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Laguna8
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June 4, 2022
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Swap soundbar in surround system

I currently have a surround system using a sonos beam generation 1 and 2 sonos one.

I have just bought a Sonos beam generation 2 and was thinking about changing my surround system by swapping the Sonos beam Gen 2 with the Gen 1 and using the Gen 1 elsewhere.

Is it worth doing or will it be more hassle than it’s worth?

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    GuitarSuperstarAnswer
    Lead Maestro
    June 4, 2022

    Yes, it is worth swapping. The Beam Gen 2 is a better sound bar than the Gen 1 and supports lossless and Dolby Atmos audio (if your TV supports it).

    First, remove the Ones as surrounds from the Beam Gen 1 in the Sonos app. Then rename the room for the Beam Gen 1 to the room it will be moved to. Then set up the Beam Gen 2 using the TV Setup process in the Sonos app. After the Beam has been set up, add the Ones as surrounds.

    If you have an iOS device, perform Trueplay tuning for both Beams after you have set them up.

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    Laguna8Author
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    June 8, 2022

    @GuitarSuperstar 

    Unfortunately changing the cable made no difference at all.

    I tried the HDMI setting on the TV using Bitstream and Auto and playing Netflix through the TV 360 box and it was freezing up about every 10-15 minutes.

    When the TV and TV360 box were on PCM and follow contents respectively there is no issue at all.

    GuitarSuperstar
    Lead Maestro
    June 8, 2022

    @Laguna8 What specific model TV do you have? If you use the TV’s native Netflix app, do you experience any problems or are the problems only when using the 360 box?

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    Laguna8Author
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    June 9, 2022

    @GuitarSuperstar 
    It is a Panasonic 65EZ Series and using Netflix through the TV everything is perfect.

    Through the Virgin Media TV 360 box is the only time I have a problem, the Netflix crashes repeatedly and the TV picture flickers unless everything is set to PCM.

    It’s really annoying and only started when I swapped the Soundbar to the Gen 2.

    Panasonic are so temperamental 

     

     

     

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