Home theater

HiMy ears get tired listening to the Arc Ultra. Voices are clear but somewhat metallic. It comes even with low sound levels.  Anyone having the same issues and things I can try?

I have an old 5.1 surround sound system that my customer wants to upgrade. If possible, he’d like to keep his good quality existing front left,right and left right surround speakers. His center speaker and subwoofer can be replaced. The room is large. ( 25’ x 36’ by 18’foot peak ceiling, on a cement slab) My issue is that I can’t seem to get a straight answer from Sonos whether I can use an Arc soundbar as the center speaker and use one Sonos Amp for the two front speakers and another Sonos Amp for the two surround speakers and a Sonos Sub and actually get a 5.1 surround sound system. They’ve sent me links to articles that reference using Sonos surround speakers. Even if the customer was willing to give up his existing surround speakers there are no 120 VAC wall outlets where his existing speakers are and no way to conveniently add the wires because the room is on a cement slab. So ……..   Can anyone confirm that I can use two Sonos Amp’s, an Arc Sound Bar, Sonos Sub and get a

I have a LG OLED55C44 TV and SONOS Beam (Gen 2) connected via HDMI ARC Port. No other speakers in the setup.When listening to live TV programmes ( BBC News ) there is a background noise which sounds like the air conditioning is on high in the studio. It is the  same if I use iPlayer via Sky Stream, or via the app on the TVStreaming via Netflix or other pre-recorded BBC programmes the sound is clear and Dolby ATMOS works.On the TV I am not offered any advanced settings as the TV is set for sound out via HDMI/ARC port.Any ideas?Regards,David

My new arc ultra has anvannoying problem that did not occur on the sonos amp it replaced: whenever the tv switches audio format (say, from dd 2.0 to dd 5.1) the soundbar goes silent. Occurs 80% of the times more frequent on apple tv) and makes the whole experience a nightmare. My tv is correctly set up to passthrough audio. Only workaround seems to force audio to pcm, which is of course not a solution. My tv is a sony bravia a8g, an older (but great) model with no earc.Is there any hope? Went through troubleshooting with customer service  but no luck so far.

ARC, sub and surrounds aren’t connecting to the TV audio when I start up.  If I unplug the tv and/or the ARC the system reboots and works but this happens 2 out of every 3 times I start the TV and is a huge annoyance.  The TV and ARC are plugged into the wall behind the wall mounted TV so unplugging them isn’t easy.  I need an easier solution, like the Sonos working every time without intervention. Looking for help from the community as I sit on hold with Sonos support.

I have had a Sonos Ray for about a year, it was fine initially but there’s been the odd occasion this crackling noise starts but I’ve never called up about because it will resolve itself for months then come back. Recently it’s coming up when I log into Netflix, I’m disappointed and was close to buying other Sonos products but it’s put me off, is this a common fault? It also disconnects from my Wi fi on occasion too.

Hello, I wonder if someone could help me understand if my home cinema setup below  could work. I have an older projector (infocus sp8600) which i connected to my macbook pro m1 2020 via usbc->hdmi cable. This takes care of the visual only. The question is about connecting the Sonos speakers to my macbook pro M1 2020. I’m looking two option to buy from Sonos. Option A: a Sonos Beam 2nd gen and a Sonos Sub mini.  Can i use airplay to output the sound from my MacBook to the Beam or i need to use a usb-c to hdmi cable with the hdmi optical adapter that comes with the Beam? Option B: 2x Era 100 speakers plus a Sub mini. As the Era 100 have Bluetooth i assume i could connect the MacBook to the Era that way? But I’m unsure if i it would work to just connect to one of the Era 100 by bluetooth and the second Era 100 plus the Sub would then pick up the sound from the Era that is connected to the MacBook? Or i could use airplay? Or would need a

I have a Samsung frame tv connected via HDMI ARC to my Sonos beam (Living Room). There’s a sub link and 6 other speakers (5 era 100’s and 2 roam SL’s). The sub mini is plugged by Ethernet directly into our router. All are correctly connected to the network and all play music together but when the TV line-in kicks in, the sound only plays through the beam even though it shows all speakers should be playing sound. I’m stumped on how to fix this!  

I want to watch video of a band's song synched with the music. 

Upgraded my Arc to an Ultra. It’s part of a setup with Eras 300 surrounds and a sub 3. I also have a Sub 4 still boxed new and currently unused.  My first setup I had the ultra wired and everything else WifI and for no sub response. Resetting everything and trying with an ultra on WiFi as well for the sub working but it seems noticeably weaker.  the inception soundtrack no longer shakes the room and it seems like the ultra is carrying 90% of the bass and the sub is running like 10%. Anyway to fix this, the sub3 seems to be barely working?

Hallo, ik heb een Sateliet encoder van Canal+ verbonden met mijn Samsung smart tv via de HDMI input op de one connectbox. Het geluid gaat via de HDMI ARC naar de Beam gen 2 en dat werkt goed.Nu heb ik onlangs een tweede Samsung smart tv gekocht. Ik heb geprobeerd om het signaal te splitsen voordat het naar de one connectbox gaat en dat aan te bieden via de HDMI ARC op de tweede tv. Dit werkt zolang beide tv’s aanstaan. Wel identificeert hij zich dan als de sonosbeam. Zet ik de tweede tv uit dan krijg ik geluidsproblemen.  Het geluid wordt een paar seconde harder dan weer een paar seconde zachter.Mijn vraag is simpel. Zou dit te verhelpen zijn door i.p.v. een HDMI splitter een HDMI matrix te gebruiken?Of is de oplossing de Beam gen2 aan te sluiten via de optische uitgang? Moderator edit:Google Translate- Hello, I have a Satellite encoder from Canal+ connected to my Samsun

Hello,I have a Sonos system with : Beam GEN1 + Sub mini + two One SL And a Apple TV 4K (2022) for streaming videos connected to a TV HDMI port.I recently bought a new TV (Philips 55OLED849) with only one eARC HDMI port.Now i can have Dolby Atmos using eARC HDMI connection to a new Beam GEN2 (compatible with Dolby Atmos).But is it necessary to connect my Apple TV to a HDMI eAR to benefit Dolby Atmos ? because i only have one eARC port on my new TV. The others HDMI port are 2.1 but not ARC/eARC.Thanks for helping me

Bass with Arc Ultra, ERA300, and any combination of Sub3 and Sub 4 is very poor.  Originally, I hooked up the Ultra and ERA300s in the exact locations of my previous Beam2 and Ones with only the Sub3 (exact location as well).  I ran True Play with an iPhone and ran some tests.  The bass wasn’t good.  I then ran the basic True Play with a Samsung Android phone and the bass was still not good.  So I ordered the Sub4 and now have both Sub3 and Sub4 in the system.  The bass does NOT seem any better with 2 subs.  In fact I could probably remove 1 or both and get similar results.Looking for suggestions on what to do.  Turning True Play off doesn’t really seem to help all that much either. Not sure if something maybe got cached from the prior True Play attempts.

Hello!  I have a Sonos Arc (with Dolby Atmos) with 2 Era 100’s hooked up to my Epson Home Cinema 2350 4K Pro-UHD Smart Streaming Projector with Android TV. The Arc is connected to the Projector via an 8k HDMI cable into the ARC slot. It works great watching Netflix and certain Amazon Prime movies/shows. No sound comes out when watching older movies or shows. Hardly any sound comes out watching Peacock shows. My question (s): How do I get the sound to work to watch older movies/shows and Peacock? I have reset the app (s) multiple times as well as checked all the connections. It is extremely frustrating. The sound on YouTube does not work either. Could it be something to do with Android TV?Thanks and Merry Christmas!  

Hello, We currently have an Arc SL, a sub (gen2), and 2-era 300’s.We recently purchased a Panasonic Dp-UB820 blue ray player.  We also have a Samsung 7 series tv with an e-arc hdmi port.   When playing Atmos movies, everything is fine.  However, playing anything else, the disk menu shows up as Dolby Digital 5.1.  As soon as the movie starts, the app switches to Stereo PCM and the sound changes.   I’ve read so many forums,  I’ve updated cables, powered down components, and set everything I could set.  I have the Tv set to:Sound Output-Receiver (hdmi-eARC), under Expert Settings,  I have HDMI-eARC mode set to Auto, Digital output set to pass-through and Dolby Atmos compatibility turned on.   On the Panasonic, I have the following:HDMI-video+video output mode (nothing else is hooked up to the player).  I have tried toggling the digital audio outputs on dts/dts-hd to pcm or bitstream with no change Do

Good afternoon, I have a Beam gen2 bar and two era 300, I am somewhat disappointed because I have to lower and raise the volume depending on whether there is dialogue in the movie or if there is music or sounds, I don't know if this is normal because it is very annoying to have to be with the controller in your hand to decrease or increase the volume.

I have Denon s740h receiver. What’s the best to connect my arc ultra, sub and era 100? Is their steps or videos I can get? I need help connecting all this with my extra speakers to the receiver. 

Hi all, novice here.  today added two Era 100s to by Beam gen 2. The Beam is currently connected to my LG oled via the hdmi arc.  I’ve completed the set up via my Sonos app to add the two Eras to my system as surround, all looks well. However, I cannot hear any sound from them. I’ve tried multiple different Atmos programs, as well as Youtube TV running in 5.1- confirmed via Now Playing screen of the app. Ive noticed that my two Eras are not showing connected to my Xfinity WiFi (via Xfinity app), could this be the issue? They aren’t on WiFi therefore the Beam cannot talk to them? any help is appreciated, quite deflating TBH.picture 1: confirmation Atmos is going to Beampicture 2: screenshot of Systems InfoModerator edit: removed picture containing serial numbers

I have done everything in my power to try and get my sub to connect to my network but the app keeps saying sub “not connected” I am at a loss and don’t know what to do anymore I have tried everything that they say to try

I have a Sonos Arc w/ 2 x Era 300 (surround) connected to a Sony Bravia 9 (2024) TV.  When changing channels (Verizon FiOS) I occasionally get a popping sound.  I know there was a previous issue that they say has been fixed - I’m thinking there is a new issue.  I updated to the lates software, removed the 2 x 300 Era’s - and have rebooted the FiOS cable box / TV … the sound remains.  I’ve submitted several logs - but they have not found anything…Anyone else having Arc popping issues?  Sony - 85" Class BRAVIA 9 Mini LED QLED 4K UHD Smart Google TV (2024)  

I now have sometime to update and resolve Sonos product connectivity and performance issues. To date the Arc model S19 has been the main TV speaker but the paired SL1 as surround speakers dropped out of the network sometime ago. Plus I am introducing a Sub3. So in the last 10 frustrating hours I have performed factory resets on every device multiple times. Variously the Sonos App running on an iPhone16 will discover some but not all of the devices individually. But it doesn’t do this consistently to allow me to complete my system or living room setup. Currently I have two systems visible Sonos1 with the Arc in it and another system with the x2 SL’s in it (god alone knows how) I have found no way to delete the Sonos1 system in the hope that a further cycle of product discovery will allow all devices to be added to the Singular system and single room I want to retain. What the Holly FK…. Is going on, I work in IT, I’m am not a technician but I have decades of experience in the sector;

Hi, hope someone can help. I have a Samsung Qe75900tstxxu  tv with earc port. I have just purchased the Arc ultra and have connected them through the earc port. The problem I am having is that I'm not getting any Dolby Atmos sound output from the arc, even when I'm playing an atmos enabled film like The Tomorrow War on Amazon Prime. Any advice please?

I have had to factory reset my Sonos playbase to get it back on the network.  Since that moment I have been unable to pair the LG magic remote with the playbase.I have been through many posts which explain how to do this, and have tried every combination of instructions use the LG device connector, choosing Philips as the make as Sonos does not appear.  I have followed the post that describes using the Sonos app with ‘replace remote’, but this does not appear on my version (iphone) of the app.  That post seems to be from several years ago.Does anyone have any ideas?  The LG tv is a 2016 OLED. Derek Clements

Just set up arc ultra and two era 300’s.When i play music from dedicated tidal app on a sony google tv, the surrounds do not work.I do not have this issue when using the android tidal app from my phone, the surrounds work fine. Is this normal or is there anything I can do?

My settings 1. TV - C3 LG TV2. pass-through has been turned on.3. eARC enable.  4. “Dolby digital plus” has been selected from DTV Audio settings.  I can not play the Netflix’s Dolby atmos contents. Always displaying as “Dolby Multichannel PCM 2.0” even though I have selected the pass-through in my digital sound output. And I can not see the audio in: in my Sonos app >  about my system page while the sound in playing in ARC ultra. Could you please somebody help me here.