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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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Robbo32Trending Lyricist I
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stranger things Netflix

Watching Stranger Things on Netflix which states it’s an atmos soundtrack but beam Gen 2 says it’s Dolby digital plus 5.1 ?LG 65BX oled connected to beam via earc TV set to pass through, other Netflix atmos content plays as atmos via beam strange ? or am I missing something ?

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TV Only Outputs Sound To Ray and Play 1s in Surround Sound Setup

I have HiSense TV (model: h50n5300) - I have surround sound set up and when playing music it is working as expected, however when switching to TV the sound is only outputted through the Ray soundbar. The TV supports 5.1 surround sound with RAW and PCM audio settings.

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Play music from receiver to arc and one sl

I would like to play music (both radio and turn table) on my Arc soundbar as well as my One SL speakers.  Here is what I tried and it has not gone well:  First I purchased a Port and a receiver.  The receiver I purchased did not have a Digital Audio Input, which the port instructions say you need.  I then purchased a Denon receiver that does have a digitial audio input but you have to hook it up to a tv to set it up.  I just want to play radio and use my turntable from the receiver to the soundbar/speakers I have set up.  How do I do this?  What receiver should I use.  Thanks for your help!

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Sub distortion on tv when streaming through Roku

I have a Roku ultra that streams to my Samsung tv.  I use an HDMI to push sound from my tv to my sonos beam.  I have a sub connected wirelessly to the beam.  My issue is that I get consistent distortion during low range “ominous” scenes during action movies, Stranger Things, etc.  I’m stumped as to how I resolve.  No issues when streaming music.  I’m guessing I’m missing something simple but I can’t seem to figure this out!  Any help appreciated.  

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Ken_Griffiths
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PaoloDeFTrending Lyricist I
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Beam disappers while using streaming music services

Hi Everyone, I bought a Beam (Gen1) less than 2 years ago. By end of 2021 I added a Sub (Gen3). They have been working fine for some time, but a couple months ago Beam started disappearing from the app.Music stops playing, then, in the System info, Beam (sometimes Beam and Sub both) appears without any info, then Beam disappears completely and I get the message: “Sub (?+Sub) - Device is not configured” ” instead of “Living room (+Sub) - Beam” in the System-products menu. After some time, just few mins, the Beam appears again and starts working (till next time).A few additional info: this happens only using streaming service (Spotify, Amazon Music, Sonos Radio). It never happens when playing TV or streaming from phone or music library (NAS).At first it happened randomly. It could work fine for 30-45mins or more. Recently, this happens every few mins. Usually, no more than 10, sometimes even in a couple mins.Sub is wired to my router, Beam is on wifi. They are on Sonos Net - both are lis

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Sonos Arc can not connect to LG C1

I just purchased a new LG C1 65 and Sonos arc SL from Costco. And I hooked the Sonos arc with the original HDMI cable to LG C1 HDMI-4 (all four HDMI ports support ARC/eARC). But somehow Sonos app shows ‘Can not connect to LG speaker’. I have turn on the following options for LG C1:Sound out: HDMI ARC HDMI input audio format: Bitstream Digital sound out: pass through eARC: Enabled  Simplink (CEC): On

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Sonos Beam, Computer Monitor and PS5

I have been using a Beam 2 by connecting my PC and PS5 through a HDMI Switch that also had optical out. I used the optical out with the Sonos converter to HDMI and al worked well.I have just upgraded my monitor to have HDMI 2.1 so I can run my PS5 @ 120Hz. Connecting everything up the same way I am not getting any sound. I am assuming that is because of I have introduced HDMI 2.1 or at least that is the only difference from my original set up.I have searched high and low for a HDMI 2.1 switch with either eARC or optical out thinking that will solve the problem but i cant find anything.Has anyone else had the same problem and if so have you managed to resolve it.

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Surround Set Up - Individual Speaker Volume

I have just bouight a Sonos Ray and set up surround sound ith my exisiting pair of Play 1s.I would like to tweak the volume of the speaker indiviually, in particular make the Play 1s a tad louder in than what they are now in the Surround set up, is that possible?

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CANNOT CONNECT ANYTHING TO NEW ARC

Been searching through this topic and finding nothing that helps.    Bought a new ARC.   Attached to my house wifi.  Robust system over Cat6A cable with multiple access points.    Took a working sub and two One’s from another system.  Factory reset them.   Added them successfully to the same room as the Arc.  But NOTHING will connect to the ARC.   Wifi is. enabled.  I have restarted the ARC.  Settings on TV correct (HDMI to Arc input, etc.).  Restarted TV.    Nothing.   Maddening.    Please help.    FYI, I cannot connect with an ethernet to anything.   Router is in the basement in a cabinet with other equipment.   Thanks.

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ratty
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Sonos 1 and Sonos 2 Incompatibility

What moron in Marketing came up with the concept that, moving forward, all new Sonos hardware would be Sonos 2 compatible only?  It had to be Marketing, because no Tech weenie would ever do this.I have Sonos speakers throughout my house, 10 separate devices in all working seamlessly to provide high quality tunes in every room and outside.  But today, I purchased a Sonos Roam, only to find out that it was incompatible with my existing Sonos 1 system, and if I moved forward, I would be forced to have 2 separate Sonos 1 and 2 systems, neither of which will talk to each other, on my network.If my existing Playbar, which is paired with 2 ea S1 speakers dies, and I have to replace, am I out of luck?  I am not about to replace all my hardware, which would require a considerable investomet, for a mediocre outside speaker.Just f-ing unbelievable. 

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Cable position when wall mounting Sonos Arc

I am about to wall mount my Sonos Arc using the Sonos wall mount. My electrician has layed a conduit channel within the wall for cables (power, HDMI and ethernet). However, for my preferred position of the TV and Arc, this conduit channel lies to the right of centre when looking at the arc from the front (approx 150mm from the right edge of the Arc). If the cables are brought out of the wall at this point, will it still be possible to connect them to the Arc at the insertion points further along the Arc, whilst using the wall mount, or will the cables get in the way or be visible? Cheers

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Why can’t i get atmos with my Arc on vizio m556-h4?

I recently bought an Arc, two bookshelf speakers and a sub. I have it going through an 8k HDMI cable to my eArc port and eArc is turned on through the settings on the tv. When I try to play music or movies with atmos, it never says I’m getting atmos on my app. Please help. 

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