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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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PlayBar + S2 = Frustrating Mess

Recently moved.PlayBar was wired previously.Ok, things are wonky. The PlayBar is no longer associated with my account? What?Ok, let’s just do a factory reset and start fresh.Both phone and PlayBar connected to the same network (PlayBar wired).Can’t find it. Can’t find it. Can’t find it. Can’t find it. Can’t find it. Can’t find it. Ok, restart phone. Restart router. Unplug PB, replug.Found it! Great, let’s set up wifi!Cannot set up wifi while plugged in to Ethernet. Well, that’s pretty dumb, but Ok. Get to unplug step. It’s unplugged.Let’s connect to SONOS local network.Hold the play + - buttons until it blinks amber.IT NEVER EVER BLINKS AMBER.It will blink whitish blue, but never amber.Ok, let’s reset everything and start from fresh.Finally, after trying ten times it blinks amber and the app says:Let’s reconnect your mobile devices...SONOS. (PB is solid amber now)Great!Press Continue!Connecting to your Playbar…Your mobile device couldn’t connect to your PlayBar. Move closer and make su

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JonjamesContributor II
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sonos arc dolby atmos

Hello, I have sonos arc bass and 2 ones , perfect 5.1 .i have recently sorted atmos via the arcana but to be honest can’t see any difference (hear)my arc is below the tv and sticks out so the sound can travel upwardswhats the best settings on the app please maybe I’ve got those wrong?cheers jon

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spiritedawayContributor I
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Beam Gen 2 only passing through volume commands from remote

I have a Beam Gen 2 connected to a Roku TCL TV. The Beam blocks the IR sensor of the TV. I followed the instructions for “Remote Control Setup”, but the TV only responds to the volume up / down / mute commands from the remote. The TV does not respond to play / pause / menu toggles.What do I need to do for the Beam to pass through these other commands?I’m hoping for a solution other than “raise the TV”, which is what I’ll do if nothing else works. Thanks!References: 

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tuwoodContributor I
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Issues with Sonos Beam, Sub, Amp (surrounds) with Amp in basement utility room

We just built our dream house and I pre-wired two in wall speakers in our great room with an amp in the basement utility room.  I successfully set up the Beam and Sub combo in our great room and they work fine over wifi, but when I tried adding the amp as a rear surround the app kept failing with the error message “Surrounds couldn't be added. Choose an unused Sonos Amp in Settings > System to finish setup.”After multiple attempts i found several discussions saying the amp had to be physically near by the beam for surround (news to me) so i brought it up into the great room to test and sure enough it came right up and the app paired it as a rear surround.  I took it back downstairs and sure enough it fell back off with ?+? for the rear surrounds.  I found some more discussions that said to wire the beam and amp to ethernet if i needed to have greater distance.  I did have an ethernet available by the beam so plugged it in to test and plugged in the amp and sure enough they popped ri

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AndysbigredsledContributor I
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you tube tv

I want to play you tube tv audio into sonos port to send throughout my house. 

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toyboyChromatic Producer II
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Will the ERA 300 Wall Mount Swivel Vertically

Most of the questions I see posted are about where to mount the wall mounts. What I would like to know now that I have the speakers level horizontally is there a way to adjust them vertically? In other words they appear to sag where the front is lower than the rear? By the way the Dolby Atmos is absolutely mind blowing!

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UmmagummaTrending Lyricist II
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optical adapter too big

I have a New Qled Samsung TV and have purchased a Sonos Beam Gen 2 and a Sub Mini, all great but I’ve been having a issues with the Sonos disconnecting and reverting the TV back to TV speaker.I also have a 4K Amazon Firestick and suspicious it is this causing the conflict.The Sonos is connected to the HDMI - e Arc (3) and the Firestick is connected to HDMI 2.I’ve read that others on here have had this or similar problems and disabled CEC on the Amazon Firestick, I’ve done this now and hope it cures it.I did try the supplied Optical to HDMI cable as an alternative connection but the body seems to be a bit too big to connect it correctly to the TV and couldn’t get it to work.Any help with this would be much appreciated. 

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marc1200Contributor I
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playbar not powering on, blown regulator TPS54226, Replace does not fix it

Hello, I have an sonos playbar which do not power on, i saw this topic:i checked the mainboard inside and it has the same blown chip as on the photo's on the forum.So i replaced it, and turn it on again but the same chip blow again.Do someone know what the problem is?

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llcooldon2024Contributor I
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Arc, 2 subs, 4 era 300

Have seen a video from Not Enough Tech, regarding using 2 era 300 as surrounds and 2 era 300 as a stereo pair, along with arc and 2 subs. What do you think of his setup?

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christopher.murgatroydAvid Contributor I
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Home cinema set up advice

Any advice or help gratefully received! TIA!I’ve had a Playbar and 2 Play1 speakers for about 10 years which have served me well. However, space wise I need to move the Playbar out to create more room. The question is, should I get the Ray (much smaller for a compact room) with 2 Era 100 speakers, just the Era speakers and connect them via Bluetooth from my smart TV (Samsung) or just the Ray and use it with the 2 Play 1 speakers? Thank you!

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AnastassoulisContributor I
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Atmos sound stops for a few seconds and resumes only on consoles.

I have a Samsung Q950 tv with a dedicated eARC HDMI.My tv apps like Netflix and Disney+ detect that I have Atmos supported hardware and when I play something, it works flawlessly.On my consoles like the Xbox Series X and PS5, the sound in game stops for a sec and then resumes.I do have to clarify that on my Xbox I have the Dolby Atmos app installed and on my PS5 I have the latest update that finally supports Atmos.Maybe it’s a setting I have to change on the tv or on my consoles but I’m not proficient enough with every option (or the best).Any advise is MUCH appreciated, have such an expensive setup, and this is annoying.

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cinek2Avid Contributor I
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sonos play 1 5.1 dropping out

after the latest update to 15.8 my rear play 1s seem to be dropping out and it changes the whole sound profile. The sound gets super flat and its very noticable when they come back. It happens fairly often. I had issues upating them to 15.8 while everything else updated fine. The sonos app would error a few times but eventually showed no updates available. Any ideas how I can fix his?setup: sonos playbase, sub, play1s connected to wifi

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Ted MaulAvid Contributor I
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Can't get Dolby Atmos from blu-ray player to Beam Gen 2

I’ve got a Beam Gen 2 with a pair of Play 1’s for surround, using a Samsung QE49Q60 TV. Dolby Atmos works just fine via streaming services (ie ‘Rings of Power’ on Amazon) and sounds great. When I check the Sonos app on my phone, I can see that the soundtrack is playing in Atmos.Problem is, I can’t get Atmos out of either of my available blu-ray players. The one I use for this setup is a Samsung UBD-K8500. 5:1 works just fine, but playing, for instance, the 4K disc of ‘Dune’, the Dolby Atmos soundtrack only comes out as 5:1.Checking the sound settings on the TV, the ‘Dolby Digital+’ option is greyed out.I tested with our living room blu ray player - a Panasonic DMP UB900, and things were even more disappointing. Various changes to the settings got me no further than a stereo output for pretty much any disc I tried - and in every case the only option in the TV’s sound setting was to output for PCM.The Beam is connected to the eArc input on the TV, the players via HDMI to the TV.Looking o

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RobinsonGContributor I
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amp and arc surround

I have an arc in the main room and ceiling speakers in the same room. The amp for those speakers is in a rack in the basement. Can I make the amp surrounds if the amp is not line of site to the arc? 

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Cocode mContributor II
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paire era 300+era 100

bonjour pour une question de budget est il possible d’associer une era 100 en surround à une era 300 que je possède avec une barre beam 2 peut être aurais je du acheter 2 era 100 à la place d’une era 300merci

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australiantobyContributor I
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Dolby Atmos not working hisense U8HAU

Hi all, I’ve just purchased a Hisense 65U8HAU TV which supports Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision. I am pairing this with my Beam Gen 2.  When playing audio from the TV to the sound bar, my app says Dolby Digital Plus 5.1, rather than Dolby Atmos.  I have done some googling and all of the advice online refers me to the TV’s sound settings, which are completely different on the Australian model compared to the USA model. The sound settings I can adjust say that the audio enhancement is Dolby Atmos. The sound bar is connected through the ARC, and the TV is up to date.When accessing Netflix and Disney+, it also says the maximum audio quality is 5.1.Any advice would be appreciated.

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Andrew 222019Contributor I
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audio syncing

Hi, I've a modern Samsung frame TV and currently the audio goes through two Sonos era 100s. Occasionally there is a lip sync delay. Can this be rectified? Would a wired connection rather than a Bluetooth connection solve the problem?

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dwhite4245Contributor I
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poor wifi signal on playbar

Hi, I have a sonos home theatre system using a playbar, sub ans two play:1’s. It has been working fine for several years until last week when the playbar suddenly reports a weak connection to wifi causing the system to drop out.I know the the wifi signal in my lounge is great everywhere and especially where the playar is as the tv, blueray and sky boxes have strong wifi connections. I’m suspicious that the playbar wifi receiver is failing so I have obtained a wifi repeater to make sure the platbar is getting a very strong signal. The playbar seems to prefer to connect to my router’s wifi rather than the repeater’s though. I find the sonos app really poor for configuration as it decides for itself what to connect to not giving the user any control. Any suggestion?

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Mark EGContributor I
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Best position for my Beam

I am contemplating changing my LED TV which is located on a TV cabinet for a projector which would be mounted from the Ceiling.This would mean repositioning my Beam due to no longer using a cabinet which is located on the floor.Can the Beam be mounted on a separate wall to that of the projector and the projector screen and slightly out of view to the seating ? or does it need to be mounted on the same wall as the screen ?

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Santdasani
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Sorround Settings TV/Music Level

Hi Could someone please explain the most effective use of TV/Music Level settings - What they mean and the most optimal settings for these.  

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BOL74Avid Contributor I
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Ray as surround

Back again with my questions….and today it goes like this:  There was a little bird flying pass my ears who mention something bout the Sonos Ray could be used as a surround-speaker and intentionally it could be placed in a vertical position. And that somehow COULD produce the “missing” up-fireing speaker in a Beam G2/Arc config. Of course you need two Ray’s like any other surround-speaker if you wondered.Is this possible?

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Macca58Contributor I
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Controlling volume on Sonos Playbar

Can Sonos Playbar volume be controlled with an Amazon Firestick? I suspect not because the stick is Bluetooth and the Playbar isn’t, but I thought that as the stick controls TV volume and the Playbar is connected to the TV, then there should be a way around it. I’ve also asked on the Amazon forum

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AlleddieContributor I
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Should i buy Sonos Boost or Sonos 100 SL

So Ive been having issues where my sound cuts in and out on  my 300s when paired with my arc and sub in stereo mode.   It was recommended to me by someone who works at best buy to buy a sonos boost and that should fix the connectivity issue.  I later read online that if you plug in a speaker to the router itll do the same.  So Im wondering whats going to work the best.

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Steve on the CapeContributor I
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here’s why I think i need a remote for my beam 2

For late night listening, or for improved hearing needs, I have wireless headphones which connect to the TV via optical, and an optical out (converted to hdmi) to the beam. Since there is no hdmi to the beam via the hdmi/arc port, I can’t program my remote to work. So, I’ve ordered a simple remote to control the volume on the beam. Yes, perhaps I can control the volume via the sonos app, but that requires even visitors to have access to my phone - here or asleep or not. 

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theitaljobContributor I
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ONE SL connected to Beam 2

Good Morning,If I may, I have just a question:If I connect 2 ONE SL as surround speakers to my Sonos Beam (Gen 2), overall could work with Dolby Atmos or will work just on 5.1?Thanks

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