Home theater

Hi, Anyone have any experience with a diagonal room viewing setup?  The 2 red dots are the usual viewing positions.  My question relates to the ERA surround placement, to be honest this is the only option for the room.In both listening positions the surrounds sit slightly forward of the listening plane for each person, will this still result in an immersive sound stage? Or should I just stick with the Arc and the Sub?  

Hello – I’m hoping someone might be able to help me, as I am getting so frustrated at this issue, having spent hours trying to trouble-shoot I recently set up two Sonos One (Gen 2) speakers in my lounge as rear surround speakers. This is in conjunction with a Playbase, connected to my LG OLED 55B46LA T.V, via optical cable. The playbase (and the One’s for that matter) have worked perfectly for years and I can Airplay Spotify/itunes/Music as well as anything from the Sonos app. When I initially added the speakers as surrounds, everything worked perfectly for a few hours and sounded fantastic - then the One’s suddenly stopped outputting sound altogether. After un pairing and re pairing them and turning everything off and on again to no avail, I found that simply resetting the router magically brought them back to life. Then around four hours later, they stopped outputting sound again and nothing I’ve tried since can bring them back (re setting router multip

I am new to Sonos and purchased an Arc Ultra, 2 Era 300s, Sub 3 and 2 Sonance 6.1s for the pool deck.  Biggest issue is the volume control with the Vizio TV.  When the TV is turned off and back on I am unable to use the Harmony Elite remote to control the Arc Ultra.  The remote instead adjusts the volume of the built in TV speakers.  In order to get the Arc Ultra connected to the volume control I have to go into the TV’s menu settings and play with Audio settings.  Toggle from speaker off to auto or some other setting to get it to connect.  It’s not always the same TV option which causes it work with the remote.  There are times where it’s the CEC setting which enables volume to work again. CEC shows Arc Ultra in the list  and CEC is enabled each time I check.  I am always able to adjust volume through the app and once volume works it stays working until I power it down again.   I tried to search for the Ultra using the Harmony Elite remote but it only found my Sonos Amps.    I real

hi there, im trying to get Dolby 5.1 surround using the Beam, Sonos Sub and Connect AMP.  Currently I have 2 systems in my Sonos app (Connect AMP+SUB and Beam).  I am able to group them when watching a movie but I dont get a 5.1 set up.I tried adding my Connect AMP as surround speakers to the Beam using the Sonos App but every time, the Sonos App wiped out the systems and make me reset and add them back again.1).  Can i get Dolby 5.1 surround sound with these products?2).  How do i get it set up?  

Day 2 with my ultra, turned on the TV and was blasted by the soundbar at max volume, I know when I powered it off it was just under 50%. Now this evening, 3 times the arc ultra has wound the volume up to Max within a few seconds.  I suspect it is a problem with the volume touch panel on the device because when I run over to turn it down the volume touch panel in not responsive.At times the bar makes click noises when everything is off, they are like some of the interface chip and chirp noises when you use various controls on sonos products.So, anyone else? known issue, new bug? or hardware fault?I have powered it off for a few minutes to give it a reset but will be annoyed if this is it!Who ya gonna call??!!

I am looking at upgrading our home theater to an Arc Ultra and in ceiling speakers.  Just wanting this clear in my mind before I order everything.  If I connect the Arc Ultra to the TV with an eARC HDMI,  does the amp also need to be connected to the TV and / or the Ultra?  From reading it seems that connection happens wirelessly but some of the schematics on the manuals show an HDMI to the Arc Ultra and to the Amp. Thank you 

I happy new years. It is 2025 and still we cant watch movies in DTS:X.And i cant change my setup sonos looks way better than the other brands, what a dilemma :(is there anyay to convert dts:x to atmos maybe?

Please could someone help me. I’ve just bought a Sonos Beam Gen 2 soundbar and thought it would be easy to set up. However, my Samsung TV  (model QE55Q60AAUXXU) seems to not have enough HDMI ports. It has two one of which is being used by my Amazon Firestick and the other by my son’s PS5). I had thought that I could free up one port by removing the PS5 HDMI from the TV and connect the PS5 directly to the soundbar and then connect the soundbar to the free HDMI port on the TV but it looks like the soundbar only has a single HDMI port itself. Should I use an HDMI splitter to resolve the problem and if so are there any recommended ones which I don’t have to physically switch every time I want to watch TV after the PS5 has been used and vice versa. Any other comments, thoughts or suggestions also gratefully received. Thank you and Happy New Year. 

My Ray Soundbar and the tv sound are not synced.At first it seemed the Soundbar worked well, but now the tv sound is there as well but not in sync with the Soundbar. How can this be remedied, please?Forgot to say, TV is SamsungModerator edit: combined posts

era 300 height channel playing through arc not era 300. When using Dolby labs atmos test it plays rear height test time from the arc not the era. Can be resolved by power cycling the arc but how can this be fixed?

I am trying/hoping to set up a new Arc Ultra on a Samsung TV, so the TV remote operates the TV volume automatically.  The Samsung TV is a bit older, so it does not have an ARC HDMI port.  So I purchased the optical adapter to set up the Arc.  I switched to “external speakers” on the TV, but the TV remote volume is not talking to the Arc.  Is there anything that can be done about this?  I don’t want to have to use the app to control the volume. Is there a stand alone remote I can purchase or is there something else I can look into that would make the TV and the Arc work together?

My beam is all connected to new RV, in Arc port, app up to date and connected, showing as tv on app but still no sound ? Double checked everything done as should . What’s happening ? 

Auf ARD empfange ich den Ton als StereoPCM, auf ZDF als Dolby2.0. Die Lautstärke ist doppelt so hoch - die Qualität verständlich. ARD kommt sehr leise und oft schwer verständlich. Wie bekomme ich Dolby 2.0 auf ARD?  

Can any of the Sonos portable speakers work with the Ultra soundbar to create surround sound? Unfortunately I don’t have any available power sockets for fixed rear speakers.

Hi Everyone,i just picked up a Sonos ARC and i have a Samsung Qn90a which does has a earc port but this is breaking my head. I have Direct tv to a HDMI port on my tv & sonos ARC to my tv using earc port and i have really bad lip sync on the tv if i enable Dolby audio on direct tv box.  If I go from Direct to Sonos with Dolby audio enabled the lip sync is gone but I lose all audio from the internal apps on tv, disney, hulu, netflix and what not. If I use the 4K Arcana to use on my direct tv box can i still get audio from my internal apps on the tv? 

Hi, Ik ben onlangs verhuisd en heb 2 sonos one’s achter bank met 1 beam onder me tv.Alles is aangesloten, maar er komt alleen geluid uit de beam. Maar als ik via mijn telefoon spotify verbind dan doet wel alles het.. ik kom er maar niet uit. 

I have two systems which include the Arc, sub, One SL’s, and a Sony tv. One system allows me to controll the tv of course and Arc music without the tv on. The other doesn’t allow me to control the arc without tv when listening to music. Both TV’s  /remotes are set to the same settings. Can’t figure out why. I can use my phone only to control arc music volume on the one system when not watching tv. Settings on both TV’s for remote say via HDMI…not Bluetooth. Any suggestions? 

I just bought 2 Sonos amp to power 4 in wal speakers.  I set them up as surround sound so they unified into a single component. I ran a YouTube video test for 5.1 and front sounds work fine. However the rear sounds seem to be coming from my front speakers instead of my rear sr speakers. Am I missing something?

Hi, I’ve connected my Sonos Arc Ultra to my LG G4 via HDMI, which acts as my receiver speakers. I’ve also set up a complete Sonos system using the Sonos app, including the Arc Ultra, Sub 4, and two Era 300s. Here are the issues I’m facing:1. The full Sonos setup (Arc Ultra, Sub 4, and Era 300s) frequently disconnects when used as temporary audio.2. When both the Arc Ultra as receiver speakers and the Sonos home theater setup are connected, I can’t control the volume with the Apple TV remote. What’s the best setup and approach to resolve these issues?

Can you control the volume on the ERA Surround sound speakers separately from the RAY

I have new units, arc connection works, but can get sub 4 to even be found I have rebooted both units and still sub 4 will not connect.solid orange light any suggestions?

System goes in and out when changing the channel in my TV.

Setup: Arc Ultra + 1 Sub 4 + 1 Era 300 + LG G4 TV (using eARC HDMI).Goal: Connect everything to the TV in one Sonos room with synced volume, without relying on my phone for adjustments while watching TV.Issues Encountered:After setup, I end up with two rooms: Family Room and Family Room 2. These can be grouped via the Sonos app, but: Grouping requires the Sonos app every time I watch TV. TV volume doesn’t sync properly with the Era 300 when grouped—its volume needs to be adjusted separately via my phone. The Era 300’s output is slightly out of sync with the Arc audio Question:How can I configure my setup so all devices are in one Sonos room with synced volume, eliminating the need for manual grouping or phone adjustments?

Buying a home with existing 5.1 surround speakers built in. How do I add them to an existing Sonos ecosystem?

I do have multipe issues but all seem to be connected with my sonos soundbar not being visible in my system anymore. It was connected as a home cinema system with two sonos one and a sonos sub. The sonos ones also have gone missing, the sub shows not connected, unable to remove and reconnect everytime i tried. Unplugged the power cord already from all devices, did not help. Anyone an idea, what the issue is?