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Hi group. I just picked up a OPPO UDP 203 which has 3 HDMI ports. One in and 2 out (one for audio only). BUT more importantly the unit has 7.1 Analogue audio RCA outs that APPARANTLY can be used simultaneously with the HDMI outs. My question is. Could I send the two left and Right RCA outs on the Oppo to my external Hypex Ncore 500s (which power two towers. while simultaneously sending the HDMI data to my TV which in turn is sent to my 7.1 ARC/sub/100 system and thereby adding a physical [pair of front left and right speakers that are truly playing only those respective channels? I am going to try it but I suspect the issue will be a Syncing one? Thoughts All?

Hi community,I’ve watched various videos but of course my set up, like most, is a little bit unique.  I would welcome advice on where to place 2 x Era 100s for surround.  I currently have LGC1 TV and Arc wall mounted.Typically both arm chairs and the sofa are all used when watching TV.Thanks for any input!  

Okay, this one is perhaps a tad nutty but bare with me a second. I came across a Reddit post where they claim with streaming music in ‘Ambient’ mode (Surrounds), they hear different program material perceived on the rears but not happening on the front ‘stage’. Replies were - they are clearly nuts or yes, DSP is tweaking the surround image. I assumed Ambient was simply rolled off a bit where Full meant the rear volume was hotter. Both being mirrors of L/R channels. In ‘Full’ that’s exactly what it sounds like. But… in Ambient, things seem to change. Standing in the center of the room, I caught what he’s talking about. I hear seemingly panned rear reverb trails and isolated bits like stick taps on the high hat from the rears only. Sometimes backup vocals are heard rear, not present or are weaker in the front. At first I thought it may be different size enclosures, different tweeter responses, reflections or placement. But in Full or when TV audio plays in PCM 2.0, it sounds mirrored as

I currently have a Beam (gen 2), sub mini and 2 x SLs as my surround sound system. It also doubles up to play vinyl on occasion through an amp.I have a bit of money to upgrade but it will be step by step, so my query is really where will I notice the most difference? Should I upgrade my Beam to an Arc Ultra or the SLs to 2 Era 300s?thank you 

Hi there,I am looking to buy a subwoofer for my sound system can anyone advise which one would be compatible please?Current system includes:-Beam (Gen 1)2 x Play:1Play 5 (Gen 2). Thanks in advance.    

Yesterday I was on the phone with Sonos support trying to figure out how to get the WIFI working on my Connect. It used to work? They were very patient and we tried many approaches. BTW,  I had tried these approaches before I called them hoping for something different to try.I was resigned to recycling it but my husband decided to take it to another room and try the WiFi there. The WIFI connection worked in the other room and the MAC address showed up on our router! We brought it back to our living room and placed it in a different place and it was able to connect to the WiFi! So if your Connect WiFi is not working try moving it around. Beware of interference from other devices connected to WiFi!

After years of waiting, Spotify Lossless has finally been released!https://newsroom.spotify.com/2025-09-10/lossless-listening-arrives-on-spotify-premium-with-a-richer-more-detailed-listening-experience/“Lossless is available on mobile, desktop, and tablet, as well as on many devices that support Spotify Connect, including Sony, Bose, Samsung, Sennheiser, and more. Support for additional devices, including those from Sonos and Amazon, arrives next month.”

hi,as you can tell from the title, I do have an unusual house design where i can’t (and honestly don’t need) a full setup of a home theatre. However, I really want to have a good music focused setup where i can play music and enjoy it everywhere in my first floor (by the way, the house already exists and i can’t make any changes).so, I’ve been thinking of getting the arc ultra for the tv (shown in blue), and when i play the tv the other two speakers (shown in red) will be turned off cause there’s no point of hearing the tv around the house. i want them be grouped only when playing music though.main questions are: is the ultra arc too much for the living room area? is it too much for a floor like this to have ultra and two additional speakers like era 100 for music purposes only? is one enough? do era 100 speakers even sound good when ultra is playing? is ultra enough for the whole house? all these questions and me not knowing how to approach this is only because of the unusual house de

Since the Amazon outage 20/10 Amazon no longer works on my Era 100 and trying to re connect fails every time. Any ideas?

Hi everyone, mods please move if this belongs in another section.I recently solved an issue that I think may help others who are using Harmony remotes with Sonos.The problem is that when Sonos devices are included in a Harmony activity, the remote often hangs on “Connecting…” for 10–15 minutes, and sometimes doesn’t connect at all. This happens both on initial startup and when switching between activities. Harmony has to handshake with all devices each time, and since Sonos speakers don’t have power states and no longer respond properly, Harmony just keeps waiting for a reply that never comes.As many of you know, Logitech no longer supports or updates Harmony, while Sonos software continues to evolve. Over time this has made the integration unreliable, to the point where it can prevent Harmony from starting up or switching activities smoothly.Workaround: Remove Sonos devices from your Harmony activities. Create activities with just your other AV gear (TV, receiver, inputs, etc.). U

My newer Samsung TV has a feature titled ‘Universal Remote’. Works great with the TV’s Bluetooth remote also having an IR transmitter that emulates many brand IR codes. The brand selected in the ‘Theater’ group drop-down list is Sonos. Mute and Vol. work great. The TV auto switches to optical on power-up seamlessly. Luv it! I have a desktop FLAC player with optical out. I remove the TOSlink cable from the TV and simply insert it into the player. Works great playing audio. But… when I connect the cable back to the TV (which is off the whole time) and power up the system, all remote and Optical TV settings drop to ‘TV Speaker’ having to reprogram all TV settings. This makes no sense why a cable change to a different device blows the TV’s programmed settings. I didn’t find a solution but have a theory the TV sleeps (not actually off) and detects when the cable loses light switching sources. It  instantly defaults back to TV Speaker and doesn't retain the remote programming. Yep, a Do- Ove

Donde encuentro Descubrimiento Semanal?Google Translate -Where do I find Weekly Discovery? Moderator edit: added English translation 

Hi,All of the sudden more than half of my library is not playing - the message is “the song is not encoded correctly” - the same files were playing just fine 2 days ago.I am using the same youtube music as from the first days of my Sonos.Does anybody experienced the same issue?

Saw this, TVONOS app for Amazon Fire Stick. Was wondering if anyone else has downloaded it and using it? Is it worth it on the fire stick? Thx

As far as I can tell, the sonos app can no longer connect to Google Assistant on a modern Android phone. I've un installed, re installed all apps and connections and all that has managed to do is remove my existing Assistant connections on other existing devices.Then I realised that due to changes in Google Assistant and Gemini it is no longer possible. I'm absolutely over this crap, luckily I can process a return for the new Sonos Move (not the 2..) Sonos is a waste of time and energy, what a joke!

The mandatory inclusion of Sonos Radio degrades the quality of the Sonos experience.  Please listen to your customers, do the right thing, and let them choose the option for themselves. 

Bonjour a tous,J aimerais savoir si je peux connecter et regrouper plusieurs SONOS portables (pack aventure) à mon application Sonos... sachant que j ai un salon (un beautybar) et certaines pieces sont en sous sol donc pas de connection Wifi... pensez-vous que si j achète ce genre d enceintes portables je pourrai aussi avoir du son dans les pièces du bas ?

Good Afternoon,Has this problem been fixed yet? - as I am still getting multiple copies of albums, especially with compilation albums.Kind Regards,  

How can I stop Sonos Radio's unsolicited pinning of collections to my Home? It has happened on several occasions, separated by several weeks. I open the Controller app and find two or three collections promoting Sonos Radio content at the top of my Home screen. It’s really annoying because I have to scroll down to find my favourites. It’s also annoying because I didn’t ask for that and I’m not interested in it. (Another sad signal that Sonos hates its customers.) I have to Unpin them to get rid of them. Is there anyway I can stop them appearing in the first place.

About 30 minutes into Top Gun movie the Sonos soundbar started making this loud piercing sound. I shut it down for about an hour, then put another movie on. Towards the end of the second movie the piercing sound came back. I opened a ticket with Sonos through chat last night and sent them diagnostics. They said nothing abnormal. I have limited time to return this thing to Amazon and right now I am ready to send it back. What could be causing this? The TV has ARC output, Roku feeds the TV. Brand new HDMI cable going to TV that came with Sonos. I don’t see how to attach a non URL video to this post, else I would attach the video I took. 

We are building an extension and I need to fit it out with SONOS.I would like the TV to connect to an ARC Ultra, a Sub 4 and 2 ceiling speakers as the rears. I assume I need an AMP too? Can someone please describe how I set it up? I will also have 2 more pairs of ceiling speakers in the room to complete the music sound in teh whole extension. Will I need a seperate AMP? 

I just acquired a new Sony bluetooth turntable that I’d like to connect to my existing Sonos system, which consists of (2) Play:5s (Gen 2), a Play:1, a One and a Boost. What are my options?

I’ve been seeing more music and live mixes trending on TikTok lately, and sometimes I’d like to play them on my Sonos system instead of just listening on my phone. Has anyone figured out a smooth way to stream TikTok audio to Sonos—whether through AirPlay, Bluetooth, or some other setup?I’m curious if the sound quality holds up and if there are any tricks to make it more seamless. Do you think TikTok could eventually be integrated directly like Spotify or YouTube Music, or is it better to just stick with screen mirroring/streaming methods for now?

So this morning all my Google Home automation routines that have a command to activate a Scene started interjecting “Ok, activating (name of scene)” when run on my Sonos speaker, but not on Google Home speakers. On the Google Home speakers the command continues to execute silently like before. This screws up the way some of the routines play out unfortunately.Compounding the problem, there seems to be a new bug with automation routines running on Sonos. When a routine with several steps is created or an existing such routine is edited, it will stop after the first 3 commands or so and exit - but only on Sonos, not when run on a Google Home speaker. Editing the routine further to drag the command order around and re-save it can cause it to start working again on Sonos.

Hello!I really struggled with the new Sonos app ((S1>S2 then dashboard change 2yrs back) Truly I was almost ready to dump my system and I’ve been with you guys since 2008.HOWEVER…I switched my network over to the 2.4 wi-fi on September 30, because I had a Wi-Fi outage and AT&T told me to split my Wi-Fi system and put Sonos on 2.4 versus 5.0. THEN… Not only did the app start to work better suddenly on October 2… I had an auto update of the app in the subject. And FINALLY!!! Sonos has made leaps and bounds improvement on the speakers and content controls!!! I haven’t used the whole app but BRAVO SONOS!!! Everything I would like to do may not be there but this was a HUGE Update to the Application on my iPhone.THANK YOU!!