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Switching ERA 300 from stereo pair to Surrounds

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I just received a pair of ERA 300’s.Eventually, I intend to use them a surrounds with an ARC and Sub, but first I want to hear what they sound like as a stereo pair. Hopefully, Sonos is working on a solution which will allow us to switch for stereo pair to surrounds, but in the meantime, to switch from stereo pair to surrounds must I revert to initial factory settings? I’m sorry if this question has already been posed.

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GuitarSuperstarAnswer

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To add the Era 300s as surrounds, you have to separate them as a stereo pair first, then select the “Set up Surrounds” option under the Arc settings in the Sonos app.

To use the Era 300s as a stereo pair again, you select the “Remove Surrounds” option under the Arc settings. Then you set the Era 300s up as a stereo pair again.

Each time you switch to surrounds or to a stereo pair, you will lose any saved Trueplay tuning. But you do NOT need to perform a factory reset.

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi

melvimbe

Do not factory reset.

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/add-surround-speakers-to-a-sonos-home-theater

Danny

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GuitarSuperstarAnswer

Lead Maestro

To add the Era 300s as surrounds, you have to separate them as a stereo pair first, then select the “Set up Surrounds” option under the Arc settings in the Sonos app.

To use the Era 300s as a stereo pair again, you select the “Remove Surrounds” option under the Arc settings. Then you set the Era 300s up as a stereo pair again.

Each time you switch to surrounds or to a stereo pair, you will lose any saved Trueplay tuning. But you do NOT need to perform a factory reset.

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi

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etgearyAuthor

Thank you.

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User330409

Contributor I

It would be outstanding if Sonos would implement an easy switch between stereo and surround without having to retune. My room setup has chairs that can simply be turned around and face the speakers when I want to listen to music

Airgetlam

Two wildly different connections. One as peer speakers (the normal stereo) connected to your Wi-Fi, the other a ‘child’ relationship connected to the sound bar. My guess is the nature of switching between those two things is both not easy, and not ‘quick’, which may be why Sonos engineers haven’t done it, despite requests from the very beginning when Sonos initially released the sound bar with surrounds concept with the PLAYBAR.

Bruce

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db5767

Lyricist I

Good evening everyone!

I'm new here and I apologize if this question has already been asked. I treated myself to a system with a Beam 2, a Sub Mini, and 2 Era 300 speakers that I configured as surround. I've done a few tests with Dolby Atmos movies, and the Era 300's rendering is often bluffing.

On the other hand, what I find very frustrating is that most of the time, if I'm watching non-Dolby Atmos content, such as a TV channel or a sports match, the Era 300 speakers are virtually silent, the sound only coming from the soundbar. I notice that they send out sound but at a ridiculous volume compared with what they send out if there's Dolby Atmos.

I've tried forcing the volume of the surround speakers in the settings, but it doesn't make any difference. Does anyone have a suggestion for making the 2 Era 300 surround speakers more present so as to constantly have the impression of being surrounded by the speakers? Thank you!

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Sadly the producer of the content controls what sound is sent to which channel and the volume levels.

Cranking the Sonos settings can only make what the producer has placed there louder.

106rallye

What sound format is Sonos saying it’s playing when you notice this?

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db5767

Lyricist I

Dolby 5.1

106rallye

Sonos has chosen to not have the inside speakers of the Era 300 on when non Atmos content is being played. This could be the reason the speakers seem less loud, though they should be within spec for 5.1.

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