Home theater

No sound from Playbar after connecting to new Bravia 8 XR80 using Optical Audio adapter connected to eArc HDMI port on TV.

Hi, I have a question about the Sonos App (on Android).I’ve hooked up my LG OLED48CX6LB TV to a new Beam Gen 2 Sound Bar via HDMI. I’ve configured all the settings correctly. When I play a Dolby ATMOS test video from Youtube (on the TV) and look at the “whats playing” section of the App, I can see the audio formats change depending on what I’m watching. My question is when I play a Dolby Atmos test video, it says Dolby Multichannel PCM 2.0, is this correct or should it display the Dolby Atmos logo and say Dolby ATMOS?Thanks

ARC/ERA300 Does Sono is planning to add the option in their app to easily switch from atmos to stereo, vice versa? Being audiophile, I really enjoy the era 300 power. The only show stopper to buy the arc ultra is disabeling the front driver of the era 300 when set in surround mode With arc ultra So, when I listen music I would be like to fully able the era 300 But it seems setting up almos then desetting it and setting stereo seem studious  Does Sono is planning to add the option to easily switch from atmos to stereo, vice versa?

I have several clients that want to have surround play the sound bar volume. Currently we have to group these speakers and adjust the volume on the app we would love to group these speakers to the sound bar and they adjust the volume up or down with the sound bar based on the TV remote. 

I’m using an iPhone 15 Pro Max and a Sonos Beam Gen2. The connection is experiencing frequent disconnection. Are there any settings I need to adjust or is there an issue with the Sonos Beam? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Helloi used to have my playbar connected and everything was going great. Connected to tv and playing music via Spotify until one day it does not show up on Spotify app. tried everything and decided to reset to factory setting. Now the Sonos app does not identify my bar. I connected with ethernet cable the bar and router and nothing.  Contacted Sonos support and live chat with a guy who tells me that the problem is my phone setting with allow access to microphone. Asked me to go to setting, privacy, microphone and toggle the Sonos app. The problem is the Sonos app does not appear. Same issue on other devices. Live chat guy sent me a link how to set a bar and got disconnected. Nice support. so here I am asking the community. my playbar still has its green light flashing and still plugged with ethernet cable. I reset modem, router etc. Still nothing. Becoming desperate and close to give up. 

A Beam Gen 2 and 2 Era’s for surrounds.  Doesn’t matter what content you’re watching, as soon as background music stops playing, the voices are much more quiet.  The only solution I’ve been able to come up with is to pause the video playing for a second or two them resume playback.  All of a sudden everything is back to normal.  I already use voice enhancement to make it louder and have night sounds turned off.  I believe this to be a software issue.  What do you think?

If I am posting a new topic when I could have done so in an existing one, I apologize, but there didn’t seem to be an option to post a new thread in an existing topic.My wife purchased an Arc Ultra, Gen 4 Sub and 2 Era 300 speakers for home theater.We are in the middle of a remodel, and from what I have read, we have made some decisions (irreversible) that are NOT optimal for our home theater setup, so I’m asking here in the hopes of salvaging what we can (yeah, I know it’s still going to be incredible, but dammmmm).(1) The TV will be above a fireplace, so about 5’ off the ground and the Arc will go between the mantle and the bottom of the TV(2) room dims are roughly 20’X18’ BUT we vaulted the ceiling, so it’s 8’ at TV wall and 8’ at the back wall but center of room above our couch will be about 13’.(3) looks like sub will go in a cabinet behind the couch in a window seat.This means the arc will be maybe 5’ off the floor and mayb e 2.5’ abov

You can cast local Dolby Atmos files to Sonos using the Hi-Fi Cast or BubbleUPnP app.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.findhdmusic.app.upnpcasthttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnpSequence Pink Noise 7.1.4 file: https://bluewindy.solaris.usbx.me/filebrowser/api/public/dl/A6CxJEFW/downloads/Sequence%20Pink%20Noise%207.1.4.m4aApple Music Link :

Just after people’s thoughts on the above topic, now that Pinewood is dead in the water. I have a Beam 2 with Sub Mini and Era 100 Rear Surrounds, with a spare pair of E100. Just watched a vid on YouTube by neverenoughtech showing Sonoseqencr adding Fronts to a soundbar, sure enough, they pop up as fronts in S2, they also seem to disable L/R on the Beam. It seems to be a future feature not developed yet, can’t help feel it will be written out on a future update, now that pinewoood has gone ?. Does anyone have any views on this feature.look forward to comments !

I just invested in the arc ultra + sub 4 + 2 x era 300 surrounds.I'm a little underwhelmed by the front sound of the arc ultra.  Linked to this I need to have the system volume at around 55 to get a 'normal volume' The overall tone of the front of the system is a bit boxy and doesn't seem to fit well with the sub and surroundsIs this normal? Or could there be an issue with my ultra. I just set up a samsung q990d for a friend and power wise its blowing my set up away. 

What is described in this reddit thread for the Arc Ultra, happens with my Arc system with movies/tv for some time now. Background sounds are very quiet but dialogue is fine and any loud sounds like gunshots, explosions are ok too.It wasn’t always like this, remember it being very atmospheric and detailed.Any ideas how to fix this? Tried resetting, changing settings etc. but not fixed.Arc Ultra - unbalanced sound and spikes in volume? : r/sonos

First things first. This is not a rant. This is an expalation of a problem, which reduces the experience in 3D audio a lot. For background: I'm a sound engineer and music producer and I don't wanna sound arrogant, but I know what I'm talking about. (I'm a really nice and funny guy :D)So lets get to the problem then :DNO I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FRONT FACING DRIVERfor better understanding watch this VIDEOThis bug appeared the moment I switched the Arc with the Arc Ultra. Before I made the switch I was on the 16.1 app and firmware. So I don't know if the Ultra causes the problem or the app/firmware. Before the switch everything was running as it should.So, since there is not much of a topic around this, I'm curious if I am still one of a few who have this bug or one of a few who noticed it.I made this post in Reddit,

I was actually able to cast Dolby Atmos to Sonos via the Hi-Fi Cast app. But the weird thing is, the Dolby Atmos indicator doesn't show up in the "Sources" section of the Sonos app.So my question is, when I cast Dolby Atmos to Sonos via the Hi-Fi Cast app, does it cast the Dolby Atmos audio downmixed to stereo?

Hi. My sub will not stay connected to my playbar? it connect and play fine with the rest of my Sonos speakers? please help  best regards Kasper Mønsted 

Products that are pure white or black do not give designers much to work with in most homes. Would like to see more attention paid to colorway aesthetics. A soundbar does not have to look so generic and unattractive. Perhaps a two-tone Arc Ultra in silver and gunmetal grey.

I’ve been using the same setup for over 7 years—Playbar, Sub, and Play:1s for surround sound—without any issues. Suddenly, I can no longer connect my Play:1s or Sub to the Playbar for surround sound. Even when they briefly show as connected, they disconnect within a few minutes, and I’m forced to reset them. Oddly, each speaker works fine on its own, just not as part of the surround setup.Not sure what is going on   Any help would be appreciated  

Hi,I have 2 Amp's tot support my surround setup. Once the Amp that is connected to the rear speakers is set to act as the surround set I'm not able to use them as a separate room, both Amp's are assigned tot the same room, playing the same music…Can I keep the rear and front Amp separated? So they can play independent from each other while not using them in the surround TV setup?ThanksGG 

Pretty often I have to unplug my Beam gen 2 and reboot it for voices to be normal.When I turn on my LG OLED, Apple TV and Beam the voices/sounds are pretty often more bass and deep (thus distorted and not the correct voices of actors etc). If I unplug everything it usually goes back to normal. The issue has becoming more and more frequent. Any ideas?

I have this device from CORSAHD: https://a.co/d/5o6AZirIt works great with my bedroom LG TV that does not have eArc and my Sonos Arc. It also has four HDMI In ports so you don’t need a separate splitter like you do with the Arcana. Lossless Dolby Atmos passes to the Arc just fine. The one issue I’m having is with any DTS-HD track. It converts every DTS-HD track to lossy DTS Surround. DTS-HD 2.0 becomes DTS Surround 2.0. DTS-HD 5.1 and 7.1 both become DTS Surround 5.1. When I tried changing my Blu-ray player from Auto to PCM, I just got stereo PCM for DTS-HD 5.1 and 7.1 tracks. I can’t find a way to get Multichannel PCM 7.1 like I can when using TV with eArc. I don’t think changing any settings on the TV should matter because I’m sending the audio directly to the Sonos Arc. The CORSAHD device should just be passing through audio, so I’m not sure why I would not get Multichannel P

Why does my beam suddenly make a crazy loud buzzing noise when I pause Netflix?System was fine and suddenly started acting crazy. Using hdmi-earc from tv to beam.

I recently built a Sonos home theatre system, piece by piece, as I was able to afford each component. I started with the Arc ultra and added two Era 300s and a sub mini. This is all hooked up to my lg g4 77 in OLED.I have researched all over the Internet and am getting differing opinions. My question is straight forward: I am using the era 300s as rear speakers. What are the best configuration settings in the Sonos app for surround, height, arc ultra, etc? Do I increase the bass and treble on the Arc, or leave that alone and only up the bass on the sub mini? Should I set music to ambient or full? Please give me a complete list of optimal config settings and I will be very appreciative! Thank you in advance

Hi Everyone, My surround sound system is not working when tv is first turned on. The work around is to unplug the TV after it has been turned and plug it back and only then the surround sound would work. I have changed HDMI  a couple time, problem persist. Also, I would ensure that the output is set correctly. The surround sound works fine with music from when using the Sonos app.  I have two Era 300, two subwoofers gen 4, and one arc ultra.  Thanks.  

Hi everyone,I recently moved into a new apartment that provides internet for each unit via AT&T Community WiFi. I have my own unique password to access the internet, but I’m running into issues setting up my Sonos system.I have a Sonos Arc and two Sonos One speakers, which I’m trying to use as surrounds. However, they won’t connect properly, and I suspect the issue is related to the internet setup. Here are some additional details:The apartment’s Ethernet ports do not work. I was told that when the building’s internet was set up, the wiring was not labeled, so it would be a long process to get them functional. I’ve tried setting up the speakers over WiFi, but they won’t connect as surrounds. I’m wondering if the issue is due to the shared network environment in the building.Has anyone dealt with a similar issue? Are there any workarounds I can try to get m

Mein TV Gerät hat heute keinen Ton über die Sonos Beam, gestern ausgeschaltet-alles normal- nichts verstellt, aber ich bekomme keinen Ton