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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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dryan1998Contributor I
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Adding Sonos Beam to AVR Setup.

I have Sonos Products throughout my home for audio, but sound for my primary TV is currently through a traditional LCR soundbar wired through a Denon AVR that also controls audio for a number of wired in-ceiling and outside speakers. All of my video components route through the Denon (local cable TV, Apple TV, Fire Stick, etc.) I also use a sonos connect for my turntable audio output.I would like to replace my LCR soundbar with a Beam. I’ve seen a number of threads discussing how to connect Beam in to an AVR (and whether this makes sense to do or not). Since I already have the AVR, and it’s so central to my current set-up, is it just as simple as connecting Beam to the HDMI/ARC output on the Denon?

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Paul A
3 years ago
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There was a problem adding Google Assistant on Sonos Beam

Hi, I’ve performed a few reboots and a single factory reset on my beam today as the Google Assistant stopped working this morning and was not able to connect to the network for some reason, the beam also seems to disappear from the Sonos App - not sure why. All other devices can connect (and remain connected to the internet) and my Sonos One (Gen2) continues to work with Google Assistant enabled. I’ve tried rebooting the router already as well as unlinking the Sonos devices from google assistant. Every time I try to add a voice assistant to the Beam it would go through to try open up the google assistant app and then finally error out with “There was a problem adding Google Assistant”. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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altyzTrending Lyricist I
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Unable to link Sonos Beam to my account

Hi everyone, Thanks in advance for your help. I had a bit of a roller-coaster day today. Google Assistant stopped working on the beam but it was still able to play audio from the TV etc. but sonos radio wouldnt work. I could see there was activity on the router from the beam onto the net so was sure it was connected. I thought at first it must be me trying to spam Google Assistant too much today with my testing so they blocked me so I left it alone for a few hours and came back and it was still saying “Sorry I cant reach the internet right now” - strange!. I rebooted the system a few times and always ending up with the same issue - my other sonos devices (sonos one gen2) on the same network had no issues. So, I decided to do a factory reset on the beam to see if it’ll help. Unfortunately, now it’s coming up on the sonos app as “Not Registered” and when I try to register it just sits there and finally fails. I can see on the sonos website under “systems” the beam is marked as “offline”

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3 years ago
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Mattdb17Contributor I
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S2 iOS app wont connect to speakers

I have an arc with 2 SL’s. Sound is outrageously good. But recently whenever I open the app it has trouble connecting to the speakers. Now it won’t connect even after resetting everything. I use the iOS app. Was hoping these would be more reliable than they are currently are. 

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Ken_Griffiths
3 years ago
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btwilzContributor I
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Nintendo Switch Controllers Lag When SONOS is Connected

When my SONOS Beam is connected to the TV, the controllers for the Nintendo Switch lag a split second, enough to make many games unplayable. It is NOT an audio lag, but a controller input lag. As soon as I unplug the speaker from the TV, the controls are responsive again. And when I plug the speaker in again, the controls start lagging again. This happens whether I’m using a wireless controller or a USB controller.I don’t think it has to do with the Beam’s wifi. I have it set up on ethernet from the router and it’s not connected to a wifi network. I’m using a TCL ROKU TV (49S405). FYI, this is the same problem experienced in an earlier posted question that was never resolved (“Nintendo Switch Controller Connection Issues” by Mattr767). What’s going on? Is there anyway to fix this? I can’t use the Beam when gaming, which is half the use the TV gets.

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3 years ago
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Mikeeb123Contributor I
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PDP 428XD optical not working

I have an old pioneer kuro PDP-428XD and have just purchased a Sonos beam as was hoping to improve the sound.   It doesn’t have an ARC and so having to use the optical adaptor.   When I set it up the beam doesn’t detect a signal.  I THINK from reading up on other forums that the 428XD only passes out optical sound if/when using the TV tuner (which I’m not - I’ve got a fire stick and Virgin TV connected via HDMI.Does anyone know if there is a work around?  Some people have mentioned an audio extractor but I’ve no idea if that worked, and if so which one?  Most of the posts seem years old with no conclusion and so hoping that there is a nice simple work around? Many thanks Mike  

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Simon B
3 years ago
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henrikorumContributor I
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Some speakers missing after router restart

Hi,When my router restarts only 3 of my 6 speakers are found in my system. Can you tell me what I need to do be able to get all 6 back in te system without having to restart them?I wonder if I have done something wrong on the initial setup. units that appear automatically in app:1 Amp1 Play:51 One Units that need restart after router restart1 One2 One SL Hope you can tell me what i'm doing wrong.  

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Rowena B.
3 years ago
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AngusHContributor I
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Sonos Arc Splash Screen gone on x900F

When I first hooked up my Sonos Arc with x900F, I was able to see the splash screen via HDMI3 (ARC port). After updating my x900f to the new OS, the splashscreen no longer shows up when I switch to HDMI3 - it is now showing no signal screen (default).Sound is still working but not sure if this is normal. 

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Louneu29Contributor I
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Arc with Samsung

Does anyone know why my arc works through the tv sound, I then switch to music and it works and then going back to tv the sound doesn’t come back to through the arc? 

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Ken_Griffiths
3 years ago
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HipHippoContributor I
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I can get rid of a dead Sub and I cannot add my new Sub

I have a Play5 S1, in what I optimistically call my “gym”It was set up with a SUB.  My sub died. A sad day.Since it was still under warranty, I took it to the store, and they gave me a new one (yay).I went home and I added the new SUB. I went to the Gym Play5 and selected “Remove Sub”, it indicates a click, but nothing happens. I cant remove the old dead sub from my Gym Play5.When I go via the SUB, I can add it to any other speaker, just not the GYM one. I have tried many times in different ways. , power cycle, etcHow can I get rid of the old one so.I can add my nice new sub?  

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BjankovichContributor I
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Samsung TV Sonos Arc question

So I have a Samsung QN65Q7FAM tv with a New Sonos ArcIs Dolby digital + the best sound I can achieve? The Samsung rep told me I would have better sound with a different brand of TV lol..I also have a PS4 not sure if you can use it to boost the sound quality or not.Thanks in Advance!

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RhoContributor I
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Play 1 is connected but has no sound?

I have a pair of Play 1 speakers - part of a surround system.  All of the speakers in my house are connected (every room of the house) and are showing up on my app but one of my Play 1 speakers no longer has sound?  The pause and volume level buttons work on the system but no sound from the speaker.  was working fine last week?

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Mark P
3 years ago
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StonkupContributor I
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Sonos Arc and Amp setup for TV and music

Hi,I am building my new house and planning to get inceiling Sonos speakers (2) with Sonos arc.later buy a Sonos arc and woofer and setup a 5.1 surround sound .  the arc needs to be connected to tv hdmi and arc will connect to amp through wifi.this setup works for tv surround sound .  however if I want to listen to audio only , Spotify or Apple Music ,will the above setup works with arc powered off and music coming off the 2 ceiling speakers ?? Thanks,Ram

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