Home theater

Hi,I have a Sonos Ray and Samsung UE32F6000F, without optical port and have purchased the Sonos HDMI to Optical adapter.I have switched the “eArc” setting on in the menu and connected the HDMI port to the one labelled eArc on the back of the TV.I am unable to get the two to connect using the Sonos app and nor does the TV recognise a speaker has been connected.I have noticed the optical cable end does not glow red when connected to any device (the TV, a laptop etc). I have also tried 3 other HDMI cables.Any ideas/tips?Thanks

For years been looking up answers why my SL one left surround sound keeps disconnecting. Did all the troubling shooting, unplug, reset, move the speakers closer, get a WiFi boosters. I may figured out a partial solution. I haven’t added the Apple Music account and haven’t lost the speaker since. So reboot the system and don’t add the Apple Music. 

I have changed nothing, have always been able to control volume on arc ultra through my nvidia shield remote and tv remote now after update i can only adjust it from the app when I use the other remotes I get the white light like usual on the soundbar but nothing changes, I hope this bug or issue gets solved quickly as it's annoying to go into the app everytime especially when youtube has a different volume than everything else and I have to adjust a lot

Hi I was recently conned buying what I thought was a new Sonos soundbar on marketplace .. it looked like the box was unopened however a month later I opened it to find it doesn’t work .. it won’t power up . I know without looking it’s hard to tell if it’s worth trying to fix .. I’ve already lost $350 so don’t want to get hit up for that again . Should I just accept defeat ? Is it worth anything to anyone ? 

Mon frere qui vie chez moi a acheté un donos beam.Etant déjà propriétaire dun compte sonos il s'est créé un compte avec son courriel. Mais il apparaît sur mon compte et est incapable d'être seul sur son compte.  Comment faire pour avoir 2 compte distinc et indépendant ?

Hi, I have Gen 2, sub mini and 2 era 100s. all working perfectly. I have in principle from ‘she’ permission to have ceiling speakers but I’ve read that I cannot add ceiling speakers to my system. is this correct? 

I have arc ultra and two new ERA 300s. Sound is amazing for music from Spotify, but extremely low volume with DirectV. Very frustrating.

Please please please add the ability to schedule night mode and enhanced speech mode on my Sonos. This request has been made so many times I can't believe Sonos has not implemented this yet.  If this is too hard to build into your app then please build a native integration with Slmartthings that allows me to set a routine to do the same. 

Hello, Just bought a Sonos Arc and found out that one of the streaming services on my Android TV provides home theater sound in AAC 5.1. After fiddling with the setup and looking on the Internet, I found that Sonos does not support AAC 5.1, and it is downmixed to PCM 2.0. Some questions:1-  Are there any suggestions how to get AC3 to Sonos Arc? I’m now using an Android player capable of software transcoding AAC 5.1 to AC3, but it’s not an ideal solution. Maybe there are hardware transcoders capable of the task? Or a system-level utility for Android? Or maybe some TVs are capable of such transcoding? The only one that was suggested up to now is to use Nvidia Shield, which is told to be capable of transcoding everything to AC3. Surely something else can then do it as well?2- What is the reason for Sonos to not support this format? Is there a chance we would get support at a later stage? Thank you in advance!

My Playbar worked great yesterday. I've had it for 9 years. Today bam! No sound. Nothing happened. Everything else plugged into the same surge protector is fine. But when I contacted customer service and troubleshoot it. The only solution they can offer is buy something new. They did offer me 15% off the to upgrade.  I paid almost $800 for that it should last longer than that or the warranty should last a lot longer than 24 months.  Does anyone know somewhere that can repair it?

Just received the Sonos “Immersive Set with Beam” couldn’t wait to get it up and running. I’m in my 70s so please reply slowly…. Over the years I’ve had several systems that always allowed me to set a baseline volume level for each speaker in a surround sound configuration. I spent about 4 hours this afternoon on the Sonos App and no such luck.  I remember reading a blog about placing each ERA100 in its own room and going that route, with that, I was able to set the volume of each speaker but not able to save it when done.  Was hoping for the ability to save those settings that would stay proportional increased or decreased the grouping volume.  I though perhaps the “Zone” function would do that but didn’t have any luck.  Any help would be appreciated.

Hi all,I’m helping my friends get their Sonos system setup.  They have an Arc Ultra and Sub 4 hooked up to their TV, two Era 100s in a separate room, and a Move.  Ideally, when they listen to music, they would like for it to play through all of the speakers, but when they watch TV, that would exclusively play through the Arc Ultra and Sub 4. Of course, they could manually add and remove speakers through the app depending on what they’re listening to, but that would be annoying to do that multiple times a day. It seems like there must be a way to set it so that the default for playback from the TV is through the Arc Ultra, and the default for listening to music is through all of the speakers, but I cannot figure out how to make that happen. thanks!Ben

I have a Sonos TV system consisting of an Arc soundbar (wired), a subwoofer, and two Era300 speakers with Asus ZenWifi XD6 communications. The sound from the speakers is extremely choppy. It's impossible to hear the music. I previously had Sonos Ones instead of the Era300s, and I changed them to see if it was a hardware issue, but it wasn't. Now it's even worse. It stutters much more than before. I've tried everything: turning off the router, waiting two minutes, reinstalling the entire system. Even the recommendations given by IA: Disable Airtime Fairness, Disable QoS, Disable Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), …The Asus mesh system (one node on the same TV room) works great. Any advice will be highly appreciated.

So, my previous setup was a 6 year old Samsung TV connected to a Sonos Beam Gen with inputs from a PS4 and Sky Q. I managed to get round lip sync issues using a Toslink adapter.  I recently updated to a Samsung QE55Q7F2AUXXU, and a Sonos Beam Gen 2 with the same two input devices. I found that the lip sync issue was present on this device too. It is worth stating that this TV doesn’t have an Optical Port despite the manual stating differently.  I searched online for a solution, and despite changing settings on the TV, Sky Q, and the PS4 (DVDs and BluRays), I still experienced lip sync issues. I purchased a couple of HDMI audio extractors and whilst the lip sync issue was resolved, I lost some functionality with the TV remote because the Beam wasn’t recognised as a fully connected audio device.  I then decided to do a little more research and after some trial and error, I have resolved the issue without the need for any other technology. 

I had two play 3 speakers in my “Living Room” set up with surround sound. For some reason one speaker disconnected from the system and I reconnected it HOWEVER it did not go back to “Living Room” it created a new location “Living Room 2”. Now neither speaker talks to each other to create surround sound. How do I move the speaker to the “Living Room” zone and then reset both so they create surround sound. I tried unplugging and rebooting the speaker however every time I attempt to drop it in the existing “Living Room” grouping it goes back into “Living Room 2”. I tried several times and am toast. 

After setting up my arc ultra 2x era300 and sub should it look like this in app    

I just bought the arc ultra and connected it to my LG oledG3836LA tv with an ultra high speed hdmi true eARC, digital sound on passthrough why is it as soon as i use my iPad and use an app and pass it through to my tv there is no sound also when i use an app on my tv (plex) the sound works but not if i try to start a danish serie ( i think the sound stream is stereo no sound at all then when I switch back from passthrough to pcm the sound returns.

Arc Ultra and Era 100’s  Anyone else have this setup and noticing that the Era 100’s as rears are doing less work with the Arc Ultra when compared to the standard Arc? I’m barely noticing any audio coming from the rears even with the surround volume turned up to maximum.  I swapped my original Arc back with the Era 100 surrounds and tested the same Atmos movies on the Arc and the Arc Ultra, and there is a significant difference/reduction in the signals being sent to the Era 100’s in the rear channels with the Arc Ultra.  Increasing the “TV Level” setting for Surround Audio in the Sonos app increases the front surround volume coming from the Arc Ultra but the signals coming out of the ERA 100 rears are almost non existent.  Is this behavior the result of how the Arc Ultra processes surround channels, and should be considered normal operation?

I have an ARC and Sub 3 in my living room.  My wife and I purchased it to maximize vocal clarity for TV and movie viewing.  Plus, I purchased it to enhance action movie viewing.  If I purchased 2 ERA 100s and used as back surround speakers, will these speakers improve or retard vocal clarity?  I can’t afford the expense of ERA 300s at this point.

I am streaming with a hardwired (1Gb/s) Nvidia Shield Pro passthrough to a TCL 65QM851G TV. My new Sonos Arc Ultra is plugged into the eARC port of the TV and the TV is set to passthrough to the Arc Ultra. I also have a pair of ERA100’s for surrounds. The Sonos gear is connected to a 5G wifi network. The system plays/streams PCM stereo content with no issue but when I stream any type of Dolby content (Dolby Atmos or Dolby Plus 5.1) it plays awesome for about 5 minutes then the sound starts to drop out very briefly about every 1-2 seconds. If I pause the stream for a couple seconds and restart it, the cycle repeats, 5 minutes of awesome sound then the dropouts restart. What can I do to rectify this issue?

I have a new Samsung TV that does not have an optical out but does have an HDMI earc. How do I connect the audio?

Hello,I have a Panasonic tv with Arc hdmi but not eARC one and I mainly use the Amazon Firestick 4k plugged into my tv to see movies. Is there any way to enjoy the sound quality of Dolby atmos movies with my Sonos arc ultra with this configuration ?  Best,Xavkyo

Bonjour,Actuellement en rénovation de ma maison, j’ai pour projet d’installer un home cinéma SONOS dans mon salon.Je viens vers vous puisque j’aimerai avoir des conseils concernant les futurs enceintes qui iront parfaitement à mon salon.Je souhaiterai installer la Sonos Arc Ultra sous mon téléviseur, (peut etre) le Sonos Sub mini, et deux enceintes qui seraient positionnées derrière le canapé accrochées au mur (le canapé serait collé contre le mur aussi)J’hésitait donc entre les ERA 100 et les ERA 300, mais j’ai peur que les Era 300 fassent “grosses” au dessus de nos tetes (quand on sera dans le canapé) et que le son ne soit pas bien dirigé vers nous.J’ai aussi vu les modèles encastrables, mais le tarif ne sera pas le même.Sachant le le salon fera 20 m2, il s’agira d’une petite pièce.J’ai réalisé une maquette en 3D sur le logiciel Sketch’up que je pourrai vous fournir ca pourrait vous aider à me conseiller.J’ai aussi une autre questio

What is the optimum speaker setup as to Sub distance from soundbar and surround speakers. Does it matter where they are placed?

HelloMy sonos arc is new . It fonction for 3 days then today no tv sound only music by Bluetooth but impossible to have tv sound. Can someone help me pleased Ty