for Home...

You can add up to two Subs (one must be a Gen 3) and two surround speakers to a Sonos home theater setup. So if you want to use the Era 300s...
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pair arc + sub to era 2-era 300’s

How do I pair the arc plus sub to two era 300s ?

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DougalfordContributor II
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samsung tv through amp using optical adapter not working

I had this set up, working previously, but no longer working when I transitioned back to listen to some Apple Music. I’m not sure how to get it working again. I have disabled, the speakers on the TV and it’s running through optical and I’ve gone to the settings on the Sonos amp and cut off the IR. Any other thoughts. 

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Multi-Source Setups: TV, Analog Input (turntable), and Streaming

Hello. I am totally new to Sonos. I want to run my TV sound, a Technics turntable with a built in pre-amp and also stream Spotify from my phone. I think I need the Sonos Amp because of the TV HDMI (ARC) connection needed. Is this correct? If I just want to forget the TV, can I plug the turntable into the Era 300 or Five speakers directly and then also stream? Thanks  

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GoldenlithoContributor I
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Family Room Dropping music.

My Arc, Sub and 300’s drop music while playing from Spotify. They are connected as surrounds for my TV. Surrounded works with TV. Only family room drops after listening to music for a while. 

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Dashore90807Contributor I
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Sonos Port Setup with samsung tv and samsung soundbar set

Hello all,I would like setup recommendations to have my room audio system which includes an samsung soundbar, samsung subwoofer and samsung rear speakers kit (used as passive speakers) connect to the sonos port. Which in turn will connect to my already setup sonos system which includes my sonos arc and sub gen 3. What would be the setup required including any lg tv or sonos app settings adjustments and additionaln sevices needed. Currently my samsung audio is connected as one to my lg tv and the sonos system acts separately in a different room. My current setup is lg tv connected to hdmi cable connected to soundbar connected to subwoofer that wireless connect to module that connects to two rear speakers via speaker wire.Devices- LG OLED55C9PUA TV- HW-Q80R Samsung Harman Kardon 5.1.2ch Soundbar with Dolby Atmos- Samsung Wireless rear speakers kit SWA-9100S- Samsung PS-WR75BB Black Wireless Subwoofer

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Kev9Contributor I
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remote control

Just bought a Sonos Ray soundbar. Despite the assurances of the John Lewis salesman that everything would work with my new Sony TV - I can’t get the remote control to work.  My TV remote isn’t IR and the Sonos has no HDMI input - so am I stuck with no remote control facility?  It would be clumsy but do Sonos make a simple remote control? Not convenient to have to log into my phone and app just to change volume level!

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PiethoaneContributor I
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strange noise surround speakers

Hi all,I’m using two Sonos One’s as surround speakers in combination with the Sonos Beam. I’ve had no issues before, but this week i heard some strange noise from those surround speakers. Espacially the talking sounds like echo/cracking. I’ve tried resetting both surround speakers which helped, but only for a few days..i’ve send data to Sonos: 576926472.thanks in advance.  

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Ccal3Contributor I
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Connection and factory reset

Have a new Sub Mini paired with a new Beam. Have old sub paired with old sound bar. Neither sub will pair with system. 2x long chat sessions with SONOS support. Have tried everything. Factory resets. Rebooting WiFi. Converting router to bridge mode. Hard wiring subs into Eero node while resetting and trying to pair. All I get when doing a factory reset is an alternating green and blue flashing LED. Never just green. System sees them and asks if I want to add. When I try, same error message every time, did not detect a button press. Please HELP. 

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DankeythemankeyContributor I
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Play 1 speakers wont stay connected to wifi

Hello. I’m sending this to see if I can get into connect with someone who can assist me in setting up my beam 1 to work on a surround system with two play 1’s. I’ve had it connected together before, but I just recently moved and for some reason the only one I can get to stay connected to the wifi is the beam 1. I’ve tried downgrading to S1 and multiple factory resets. I don’t know if this issue is a regular thing or if something might be wrong with one of the play 1’s, but any help is appreciated 

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TV sound all speakers disable

Hi,i have a house with multiple Sonos speakers on two different floors.  in the tv-room upstairs I have a Beam and two One, which creates a surround system for that room where I have a Samsung TV connected to them. The situation is, as soon as a switch on the tv to watch something on it, it takes the tv sound and sends it to all speakers in the whole house, and interrupts anyone else listening to any music etc in any other room.  I can then manually choose to unselect all the other speakers in the house from the tv-noise, but I’d rather have it so that when I switch the tv on, the sound, by default, is only sent to the speakers in the tv-room, and not the whole house. does that make sense? regards /Jonas   

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Asterix_007Contributor II
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Connect Sonos ARC to two sources?

(1) Sonos ARC connected via HDMI to Arc port of the TV => works great.(2) Second sound source, that I convert from Optical to HDMI using the Sonos Adapter. If I connect this via HDMI to Sonos ARC (and disconnect TV), it works great. Question => Is there a switch/splitter that I can control with a remote without having to switch the Sonos ARC cables in this setup? TV only supports ARC. I connected the second source to the TV, but the TV does not recognize it.

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GrizzlyGodFatherContributor I
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Choppy, helicopter like noise while gaming on PS5

This issue started earlier this year and seems to happen sporadically while playing games on the PS5. While playing games, my Sonos Arc will start making a choppy, helicopter like noise that’ll last for a minute or two, and then stop. This only happens while using my PS5, but didn’t occur when I first bought the soundbar. It’ll happen at random as well. I’ve changed the HDMI cables and are using new ones, unplugged and then plugged them back in, but the problem continues. Has anyone else had this issue? And any idea on what the problem could be and how to resolve it?

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Zed33040Contributor I
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no atmos

Hello…So I see alot of people having problems with sonos arc playing stereo pcm instead of atmos..I watched Batman yesterday with atmos displayed on app and now its saying stereo pcm on app. I haven’t changed any settings or done anything different so I know its set up correctly as far as tv settings..please help as just purchased arc for this ability. Thank you for any help you can provide.

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MarkTC415Contributor I
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connection issue

Hello, new to community.  I recently replaced/upgraded my xfinity WiFi router (XB7 dual band) and a new name and password.  When I attempt to connect my Playbar/sub to the WiFi network, the new network name comes up, but when I enter the password it says unable to connect.  Have tried power off/on reboot of playbar and router to no avail.  Appreciate Kate any help.

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MythicbeastAvid Contributor II
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very loud blast of sound when TV turne on

System: Arc, gen1 sub, 2 Play 1’s  77” LG OLED Sonos ver 15.10 On two occasions within the last week I have experienced an extremely loud, ear hurting/speaker damaging(?) blast of sound upon start-up from my Sonos system upon turning on my TV   I’ve also experienced, on random streams on live TV (Hulu) very garbled dialog, this just started recently as well  Any suggestions appreciated   

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ZkiiFreakAvid Contributor I
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PS5 + Beam volume (automatically adjusts itself)

Hi there Hope someone can shed some light on a strange issue I have.My setup:Beam connected via eARC to Samsung UE55B80 PS5 connected to Samsung UE55B80 via HDMI Setup for all set to Dolby / DTS (no PCM)Issue: every time I switch to the HDMI for the PS5, the volume on the Beam goes up. I even see the OSD on the Samsung indicating it turns up the volume. This doesn't happen on any other sources / apps on the Samsung.Any takes on where to change this setting? (Might be a default volume level on PS5, dunno) Thanks in advance

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TV setting on iPhone not playing on speakers

I have an iPhone 11 version iOS 17.12 with Sonos enabled. My problem is when I push the TV button to play on my Samsung Smart TV HD nothing comes out of the speakers.Des  

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PixelwebContributor I
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Sonos Playbar sound cutting in and out

Hi Alli just wanted to let you all know. For a long time my Sonos setup and especially the soundbar has been cutting out the audi at random with a 5-10 sec pause until the audio resumed. I have been troubleshooting everything and I was suspecting my wifi but just couldn’t find anything at all. I stumbled across another thread that explained that if you connect one of you Sonos devices with an ethernet cable all other devices will change how they connect - so I did….. I hard wired a Play1 in the basement and now my playbar in the upstairs living room is playing flawlessly…. Audio hasn’t dropped since!!! @Cory B you are the man!!!!! Thanks!I hope this helps anyone else experiencing this annoying issue Merry Christmas everyoneHo Ho Ho :-)Jeppe

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GDW11Contributor I
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Arc with Play 1 and Play 3

I’ve got an Arc with 2 Play1s as surrounds in our living room.  I’m wondering if I can add a single Play3 into the setup at the back of the room?Thanks

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YounghusbandContributor I
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using home theater away from home

I’m looking at running a small cinema club at a local hall near me. I’d like to take my Sonos home theatre there and run from my laptop.Will the Sonos system still sync together when used away from my home wifi? If so, would i still be able to do Spacial tuning for Atmos playback?  has anyone tried this?  Cheers 

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vigerxContributor I
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Mutiple Arcs, wired setup, Ones randomly disconnect

Hi Forum,I have a question about a recent setup change in my Sonos system and signal dropping issues when using SonosNet.My initial setup was as follows:Room L:One Arc Two Sonos One (surrounds) One Sonos SubRoom K:One Sonos OneThe Arc in Room L was wired and worked flawlessly, with no signal drops.I recently upgraded my system to:Room L:One Arc Two Era 300s (surrounds) One Sonos SubRoom K:One Sonos OneRoom B:One Arc Two Sonos One (surrounds) One Sonos SubInitially, I left the Arc in Room L wired. However, I noticed the Sonos Ones in Room B were disconnecting randomly. These are positioned across the wall from the Room L's Arc, approximately 20 inches away.When I removed the Ethernet cable from the Arc in Room L, everything started working correctly. The Sonos app shows excellent Wi-Fi signal for all devices.My system is now working as expected, but I'm curious about why the signal drops were occurring. I would expect SonosNet to provide better signal quality than Wi-Fi. Given the close

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cnelContributor I
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arc front channel pulses/comes in short waves

Brand new arc and sub setup yesterday.  Connected to formovie theater (also brand new) via arc3.  Sounds great, but during periods of any sustained front-channel sound that channel pulses like it comes in short, half-second waves. All the other sound is normal.  So eg for batman begins Nolan always has these long sustained notes in the background—all sound is perfect but that, front-channel note is pulsing in volume, like a wave of maybe ½ second from peak to peak.  Same thing watching football…the announcers and sound of the game are all fine, but when the crowd cheers, the cheers, and just that channel alone, pulse like that.   And by the way it is a significant pulse, not just a minor thing I’m picking up on, but significant enough to make it hard to hear the other sounds.  Hope that is a clear explanation, not something I’ve ever heard before so struggling to explain it in words! thanks for any input you can give.   

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DivineVisitorContributor I
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Projector Firestick Troubleshooting

Help me Sonos Community, your my only hope! I am having trouble setting up a Home Theatre at my dad's house and I'm needing some assistance. At my own home I'm having no issues. I have my Sonos Playbar (Original) hooked up to my TV via the Digital Optical Cable but when I want to use my Benq w1070 Projector with an Amazon Firestick plugged into the HDMI port I hook it the Projector up to my Sonos Port via RCA Audio Cable and feed the sound to the Sonos Playbar via Line-In on the Sonos App. I've attempted the same set up at my Dad's using his Sonos Beam and his Benq w1050 Projector with an Amazon Firestick plugged in to the HDMI port but it's not working. The sound instead continues to come through the Projectors internal Speaker. We managed to get it to work one evening but after turning off the system and coming back the next day the sound was back to coming through the Benq w1050's own internal speaker. How can I get this to work or is there a better way? Any help would be greatly ap

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DziadzContributor I
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5G connections

Our soundbar stopped picking up our 5G WiFi  

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selsrogContributor I
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TV seldom switches on

Hi allI have a very simple setup:Samsung UE65JS9500L Apple TV (Gen 4) Sonos ARCI typically only use the Apple TV remote to switch on and off my Apple TV and control it. I only use the Apple TV to watch things.Now, seldomly my TV switches on when I turn on the Apple TV. But, my TV *always* turns off when I turn of the Apple TV.So somewhere something is not correct. Any ideas?Thanks!

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