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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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chrishonthemoveContributor I
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Harmony remote hub no longer contrlling Sonos.

Started about a year ago. Found a matching thread here but was not ever resolved. So thought maybe someone has an update? it used to work fine and I haven’t moved anything since from before it stopped working. i can use the Apple TV remote and it does move the volume perfectly. thanks for looking!

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1 month ago
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WojtussContributor I
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connection

Hi, I cannot connect Sub Mini to Beam Gen2 according to the instructions. How can I make sure that sub is connected with my wifi correctly? When I update my network in settings of Sonos app everything goes well and got confirmation that sub has been connected.

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Airgetlam
1 month ago
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Unka JohnnyContributor II
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Surround sound with Arc

Which S2 speakers are compatible with Arc for Surround Sound? Apparently my Move2 don't do it.

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2 months ago
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RAJ1Contributor I
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Beam stopped working - Sony TV

My sonos beam hooked to my sony smart tv just quit working?  I have unhooked everything and rebooted, I have reloaded the sonos, i have put a new HDMI cable on it??  When i hook up the tv says redirecting sound to external speaker but no sound happens?  It was working fine one day and not working next day?

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Corry P
2 months ago
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TegsyContributor I
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Sonos Playbar

I’ve had a Sonos Player for around 10 years and have recently donated it to my son who has moved into his own home.He has set up a Sonos account and we returned the Playbar to factory settings (pressing play/Pause whilst connecting to power). The current Sonos app cannot detect the playbat although we do appear to have connected it after the hard reboot above.I’m worried the Playbar is obsolete and will now not work as its been returned to factory settings and so I suspect will have none of the updates it had.The Sonos ‘help’ is poor and just sends you around in circles. I range the helpline and was advised the was a 90 minute wait.Can anyone help?Thanks.

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jgatie
2 months ago
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kayotiAvid Contributor III
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Arc and Beam volumes are linked

I have three sound bars in three separate rooms.  Arc (family room), Beam (attic), Beam (master bedroom).The Arc and the Beam in the attic room have a linked volume, but they are not grouped and are not playing the same media. For example:  If I am listening to music on one, and someone is watching TV on the other, the volumes raise and lower together as each user changes the volumes for their media in their room. This does not happen with the other Beam in the bedroom.  Any ideas what's up, or how to fix this issue?  I have tried grouping with other rooms, ungrouping, etc. Thanks!  

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1 month ago
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JohnGtherealtorContributor I
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Setting up 4 Play1's (2 front and 2 rear) and 1 playbar for a home theater

Hoping to set up a “home theater” using 4 x Play 1 and 1 x playbar. All gen 1.Currently have the playbar and 2 x play1’s as a right and left surround (all 3 of these speakers are in the front of the room) and added the 2 other play 1s in the rear of the room on the left and right.I do not see a way to create “surround” sound meaning identifying the speaker in their positions as front right, front left, rear right and rear left.I see several articles about setting up a “home theater” in settings but do not see that option in my app.Is this even possible?

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2 months ago
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Alex HContributor I
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Connecting Sonos Beam to TV and CD player

My Sonos Beam is current connected to our TV and works perfectly.   Where this is, we want to connect a CD player so that we can play the CD’s through the Beam, rather than have a second set of speakers for the CD player.Is this possible, and how would I go about it please? Many thanks

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1 month ago
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Steve251Avid Contributor III
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No sound when set to English. Sonos Arc

I have a very new Sonos Arc and a Sony x800M2 which play through my 9 month old LG 65OLEDCS6 I have had no sound problems so far I bought my first 4k disc to play. Close Encounters. It has 3 versions on it I sat down tonight to pay it but there is no soundThere is sound when I start the DVD off and it goes through the pre-amble but when I select the version I want, and I have tried more than one version there is no sound. English is the first optionI scrolled throught the others, French, Spanish, Japanese, Italian and German etc and when i select those languages there is sound But when I select English again nothing Very frustrating as I have waited a long time to get this disc. Any thoughts. ?

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11 months ago
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Terrilmt
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Must it Mute cycle twice before Ray mutes TV

Toshiba TV has ½ and Mute cycle. When I hit ½ mute it works, then hit it again and the TV shows Mute 0, but the volume goes back to normal. But I do this cycle for the second time it works as it should and the TV is muted. I have a Ray and Sub.

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10 months ago
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blitt1978Contributor I
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TV Audio

Literally the most important thing my Sonos does (did) is let me play my surround sound on my Samsung tv with soundbar, sub, and two ones. Now it is almost impossible to do that. When I try to play both together, it just says “No Music: Que is Empty.” Why is this now so difficult? The new upgrade appears worse in every way, and I don't even know what the upside was supposed to be.

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controlav
3 months ago
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CooljackContributor II
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should Sonos home theater speaker

Should Sonos make a speaker in the wall for a home theater set up 

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1 year ago
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AndrewcoxContributor I
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Sonos Ray

How do I connect Ray to my tv which doesn’t have an optical audio cable port

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controlav
8 months ago
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ZouxContributor I
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Swaying sound

Hi guys!I have a really strange issue with my bedroom set-up. It's an older Philips 32” lcd TV connected to my Sonos Beam soundbar. When watching TV the sound is swaying, it sound like an old VHS tape that changes speed, it's especially noticable when there is music during film tv-shows. At first it was a bit of an nostalgic feeling, but lately I've gone tired of it 😂 Does anyone else experienced this issuez and have a solution?

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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Cglp210169Contributor I
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Como hacer un sistema para TV

Puedo hacer un sistema de Homotheater con una barra ARC, SUB y 2 Move?

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10 months ago
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SunnieContributor I
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trying to reconnect speakers after the replacement of a new modem

Can someone tell me what to do to get my home theater working again

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UKMedia
3 months ago
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Daren56Trending Lyricist I
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Atmos query

I have all the necessaries enabled for Atmos on tv, the sound output is showing on Netflix S2 app as Atmos, yet when I look on ‘about my system’ on the S2 app it’s stating ‘no signal’ or previously ‘Dolby 2.0’. Please help as to why? TIA.

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1 year ago
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thatoneguymspContributor I
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Can the Connect be used with/paired to the Arc?

I just bought an Arc with the One SLs to make a 5.1 channel system. I have a Klipsch sub from an old system. Can the Connect be used to pair up to the Arc? Is that possible? I couldn’t find anything online around that. I don’t want to drop $600 plus on the Amp. I might as well just buy the Sonos sub. specifically for that price. Any insight is appreciated! 

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3 years ago
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mmichael71Contributor I
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Changed Out Exisiting TV

Need to set up different TV TO my Besm

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Ken_Griffiths
1 year ago
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aburst42Contributor I
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Setup Viability

Hello,I just bought an Arc. It got me thinking about how I can build a surround system, so I found out about the Amp. I’d love to run this setup:  Arc - no Ethernet, connected to a (slightly older) TV via HDMI-ARC  Amp - no Ethernet, powering:               2 matched Denon bookshelf speakers               1 third party sub1. Is this possible?2. Assuming I can run the diagnostics on either an Android or an iOS device, can I get Trueplay tuning in this setup?Thanks,~alex

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Stanley_4
9 months ago
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Hooter22Contributor I
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no audio on arc's surrounds

Have the arc and a sub and 2 wireless speakers. It's been working just fine until my wife unplugged 1 wireless speaker and now only the bar is working and I cant get it back in sync. How do I restart to get all connected again? 

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3 months ago
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GivingYouFLACSonos Employee
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Feature Request: different surround levels for spatial audio vs stereo

Feature Request: different surround levels for spatial audio vs stereo When listening to atmos content via Apple Music, I feel the need to turn up the surround music slider. It is then too loud on the surrounds when a traditional stereo track comes on. I have the surrounds set to full.  I’d like there to be separate volume sliders for Spatial Audio surrounds and stereo audio surrounds, just like tv vs music, but a subcategory within music.

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Sotiris C.
9 months ago
Goldenlitho
GoldenlithoContributor I
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Family Room Dropping music.

My Arc, Sub and 300’s drop music while playing from Spotify. They are connected as surrounds for my TV. Surrounded works with TV. Only family room drops after listening to music for a while. 

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Stanley_4
9 months ago
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mac1911Contributor I
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2 Arc SL’s

Is it possible to use 2 Arc SL Sound bars as left and right fronts?  I do not have the ability to center the sound bar. Thought I would just get a second one and put one on each side. I would have to have an HDMI splitter pigtail, I guess to send signal to both from the same source, I guess?

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1 year ago
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Fabio CamaraContributor I
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Outdoor theater streaming from two different Sonos Amps in different locations

I am setting up an outdoor theater with the intention of creating a 4.1 surround sound experience. Both front and back channels will be powed by two separate Sonos Amps connected through ethernet but in two separate locations from each other. One will be in my house and the other to our Gym that is 50 feet away from the main house. Both Amps will be powering separate pairs of JBL Control 25 speakers. My subwoofer is a JBL SB 210 powered by a Crown XTi 4000 amp. My subwoofer will be located under my deck and will need to connect to my rear channel Sonos AMP VS my front channel amp. My question is. Will I be able to get the same full cinematic bass signal from my rear channel amp as I would if it was connected to the front channel AMP. Or… will I only be getting the bass signal from what ever was mixed for the rear surround. I would like the full bass experience without needing to trench 50 feet of speaker wire just to connect my sub to my front channel amp.

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buzz
7 months ago
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