Home theater

I have just purchased an Arc and Sub Gen3, paired with a couple of Play:1’s that I had lying around that weren’t being used.I cannot for the life of me get it working to get a decent sound out of it.The biggest issue is that I cannot turn on Dolby Digital Plus on my Sky box because the lip sync is out and no amount of adjustment on the TV, Sky Box or Sonos app makes any difference, when I leave it on Stereo PCM it sounds poor. I previously had an Onkyo Dolby Atmos amp and when that was outputting Sterio PCM it sounded significantly better than this. It was working perfectly but fancied a change, a change I am now seriously regretting.I work in IT so I consider myself to be reasonable competent with such things and I have literally tried everything.My TV is a 2019 model Philips Ambilight 55” 4K with arc output. The Sonos is connected to this HDMI port and the sky box is connected to another HDMI port. I have tried every HDMI cable I have in the hous

Hi allive got an older Epson Powerlite projector. Only audio out is analog rca. I’ve got a Roku 4K stick going into a 1x2 hdmi splitter then the split goes direct hdmi to the projector and I’ve got hdmi over cat5 extender to the beam.  Im unable to get through setup as the beam isn’t getting an arc connection. I’ve got now digital out on the projector so that’s not an option.  in theory l, shouldn’t this setup work? Maybe need to upgrade my extender?

...because the Arc combined with a sub and surrounds is currently an expensive paper weight. https://en.community.sonos.com/home%2Dtheater%2D228993/lost%2Dsurround%2Dand%2Dsub%2Dafter%2Dupdate%2D6868561

Good morning, turned on my Sony tv this morning and the volume display on the set was no longer visible. Volume control works but no visible signs of volume levels. Any suggestions?

Have a brand new sonos arc and recently it has been popping and crackling frequently when playing music loud as wel as the base sounding very hallow. Diagnostic is:1610518698please help I don’t want to return.

Hi , I currently have an Arc , Gen3 Sub and 2 One SL's but I wanted to ask if I used 2 Fives as surrounds and set the settings to Full would i benefit when listening to Music as well tv ? Or would I need to set them to a sterio pair ? The other thing I wanted ask is can you use the Arc as a center speaker and fives as left and right channels and how good would it be , thanks for any advice. 

So i have a Beam connected tot he TV that uses ARC, works really well, love it. I also have a projector that we use to watch movies but it doesn’t support ARC, I wanted to use the Beam with it. If I were to buy a connect would this allow be to run a line-in from the projector to the connect and then link the connect to the beam in the app. In theory I believe this would work but would there be latency issues???

Well, I’ve done all the troubleshooting I can find online. I’m going to call Sonos tomorrow. 2 play one’s, playbar and a sub. Works altogether once a month, if I’m lucky.  I spend an hour trying to configure the system, for it to drop a single component or all of them  except the playbar. Between my phone and my wife’s, we both use the Sonos app, so I assume there is a handshake trust for encryption that is partially to blame. I take them individually and plug them into the router.  i gotta say I’m sick and tired of this system. Such a PIA.I feel like I’ve been bamboozled by the initial quality of the system and software, only to have the patched updates to the software completely ruin the system. Plus I miss playing my music from my playlist on my phone. Blah

I have this set up. Nintendo Switch -> LG C1 -> Sonos Beam gen 2 + 2 Ikea Symfonisk. I have eARC activated, bitstream, passtrough on TV, Sonos app is showing Multichannel PCM 7.1 and sound is cutting in and out. This only happens with the Nintendo Switch, I have no issues with PS5 or any streaming service from the TV. Changed the HDMI cable and issue was solved for some days, but now it's doing it again. Had beam connected with WiFi, changed it to Ethernet cable and issue is still the same. Any help?

I have just received my Sub to complete my surround system. Every time I tried to pair it with Arc I was getting a failed connection message. After quite a few attempts at pairing the sub, and a factory reset later, I discovered that the sub would only pair with the Arc when I switched the Arc from wired to wireless connection. Now my system is working great and all speakers are connected. But when I switch Arc back to it’s wired Ethernet connection, I loose the sub speaker again. As anyone else encountered a similar issue? I also have a pair of surround one SLs which I had no problem pairing with Arc. 

I recently called customer service and determined my amp is defective on may 1. The sound kept going out on my tv. If I reset the arc it would come back on for a bit but go out again. It recently fell out of warranty unfortunately. sonos says they will replace it for a discounted fee which is great. However they won’t initiate the replacement process despite multiple emails and calls since may 1.  Every time I call they say they’ll send me an email to start the process. The email will come in 24/48 hours but it never comes. And I’ve checked spam.  I’m sharing as I found that this is an ongoing problem, ie the arc sound going out intermittently. Just wanted to share it was the amp in my case.   And hopefully Sonos will send me a new replacement!  Has anyone else experienced this?  

Hi, I’d like to ask for some help. I have just bought the full Sonos Cinematic system including an Arc, Sub (Gen 3) and Two One SL’s. There is a problem. De Sub en One SL’s keep disconnecting from the Arc. I think that I’ve tried everything. I tried using the Arc wired so it can make its own wireless network trough which the Arc can connect with the Sub en One’s and only use the WiFi from my TP Link x60 mesh network, connect everything via ethernet. But no luck. What I noticed is when my tv switches to Dolby Atmos (LG OLED55CX6LA) the problem sometimes occurs and won’t go away without rebooting all Sonos products. The TV is set to E-Arc to get Dolby Atmos. I tried using an Apple TV 4k (the latest one) and LG’s built in apps. But using both ways the problem still exists. I tried looking for answers within the Community but couldn’t find a solution that works for my situation. Thanks in advance!

Hi All,Since my last post I have added 2x Five’s. So, I have a Beam & Sub.2x Five’s at rear as surround (although in settings I have no way to control the “Surround audio” - I cant set the distance between myself and the fives.. I could when I had 2x One’s as rear surrounds)as the front stereo pair I have the 2x One’s.The problem is, when I want to watch TV I have to turn off the 2x One’s as they create an echo (These One’s were forced into a different room - TV Room 2.Music is fine with everything on.I would have thought this set up would be the perfect 5.1 ??I am probably doing something stupid as I’m tired :(

My daughter is away at college and would like to use a new Sonos Ray for her tv in her apartment. She has her own separate router set up but no ther Sonos devices. We have our own home Sonos network as well where she would potentially have it. So what’s the best way to go about doing that? Can you have 2 networks for one device and switch or would you have to in essence delete one network on the device and reset up each time?

I have a Beam that is connected to a Sony Bravia X900H TV. It runs on Android & it has the latest update installed. I purchased both the TV and Sonos Beam a little over a year ago. Right out of the box I installed everything & connected the Beam to TV HDMI eARC input. Everything worked great and TV & Beam synced perfectly & sound was great! Then, slightly less than a year after purchase the Beam stopped providing TV sound. The Beam still works & provide perfect sound as part of my Sonos multi-room wifi audio system. So I now the speaker is working. It just does not work with my TV anymore. I’ve tied everything. I unplugged both Beam & TV for 30 sec, disconnected all HDMI cables & reconnected everything. Does not work. I tried playing around w/various settings. Nothing. I bought a new HMDI cable, nothing. I bought an optical audio adapter & connected the Sonos to the TV optical audio input, nothing. At this point I am at a loss. I guess the only thing

Hello, I’m looking to upgrade to the LG C2 and getting the Panasonic UB820K 4k player. I’m currently using a Samsung Q60A and my PS5 as a player. I have my Sonos Beam (Gen 1) connected to my TV through the HDMI ARC, and I got two Sonos One connected to the Beam. My question is can I just run the same HDMI to the TV, while plugging the Panasonic to the other HMDI*  on the LG C2 without any problems?*The LG C2 has an HDMI ARC/eARC not sure what the difference is. but also an optical cable. Back of the LG C2  The back of the Panasonic has a Audio Out and Video Out that’s why I’m confused on the setting this up. (I know the Beam Gen 1 cannot do Dolby Atmos, looking to upgrade to the ARC later down but I just want to have the best possible color accuracy w

Got a new Virgin Hub 5 and it will connect wirelessly to my Beam and One SL. If I put Ethernet cable into either of them they appear and then I go into settings, manage network and follow instructions to set up new network but then it does not find any devices. Chatted with 5 agents about this, and spent hours trying to resolve using all the online guides and still not working. I changed my worries router settings to b/g/n as advised by a live agent, but this has still not worked. 

Hello.Arc connected with LG tv with eARC.Atmos works great, so does Dolby Digital Plus 5.1.But PCM 5.1 produces no surround sound.The app is saying I am listening to Dolby Multichannel PCM 5.1.Using netflix as the streaming service.Isnt PCM 5.1 supposed to produce surrond sound ?Anyone has any idea why ?Thanks! Cheers, T

Bonjour, je possède une TV samsung UE55F9000 et je viens d'acheter une barre de son SONOS ARC. Lorsque j'essaye de configurer la barre de son à la télé via le port HDMI ARC, l'application SONOS me demande d'activer le protocole TV Speakers ou le ARC mode dans sound settings. Pouvez-vous m'indiquer comment paramétrer ma barre de son avec la TV?Je vous remercie par avance. Cordialement.

I’ve got new home theatre system set up - consisting of an Arc, 2x One SLs and a Sub (gen 3) - and wondering whether to go wired network (i.e Ethernet cable the Arc only) or fully wireless?My router (Netgear Orbi) is very close all the above devices and has a very strong connection/WiFi throughput - download speeds at approximately 100mbps. All devices are all within a 9 square metre room, with no line-of-sight blockages.I understand that all three devices can only connect to the router via 2.4GHz, but if the Arc was to be Ethernet-connected, it on-communicates to the rear speakers/sub via its own 5GHz network.So I’m weighing up two positives:All three devices are connected wirelessly to the router’s very strong WiFi network, albeit at 2.4Ghz (please correct me if any of this is not correct); Arc is cabled up via Ethernet (to a router that has strong download speeds/thoroughput) and then transmit that to the rest via its own 5GHz ne

My Living room is 20’ x 20’ and I’m planing to setup the home theater system in the room with all Sonos speakers during my remodeling. I will be using it for watching movies, but also for our family parties. Can someone recommend what would be the ideal setup (not worrying about the cost)?I was thinking to start with Arch Sub Two CeilingWill adding two One SL  (one on each side of the Arc) be better or is it too much and not necessary? How about adding two more Ceiling speakers (total of 4 ceiling+ Arc + Sub). Obviously I don’t want to spend more if I don’t have to, but if adding more speakers will make a significant difference, I don’t mind adding more.  I will have two ceiling speakers in bedroom, dining room and patio as well. Thanks in advance.  

Hi, have noticed since moving the Sub Gen3 closer to my seating position, that between audio there is a low pulsing/ticking noise. It’s very consistent and from all devices running into my TV (PS5, Xbox, PC). It does not happen when streaming from the Sonos App.I have tried literally every setting in the Sound section on the TV, to no avail, even switching to regular ARC instead of EARC.My setup is Arc + Sub Gen3 + 2x Sonos Five’s. The ticking sound only comes from the sub.Wondering if anyone else has noticed or experienced this?

Hi there,I recently bought a Beam Gen 2. Setup went fine and came to run Trueplay. Halfway through the “Trueplay where you sit” part it comes up with an error message saying “Lost speaker” and that one of my speakers can’t be heard. The crazy thing is that there’s no sub or surrounds connected, nor have I tried to connect any. So if it’s lost a speaker, I can only imagine it’s referring to one of the drivers in the Beam itself?For sanity, I reset it a few times and tried again. Made sure it was running the latest firmware etc. Hardwired it to my router (not that it should matter). None made a difference.The few things I noticed as rather suspect:The bit where it listens to the background noise just jumps to the next step when you hit Continue. It doesn’t listen for 5-10 seconds like it does with my other Sonos kit When I tried a 5.1 test file, the left channel was weirdly muffled. I suspect this is the real issue. 

Hey! Recently upgraded my setup to a Sonos Arc, pairing it with a couple of IKEA bookshelf-speakers. Worked like a charm with the feintech, atleast on the chromecast ultra - full atmos experience. On the PC, not so much. I get little to no sound on the rears, dispite the sonos app showing an atmos input. The sound on the arc is alot thinner aswell - playing the same song through spotify connect etc. When trying the test in windows i get full sound on all channels. Anyone got any ideas? 

So I recently got an Apple TV and was looking forward to air playing to my sonos arc. The issue I’m having is that the arc audio keeps cutting out. It will be fine for anything from 5-30 minutes and then either the arc completely loses sound, or audio goes in and out. I then have to go into airplaybsettings on Appletv and switch audio input to tv speaker and tben back to air lay and after a few times of doing this audio comes back.  I have no audio cutout issues using airplay with normal audio from my iPhone.I’ve been reading the issue with the 14.6 firmware. Since I only this week set up my Apple TV I am not sure if my issue is the 14.6 issue or something else.  Also sonos seems to have acknowledged the issue but now said there is no issue at all so I’m not sure what is going on with my set up.