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I have Sonos beam,sonos SUB and 2 Sonos play 1 as a rear speakers. Do I need Sonos AMP and what will be improvement for me.Sonos beam is connected with new Samsung 75" 4K TV via ARC HDMI cabel.Bye or not to bye Sonos AMP?

I would love to get rid of my receiver and use the new sonos amp. I already have a sub and a def tech mythos SSA-50 passive soundar that has 5 channels. I enjoy the quality of both. Can I: 1. connect my tv to sonos amp 2. Connect 4 of 5 channels of mythos passive playbar (omit center) 3. Connect my sub to sonos amp 4. Pair 2 sonos ones as rear speakers Will this give me 4.1 sound with simulated center by sonos amp? How do you think quality would be for movie watching? For music? This seems cheaper than starting from scratch and buying an all sonos solution.

My daughter was round our house for Xmas and used her Spotify, on an iPhone 6S, to create a playlist over my SONOS Play:1. The next day, when she was at her own house, 4 miles away, she was trying to use her Spotify to play over her own Bluetooth speaker, unfortunately my Play:1 started up on its own, and as the Bluetooth speaker wasn't responding she tried increasing the volume, yes you guessed it, the Play:1 began blasting out with the music she was trying to play! I have a Play:1, Play:3 and Play:5, with the Bridge, can anyone suggest how this could have happened? Jon

When asking Alexa on my Spotify One’s I always get the reply: ”Please link a Spotify Premium account...”. My premium account have been linked and works perfectly thru Sonos. Spotify is selected as default music service in the Alexa app. Use UK location on both Alexa app and Sonos app. Spotify account is however Swedish. Any idea or fix to this problem?

I have a Sunbrite outdoor TV. I currently use DirectTV but want to go to a streaming service. The Sunbrite is not a smart TV. The audio for the outdoor TV currently uses RCA cables to connect the DirectTV box to the wired Sonos amp, which then is wired to the outdoor speakers. I'll have to use a firestick or such to get streaming video to the TV. The TV has a digital audio output jack but the sonos amp just has the RCA inputs. Any guidance on how to do this, preferably with existing components?

Hi I recently got a Sonos one and Alexa worked fine to begin with. I recently added 2x play 5’s (gen 2) as a pair. All 3 speakers are in the same large room, so I set up pair of play 5’s as one room and Sonos one as another and grouped them. I also then added a boost. Since doing this Alexa will answe questions like what’s the weather (so I know connected to WiFi), but when you say play “xyz” it says it will but nothing. I’ve reset the Sonos one and have it set up as a separate room again (ungrounded), but still no joy. I’m sure it’s something silly, please help Thanks!

I have two Sonos one’s which I use as a paired set in the same room as a playbar and sub connected to a TV. I want to use the one’s independently as a pair (with Alexa) and occasionally use as a home theatre with the play bar and sub. Is there any other way to do this apart from grouping to get true home theatre?

I recently bought a pair of Sonos Ones I have them set up as a stereo pair and if I play music through them using the Sonos Controller everything works beautifully. However, with the new AirPlay functionality I thought it would be great to use them as speakers for my Mac. My Mac OS is up to date and I can see the speakers in the sound menu and play sound through them. My previous set up was to use the speakers built into my monitor. Unfortunately the sound played through the Sonos Ones via Airplay is poor quality - I have tried playing things on YouTube and things on Spotify (not using Spotify connect) on the computer and the sound is rather "muddy" - it is much clearer when coming out of the monitor speakers. Since then I have read that Mac OS only supports Airplay 2 via iTunes and not through the system audio. So I tried playing through the Sonos speakers via Airplay directly from iTunes rather than choosing the system sound output to the Sonos. And when I did this the playback wa

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None of my Ones are working with Alexa today. They can stream using the Sonos app. Other Echo devices are working with Alexa. Anyone else having this?

Can you command Alexa to play music in a group if they have been group on the Sonos app?

My setup: Roku Ultra 4660 (2018 model) and Samsung UN65KS8000F with Playbar Roku connected via HDMI to Samsung's TV 'One Connect' From TV using optical out to Playbar Samsung states that TV will NOT process 5.1 through an HDMI input. HOWEVER... When I use Plex on the Roku - I get 5.1 on Sonos! When I have a DVD player going through HDMI, I also get 5.1 on Sonos. So it IS passing.... If I use Samsung Netflix App, I get 5,1. But If I use Roku Netflic App, I can only get Stereo. No matter how hard I try! So: Is Samsung incorrect when they say TV will not pass 5.1 when the input source is an external HDMI? Would the Roku Ultra 4640 (2016 Model) have passed 5.1 from netflix? Does a converter exist that can see ALL types of input and make it into 5.1? P.S. I had ordered this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D2CZHP1/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and it did not help with Netflix. And made no

I'm considering buying a Sonos Beam and at least two Sonos Ones (possibly four). My aim is to get the best set up for TV viewing and be able to also have a stereo setup for music. Is it possible to have a setup where the beam is only used for TV and the Ones for Music? Is it possible to have a setup where the beam does the center channel and the ones do the left and right for TV viewing? Is it possible to have a setup where the beam does the center channel and the ones do the left and right front and rear for TV viewing? Is it possible to have the above options setup and be able to switch to a stereo configuration for music e.g. Spotify? Can you easily (automatically) switch between configurations? Is there any value to having a beam with two play ones along side at the front? Is it better or worse then two play ones for a music biased setup? Essentially I'm looking for a TV mode and a Music mode if that makes any sense?

I have a beam setup in my living room and had two Play1s setup as surround. I had to move them, so they were unplugged and now they won’t reconnect. We plugged the Beam directly into the router via Ethernet, still no luck. I am getting a “Setup Incomplete error- check that the speakers are plugged to power and that the date and time settings on the device are correct.” I submitted diagnotic report 424563981.

Hi guys. I have a playbar and two Alexa enabled Sonos ones setup as a surround system in the lounge. I now also have another Alexa enabled One in the kitchen. When I’m playing music in the lounge I can ask Alexa to play in the kitchen, but it stops playing in the lounge. How do I get it to play in the kitchen as well as the lounge? Meaning play everywhere instead of transferring from one to the other

I've seen various posts that try to piece together how to get rid of the "ducking" feature. We have 5 rooms setup with SONOS. We were an early adopter to SONOS and none of ours have the Alexa App built in. For XMAS we got our daughter the Kids Echo Dot. It is in her room that does not have a SONOS speaker. How do we disable ducking on our SONOS rooms? Our music "ducks" no less than 10 times an hour. Thanks

Before I purchase another Sonos, does anyone know if a way to connect a device to the Sonos One? The Audio Technica has Bluetooth pairing, but it's not clear how to connect the ONE to anything other than a computer or phone?

I have a Play 1 in the kitchen and it works fine with our Echo. My kids both have Echo Dots in their rooms and I have noticed that when one of my kids is playing music on the Dot in their room, when they are requesting something from Alexa on the Dot, the Play 1 speaker volume goes very quiet. Note - they are not playing the music on the Play 1, the scenario is I am usually listening to the radio and they are listening to their rubbish music on the dot! This is basically what happens on the Echo devices when they are playing music and you interrupt with the "Alexa", they mute to listen to what you are saying. It's not really a serious issue, but it is annoying, especially as my kids love hopping through tracks on playlists! Is there a solution for this problem or is it just something I need to live with?

Is it possible to connect a sonos to a web TV without a beam?

I am using 4 Sonos One in different rooms of my appartment and everything worked flawlessly with Alexa until a few weeks ago. I used to be able to tell Alexa to "play radio in the kitchen" and it would start playing my last tune-in station in the kitchen AND all the rooms in the same group. When I use the same command now, Alexa ungroups all my Sonos players and starts playing that radio station only in the kitchen. After doing some reading on how to resolve the issue, I created a group within the Alexa app, which I called "Sonos" and tried the command "play radio on Sonos". This does actually prompt her to play radio on all 4 speakers, but she first asks me "what would you like to hear?". No matter what I answer, she always just seems to pick an arbitrary radio station from tune-in and start playing that one. I must have tried dozens of times, but there is no way she'd start playing the one tune-in station I want her to play on my 4 speakers... which has never been a problem before

Hello All, Since I was not able to wait for the sonos / google home support. I decided to get a chromecast audio and hook it up to my sonos connect. The setup seems to be right. When I ask google assistant to play any kind of audio stream on my "sonos"(connect with chromecast audio) she plays the right music. When streamingh howeever I experience dropouts in all of th grouped sonos speakers. There does not seem to be any consitent dropouts at times it works fine. All of the grouped speaker drop out now and then. I Have a gouped home system with two play ones, a playbar, a sub and two paired play ones in the kitchen.. Who has an ideau why the dropouts occur? Kind Regards Jipster

Hi everyone, I hope someone can help me here... cause I've been losing my mind with this issue ever since I got my Beam a couple months back. Background information... I own a 40 inch Samsung UHD 4K Smart TV, a Sonos Beam, and an Amazon Fire TV 4K stick. I'm trying to create as much of a remote free experience as possible. From my understanding, and my experience, just simply having a Sonos Beam will only allow you to adjust the volume and turn your TV on/off using Alexa (when it comes to TV controlling, not music). So from here I did some research and found out that purchasing an Amazon Fire TV 4K stick will bridge this gap into a more remote free experience... I'm struggling. Things I have completed word for word like a strict baker... - Connected my Sonos Beam with my Samsung TV (audio output is through Beam), used ARC HDMI - Enabled Amazon Alexa under Voice Settings in Sonos App. Signed in with my Amazon account - Added Sonos as a Smart Skill (and enabled) on Alexa

I just recently purchased the Beam because of the Alexa integration. All my other Echo devices support the Apple Music skill, but the Sonos Beam seems to not support this. I know this is a very new skill, but I am curious if this is going to be added in a future update?

I have 2 Amazon echos and just picked up a Sonos player 1 pair of speakers from Costco. I have one of my echos paired with my receiver, which is a Denon. I have an “everywhere” group in m the Alexa app and can play music through both echos in different rooms. I can’t get the Sonos speakers to play with both echos. Is this not possible? Thanks for any help you guys can provide. I searched around but couldn’t find an article or thread about this type of configuration. I can get the Sonos to play with a specific “family room” group with one of the echos.

Hi, new to Sonos but loving it! I have a Beam and two Play 1’s in my Living Room setup. My question is about surround sound. It seems like most of the characters on TV speak via the Beam and not through the Plays on each side of the couch. What comes out of the Plays is mostly music and some effects. Often this overshadows the speaking which is then hard to hear. I’ve gone into advanced settings and played with the surround sound but doesn’t help much. I’m a bit confused by them too though. What is ‘TV level’ anyway? What about music as ambient or full? Does this mean these settings are only for my Plays? I also noticed in About My Sonos system, on the Beam I SOMETIMES see Dolby 5.1 but don’t see Dolby anything on the Plays. Is this normal? On my Samsung TV the sound settings are set to HDMI input, which is presumably my Beam. Any help appreciated. Thanks.