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Hi I have right now a surround with 1 beam, 1 sub and 2 play:5. Working great. But my question is. Can I, without removing the surround speakers, listen to for example Spotify only on the play:5. With or without as a pair?

I have a sonos beam connect to my TV via the HDMI ARC cable and two surround speakers Play 1’sThe rear speakers are much louder than the Beam when listening to music but adjusting the volume just increases the surround speakers level but if I turn the volume down all I can hear is the rear speakers and nothing from the beamAny idea what adjustment I need to make please 

Hi everyone. Sorry if this has been answered already but here’s my issue; I have just moved house and inherited a Sonos Connect Amp.  I have done a factory reset on it. I have brought my multiple Sonos One’s over and re set them up. They are all working (using the Sonos S2 app).  when I try add the amp it tells me I need to do this using the S1 app, so I switch to that app and as soon as the app opens, I get a message telling me I can do everything on the S2 app now. So I switch back and it’s just sending me in circles? any help would be appreciated.  thank you 

Dear Community,***To date, my testing of Dolby Streams / codecs has been fulfilled by searching Streaming Content from Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+ and HBO Max. However, I concluded that the Sound Recording / Mixing is maturing as Dolby continues to develop and release new-leading edge sound codecs.***I researched looking for streaming from Dolby itself to truly appreciate Dolby products /codecs from a Sound Developer's perspective. I finally succeeded - thanks to CEO  / President Gopal Miglani of www.bitrouter.com for heightening my understanding of Dolby Codecs! *** https://developer.dolby.com/tools-media/sample-media/video-streams/hd-video-streams/ Copy links to your Browser to enjoy 5.1 / 7.1 / Atmos- Glass Breaking / Atmos-Universe. Use AirPlay to the TV for the dynamite sound experiences, including placement of speakers and their performances - it also told me that my left back-speaker is indeeed the left one for my Sonos Home Theater System! I have 5.1. *** Enjoy! ... In Partn

Roam goes offline after being idle for a short time.   Then it seems like I have to hold the button down for about 15 seconds to restart.Any tips?Many thanks in advance!

So now Dark mode is enabled?  It’s in settings-app preferences-appearance.This must have been part of 13:3:2  but I’m sue it wasn’t turned on then.  Seems to have been activated later, or maybe I’ve only just noticed, although no one else seems to have noticed either😳 

Whe it start Sonos Black Friday this year? 

I really cannot believe, how much we as sonos speaker owner’s spend to get mediocre service, at best. The inflexibility of this company will be its demise. There are a number of companies that make comparable products for half the price and with far more functionality then these speakers, so why would we continue to pay so much for a gloried stupid speaker?  I cannot even connect these stupid lead weights to my TV… is not that what any good home theater system should offer as a minimum? Does anyone else feel the same way? Any Suggestions without having to invest another dime into these speakers?

would it be possible at all to have 1 sonos 1 speaker (the one with Alexa built in) and use that to play music on all the othersie i ask the sonos 1 to play a song and the sound then comes out of all of the sonos 1s?i ask because ive got 6 Sonos 1 plays dotted about downstairs so rather than sell all of them and get the new ones it would be helpful to be able to play music through them all at once but with only the new sonos 1 taking the commands from the built in Alexa or would i be better buying an Amazon Echo or dot and setting it all up that way? thank you 

Just bought the Pro-Ject T1 Phono SB Turntable to Five and need some advice please:I want to connect both the CD player and turntable to the 5 without having to swop cables every time...is this possible? If so what type of cable should i get? Any recommendations for the cd player itself….is there a more suitable one for the 5?Appreciate your help. Thank you

I have one Xgimi Horizon, but the picture quality didn't satisfy me, do you guys have any recommendations? I wanna change my Horizon to horizon pro(4K version). Any Screen suggestions BTW.

I am looking for a solution that would allow me to use headphones, preferably wireless along with the Sonos Arc

So… since Sonos decided to cease support for the play 5, Connect etc. My Sonos system with legacy products is now so very unreliable.  Utter Rubbish.I used to be so very positive about Sonos and their products.  I now really have NOTHING positive to say.It has got to the point now where I regret buying this expensive rubbish.Dont get me wrong, when it works it sounds great but that’s if you can control it! 

Hi, I currently have a surround sound setup that consists of 5 speakers (centre, 2 front and 2 rear) wired through a receiver.  With universal remotes being phased out and smart TVs recognizing inputs we are finding it more and more complicated to maintain this setup.  I am considering purchasing a sound bar and if I understand correctly I can then continue to use my wired rear speakers if I also purchase an amp.  I actually have an older connect amp that is not getting much use (that is currently set up in a different room). What I am wondering is if I can use this connect amp with a new sound bar or is this not possible because it is on the old  Sonos ‘system’ and a a new sound bar would be on the new app/system?thanks

I have a whole house music systems with 4 different groups (living/kitchen, entryway, master and backyard), currently controlled on Crestron.  In the living room I have 6 speakers in the ceiling and two in the kitchen in the same group.  The control hub/amps? are in in a closet near the entrance of the house.  The living room is near the back of the house about 25ft away.  Is it possible to make those ceiling speakers in the living room as surrounds along with an arc soundbar and subwoofer for a tv in the living room?  I assume I’d need some sonos amps, but as far as wiring currently is it even possible without having to run new wires. Thanks in advance.

I have a TCL Android TV with the Apple TV app installed, and a Sonos Arc connected to the HDMI-ARC on the TV (not an e-arc connector)some movies play fine, but others have no sound. If I start the movie playing, then unplug the Sonos from the mains power, sound starts playing from the TV speakers. I then plug the Sonos back in to power, it boots up, sound pauses, then sound starts playing via the Sonos - perfect lip-sync, Sonos app reports Dolby digital 5.1, or Dolby atmos (DD+), whatever the movie is, no further issues. I can pause the movie, rewind it, still the sound works fine.Movies in plain stereo always work fine without needing to unplug, but so do some movies with atmos or 5.1., it seems to be totally random which work and which don’t.if I unplug and re plug the Sonos before I open the Apple TV app, or when it is at the Home Screen, this doesn’t work - the movie has to be actually playing for the reboot trick to work. Change the movie, and again no sound, I have to go through

I have arc, sub and surrounds. One of the surrounds recently disconnected from the network so I’m trying to reconnect it. I’ve followed the steps on doing a factory reset but that’s not working.The error occurs when adding the speakers as surrounds to my existing setup. Arc and Sub are on the same WiFi network that I’m trying to add the Surrounds to.Tried 5 times and now I’m bored of going through the same process over and over again without it working.Edit: I’ve just been through the network management process and ensured that all speakers are on the same network.However despite this they appear in different groups within the app: 

I’ve recently seen ads and promos being served via the iOS Sonos app.   I find it annoying and I don’t appreciate it, but does anyone else know about it?  

Hi,I'm planning a 5.1 system in a new build. For the front sound, I could use an Arc or two inwall speakers (+amp) on the left and right of the tv Any thoughts about which option is best? Thanks Richard

First, I’m having the same issue as several others including ‘uclamba2001’, which is super frustrating.  You can’t reply to those posts, so I have to create a brand new one.My Beam stopped playing TV sound after working fine for well over a year.  I tried all the possible steps including restarts, resets, (3) different HDMI cables (yes, incl. brand new), etc.The HDMI Arc shows the Sonos imagery on screen (so yes, the connection is there), but doesn’t play sound through the TV.  I can play music through the app (so yes, the speaker works), but not via TV so my entire home theater system is essentially defunct based on the Beam’s failure. I didn’t plan on trashing a $1,400 investment, but it seems like I’m out of options.Good luck to the rest of you. 

So I have a new Arc connected to Sony A80J. Just curious what you guys have to turn your volume up to in normal viewing (TV/Apple TV/ streaming apps, etc)I have to turn the volume up to at least 40-50 when I am watching regular directv programming, and when watching anything on Apple TV or the internal streaming apps (Netflix/Amazon, etc) I have to turn it up to at least 50. Same for movies and shows on Itunes.I wouldn’t say it is a real problem, everything still sounds good, but I was just surprised at having to turn it up so high and wanted to see if that was normal..

Hello,I’m using a tp-link P7 mesh wifi network (tp-link setup in access mode).I’m NOT using sonosnet.All my Sonos speakers (S2) work fine around the house but ios controller app (both on my iphone or ipad) has a strange behavior when I’m moving from room to room:app work ok then I go into another room everything looks fine on the app but no  display update to show speakers state, queue position, etc when I’m trying to do anything with the speakers from the controller (play/pause, changing source...), the app say it cannot connect to the speakers….The app works fine after a restart but if I move in another part of the house, it will not be able to connect to the speakers anymore until restart of the app.Any idea ?Thanks, Denis 

Hi All, I am new to Sonos having stripped an old wired multiroom system out of the house. I just purchased a bundle 1 x ARC, 2  x Sonos 5, 1 x Sub with the intention of using the Arc and Sub for the TV room (possibly adding 2 X Sonos 1 for 5.1) and using the 2 X 5’s is a large living room solely for music.I haven’t set anything up yet as the hose is being decorated but I am wondering after some further reading if the better option for the music in the living room would be 2 X 1’s + Sub rather than 2 X 5. Both the 5’s or 1’s would be on speaker stands about 10 ft apart. From an aesthetic view I think the 2 X 1’s would be better but I am a low level audiophile and soundstage/quality will be the more significant factor.I have spoken to the supplier and as all boxed I can switch out the 2 5’s for 2 1’s + Sub for a very small additional cost.All thoughts and opinions welcome, thanks!

Hello, it is quite appalling that you have no released even a public TestFlight of the Sonos app, for Trueplay, let alone addressed the reality it is tied to iOS/ipadOS version, more so than hardware. I am sorry that I kept up with my security updates and that your dev team cannot, despite access to dev releases etc. it’s not exactly as if you did not know version 15 was coming, let alone the iterations. I suppose the Google lawsuit captured that dev time. I am disgusted at your company and when your support tells me to use an android device, just is an absolute joke. Also, we cannot roll back formally as iOS/ipados14 is unsigned now by Apple. I have tried many of my devices and, all on the list, just pfffyttytt..,..  Thanks for actually trying in dev team. Please elaborate on a firm date for full functionality in this bait and switch. I mean come on it’s inexcusable what you’ve done and more so looking back to see it months and ago, then now again. Own your crap and fix it.     

This is really frustrating for the investment.  Sonos needs to cease with these popup ads in the controller immediately!