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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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KarlsberghContributor I
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Sonos Arc audio dropout with Sony TV

I originally bought the Sonos Beam Gen 2, but found it too small for our living room. Returned it in favor of the Sonos Arc. The soundbar is connected to a Sony KD-65XH8096 over HDMI ARC (No eARC on this model).With both soundbars I’ve experienced intermittent audio dropouts. It’s not even a full second. But it’s very noticeable.Doing some googling, it seems this is a fairly common “Sony” problem. To test this, I hooked the Arc to my 32” Samsung Smart display. Samsung did not show any audio dropouts while I tried it, so I’m inclined to believe this is related to my TV and not the soundbar. The Samsung did however send audio as PCM, so there’s a bit of a difference there.Anyone got any tips on how I can be sure the issue is related to my TV and not the soundbar? 

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Sonos Beam 2, Nvidia Shield TV Pro 2019, LG Oled C2 TV Mainly using Plex as content

New User, New Beam Gen 2 hook up help.    There are so many threads and great info here on the forum and I have spent hours reading through them and thanks for all that post. I guess I'm a bit lost or confused somewhat on the set up so, perhaps you folks could chime in on our set up .   Here is how I have it set up as of yesterday:Nvidia Shield is connected to HDMI 3 to my LG Oled C2 TV.   I have the beam connected through the HDMI 2 Port ARC to the Sonos gen 2 HDMI port.   I do not have any Surround sound set up as yet, I will probably get a sub but for now I guess you can say all we have is the Sonos sound bar connected.  I was having a problem getting any sound at all so I contacted Sonos (great support) and we got the Beam working but I am not sure what audio I am actually getting  The LG is set to Sound HDMI to Wired external device.   The format that shows on the Beam is PCM 2.0 …. My content is a mixtures of content sent from the Shield that can be a number of services like Amaz

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Sub Mini dosen't play sound when pairing with Beam Gen 2

Hello,I just added a Sub Mini to my Beam (gen2) + 2xOneSL setting.It seems Sub Mini has probem pairing a wireless Beam. The Sonos App shows connected but the Sub Mini dose not play any sound in a movie or a base-heavy music.I’ve tried some cases:Pairing Sub Mini to hard-wired Beam, w/ or w/o surroundings, Sub Mini works as normal. (Diagnostics 1176300266) Pairing Sub Mini to wireless Beam, w/ or w/o surroundings, Sub Mini plays no sound. (Diagnostics 1996661303) Pairing Sub Mini to stereo One SLs, Sub Mini works as normal. Switching Beam from hard-wired to wireless, after automatic reconnecting, Sub Mini plays no sound. Switching back Beam from wireless to hard-wired, after automatic reconnecting, Sub Mini plays no sound. Manually power on/off Sub Mini, after reconnecting, it works as normalI am not happy keep connecting my Beam with a network cable in my room...So I did a lot search here and find some related posts. Sorry to At your guys, I hope this post can be a thread tracing the c

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Interrupted sound using Sonos One SL on TV

I have introduced a Sonos One SL into the TV room grouped with a Beam. The Sonos One SL keeps cutting out with the TV (but seems fine just playing music Spotify). Wifi is super strong and its positioned close to Beam (which has no problems). I have performed all the recommended switch-offs, switch-ons, it’s unusable pls help!

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ElgatowisContributor I
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Sub Mini’s

Why can’t you use 2 sub mini’s in a system?  This seems a perfect solution…

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Flyingtame69Contributor I
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no suround sound on sony kd55 - 55xe8396 from beam 2, mini sub and 2 one sl ( only getting stereo pcm) Help

Can only get stereo pcm from config as above, help please

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whydavewhyContributor I
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Inconsistency in Sonos Home Theater Sets

In the Sonos “Home Theater” section of the website, Sonos sells different combinations of products, sold as “sets” for home theater setups. The “Arc” and the “Beam” soundbars have built-in voice control, so when using other Sonos speakers with voice control as rear speakers with these soundbars, the voice control is disabled on the rear speakers. For this reason, it makes no sense for Sonos to bundle the Sonos One (with voice control) with a soundbar that already has voice control, but that is what they have done… The “Immersive Set with Arc” = Arc + Sub + two Sonos One speakers (whose voice control will be disabled, making them the same as two Sonos One SL speakers) The “Immersive Set with Beam” = Beam + Sub + two Sonos One speakers (whose voice control will be disabled, making them the same as two Sonos One SL speakers) The “Premium Home Theater Completion Set with One” = Sub + two Sonos One speakers (whose voice control will be disabled when using to complete an Arc of Beam home t

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IDibContributor I
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RF TV Remote control of Playbar Volume

It’s been a while since people asked a similar question, but perhaps advice has evolved. Is there a workaround to make a single RF TV remote control Playbar volume (IR). I realise they won’t communicate natively,but is there a good workaround. TV is Loewe Bild i.55 and gorgeous remote uses RF

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surround sound

Can I use a pair of Fives as surrounds with my Arc? Does anyone have that setup? Will it be better than using 2 Ones? thanks

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Oscar GContributor I
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Tengo una Sonos Beam Gen2,y 2 Sonos One SL en la sala de mi casa.

Tengo una Sonos Beam Gen2,y 2 Sonos One SL en la sala de mi casa. La distancia entre la Barra de Sonido y los parlantes Sonos One SL es aprox 4,5 m. Cuales son los settings que se deben colocar en la App de Sonos, en el Grave, Agudo, altura de sonido, para tener la mejor experiencia de sonido?

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KieronneillContributor I
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tv surround system

Hi I have a arc a sub and 4 Sonos ones. I have the arc under the tv, 2 x ones on the wall either side of the tv and 2x Sonos one’s behind me on the wall. Now I have had to set them up as a group to make all work with the tv but if I turn up and down volume with the tv remote it only controls the arc so I have to use the app to turn up and down tv. Is there a better setup so I can control all from remote .

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PeterHommieContributor I
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Atmos Puzzle with Apple TV and Sonos Beam gen 2

I have a Sony KD-55AG8 TV connected with my Sonos Beam Gen 2 via the HDMI Arc port. Futher more a have Apple TV 4K (gen 3) connected to my TV via HDMI. The Apple TV sees the Sony TV only as an Dolby Digital 5.1 output device. For example Netflix movies played via the Apple TV only result in Dolby Digital 5.1 sounds being played on the Sonos Beam. If a play the same move on Netflix installed on the TV it self, Dolby Atmos is detected and played as such on the Sonos Beam. What to do to get the apps (Netflix, Disney+, Amazone Prime, Apple TV+) on the Apple TV 4 to make use of the Atmos possibility of the Sonos Beam ?Place a AV Dolby Atmos Receiver in the middle (Apple TV → AV Receiver (HDMI In), AV Receiver (HDMI 4K Out) → TV, AV-Receiver (HDMI Arc) → Sonos Beam  ?  Buy New TV with HDMI eArc  Accept what it is.. Or… ? Would love to read your suggestions

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Orodriguez831Contributor I
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Sonos Sub mini

Hello, Does anyone know of an update to add 2 sub minis and pair them to the sonos amps for home theater? 

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user.at.largeContributor I
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ZVOX SB500 volume leveling

We switched from aZVOX SB500to Sonos Beam.We forgot what a great job ZVOX did controlling the volume of commercials.Sonos Beam does not, or I do not know how to turn on volume leveling.The wife wants me to dump the Sonos and put back the ZVOX.Please help. Thanks, Vic 

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Bobby2socksContributor I
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connection

Hi there first time I have used this site, I have a projector which works perfectly with hd fury connected to ark when I want connect back to tv I have to swap hdmi cable from hd fury to earkcable from tv is there a compatible splitter that will work instead of having to swap cables,thanks .

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Gg1961Contributor I
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sonos arc sound drop out

HiI have dropouts with my Sonos Arc when watching . The dropouts happen several times on a evening, about 8 second evert time.  The tv is philips 70 " about year old. The arc is 6 month old and the problem has been there since I bought it. The arc is wired.  I have tryed every possible soundadjustment without Any changes.  What can I do ? 

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Didier 68Contributor I
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Décallage son Beam Gen 2 et Five

Bonjour , je viens de recevoir ma Sonos Beam Gen 2 ,Je pensais pouvoir faire un 5 canaux avec mes 2 Sonos Five ( Paire avant gauche et droite) afin de renforcer les basses et d’utiliser mes 2 Sonos Play 1 pour l’arrière et La beam en central pour la voix claire.Mais gros problème j’ai un décalage entre la Beam et les Five en wifi.Les brancher en RJ45 resoudrais mon problème ?J’ai chercher a jouer avec les ms ,mais pas moyen ...😓 Merci

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adamppContributor I
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Beam Tivo Bolt Remote issues

I have a Sonos Beam (first version) that lives with a Tivo Bolt and a Sony Android TV. They worked together successfully for awhile but recently the Tivo remote will no longer control the TV volume or on/off functions. I have re-paired the remote with the TV and all Tivo functions work including channel up/down, but volume and on/off now have to be accessed through the TV’s remote.  The Beam is connected to the TV through an HDMI eArc port. 

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TBillickContributor I
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Mixed ethernet and wifi and google home

In my living room I have 2 x (Play One SL); a Sub; and Playbar.I have four other sonos one SL’s in my house outside the living room. My wifi and mesh are all the same network. I also use google home for everything and right now it’s all on the same network. Will I be able to connect my living room speakers via ethernet and still be able to control them WITHOUT putting them into SonosNet mode? I think as soon as I put them into sonosnet mode, I no longer can control them with google home. But I haven’t tested this yet.  The goal is to free up bandwidth on my wifi by connecting my four living room speakers (2xOne-SL, sub, playbar); but still have my four house speakers; and still control them all on the same network, albeit ethernet and wifi. 

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DariusAaaContributor I
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I need help wjth my Sonos Arc SL

My Arc SL cannot connect to the Sonos App

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Matthieu.LContributor I
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connexion barre de son

Bonjour,je suis complètement novice dans le domaine et compte sauter le pas d’acheter une barre de son arc oui s’étire sur éléments dans le futur.Mon problème d’où ma question, est que ma tv est fixée au mur et impossible de la décrocher pour permettre le raccordement d’un HDMI arc supplémentaire.Est il possible de la connecter uniquement sur secteur et wifi ou un raccordement physique à la tv est impératif?merci par avance pour votre aide.Matthieu

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RMJ_AIAContributor I
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Sonos keeps disconnecting HDMI Arc with LG TV and reverts back to TV Internal Speaker

I recently purchased a Sonos Arc soundbar with Gen 3 sub and two Sonos One surrounds.  Connected to LG Model 49LJ550M TV.  Didn’t sink together initially, but finally got thing to connect.  Problem I’m having is after about an hour or so, the sound switches back to TV internal speaker.  The only way I have found to reconnect is to unplug the TV and then plug back in to power.  I love the Sonos sound, but the constant disconnection is driving me bonkers.  Anyone else having this issue?  If I can’t find a solution, I think I will return and try to find some other system that is more stable.  Help

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SlamDesiRenowned Enthusiast II
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Samsung 50" Q60B QLED and Playbar Integration

I have a 2014 Samsung TV and connected my Playbar to it. I experienced problems with getting Dolby 5.1 to play through my system. I ended up buying a dip switch online and connecting it between my BluRay player and Samsung. My question is… IF I buy the Samsung Q60B, are there ways via menu items that help connect SONOS components easily and successfully? Has SONOS changed any firmware issues that make integration with new TVs easier?

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jmfwiltsContributor I
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Netflix UK Spatial Audio

Netflix UK has rolled out Spatial Audio. I have a Beam Gen 1 with sun so 3.1 Netflix set to 5.1. For spatial audio do I need to set Netflix audio to stereo? Using optical cable if that makes a difference. 

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Rhyder0725Contributor I
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SONOS component compatibility with ARC

I am looking to upgrade my SONOS Playbar (Gen1) with the ARC.  I want to verify my current SUB (Gen1) and Play:1 (rear) will work with the ARC.

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