Home theater

Hey Everyone,I’ve got a Sonos Arc with a sub and Sonos AMP connected to ceiling speakers.The AMP and Sub are very close by to the Sonos Arc. Is there any benefit in putting an ethernet cable in between the Sonos ARC and AMP? Neither are connected directly to a router as I have another speaker wired to the router in another room to create SonosNet.I’d assume putting a cable in between the Sonos ARC and Amp would make it more reliable as the home theatre setup doesn’t need to communicate over Wifi. 

There’s a lot of inconsistency in the support pages and documentation around Trueplay. Trueplay-compatible devices and Sonos products says: “Trueplay tuning is supported by all Sonos products except Port, Connect, and Roam SL.” So, that implies even mic-less products like One SL, Arc SL, and Five have Trueplay. Seems straightforward.BUT:One User Guide: “When the microphone light is off...Microphone-dependent features like Trueplay are unavailable.” This implies that a mic-less model like One SL can’t do it. There is a Trueplay section in this guide.One SL User Guide: No Trueplay section, as found in the One User Guide, implying One SL doesn’t have Trueplay. Trueplay is mentioned in the product settings section, but that section is also somewhat generic, including settings only relevant to other products, like Battery Saver and Line In.Five User Guide: No mention of Trueplay at all. (Though the old Play:5 (Gen 1) User Guide covers it!)Arc User Guide overview section: “Effortless setup w

So I bought a Ray for my spare room which I’m very pleased with. I found out something interesting today too, after having difficulty pairing the TV remote via the Sonos app. It is a TV remote which had previously failed to work with a Playbase so I wasn’t at all surprised.I read a review where the reviewer had similar issues pairing his remote, but he found out that his remote uses ‘Toggle Bit’ for its remote controls. In other words, when you hit the same button twice, the remote sends a different signal for each, alternating between two IR codes. So he worked out a work around by following the Sonos setup routine; but after every requested button press, he covered the remote’s IR sensor and hit the button again before continuing with the wizard. So essentially with say the + button, press it aimed at the Ray, then cover sensor with hand and press again, then press again aimed at the Ray, cover and press again, and finally press the last time aiming at the Ray. Repeat then for the -

I’m sorry if I couldn’t find the topic for this and thanks in advance for your help.  My setup: 2 Sonos Ones. (rear left and rear right mounted on the wall) Sonos Beam - on the TV  Sonos Port  Logitech Z623 speaker system (two speakers and a sub)  I am struggling to find a way to get the sound to come from my TV - out of the logitech and sonos I thought the Port was the answer but it seems I was mistaken Please help! 

Up until yesterday I had no issues with my Sonos Beam and 2 Sonos Ones then something went wrong and I had no sound whatsoever.I reset everything and my Beam is working but one of the Sonos ones just seems to be blocking everything and I have a constant error when trying to set up the surround saying that the speaker is not connected to the network even though I have reset it at least 6 times.How can I delete it from the app and start again because this seems impossible.It is unbelievably frustrating that I cannot fix this

From searching I’ve found this mentioned before but unfortunately there were no follow ups so forgive the repeat.I've just picked up a pair of Ikea Symfonisk bookshelf speakers for the rear surrounds and am finding them to be a great complement to my Arc and Sub for watching TV. I have been experimenting with the Music Playback setting (for non-TV listening), and its Ambient and Full options, and having tried both I am definitely leaning towards Ambient as I think I prefer the slightly more localised sound that it allows, and in contrast the Full setting just sounds a bit too much 'everywhere' for my liking.However, I've noticed an unexpected downside - the Ambient setting appears to reduce the sub output slightly for some reason. I first suspected it audibly but it became much more obvious when holding my hand over the sub's output hole where it is easy to actually feel the difference.Why would it do this? The Music Playback option description implies that it only affects the surround

Hi, I'm new to the Sonos home theatre but have long had some play 1s. We recently installed the full surround set, moving an old play 1 away and having one of the surrounds in the same area. We are a ‘switch everything off at the wall’ household. I had assumed that it would be possible to turn on one or both One SL and ask it to play music, without needing to turn on and use the full surround sound system. When I turn on a One SL in isolation it never shows up in the app.Is there a way to make them behave standalone when turned on without the Arc? And when turning the Arc on, having them auto join the arc? Thanks,Jamie  

I have a sonos Arc, sub abs 2 sonos one speakers.I have just bought a new LG 77” model.I have the earc hdmi cable.I am only getting stereo 2.0 and I am pulling my hair out.Tried sonos chat but that did not help.it says Dolby vision on Netflix and Disney.     

I’ve seen a few similar threads but haven’t been able to find a recent one or one with a solution that works. I have a Sony TV, PS4 and Sonos Beam and they have worked without any issues for about 5 years. I have not changed a thing in the set up but this week the sound switches from the Beam to the TV and when I try and change it back I get an HMDI conflict message. If I unplug the PS4 hdmi then I can set up the Beam again, but as soon as I plug the PS4 back in it has another conflict. I’ve tried turning everything off and back on, and also changing HDMI leads but neither solve the issue.Does anyone know why this has started happening and have any ideas on how to fix it?

Hi!Previous threads here on this topic are closed so i open a new one.I have a Sonos Beam Gen 2. Its nice but I am shocked i cannot use any headphones any more?If my Samsung TV is in HDMI ARC mode, it will not let me connect any headphones. This mode is normally for HDMI A/V Receivers, so you can connect your headphones there. But the SONOS Beam has no option to connect headphones.. So thats it? SONOS must have thought of this no? People might want to use the beam but also sometimes headphones? Or is this a kind of apple thing, you are using it wrong? The beam is so awesome, you shouldn't use headphones? Please explain.. Btw.. I read one advice here, to use an additional external bluetooth transmitter with the optical out of the TV, which is always active. tried this and doesnt seem to work for me. I think the transmitter requires PCM Output but the beam should get Bitstream / Dolby Digital. And i wont switch this every time i want to use headphones.. SONOS please tell me you thought o

Hi.I have a Sonos Beam Gen 2 and TCL Series 6 55” Roku TV (55R635) and I have them connected via eARC HDMI cable.I’ve had the Beam for about six months and over the last two months I have to constantly unplug and replug the Beam to get sound going. I’ve tried three different HDMI cables to no avail.I just completely reset everything with a new 8K HDMI cable, unplugged everything and waited ten minutes and reset from scratch. The Beam was found in CEC and everything was fine. Then I plugged in the cable box and xBox and then the Beam drops out of CEC, but the sound still worked. Then after the TV goes into sleep mode and if I want sound when I turn the TV back on, I have to unplug the Beam and then plug it back in and then I have sound.I have a similar TCL Roku TV in another part of the house with a Bose soundbar and have never once touched it after initial setup, so I’m at a loss here.Thanks.

Stack: Sony A80J 77’ TV / eArc / Sonos Arc, Sub3, One SL pair (5.1.2)Streaming: ATV 4k (gen2) and Firetv4kmax devices used with the above displayRouter: Is in the same room (10 x 20) as all 5 speakers; it is Wifi 6 and manufactured in the last year or so; it is a “Spectrum Router” that does not broadcast SSIDs for 5g and 2.4g networks separately; only a combined networkI run SonosNet Channel 1, with 1 One SL wired (changing the wireless channel has no effect)All of the below happen regardless of Streaming device or streaming application being used (Netflix Ultra, HBOMax, Prime, Hulu etc)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The below used to be intermittent; now I’m having to reboot my various speakers, almost daily. Nothing has changed in my set up1 Wireless set upS2 app never recognizes my “products” (Sub3, One SL pair) it does recognize the Arc After exiting set up (for Sub3 and One SL

I thank that something is not ok with my setup.  so when im using native Netflix app from my tv everything is perfect (i got dolby dogital 2.0 oraz 5.1 )  When there is stereo (dolby digital 2.0 oraz stereo pcm) i can hear some sounds from satelites (symfonisks) but when im watching same movie (that is not 5.1 but stereo only) VIA netlix (Firestik) at the app is always (dolby digital 5.1) and i cant hear any sound from satelites everything is perfect with movies that have 5.1 (working fine via both Netflix apps) btw. At Fire stick settings im using dolby dogital (not best ) couse with best firestick is using dd+ that my panasonic cant use via hdmi arc and i was Geting only stereo pcm (with i could hear some sound via satelites) just wondering if my setup is ok…  

been trying to setup my first sonos device (Beam Gen 2) on the S2 app on my Android 11 phone.S2 detects Beam but then claims it cant detect the Beam via NFC. checked on my phone settings that NFC is enabled and the app has full permissions.switched to ethernet, no luck. its definitelt not the cable or the port because my LG TV connects perfectly fine. need help before i throw the towel and return the device for something else.

Hi,Is this possible ?There is an HDMI on the Mac Studio, is it as simple as connecting this to the Beam?Would I get Dolby Atmos output from the Mac Studio ?Help greatly appreciated.

Hey Everyone,I know the general way of thinking here is to only wire one speaker to Sonos, however I have a tonne of wifi devices at home and my house tends to be a difficult wifi environment even when using SonosNet.I have 20 Sonos speakers scattered around, and the Symfonisk Lamps in particular seem to have really poor wireless connectivity and frequently drop out regardless of the SonosNet wifi channel.My ethernet network consists of a main TP Link Deco Router linked to a 16 Port Unmanaged Switch in my office which then feeds into 3 different locations in the house each with their own unmanaged switch on each end and Deco Access Point. I have found that wiring in as many Sonos speakers as possible to ethernet solves a huge amount of the issues I have with SonosNet. I’ve managed to wire in 11 Sonos speakers and leave 9 to SonosNet and the experience is vastly better.The issue is, if I have anymore than one of the ethernet wired speakers with Wifi enabled everything works really well

Hello thereI would like to purchase a Sonos Arc but I wanted to check that it will work well with beamed ceilings. I have a small living room with a 7 foot ceiling that has beams. In terms of set up they would be running from fireplace to back wall. The Arc would be above the fireplace. Any advice would be much appreciated.

I recently purchased my first Sonos product, the Arc.  My network is Meraki MX64 based with a PoE MS120-8lp switch and a MR36 AP.  The set up instructions seemed simple enough but I could not get my iPad and Arc to connect to complete the install.  With help from Sonos support and Meraki support, they connected right away.Here is the combined list of the instructions from Sonos and Meraki that brought it all together:Log in to the Meraki router. Open the Wireless tab. Select Firewall & traffic shaping. Under Layer 2 LAN Isolation, change the setting to Disabled Under Layer 3 Firewall Rules, change the setting for Local LAN to Allow. Under the SSID Configuration, change the setting Addressing and Traffic Client IP Assignment to Bridge modeI hope this helps anyone with a Meraki network who wants to get the Sonos working smoothly. RichCO

No options for Ray owners yet on the forums I see! I’ve spoken to both Sonos and Samsung about this and neither can resolve it. I’ve discovered that this model of TV possibly isn’t capable of passing through a DTS signal via Optical Out. I’ve tried this with several bluray discs on both a PS5 and a Sony UHD player. Under Expert Settings Bitstream is selected. When receiving a Dolby signal, it allows to choose between Digital Output Audio Format PCM or Dolby Digital. With DTS, only PCM. Would that PCM signal be the TV outputting 2.0 or the Ray receiving the DTS signal and outputting it as 2.0? Unless the Sonos can’t process a DTS 7.1/5.1 True HD signal? Does anyone know? It’s still a bit of a mystery. edit - it seems Samsung only allowed for DTS passthrough on TV’s from 2020 onwards. Mystery solved; but if anyone else is having the same problem, there’s your answer.

In short, I never seem to be hearing noise from the surrounds- most of the sound just seems to come from the ARC and that’s it.  I have a SW too- which is hard directionally to see if it’s coming from there too.  I’ve got it all set up in my system as part of the ARC- i.e. the 2 surrounds and SW are hooked in thru that.   But never quite seem to hear the surrounds...any idea what’s up?

We just had a Sonos Arc installed with new SAMSUNG QN65S95BAFXZA OLED 4K TV.  I noticed that every time I turn  off the TV with the Xfinity remote and then put it back on, there is NO volume. I have to click the volume button to get sound. This is very annoying. How can I fix this? Thanks for the help.

The Beam is connected to my HD Samsung smart TV and Sky box etc and of course with no jack the Sonos will not connect directly to headphones. Is there an adapter/conversion unit that will enable me to fit in and then make use of the headphones, please? I am not at all technical and in my 80’s so any thoughts will be much appreciated. I thought that I had seen a suitable converter?

I’ve had this setup for a year without any issues and now all of a sudden, my rears and subs syncs out with my arc…I can easily notice because I hear echoes and when I pause the movie or show it will continue to play for a second. Only resetting the power on my speakers fixes it then it comes back later randomly. What gives ? I didn’t pay $$$ for this sort of inconvenience.  

So watching tv last night and all of sudden the my two one surrounds went out of sync with my arc/sub.  I’ve had my setup for a while now and have never had an issue.  I powered down everything and restarted my router and the problem seems to have gone away. Just hoping this doesn’t become a regular thing.  I’m reading a lot of people are having issues after the last 14.6 firmware.  My system is now on 14.8.1. Anyone else having a similar issue? 

I hook up the HDMI cable that came with my Sonos Arc from the soundbar to the eARC HDMI on the TV. my sound settings are set on the TV:sound output: HDMI eARC HDMI eARC Mode: AutoDigital Output Audio format: AutoDolby Atmos  Option: selectedand when I try to play Netflix content with the Dolby Atmos symbol (higher tier Netflix subscription) all I see is Dolby Multichannel PCM 5.1 on my Sonos appWhat am I missing? What else I can do? Thanks for all the help.