surround tv settings

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January 27, 2026
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Richard Pocock
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Hi Sonos users,

I used to have Play 3 surrounds along with a Beam gen 1 + sub gen 1. I’ve now replaced the play 3’s with era 100 surrounds.

I noticed the surrounds didn’t sound as good with the Era 100’s as they did with the Play 3’s.

After a bit of reading, I learnt that I should change the digital audio out format on my tv from stereo (uncompressed) to Multichannel (bypass). My TV is a Phillips.

This has improved the surround quality from the era 100’s when I’m watching normal channels.

However, now when I want to watch Amazon Prime Video, the speakers don’t work unless I change the settings back to stereo (uncompressed).

I didn’t have to do this with the Play 3’s.

Has anyone else experienced this and does anyone know why my new set up requires this settings change?

Thanks

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