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Sonos Era 300 placement for surround

I’d say place the 300s for optimum TV sound and add a stereo pair positioned to work for sitting at the table, or a Five if you can’t find p...
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Two independent systems

I have two SONOS systems. I would like to set them up to operate independently of each other. How do I do that?
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Arc Placement

Updated 9/14/23 to include Era 300’s as surrounds (which have upward firing drivers) that replaced Sonos One’s. All other information and gu...
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DvearnContributor I
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how do I config Apple TV to use 4x Sonos One’s for surround sound?

Is this possible, or does surround sound only come via a Soundbar at the front?Apple TV just seems to give me the option to select the pairs of speakers, with no way of saying which ones are front and rear. 

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Airgetlam
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JamJamBuzzContributor I
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Is there any way I can bluetoth to a sonos soundbar, I have herd I can via a bluetooth recever and then use cables

Sorry as in heading 

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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kess beContributor I
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Connect xiaomi smart with sonos beam2

Hello, I would like to connect my sonos beam with my XIAOMI MI SMART PROJECTOR 2.The HMDI input doesn’t work, how can I connect both one to each other please?Thanks in advance. 

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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Vincent33Avid Contributor I
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Is balance between the surrounds possible on the ARC ?

Hi, I am interested in the Sonos ARC + 2 One to replace my JBL BAR 9.1 but in my set-up, the 2 One surrounds will not be at equal distance from the listening point so I need an adjustment of their right/left balance otherwise I will end up with an imbalance at the back. Can you confirm me if this left/right adjustment of the surrounds is possible on this bar ?

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wmarContributor I
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Sonos beam audio delay while TV power on

When I power up the TCL C835  TV, the Sonos beam gen 1 (connected with eARC) takes at least 10-15 sec to start play audio.  The same model of beam with Samsung TV without such long delay!  Any setting to improve the delay.

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1 year ago
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TertraContributor I
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crackle and pops with DD+ sonos beam 2

Hi,owning a sonos beam since 2 weeks, great experience.btw I experience pops and crackle when my tv send dd+ content, not on PCM.i have Apple TV 4K 2022, Philips 43pus7303/12, and sonos beamactually all work in HDMI with ARC, I tried in optical but same thing, and tried also to turn off and unplug my tv, unplug all HDMI, make a raining dance….. without results.i can only change my setting to PCM stereo to have a clear sound, btw I didn’t purchased a sonos beam for stereo content…..thanks a lot for your help !

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1 year ago
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Shaun's arc KopervikContributor I
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arc app

New to Sonos, set up the arc as per instructions, everything seemed to be working, using my remote to turn volume up and down, logged into the app everything seemed ok , until I try and adjust the EQ or height, or night time control and the voice enhancement none of these work. I'm running the correct WiFi networks mobile and arc connected to the same network. I'm using a xomi tv box. Please help. I'm in Norway.

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Corry P
1 year ago
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Rodney_2Contributor I
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connection

Last 6 days my Beam2 2 Play1s and sub all connected together as a surround sound system not showing on app have reconnected by resetting them from scratch like new products works fine that day , next day they are gone again from the app.l have 3  other products which are further away from router 30m they  work fine  the ones that keep disappearing are only 3m from router  all connected by WiFi any advice .

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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ricksaintlouContributor I
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Can I use a AT-LP60XBT with a Sonos Beam + Sonos One SL sound system?

I’m looking to purchase a wireless record player that can connect to my living room audio system. I have 2 Sonos One SL’s and 1 Sonos Beam. Would the AT-LP60XBT connect to this system via Bluetooth? If not is there a wireless record player I could get that would? Thanks for the help! Take care.

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Supertraxx25Contributor I
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internet failure

If the internet goes down, can I still use my Arc, Sub and SL One surround speakers?  Or do they always have to have internet to work correctly? I have the system all set up and working properly, and have 700 mbps on my internet down and up speeds with fiber, but was wondering if I’d lose the use of the speaker system during an internet failure. If I understand correctly, my Arc should work fine with the EArc hdmi to the TV, but will the sub and SL one surround speakers continue working without the internet?  My apologies if I’m sounding redundant with my question, I just wanted to clarify. 

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BarryofNCContributor I
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Beam gen2 is cutting sound to TV not connected to SONOS

Hi everyone!  I am new to SONOS and am having a problem after successfully (easily) connecting our new Beam gen2 to our playroom TV.  We are DISH Network subscribers and the playroom TV is connected to a DISH Joey receiver with an HDMI cable and the Joey receiver is connected to the satellite antenna via a RG6 cable.  To allow reception of the DISH signal on a small Kitchen TV, the DISH installer connected what appears to be a signal amplifier to the Joey receiver with RG6 coaxial and from that device a RG6 coaxial cable connects to a 4-way splitter and a RG6 cable connects to the kitchen TV.  I am describing our playroom/kitchen satellite TV installation to provide information which may help solve our Beam problem and to also state that our setup was installed and approved by DISH network.With that out of the way, here is our problem:  after installing the SONOS Beam, we no longer have sound on the kitchen TV.  Although the kitchen TV can only receive the same channel as the playroom

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Ravica3Chromatic Producer I
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Help Please. Think something is wrong with my Sub

When I first received my Sonos system I loved it, still do but after moving I've become somewhat dissatisfied with the Sub. In my previous home, the sun hit low and hard now I can barely hear it.I noticed this be the first time I played it in my new home. My new house living room is a lot larger then my previous living room and has a high ceiling plus has somewhat of an open design. So naturally I thought I would have to play with the placement. I've been here for less than a year and have tried many different placements and nothing seems to work. I've found myself having to turn the sub volume up to 5 to get an almost pleasing result. I've tried placing the sub in my listening position and crawl around but nothing sounds particularly good.I got fed up a couple of days ago and took the sub upstairs to my home office which is a really small room. Left the sub paired to the Arc and played some music and the sub sounds so horrible when it comes to volume. I expected it to blow me out of t

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1 year ago
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CharlouContributor I
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probleme d’appairave sonos beam a mon compte sonos

Bonsoir,je viens d’acquérir une sonos Beam et je rencontre le message suivant : « un problème est survenu lors de la liaison entre votre Beam et votre compte » comment faire ?merci, par avance.

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Nigel_SmithContributor I
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Sonos Beam with Virgin 360 box CEC issues.

My modest system is a Virgin 360 box HDMI into my JVC 50” tv with an ethernet-wired Beam Gen 2 (with ONE SL surrounds) connected via eARC.The issue I had was that the volume display kept popping up on the TV every 20 or 30 seconds.Really annoying.I noticed that this issue stopped if the sat box was not connected or if I connected the Beam via Optical so clearly the sat box was constantly handshaking with the Beam via CEC. I tried turning off the CEC control on the Virgin box (“helpfully” called One Button) but it made no difference.So, on the suggestion from another post on here, I bought a HDMI CEC remover adapter for £8 on Amazon, inserted it between the Virgin box and the TV, and the issue was resolved.This was after several support calls to Sonos and no progress.  I understand that it wasn’t strictly speaking a Sonos issue so their support didn’t extend but it’s clearly a “fix” that will be of use to many of their customer base and ought to be a suggestion on their diagnostics scri

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Jamie A
1 year ago
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Powpow30Contributor I
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Probleme de son qui craque gresille quand on regarde youtube ET probleme de décalage de son son entendu avec les dialogues; Sono BEAM 2

Bonjour, je rencontre 2 problèmes depuis que j’ai installé ma Sonos Beam 2: 1/ le son craque et grésille quand on regarde Youtube.2/ il y a un décalage entre les dialogues et le son entendu sur n’importe quelle source (Netflix, YouTube, télé classique) J’ai pourtant bien calibré la BEAM 2. Est ce un problème technique ou un réglage à faire?Pourriez vous m’aider?MerciAurélien

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Jamie A
1 year ago
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Franky091Contributor I
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Infra rouge Ray

Bonjour je rencontre des difficultés pour commander le volume sonore de ma barre de son Ray si je ne suis pas pile en face et à moins de deux mètres de la barre de son je ne peux commander le volume de la barre de son avec la télécommande de la TV Merci de votre aide

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Jamie A
1 year ago
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JaimeTheLimeyContributor I
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Intermittent issue - video without audio / Apple TV + LG OLED + Arc

Hi everyone.  This seems more of a handshake issue vs the Arc itself, but hoping someone else has experience with this issue.Streaming over a 2nd gen Apple TV 4K → LG OLED 65CX → Sonos Arc (+ sub and Amp with 3rd party surrounds) via eARC.  No issues with Atmos or anything like that.  Issue I’m having is when I start streaming a show, TV indicates Dolby Vision has kicked in and show starts, but there is no audio.  I’d say it happens 40% of the time and is more frequent when the streaming service begins to autoplay a new episode after the current one has ended.  So far I’ve noticed this when streaming over AppleTV+ and Netflix.  Seems to be isolated to shows encoded for Dolby Vision/Atomos.  My only workaround at the moment is to back out to the menu then restart the show.One other thing I’ve noticed is when the Apple TV comes on, the screen blanks for a second while it switches to Dolby Vision.  A few seconds later it does this a second time which it never did with my old receiver-base

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cst6321Contributor I
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Connecting Sonos Amp to Sonos Beam 2 for Surround speakers

We have a Sonos Amp in our home, with pairs of indoor and outdoor speakers (not Sonos Brand), hard wired to the Sonos Amp, and we have no major issues playing music through these speakers, via streaming services and the Sonos App on our phones.For the context of this post, leave the outdoor speakers out of the conversation. This pertains to the in-ceiling speakers we have in our family room and wanting to set them up as surround speakers for our TV.We purchased a Sonos Beam Gen 2 cause we were told that we could connect the Beam to the Amp, and be able to setup the indoor (in ceiling) speakers which are controlled by the Amp as the surround speakers in our family room (we understand the Beam is the front center, left and right front speakers). The Sonos App recognizes the Amp from the Beam 2, and we see the link to “add surrround” in the Sonos App, but… the App says it fails to complete the surround setup, after several minutes. We then checked the App, it appears that it DID complete

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HrosContributor I
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LG OLED 2022 and Sonos Playbase

Hi - there’s nothing on the forum which deals with this question where (1) using an LG OlED 2022 TV and (2) the Sonos Playbase. user interface has changed and none of the supposed “fixes” are working. Been spending hours reading various forums… has anyone got this to work? not sure if it’s an IR issue as the LG has a magic remote or some issue trying to get the TV to talk to the sound at directly…help please!!

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Corry P
1 year ago
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SnappyBobContributor I
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Describe the Stereo Quality for Music With a Sound Bar, HiFi Set of Fives and Subwoofer - All Facing the Listener

It’s imperative I preface this by saying I know this isn’t a proper set up for Surround Sound with ambient speakers behind the listener, I’m more interested in how it will sound for playing music in stereo.I’m dealing with a small room and 1 subwoofer, I want the best sound I can get using the HiFi Set of Fives, a sound bar, and the Subwoofer (which I already own) and I’d like to use this 5.1 setup with the Fives pointed at the listener, not from behind (there’s no room and I’m really more interested in Stereo Music than the quality of the TV sound).When I want to play music I’ll set the Music Playback option to “Full” and when I want to watch a movie I’ll set the Music Playback option to “Ambient”.My question is does anyone else have their ambient speakers, 2-Fives in my case, set facing the listener and what is the sound quality for “playing music” like when you have the “ambient” speakers facing the listener?thank you again Sonophiles

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SnappyBobContributor I
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TV Room "Sub and Ray" GROUPED WITH Recreation Room "HiFi Set of Fives"

Suppose I have 2 “Rooms” set up.Room 1: Hi Fi Set of FivesRoom 2: Ray soundbar and a SubwooferFor listening to music from my music library in stereo, I want to group “Room 1” with “Room 2”. Physically rooms 1 and 2 are actually the same room. Assuming I can do this and I’m not at all sure I can given I’m grouping rooms with multiple speakers in each: Question 1: Will the stereo paired fives (Room 1) maintain their stereo status when grouped with the soundbar and subwoofer (Room 2)?Question 2: Will the sub act as a proper subwoofer, i.e. will the Sonos designed crossover still work?Question 3: Will the”Ray” play in stereo?Question 4: Could I reverse the process when i want to use the TV i.e. start with the “Ray and Subwoofer” (Room 2) and group with the “Hi Fi set of Fives” (Room 1) to use for TV sound?Thank You Sonophiles, much appreciated.

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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ProUSAConstitutionTrending Lyricist I
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How do I use my new Sonos ARC without updating? Seems the updates are ruining them, according to owners.

Not sure if this is the best forum spot to ask and get good answers.Sorry my first day as a ARC owner, or any Sonos product.Trying to setup and use my new ARC.My apple XS max is telling me I must update to use the ARC.Thinking it would be better to use with a old Sonos operating system.Is there a way to go back to old firmware?All helpful tips are welcome!Thank you!

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jgatie
1 year ago
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diegsaiTrending Lyricist I
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three options and one choice

Hello:   A couple of weeks ago I asked about the possibility of adding 2 one sl due to the configuration of my living room and during this time I have been reading several options and I would like to know what you have or what you recommend as best value.      I can only one thing and I am considering these 3 alternatives to improve a sonos beam 2 in a living room of about 3,5 x 2,5 mt2 one SL to left (1,5m) and right (1m) of the sofa 2 Symfonisk to left and right of the sofa Sub mini  (2 mt in front of me)   what would be a good choice as a first system upgrade? 90% of its use would be for TV rather than music.   Thank you very muchRegards

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olegolegContributor I
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Sonos system connecting with Optoma projector UHD42

Hi,Do you have any experience how to connect Sonos system with Optoma projector.I have Sonos system: Sonos Beam + Sonos Sub + 2 Sonos One.Projector: Optoma UHD 42I used to play movies from my McBook on my Optoma projector connected via HDMI cable, afterwards I choosed to play the audio from my Sonos system. Nowadays, this option seems not possible.Can you please let me know how can I synchronise those 3 devices: McBook+ Sonos system + Optoma projector. I was really thinking to purchase different projector, which will be more flexible to connect to Sonos system.Thank you in advance for advices or sharing experience. BR, Oleg

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MacgolfContributor I
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JBL headset and Sonos

JBL 460 nc headset connects via  blue tooth when I turn headset off it shuts down bluetooth connection to Sonos Playbay requiring reboot each time it’s used.

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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