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nik9669aAnswer
Senior Virtuoso
Dec 11, 2022 9:47 AM UTC

I think I have read that the play 5 gen 1 won’t work on the playbar. To give surround sound 

You are partially correct: it’s the Gen 1 Play:5’s that can’t be used as surrounds to any home theatre device. 

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nik9669a
Senior Virtuoso
Dec 11, 2022 9:26 AM UTC

Connect in what way? On S1? Group them: yes. 

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JoeostaggAuthor
Contributor I
Dec 11, 2022 9:38 AM UTC

To have surrounded sound 

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JoeostaggAuthor
Contributor I
Dec 11, 2022 9:39 AM UTC

I think I have read that the play 5 gen 1 won’t work on the playbar. To give surround sound 

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nik9669aAnswer
Senior Virtuoso
Dec 11, 2022 9:47 AM UTC

I think I have read that the play 5 gen 1 won’t work on the playbar. To give surround sound 

You are partially correct: it’s the Gen 1 Play:5’s that can’t be used as surrounds to any home theatre device. 

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JoeostaggAuthor
Contributor I
Dec 11, 2022 9:50 AM UTC

Can any other Sonos speaker work 

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controlav
Lead Maestro
Dec 11, 2022 3:04 PM UTC

I think I have read that the play 5 gen 1 won’t work on the playbar. To give surround sound 

You are partially correct: it’s the Gen 1 Play:5’s that can’t be used as surrounds to any home theatre device. 

Source please?

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John B
Dec 11, 2022 5:54 PM UTC

Can any other Sonos speaker work 

Just about any other Sonos speaker can act as a surround speaker to the Playbar.  If you are on S1 then speakers that can connect only to S2 are ruled out. That still leaves you the Play:1, Play:3, Play:5 gen 2 and Sonos One. Oh and at least some Symfonisk speakers. 

The issue with the Play:5 gen 1 is that it lacka the 5GHz capability needed for Sonos HT surround sound.

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    nik9669a
    Senior Virtuoso
    Dec 11, 2022 6:20 PM UTC

    I think I have read that the play 5 gen 1 won’t work on the playbar. To give surround sound 

    You are partially correct: it’s the Gen 1 Play:5’s that can’t be used as surrounds to any home theatre device. 

    Source please?

    Sorry - been out all day so not monitoring the forums. Surrounds info here https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/surround-sound-guidelines-and-limitations 

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    controlav
    controlav
    Lead Maestro
    Dec 15, 2022 1:52 PM UTC

    Can any other Sonos speaker work 

    The issue with the Play:5 gen 1 is that it lacka the 5GHz capability needed for Sonos HT surround sound.

    Ahah, was not aware of that, makes sense though. I do have some spare Gen 1 P5s but evidently never tried using them as surrunds.

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      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      Dec 15, 2022 4:49 PM UTC

      It’s also why the CONNECT:AMP requires wiring for surround duty. No 5Ghz for it, either!

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