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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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AjTrek1
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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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Rw1234Contributor I
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Terrestrial TV vocals distorted on rear surrounds

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

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Airgetlam
1 month ago
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Diogo AlmeidaContributor I
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Home cinema advice needed

Good morning.I'm in the process of building a house. and I want to build a home cinema. Should I wait for new sonos product launches in 2024?Will there be a possibility of Sonos making tower speakers one day?or with the new sonos2 app I can have the possibility of individually defining each place on my speakers, for example (1 pair of sonos one sl as surround another pair of sl as surround back, sonos amp and two tower speakers like monitor audio or triangle borea as left and right, sonos five as central speaker.....Thanks

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melvimbe
18 days ago
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MythicbeastAvid Contributor II
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Arc/Firestick conflict? Issues since S2 15.10 update. (Now on 15.11)

A bit of background  Received our Arc March 2023. Setup is Arc, Play 1’s surround, gen1 sub, Samsung OLED 77 A2PUA. Arc connected to Ethernet. Current gen Firestick for content (dislike Samsung native). System worked/sounded great, no issues. 8 months.  Following the November 16 15.10 update I started getting very loud over-driven-speaker sound blasts. Not “pops” that this update was supposed to fix. Plus garbled, echoey, reverb-like audio from the surrounds.  Came here to the forum and posted this very loud blast of sound when TV turne on (not having completed any research 🧐). Followed advice given, contacted Sonos support and opened a ticket. The tech looked at the diagnostic, told me “it’s a known issue” and initiated the return process. That is a whole other story, see here if interested, DITTO: “HELP! I am trying to return a faulty Arc”…sonos support is terrible so far! So, received a refurbished Arc and…same problems. Sent 2 diagnostics, opened a ticket, was told nothing is wron

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Stanley_4
3 months ago
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MMLVaessenContributor I
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Sonos Arc with Google Chromecast flickering

Hi, I have a Samsung Smart TV with Google Chromecast 4K. Since I connected the Sonos Arc to my TV (and therefore with Google Chromecast) I have a lot of flickering/black screen when I turn on the TV and chromecast. When I disconnect the hdmi of the Arc, then the flickering stops. So it has something to do with the Sonos Arc/Chromecast.Does anyone has a solution for this problem? Thanks in advance!

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6 months ago
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Maj62Contributor I
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ray soundbar

I’ve just set up my new ray soundbar and I’m finding the television remote will only turn the volume up, but not down?

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Ken_Griffiths
4 months ago
Cococo
CococoChromatic Producer I
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Playbar dropping out when listening music

I found this solution and no more sound cutting on the Playbar: I broadcast themusic on a Sonos one in the bathroom and then I group the Playbar in the living room. If you have another Sonos speaker in the house, try it, it's magical!

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Sotiris C.
3 months ago
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jeffc2112Contributor I
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Can I connect Ray and 1 One for my TV?

I have a Ray for my TV in the living room and I have a One that I want to add in the kitchen so that I can hear the TV better.  Understand it wouldn’t be stereo, and there might be a 75ms delay, but I think that may be ok.  Can’t figure out in the app how to join them?  So now I’m wondering if that is doable, or if I need 2 Ones…?

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ratty
2 months ago
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Cliff ChaosContributor I
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controls

On My Beam Gen 2, is the speaker supposed to stay on ALL the time? Can it turn off?

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Stanley_4
7 months ago
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Blurnosedaz7Contributor I
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dolby atmos v dd plus

Hi I’ve got a Panasonic oled fz802 with arc hdmi port , I’m streaming Netflix and prime through 4k firestick through my beam 2 era rears and sub mini , sound is great and showing 5.1 dd plus , should I be bothered about not getting full atmos showing on the Sonos app with atmos movies ? I can get atmos when streaming Apple Music not sure what difference I would hear with a upgraded tv or a Arcadia fire etc 

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Schlumpf
1 month ago
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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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5 months ago
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AmstewimsContributor I
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No sound and automatic next song intermittently

Hi,I have troubles with my 2 One SL + tablet using Sonos connected with my Spotify account…  Intermittently, the sound is off (but the song continue) and the system change the song to the next. My tablet shows me that Wifi signal is not good enough. The distance between the tablet and the router is 4 meters... My system worked well during many months without any troubles with the same hardware and internet connection.  Do you have a solution? I tried to separate 2.4GHZ Wifi signal and 5GHZ to avoid changes without success. Thanks in advance

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2 years ago
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User379078Contributor I
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Arc disconnects from system after installing Sonos voice assistant

I have a Arc, sub, and two SL One grouped for surround sound.  After the update of Sonos voice assistant every couple days the sound bar stops playing Sonos Radio or Deezer and does not show up in the Sonos app.  It is not clear but the OS might be rebooting and then connects back.  I had the same thing with a SL one that the SonosNet is started from.I removed the Sonos voice assistance from all of the speakers to see if this helps but does not. This happens when streaming music vs watching TV.

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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dadutcher3Contributor I
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play 1

Can I sync 4 play 1's to my home theater with playbar?

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1 year ago
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Dharris1969Contributor II
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Samsung QN65QN90B and ARC

Will my ARC fit in front of my shelf factory base? If not what do you recommend I lift the base with? 

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10 months ago
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WhistlerEnthusiast II
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Toggle Spatial Audio from Now Playing screen

At this moment not every song in Spatial Audio (Dolby Atmos) is an improvement over the original to say the least, it would be great if we could toggle it on/off from the now playing screen (or at least with fever clicks) rather than having to go deep into the menu each time. 

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7 months ago
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Davega92Contributor I
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Sonos arc no Synchronize my tv or ps5 I dont know

I have Xiaomi P1 but the audio dont match it looks only on the ps5, I have the option to put the sound passthrough instead of automatic but I dont know if that option is removing the potencial the arc have or if there is another solution. 

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D
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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9 months ago
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Damo8267Contributor I
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Beam 2

Hi. i am about to purchase a beam 2 for my TV. Can i paly TV audio on the beam 2 whilst my other sonos speakers music

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106rallye
5 months 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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akumaeContributor I
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Sub Gen 3 with Onkyo NR6100

Hi All,I want to buy Sonos sub Gen 3 and want to use it with Onkyo NR6100.Am not sure if they can be used together. Does anybody know ? -Avinash 

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4 months ago
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rsroka11Contributor I
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Connection issues with soundbar

I have two soundbars, one play 5, one sub, yesterday all were working on the same system, today my two soundbars will not connect, even though the other two speakers continue to work on the system, the app keeps telling me they cannot connect to the system. I have rebooted both soundbars, restarted my router and the message remains the same….help!

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Airgetlam
4 months ago
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mat347Contributor I
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Carry On baggage

Hi I am flying Singapore Airlines with Beam 2 sound bar can it be carried in the cabin baggage. Instead of check in luggage.  The dimensions are as given below. 

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Airgetlam
2 months ago
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syabaaaaaContributor I
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sonos beam gen2のルータ変更後アプリ接続不可

sonos beam gen2を使用中。ルータをfs040wに交換後、sonosアプリの設定変更、再接続を試みるも、接続に問題が発生しましたと何回も表示。sonos自体の初期化も実行済み。ルータは2.4GHz、8011.b/g/nに設定済み。ルータのパスワード接続画面まではいく。ただ、テレビとsonos自体の接続はできており、音声もsonosから出力されている。アプリの設定だけどうしてもできないので、どなたか教えてください。 Moderator edit:Google Translate-Currently using sonos beam gen2.After replacing the router with the FS040W, I tried changing the settings of the Sonos app and reconnecting, but it kept saying "There was a connection problem."Sonos itself has also been initialized.The router is set to 2.4GHz, 8011.b/g/n.You will get to the password connection screen for the router.However, the connection between the TV and Sonos itself is established, and audio is also output from Sonos.I just can't set up the app, so please let me know.

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Corry P
4 months ago
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DipscContributor I
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Sonos Beam dropping off WiFi

Constantly dropping off, sky router sr115 or beam restart works temporarily. Reserving ip doesn’t seem to help. Beam is one shelf above the router. Any idea on solving would be appreciated. 

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Xander P
3 years ago
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FlemseContributor I
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One SL- is silent

The right speaker has become silent. I dont know why. I can controll both from the top, but no sound is coming out of it.What can I do?? 

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J
2 years ago
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