Spaces & Setups

My wife doesn’t like the look of a sound bar like the Arc. Can I get surround sound with 2 pairs (4 total) sonance ceiling speakers and a Sub all connected through an Amp?

Hello everyoneI have a question for you,I have a sonos system so composed,1 Beam + 2 symfonisk x the tv (which I called living room),2 Play sl to listen to music (which I called multimedia). I would like to add the subwoofer but to use it mainly with music (almost never for videos) is it possible to do so?Because I saw in the app thatthe sub addition is only possible for the living room and not for the multimedia area.I thank you in advance.Maurizio

My Sonos Play5 just stopped working today. It doesn’t get any juice anymore. I used to think that Sonos was a high quality product.From an ecological perspective I don’t think I want to buy a product that only lasts 5 yearsFrom a commercial perspective I don’t see how a 15% reduction offered by support would make up for this defect. Are consumers supposed to spend almost 600 euros ever y 5 years on new Sonos products?

Yes, I'm afraid it's the old chestnut again.I've just upgraded from 1st gen. I had no problems as I was taking the audio out from sky Q into a toslink switcher via the optical adapter .I upgraded mainly for Atmos, so don't want to involve optical any more, so I'm taking HDMI from the Samsung Tv's eArc output to the Beam .As usual TV apps are no problem, but now I seem to have introduced the audio lag for Sky Q, which no end of adjustment will alleviate. Is it still a case of putting up with "normal" sound setting from Sky these days? I'm starting to think I shouldn't have bothered with the upgrade..

Some Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray Players have two HDMI outputs. Use one HDMI output to send video to the TV. Use the second output to send audio to a reciever/amp Does the Sonos Amp work by plugging the HDMI audio directly into the Amp?The reason I want to do this is to use the blu-ray player as a music transport (CD, DVD-AUDIO, SACD, Blu-Ray Audio) with the TV off?I do not want to use via the TV Arc port. (Please note I am aware that there is a Toslink to HDMI adapter for this, but the sound quality is reduced.)

I would like to connect to my Play 1 as my main computer speaker however I don’t see it in my Sound Preferences. I have 2 Play 1s, a Connect and a Beam. I have all devices connected on my iPhone and can see them in the Sonos app and through Airplay. However I can’t see the Play 1 in my Preferences, only the Connect and Beam. However, I can connect to the Play 1 in certain apps, like Spotify, through Airplay (on the desktop/MBP, the phone is fine). It shows up on the Spotify app, but not in my System Preferences as a sound source. Is something wrong with my set-up or is it not designed to connect this way? I’m running Monterey 12.1

FolksLooking for some assistance. I’ve connected my Sonos Arc to the ARC HDMI setting on my TV.  As I understand it, my TV is able to send Dolby Digital+ (which should allow Atmos for the programmes that are streamed in Atmos) but no matter what I seem to try, I only ever achieve 5.1 per the Sonos App. This is even the case when I am absolutely certain that I’ve set the Sky Q to Dolby Digital+ and am playing a suitable programme. It’s also the case on Amazon Video (I’ve played Jack Ryan, for example). Can anyone help or advise of anything I am doing wrong? It’s driving me crazy!

Hi all , just got a new TV and I have a beam gen 2 and 2 One SL surround speakers with sky+ hd , my TV has an eArc setting in the sound menu , if I select this everything is fine but Sonos app shows different formats that it's playing , shown in the pics , which format is better to use Dolby digital plus or Dolby multi channel pcm 2.0 was itv 5.1 sky movies ? Many thanks  

I have just tried to save to a new playlist and got a message that I have hit my limit.I am still on s1. Does S2 provide more space?

I’m using an Arc with a projector, and an HDFury to get audio. 95% of the time it works but occasionally, when I turn on the projector, TV audio isn’t detected.Is there any way, either on the Arc or the HDFury, to force audio back to TV? The only thing I’ve found that works is flicking off the power to the plug strip that powers *all* of my AV kit, as I can’t get to the individual plugs. In doing so, games consoles in rest mode get powered off, which they don’t like. It would be nice to be able to do this manually.

So when I select Dolby atmos Xbox series X I get a louder sound than native tv apps. I’m not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing

I am still using a bridge which prevents me from upgrading my system to s2.The upgrade wizard tells me that my system will work fine without the bridge. But if I accept this and upgrade what happens if it doesn’t work well? Is there any way back?

Hello,I have a TV (The Frame - Samsung) and a Video-projector.They are connected to a video amp (onkyo 609).(Multiplie sources like PC, PS5, etc.. are connected to this amp).I'm thinking of replacing my 5.1 speaker system with several Sonos speakers (Beam + Sonos One SL + Sub).Questions:Can I send the sound from my Onkyo amp, to the beam, through the S/PDIF jack? And then, is it the BEAM that synchronizes the Sub and the One SL? I've read everywhere, but I'm having trouble understanding how to send sound from the amp to the sonos ecosystem ! thanks  

I currently have a Playbar with the wires (power and optical) plastered into the wall. If I want to change it for a beam is there any adapter from the end of the optical cable to the hdmi of the beam? The adapter from sonos is from hdmi into optical but I need the reverse as I don’t want to redecorate and run a new hdmi cable down the wall to Samsung connect box. Thanks 

I’ve downloaded the install app (142), and when I try to run it, I can’t get past the “Are you sure you want to let this program make changes to your system?” screen.  I’m running the latest update to Windows 10.Please help...

I have the Sonos Beam currently connected to my TV via eARC for PS5, Netflix, movies etc. I am switching out my TV next month for the LG C1, and as this is a top gaming TV, I will also use it for PC gaming at 4K upto 120hz.For my PC to detect my Sonos as 5.1, I need a new sound card that will encode and decode 5.1 Dolby Digital. Then I will plug in the beam via optical to my PC, using the HDMI to Optical adapter. However this means unplugging the HDMI from Beam -> TV.If I buy a HDMI Switch, then have one HDMI cable to the TV, plug the HDMI to Optical adapter in the other slot, with an Optical cable to my PC, will this allow me have the Dolby Digital 5.1 sound for my PC gaming while also controlling the volume with my TV remote?

I am an Apple user and I would love to be able to use Airplay and an external disc drive connected to my iMac to play music DVDs through my Sonos One.    That would be an extremely powerful and useful addition to Sonos functionality.   (Note that uploading the songs from one’s CD collection in order to play them on the Sonos is NOT a good workaround…..)   Alternatively, Sonos should partner with a few peripheral manufacturers to develop a proprietary "service" -- similar to Spotify Connect --  which would enable at least their devices (eg, disc players) to use the Sonos One as an output when connected to an Apple computer. 

Any plans to add true 7.1 setup capabilities to the beam or arc?I would love to be able to add 2 more speakers as Front Left and Front Right Sourrounds turning the beam into a center speaker 🔊 Would be great if we see this coming in 2022

Happy Sonos user here. Trying to migrate away from a world of “my music takes up my entire hard drive” to one where I can still listen to my decades of MP3s but via streaming. I’m considering a few options including Apple Music and YouTube Music which both support “upload your own songs and then stream them”. I can’t tell from the “Apple Music and Sonos” page — does Sonos with Apple Music support playing these songs specifically (the ones you upload) or just the ones that come in their streaming service? (And the same question for YouTube music too, I guess.)

Dear Sonos,I know this question has been asked before. But is there any estimation when this will come ? Or just the confirmation it will come would be nice.I mean native streaming like with Qobuz (AirPlay isn’t the same quality I notice)thanks!!

I have a Sonos Roam. I have it on Sonos' wireless charger, so it is always fully charged. I have noticed that when it reaches 100%, the charging symbol does not appear in the app. Eventually, the charging symbol will appear in the app, and the orange light will illuminate. Is this correct? I thought trickle charging ment that it was always charging, and adjusted things itself. It seems to me that it does not charge after it has reached 100%, and then start charging again after some use. I guess my question really is how does the trickle charging on Sonos Roam work?

I have several streaming services (Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz) connected to my Spotify S2 app on iOS. None of them seem to allow sorting or filtering playlists within the Sonos app, based on playlist name. This seems like a really basic feature, and it’s essential because I have thousands of playlists.  Does this feature truly not exist, or am I missing something? 

When streaming Qobuz FLAC with Roon to Sonos One and grouping in S1 that Sonos One with a stereo pair of Play 5 Gen 1 what quality do you get from Play 5 Gen 1? Roon Signalpath shows 48/24 for signal to Sonos One. But what quality do the grouped Play 5 Gen 1 play? For local files Play 5 Gen 1 are capable of 48/24 FLAC. But in this streaming scenario? Thank you

Hi Comunity ,I am new in this amasing Sonos world .I would like to know if someone could recommend a radio station who plays :1.- Black Music with very little publicity 2 .- actual English pop music without cuts for publicity  thanks !    

Just got my Sonos Arc. I have a 2020 Samsung Q8DT Tv from Costco. I’m planning on setting up my arc in next few days.I have read on here that a lot of people have had connectivity and sound issues with the Samsung TV…weather the sound cuts out or they are not getting the Atmos sound. I called tech support for Sonos and they say issues have been fixed.Does anyone have any info or update on this situation as I’m hoping not to have any problems when I set up the speakers?  I have an eArc HDMI port