Home theater

I have 4 speakers in the ceiling in a theater room (2 front and 2 rear).  I just got an Arc for the TV.  I have connected the 2 front speakers (left and right) to one connect:amp and the 2 rear speakers (left and right) to another connect:amp. I currently do not have wired ethernet available in that room. 2 questions: Can I set it up to use the Arc and the 2 front and 2 rear speakers? I am confused on the ethernet connect need.  The online directions say “The Sonos home theater speaker is wired to the Connect:Amp with an Ethernet cable and another Sonos product is wired to the router.”  Does that mean I can take an ethernet cable from the Arc to  an unmanaged switch and then 2 ethernet cables from the switch (1 to each) to connect:amps.  Then I can take a totally different connect:amp (not associated with the theater room) and connect it to the router by ethernet?Sorry for the crazy question.  I thought I would just be able to do it all wirelessly when I set it up.

Hi , we have a beam and two sonos ones.  All have been working for months with our tv sky box and playing music through Spotify , but for some reason they have dropped off the Internet and won't recognise and connect anymore .  We've turned the router and the sonos products on and off several times but to no avail. Any ideas and help.much appreciated.  Maddie

Hey all,So I'm about to add two 300's to my Arc+Sub setup and now investigating how to setup the sound settings. Can someone advise on how should I setup the Trueplay and sound settings considering that instead of a wall, my apartment's left seating position wall is actually a glass door exiting to the porch?Should I use trueplay with the glass door open or shut? any thoughts around that? I wouldn’t want to tampre with settings but rather go with something that would work when both open or shut. (If that’s even possible).Regarding configuration - any advice on an approach to set it correctly for my space? I'm hesitant to go with Peter Pee's recommendations as his setup is set for a completely different acoustics than mine.Cheers for your help

Please provide the box size and total weight for. Gen3 and Era 100. I would like to calculate the global shipping cost thanks!

hello all can they be used as left and right channel?

Currently have a beam g2 and want to add a pair of era 100.  How would it sound if I place the era's 10 inches on each side the beam g2 facing forward.  Want to avoid adding speaker stands and wall mounting is a no go due to room layout. Open to suggestions, thanks 

I have a pretty common and simple system with a Beam (Gen2) and an LG OLED C2. Connected using the supplied HDMI Cable, “eARC Support” is enabled, and “Digital Sound Output” is set to “Pass Through” in WebOS.Unfortunately, I’m experiencing a lip sync delay of about 200ms where to audio plays before the video in movies/tv shows with Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 audio streams. Dolby Atmos (over DD+) seems to be okay, however. I’m using the internal TV Apps for streaming. It doesn’t matter which ones I use (Netflix, YouTube, Plex) I always get the same delay.When I disable eArc the delay seems to be gone but I lose Atmos support on the Xbox Series X.What I don’t want to do is manually set the delay using the Sonos App (which by the way +5 wouldn’t be enough) every time I watch a DD or DD+ movie or disable/enable eARC every time I use the Xbox. I was under the impression delay issues would be solved by some sort of lip sync correction layer in the HDMI signal spec of HDMI-e

Hello! Could you guys help me I have the 300 as sorrounds But I feel like it doesn't sound they way is supposed to sound. I don't know if I have to do something with the settings. I'm in a room I don't know if the 300 it's too much.

Hi. I had my Sonos Beam and 2 Ones set up as rears for 5.1. All devices were on wifi. Worked flawlessly for months. Then started getting random crackle on one rear speaker usually on bass noise but was intermittent and could not always be reproduced when playing the same source.  Sent diagnostics to support and they I had wifi interference and suggested connecting the Beam directly to the router and then the Ones would connect to the Beams own network. I’ve done this but the rear Ones are still connecting to home router wifi and not the Beams Sonosnet. Can I force them to connect? In the system info, rears show as WM3 which I think means aren’t connected to the Beam. Any suggestions please?Thanks.   

I’m adding a pair of Era 300’s as rear surrounds (to a Sonos Arc + Sub). Our couch is against the back wall (has to be that way given the room). There are also window wells on the back wall (on either side of the couch). The wells are approximately 10 inches deep, 30 inches wide, and 23 inches tall. From a room aesthetics point of view it would be ideal to use them (as opposed to drilling/mounting on the rear wall).How “bad” would it be to set the Era 300’s in those wells (roughly centered)? See attached picture.FWIW, I have them installed there now and to me it sounds good (i.e., sound is directional/immersive). Just wondering if I’m potentially trading off much better sound given this placement.

I currently have an Arc, (2) Sub Gen3’s, and (2) Era 300’s as rear channels.  My question is, can I add 2 more Era 300’s as front channels…(front/left and front right)? 

Wondering why my app doesn’t show Dolby atmos and shows stereo PCM :( pic attached  

HiCurrently I am using Sonos arc . I have 2 question :Is Sonos is capable for all 3 systems at with one system together ( via Apple TV ) with arc, sub gen 3 and  Era 300 currently I am using Sonos arc. Is it enough if I buy era 300 to get a full Dolby Atmos with large sound ? Or I also need to buy sub gen 3 too ? ( my common room size is 20 sqmthanks 

Hi Can you help me I keep getting stereo PCM on my sonos system and not Atmos, I have arc, sub and 2 300 speakers, I have LG OLED83C24LA , I am watching via the apps and not via Sky,  believe I should be able to get ATMOS I have been advised to go into sound settings, on the TV and set to dd+ turn on e arc, and set to pass through. I dont see how I can do that.All advanced settings in the TV are greyed out when I access the menu. I also don’t understand the term pass through, It wsould be great if someone has a similar set up and can help me to get the settings right on my TV so that I can enjoy the sonos system prefectly - thanks in advance 

Hello to all, After reading SonoS suggestions I have placed the Sub mini just below the Beam (on the floor against the wall) and both are in the exact TV mid and facing the viewer.The “holes” of the Sub mini are parallel to the wall.This because I think that if I place the “holes” perpendicular, the sound coming from the hole against the wall, will bounce on the wall instead of being free.Have I done well ?even though SonoS reports there is no difference on having the hole facing the viewer or less. The rear ERA300 are placed just above the couch (that s against the wall) , facing the TV , at an ear viewer height and at a distance of 1,5m.But having in this position, the viewer has the sound coming directly from the left (of the right speaker) and the right (of the left speaker )drivers only.The up firing drivers send the sound to the ceiling while the other 2 side drivers send the sound on the left and right zone of the room (my side walls are more or less 2,5m far from the viewer. An

How do I turn autoplay off? I thought there was an option at one time, but can’t find it now. Sometimes I don’t want the TV to play anything but its own speaker, but turning on the TV engages autoplay for the Sonos system. I want to disable that on ocassion.

I’ve got no sound from my new beam gen2, I have a Sony tv , when setting up via app it says CEC not connected, I’m getting bounced from Sony tech and Sonos tech , I’ve even done factory reset on tv , tried different hdmi cables but no effect , did try beam in another tv (Samsung) and it worked instantly. I’m a now lost  ,,this was ment to be an upgrade from my playbar , so far not a pleasant experience, any help advice would be much appreciated,thanks Dave 

I have a Sonos ray with optical output. My tv only has hdmi earc input. Where can I buy an adapter?

My LG 55UM7000AUE 4K TV (2019/HDMI ARC) turns off for awhile while watching streaming apps on my Fire Stick 4K Max displaying Dolby Atmos on the S2 app.  Usually the TV will come back on in a couple seconds with sound; other times I’ll have pic, but no sound.  My system for the TV is the Arc, Sub Mini, and One SLs for the surrounds.  I’m using 8K HDMI cables now, but I had the same issue with 4K cables.  If I select Dolby Digital and not Best Available or Dolby Digital Plus in the Fire Stick audio settings the TV will not turn off, but then I only get Dolby Digital 5.1.  I’m thinking the issue is with the TV’s processor/HDMI Arc/CEC not the Fire Stick as I’ve lost sound when switching inputs from DVD to Xfinity, etc.   if I turn the TV off and wait awhile the sound will come back on with Sonos, but not always.  Another clue is that if I switch to internal speakers the Arc will not default back for my audio as it does with my other Sonos systems.  Oh, my audio signal with Xfinity is Dol

So we know the side speakers of the Arc fire either front channels or surround channels depending on which rear speaker it is paired with. It would be nice if we can have the option to set how the side firing Arc speaker function regardless of the paired rear speaker. For example, 300 users may want to hear more front channel instead of surround with their Arc or viceversa for 100/One/Five users. I understand this unique behavior of the Arc and 300 is to create a “bubble” but having that option so users can toggle what works best for their ears and home would be a nice to have. What are your thoughts? This, along with option for front hiring on 300 and official support for reverse mounting is on my Christmas wishlist. For now I can only wish.

Hola, I’m mounting a 55” tv with a mount that has a Sonos Beam mount attached to it. It’s on a patio and needs a cover. I haven’t had any luck finding a cover that was made specifically for that combo. Has anyone else tried this? Or did you just buy a bigger cover, one that would just need to be cinched down more? Thanks for any information. 

Hi when we plugged in my play bar makes a noise 

When sonos arc is hooked up to tv, will the tv remote volume work the sonos arc volume at the same time? 

Each night (at least that has been the case since I added a new Beam Gen 2 to my systems) my surrounds start flashing green. It’s usually after midnight for some reason.The flashing keeps me awake so I go into the S2 app and notice the surround audio setting has been disabled. I enable it and the flashing stops. LED changes to the normal white. The same is happening for another 5.1 system I have upstairs. The sub and surround audio settings are disabled and need to be manually enabled each day.Any thoughts as to what might be causing the setting to change each night? 

I have a large greatroom with the TV on a wall which faces a family room area (with couch about 17 feet away from wall) then a kitchen area. So opposite wall is over 30 feet away from TV. I’m trying to retire speaker stands for rear surrounds. The room is about 20 feet wide where the couch sits. Will installing the surrounds (ERA 300 or SL1 for an ARC, Sub) on the side walls at 90-110 degrees from seating area result in a supported soundfield? The docs just say to the rear or side but the marketing material seems to all show rear placement only.For stereo use I suspect they need to be facing the same plane so they can do their spatial wizardry correctly but as surrounds it appears they basically act as ‘dumb’ bipole-like speakers which seems like would work fine as I propose.