Home theater

After changing the HDMI, restarting connections and other configuration tips, this problem continues to occur

Hi everyone,I can’t seem to catch a break with the Arc Ultra. The first two units I received had the distorted sound issue. I’ve now received my third unit — the distortion is gone, but I think I may have another problem but wanted to check with the community.The left side of the speaker sounds noticeably flatter and less punchy than the right, with a clear difference in bass output. I tested this by playing music through the Sonos app and running my hand across the speaker — the right side pushes out significantly more air, while the left feels much weaker, almost as if most of the bass is coming from the right.I’ve also noticed a slight echo sound when watching videos on YouTube via my Apple TV 4K which is connected to my Samsung TV. Is this normal behaviour or do I need to do something to prevent this from happening? I’ve already changed the output to passthrough on my TV as I’ve read that should be done to let the Arc Ultra handle the sound?I’ve run b

Hi all I have just installed a Beam gen 2. I have set my LG tv to allow Dolby Atmos via eArc and I can see from the app that my Beam has a Dolby Atmos input. When I listen to Dolby Atmos content though I can’t seem to hear much difference to be honest. I have also tried Spatial Audio on Apple Music and again can’t really determine any difference.  I maybe expecting too much and it’s early days but I am wondering if my Beam may be faulty. Has anybody got any experience of this? 

Hello all!I own an Arc Ultra for my small living room. I am looking to make a Home Cinema with 2 x Roam 2. Will I be able to do it? I am thinking since the living room is small, 2 Roam 2 could be more than enough, and I will be able to use them as portable speakers for the terrace. Please, let me know if you think the set up (Arc Ultra+ 2 x Roam 2) is meant to be a home cinema. Thank you so much!

I own a Sonos Arc Ultra and two Era 300 speakers. I would like to use the Arc Ultra together with the two Era 300s as a home theater setup, but also be able to quickly use the two Era 300s independently as a stereo pair.In my experience, the sound quality of the two Era 300s in pure stereo without the Arc ultra is significantly better for music listening than when all speakers are combined in a home theater setup. Unfortunately, switching between these two use cases is currently not quick or convenient. I would strongly appreciate a feature that allows multiple setup presets to be saved and switched between. Ideally, these presets would retain their individual Trueplay tuning settings. For example: When I want to watch a movie, I select a “Home Theater” preset, where the Arc Ultra and the two Era 300s play together. When I want to listen to music the next day, I select a “Stereo Music” preset, where the Era 300s automati

Hey folks. I’m running my Sony XBR-55X9004 TV through an Epson projector. The audio when watching TV programming (primarily sports) changed to very weak recently. Worked fine until recently. I first tried a new HDMI but that didn’t help. I then noticed the Stereo PCM display on my Sonos App. I have to crank the volume way up to get adequate volume. Volume works normally when listening to music via Sonos (displays Dolby Atmos) but when switching to TV the volume diminishes and display switches to Stereo PCM. The TV feed comes from a Sony TV (casting to a separate room using the projector). Everything else works great. Any help is appreciated! 

Hi I've had this issue for a few weeks whereby every now and then - and I cannot put my finger on how often it occurs, maybe once a day, where the sound reduces and the green light flashes for a few seconds (like it's updating or something) then comes back to normal. Is this normal? It's bloody annoying.  Thanks

I have an Sonos Arc and era 100’s bought 2 era 300 and have had a terrible time hooking them up to all play the same thing at once. I keep getting a small crackle sound from the era 300’s. I figured they were defective exchange them and even the new ones are doing the same thing! I reset my router and all the speakers to factory settings and still happens. Why is this happening??

Hello everyone, We’ve had annoying issues to say the least with our Sonos system (beam + 2x One SL) since the November update.  We had no issues up until then, everything worked perfectly, be it when we played music, watched tv or used any streaming service. But since November, it’s all gone haywire and it’s driving me crazy. I keep trying to change the settings but nothing works, no setting stays the same for everything like it used to. Before that darn update, I only touched *once* the settings, and that’s when we installed the system over 2 years ago. It worked oh so well up until November.  Dialogues are muffled, but then all the other sounds are too loud. I have to turn up the volume to hear what’s being said and then end up deafening the whole house when all the other sounds come on. It’s like the sound is on stereo. And then, sounds aren’t on time with the image. It was NEVER like this.  We contacted the customer service and had n

Hi guys Ive had a S2 Playbar for a number of years which has worked wonderfully. I recently bought a brand new s4 sub base unit but cannot get it to connect to the playbar network via the wi fi. Looking at the data im not sure they are compatable which is very frustrating as i cant get the base unit to work as it wont asign to the playerbar network. Is there any way i can get them to work together ideally without wiring them together ( even if thats a possibility) ? Any help appreciated.Many thanks Geoff

I have a Playbar, Sub, and 2 Play:1s combination.  The TV I have is old and specifically restricts devices input directly to the TV via HDMI as only being output via optical in 2.0 PCM. Not very unusual with older TVs.  I’m getting sound from the Play:1s.  What exactly is the Playbar outputting to the surrounds?  Stereo?  Some kind of matrixed surround similar to Prologic II?  I’m not dissatisfied with the sound.  I’m just curious what’s going on with this configuration.  If I got a TV that passed through Dolby Digital 5.1 via optical what would the Playbar do with that?  Is it going to sound markedly better than whatever it’s doing with 2.0?  I’m not really all that amped up about Atmos or anything like that yet.  5.1 and 1080p are just fine for now.This room is pretty much exclusively for streaming.  Most surround programming is DD+.  Something tells me that since my Roku senses what my playback device will process, that it will only send 2.0 PCM out an

Hello everyone.  Quick question about speaker placement as I am fairly new to Sonos.  I recently upgraded to the arc ultra, gen 4 sub, 1 pair of Fives and 1 pair of Era 300 from 1 pair of one SL and 1 pair of Era 100.  Below is the open concept floor plan.  I plan on using the arc and sub for home theater and the Fives and Era 300 for playing music.  The arc would go below the TV on the unit and the sub to the left of it.  My plan was to put the 1 pair of Fives on speaker stands in the family room.  Put the one Era 300 in the dining room on a stand and the one Era 300 in the dining room directly on the counter as it is out of the work area.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.  

Bonjour, la communautébon Black Friday vient de passer, je me suis offertl’arc/sub4/ 2 ERA300vraiment content, mais j’aimerais en profiter au maximum, j'ai 2 questions !-  je viens de découvrir que ma télé fait bien l’option e-arc tv : SAMSUNG QE55Q950R 8K année 2020support : Amazon vidéo exemple série FALLOUT qui a bien les logos UHD HDR ET DOLBY ATMOS Mais sur l’appli rien à faire je suis toujours en DOLBY digital plus 5.1- deuxième question : je note une différence de son quand je lance une musique en Dolby Atmos sur Amazon Music directement de l’application SonosPar rapport à si je vais directement deux Amazon Music pour retransmettre le son sur les enceintesEst-ce que je perds le Dolby Atmos en passant par l’application Amazon ?merci beaucoup pour vos retours Moderator Edit: Translated by GoogleHello everyone,

One-week-old Sonos Arc Ultra makes a noticeable popping sound when navigating in/out of content. It’s not the loud pop reported earlier this year, but still audible and annoying. Factory reset twice with no change. Happens with all content types (stereo, 5.1, Atmos, YouTube, Netflix, etc.). Setup: Apple TV 4K, LG C1, bitstream input, passthrough output, eARC, Sonos HDMI cable. No speech enhancement enabled. What are my options/next steps? Example captured on video:  

Is anyone else experiencing a crackling noise with their Arc Ultra? I upgraded from the Arc to the Arc Ultra, which is connected to a pair of Era 300s and two subs. The crackling sound has been intermittent, mainly occurring when streaming movies.

Hi everyone,I’m looking for some help with a persistent connection issue. My Sonos Arc Ultra paired with Era 100 & Era 300 for surround constantly disconnects from the WiFi and disappears from the app, even though both the speaker and my phone are sitting right next to the router.Troubleshooting I’ve already done:• Tested with multiple different phones (same result).• Verified that the phone and speakers are on the same network/frequency and have a static IP address.• The only fix: If I provide a wired ethernet connection to the Arc Ultra, the app stays connected and everything works. As soon as I go wireless, it drops.Has anyone else experienced this with the Arc Ultra? Is there a specific router setting (like band steering or certain channels) that Sonos prefers to keep the handshake stable or its software glitch?App Feedback:On a side note, I have to agree with the general sentiment lately—the new Sonos S2 app feels very

I have tried to pair multiple remotes so that I can adjust volume. It shows that it has worked and it works for about a minute then stops. Looking for suggestions 

I recently bought a Sony PS5, and when playing games, the audio intermittently drops on my Sonos Arc (with Sub and 2 surrounds connected) for a second, and then keeps happening.It’s enough to be really annoying. I have changed the HDMI cable and looked at the settings on the Playstation and on my Sony TV, and all seems OK. Audio is fine through my Apple TV and Nintendo Switch, this is just with the Playstation. Any ideas how to fix?

I’ve just purchased a Sonos Beam (gen 2) and this is paired with a Samsung 55QN95B on the supplied TV stand.  The TV stand protrudes in front of the TV, so I’ve been trying to work out the best placement for the Beam.  Either, in front of the TV stand, directly on the cabinet (although this looks a bit odd), or resting on top of the TV stand - looks much better as the beam “merges” with the TV.  However, I’m not sure if this compromises the sound, so was wondering if there are any “feet” that can be used to raise the Beam about 1cm.  This would mean the Beam can sit over the stand without resting on it.

Hi All, I have an extremely frustrating situation with a new Arc Ultra - when watching content from my Shield via the Brava e-ARC the status light will turn on white (I have it set to off) then the volume will jump up and down for a minute or two. Sometimes it stops and the light goes out again, sometimes the power needs to be pulled. I’ve spoken to support, been through troubleshooting (reboot, update, disabled IR and touch controls etc etc) but this is an intermittent issue and it will go away after a reboot/reset for a few hours, or even days so hard to get in touch with support when the fault is occurring. It is driving me mad - and sounds very similar to the issue here so I’m starting to wonder if there is a hardware issue: Anyone out there got any good ideas? Thanks.

every time I connect my play base to the Internet and when I disconnect it, it does not appear in my app

Hi all, wondering if anybody could help me I have just purchased a Sonos arc, my tv only has an arc port and not an earc port. My tv model is a Sony KD 55x8509c,it is also running thru sky stream and I have set the audio out to pass through and also tried Dolby digital plus.the problem I’m having is I can’t seem to get Dolby digital plus to come through, should it say Dolby digital plus when playing on the Sonos app? As mine just says Dolby digital 5.1 so not sure if am getting the full experience.

Arc Ultra and Era 100’s  Anyone else have this setup and noticing that the Era 100’s as rears are doing less work with the Arc Ultra when compared to the standard Arc? I’m barely noticing any audio coming from the rears even with the surround volume turned up to maximum.  I swapped my original Arc back with the Era 100 surrounds and tested the same Atmos movies on the Arc and the Arc Ultra, and there is a significant difference/reduction in the signals being sent to the Era 100’s in the rear channels with the Arc Ultra.  Increasing the “TV Level” setting for Surround Audio in the Sonos app increases the front surround volume coming from the Arc Ultra but the signals coming out of the ERA 100 rears are almost non existent.  Is this behavior the result of how the Arc Ultra processes surround channels, and should be considered normal operation?

Hi allI thought I would start a thread about this since there are a lot of people with this issue looking for answers. There is currently an issue with the Asus firmware and Sonos devices set up in Home Theatre mode where Guest Network Pro has been activated on the router. For my setup it is the Arc paired with a Sub and Two ERA 300’s; however, many other setups also seem to be affected. Here is a long thread which I have been running where the process has been documented. Today Asus provided me with a Beta firmware which seems to have solved the issue. They are looking for users to test is, such if you would like to test it and provide me with feedback please reach out on the SNB forums. I submitted this to Sonos a number of times; however, they have not done anything about it. Th

G’day from Australia,New to forum here, so apologies if this has been covered elsewhere.I have recently invested in Sonos Era 1 speakers, Sub Mini to go with existing Beam Gen 1 setup.I want to use the the setup for both music and home theatre, so currently music utilises the Era 100’s and the Sub, which is fine for my needs at present. However, as the Tv is only connected to the Beam, do I always have to reconfigure the Era speakers and sub, if I want to use them for the Home Theatre set-up.Or can I just create different rooms, even though they are all part of a 5.1 system in reality?Hope this makes sense!Cheers