Home theater

I was given a Sonos ray by a family member no cables, it only has optical output , my Samsung TV only has HDMI ports, can I use the Sonos optical to HDMI adapter that you can buy. Thanks

For the love of the sweet BABY JESUS, will you please fix the audio sync issues with Sonos products.  It is a known issue on every community board in the universe.  I spent $1500 for a Sonos Arc, 2 One SL’s and a Sub mini.  They are grouped together.  They are plugged into an ARC port on my VERY GOOD Sony Bravia XBR 55’ television and I use an Apple TV 4K (2022 Newest version).  That’s it!  One TV, One Apple TV and your speakers plugged into a great TV and the audio sync (video is faster than the audio) exists in varying degrees on every Apple TV app: Youtube TV, Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, Disney Plus.  All of them have audio sync issues.  By the way, the TV audio sync adjuster in the Sonos App does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.  It doesn’t change the sound sync at all.  It doesn’t work.If you’re not going to fix the problem, SAY SO!  That way, I can just return the entire system and try something else..Bose maybe?

hello. We have a Sonos system, 3 Amp Sonos including 1 for the TV room. At the level of the TV room we have a beam, an amp integrated in the ceilings and recently a Sonos Sub. No sound comes out of the Sub, is this normal?

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

Hello, I couldn’t find a similar topic yet.  I currently own a Beam Gen 2 which I am very happy to have. I will be moving in a few months where my living room will be bigger. We’ll be watching movies from about 4 meters in a room that’s about 20 m2, maybe a little less. We’ll be listening to music as well.  Should I 1: sell my beam gen 2 and buy an arc, and in a few years add a sub (mini) and 2 one’s for a surround system? This will take me some time though.  2: buy a sub (or sub mini) immediately and later 2 one’s for surround.  Maybe to ask a simpler question if above is not clear, since I’m actually asking a few questions at the same time: Is a Beam Gen 2 sufficient with a sub? Or is an Arc better? I can add a sub later probably but this will take me a year or two. I also am in doubt between a sub or sub mini. I have difficulty choosing. Hopefully I’m not making this too complicated.Thanks a lot! 

I have just recently added a Sonos entertainment system to my bedroom. I have the Sonos arc paired with a Gen 3 sub. The sub has been causing me many problems in my 2 weeks of owning it. The sub will sound amazing when first paired and it will be booming. However, over time the sound quality seemed to decrease and the oomph that the subwoofer had was completely gone. I would have to increase the sub level even higher than normal to even try to achieve the oomph I once had. I decided to purchase the Sonos Boost to help with any connectivity issues. I cant tell if the Boost really helped or not to be honest. If i place my ear close to the oval opening in the Gen 3 sub it seems to emit a sound that sounds like an old film reel ticking over and over. When the sub was performing at its best with the oomph I was looking for, there was no weird film reel ticking sound when i put my ear close to it. I just want to figure out what the hell is wrong with it. Im sick of purchasing more things to

Hi, My grandpa uses Sony Bluetooth headphones to the Samsung TV, which is equipped with a Sonos playbar and two speakers. The problem is, the second the Bluetooth turns off, the TV sound then goes through the TV speaker and Sonos, which creates an echoing sound. This is also visible in the settings from the TV: Bluetooth shuts off when the headphones are turned off, the optical sound turns into TV speaker.  Does anyone knows a solution to prevent this from happening without having to change the settings every time?

Hi I have a Sony ag9 4K olde and have Sonos sound bar. I can’t use my Sony remote to turn volume up or down on the sound bar I have to use my sky remote 

How do i stop my Beam taking over my tv volume,in my samsung tv settings i select tv audio but it quickly returns back to Beam audio

Hi, i’m looking for some advice on a modification to my home theatre set up.   I had until recently my tv set up with a Sonos playbase and a  Sub (gen 2).  I was very happy with how that sounded.I recently changed the configuration of my set up and put the tv on the wall,  this has made the playbase and  therefore the sub redundant.   So i want to replace the playbase with a soundbar but i do not have the budget to buy an arc and think the original playbar is too chunky so was looking at a Beam or even a Ray.   Would someone be able to tell me if the Ray would work fine with the Sub (gen2)  i think i might have read somewher that the sub would be too powerful for the ray.   If that is the case would the Beam work fine instead?  Would i get away with the 1st gen Beam?  Things to consider,  my tv is a relatively new 55 inch LG but does not have Dolby Atmos.    Many thanks in advance.

Sonos system was working fine then it wasn’t. I had to unplug hdmi cable to allow tv speakers to work, but all lights on the system were working just no sound.

Hello- I have had an arc+sub for about a year now with LG C1 tv… since I have had it the arc will often not come out of standby and wake up when I turn the tv on… most noticeable in the morning after things have been shut off for the night but it seems somewhat random and intermittent.when this happens, usually the tv will revert back to tv speaker and if I switch back to HDMI arc nothing will happen.Other times, the tv output will stay as HDMI arc but the arc stays in standby as far as I can tell and no sound. If I try to change the volume, the tv shows a volume icon with a line through it like a mute symbol. Also, switching tv sound output to something else and then switching back to HDMI arc does not change anything.  The only way I have found to get sound back is to unplug the arc and replug.  Any ideas what could be going on? very frustrating issue that I have been just putting up with… but i am about ready to just ditch the Sonos. thanks   

Hello to everyone, I just got a playbar and connected to the TV and I works great. My problem is that I'm not able to connect to my account from the app. I can connect  well from the website but not from the app, meaning I can't use the services like napster or Spotify. It keeps saying that the email or password is incorrect and I don't understand why. I've tried changing it twice already but I still have the same problem. Any idea why ? Thanks a lot Romain

Hii have a lg c2 television a arc,sub, and 2 ones for surround.can I only get atmos from the television apps?as there is only one earc port on tv and Sonos arc, I take it I can’t get atmos from Apple TV etc without some kind of splitter?cheers

Dear Sonos community,Let me preface by saying that I have searched this website as well as the vast space that is Google and the rest of the web to find out if anyone has had my problem. I couldn’t find anything. I keep wondering if I’m searching for the wrong thing – so if my question has been discussed already, I apologize.My setup: I own a LG TV, an Apple TV 4K and a Sonos Ray. I use only the Siri Remote to turn on the TV and use the Apple TV, I never enter LG’s interface.I connected the Sonos Ray through this instruction on Sonos’s site to my TV (the section which says “Optical or optical adapter”)My problem is: When I change the volume, both the Apple TV’s and the Sonos Ray’s status light will “light up”, indicating that volume has in- or decreased. Also, on the TV there is an interface indicator which shows Plus and Minus signs, telling me if volume has de- or increased.But sometimes, when I hold the remote wrong (or the front part is covered by my leg or something), and increase

I purchased a home that has an HTD MCA-66 with CAT5 cables running to every room. I have 6 zones, each with the corresponding HTD wall volume control.The HTD has a 4 pin Phoenix connector AND a corresponding CAT5 connector for each zone.I’d like each speaker pair in each of the 6 zones to operate separately via a Sonos Port (one Port for each Zone).Question: Where am I hooking the RCA from each Sonos Port to? Audio in on the MCA-66? Or do I set it up as a sub zone within each zone? Can I remove and bypass the wall power and volume controls and only use Sonos for everything? Lastly - how can I make the speaker pair in my living room operate as RL and RR for surround with my Sonos Playbar? Do I need a Sonos Amp for that? Or would one of my Sonos Ports suffice?Thank you for your help!

Setting up sub, 2x one SL, and beam. I’m able to connect all the devices in the same “room” except the beam. Each time I reset the device and select the same “room” as the other devices it creates its own new room. Why can I not get all the devices set to the same “room”? 

My new sub mini will not work with either of my beams with surrounds added or on their own, but if i remove the surrounds and set up as a stereo pair and add the sub it works fine :-( very frustrating, have tried removing, and reinstalling, resetting and hard wiring but no change 😭 any help greatly Appreciated 

So I’ve had my Sonos home theater setup for over 10 months using an ARC, 2 Play 5 Gen 2, Sub Gen 2, and Sub Gen 3.  I am using a Sonos Boost for my Sonia Network and had been perfect for 10 months but last week got disconnected for no reason, and when tying to reconnect the Play 5 gen 2 pair the setup wizard connecting them to the ARC and subs will time out saying it didn’t connect.  When I go to look at my system it will no longer show the Play 5s and it will indicate I have surround speakers hooked to the ARC yet they don’t play any sound and the room with the ARC will show (ARC+Subx2+??) so I remove the surround speakers from the ARC and try to connect again.  I have reset all speakers and started from scratch but still cannot get my Play 5s to connect to my ARC as the surrounds.  I have had Sonia for over 8 years with no problems and even upgraded my speakers.  I have 4 Play 1, 2 Play 5 Gen 2, 1 playbar, 1 ARC, and 2 Subs Gen2.   if anyone knows how to get this fixed and hooked up

Hello,I planned to connect my projector (XGIMI Horizon Pro) to a Sonos bar and 2 satellites. The projector comes with an optical output, so I’ll probably buy a Sonos Ray or reuse my existing Playbar.The problem is that the projector is placed on one end of the room, while the bar will be on the opposite side, and I cannot run a long optical cable from one end to the other.Is there any solution to this?Thank you in advance,Davide

This update has ruined the sound of my sonos Arc and Sub. I have an Arc, Sub gen 2 and surrounds SL ones. My system has lost volume, the sound used to be clear and the bass strong. Now it sounds muddy and the bass i loved has disappeared. Ive re calibrated trueplay and with it active the sound is even worse. Messing with the EQ changes nothing. Now sounds like the samsung system i ditched after hearing sonos.  The sound on the previous firmware was fine and didn’t need any adjustment.i chatted with support yesterday and all re booting, pairing etc didn’t change anything.Perhaps if you (sonos) gave us a chance to roll back or even chose if we want to update it would be ok. You have left me with a system that now sounds terrible. Sonos, return to the previous sound profile. You are going to loose business and support. I’m thinking strongly to changing brand. This is shocking from a company to just change someones sound without giving them the choice. Absolutely gutted.  

When I first got my arc for 2 years ago I had a problem. Sometimes the sound just disappeared. After a updated everything was ok. But now after firmware 14.20 this seems to be back. Only difference is that now it is enough to toggle tv on and off. The first time I had to pull the plug. Hopefully a new firmware update will fix this issue soon.  I think there is way to much firmware problems with my sonos system, and I start regretting my latest purchase, two fives and a sub. Her I have problems with trueplay which only works on left speaker and sub 😢 

Hi all,Just bought a Sonos arc and I’m having a bit of trouble setting up a TV. My current set up is an HDFury Arcana that has a Chromecast plugged into it and then one output going into my projector and one arc output going into the Sonos Arc. Things I’ve tried:> unplugging everything> checking the arcana module about CEC problems> don’t have a CEC TV to set it up with> skipped through the TV set up in sonosPlease advise, absolutely stumped on how to use a Sonos Arc in this setup!

I have two Playbars both bought from the same shop a few weeks apart in 2016, connected via Optical cable to two TVs.  One with a new Samsung TV worked immediately with the TV remote to control the volume of the Playbar.  The other was on an older Panasonic TV and the Playbar volume never worked with the Remote.  The TV sound came out of the TV speakers and the Sonos Playbar, but you had to control the Sonos Playbar volume levels through the Sonos App.  I assumed this was due to the age of the TV. However, I have now moved the Samsung TV to the other room and connected it to this 2nd Playbar and the Remote still does not control the Playbar volume.  It still has to be controlled on the Sonos App.  I am now thinking there must be an issue with the Playbar. They look identical on the system, same version, hardware, series ID.  The only difference in setup is the one not working on remote hasn’t got Trueplay tuning set up as everytime I try that, it errors saying I’m not moving enough eve