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Sagi Quarion
Contributor I
September 7, 2014

Full stereo option when watching TV audio ... please?

Ya know how we have the option for full stereo or ambient when listening to music in a full 5.1 sonos stet-up?  Can we get that with TV output as well, please?  There is still plenty of content that is stereo output on many internet streams and traditional media.  Having full stereo helps create an enveloping sound field when outputted via the playbar and the surrounds.
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    DoktorBen
    Contributor I
    May 18, 2019
    +1 !!!

    Sonos, I cannot believe this is not a feature yet. Just installed 2 Play 1 speakers in addition to my Beam and so disappointed that there’s no option to channel the main sound of my Netflix shows to the rear speakers. Use case is that we have a baby sleeping next door so cannot put up the volume very high, so having dialogues on the rear speakers (which are closer to the couch) would be of great help...

    Why has this not been added yet? Seems to be an important customer demand for 3+ years...?
      camillo777
      Headliner I
      May 21, 2019
      Hi Any news on this issue?
        jeroen_s
        Lyricist I
        May 26, 2019
        Adding my vote to this feature request.
          NicoF
          Contributor I
          June 12, 2019
          Adding my vote to this feature request as well. How come this is overlooked? I'd like to play music from my TV, without those surrounds.
          glances
          Lyricist I
          July 16, 2019
          Bumping this thread: is it possible to get a response from Sonos on this?
          Ryan S
          Ryan S
          Retired Sonos Staff
          July 16, 2019
          Hi glances. I'm happy to pass along a request to the team for you so they know there's still interest in this sort of unconventional setup. Since the topic was first posted, there is one way to get this full stereo working for some systems. If you're playing your TV source from something capable of AirPlay 2, to a Sonos Beam or Playbase, you can instead use AirPlay 2 to send the audio to your Beam/Playbase and the rest of the speakers in that room.

          AirPlay 2 signals are played as music and not TV content, so if you have the surround settings to play full audio with music, it'll give you the surround stereo.
          Mark good posts by pressing the like button, and select the best answer on questions you've asked to help others find solutions.
            mnister
            Lyricist II
            July 17, 2019
            🙄
              camillo777
              Headliner I
              August 24, 2019
              Hi glances. I'm happy to pass along a request to the team for you so they know there's still interest in this sort of unconventional setup. Since the topic was first posted, there is one way to get this full stereo working for some systems. If you're playing your TV source from something capable of AirPlay 2, to a Sonos Beam or Playbase, you can instead use AirPlay 2 to send the audio to your Beam/Playbase and the rest of the speakers in that room.

              AirPlay 2 signals are played as music and not TV content, so if you have the surround settings to play full audio with music, it'll give you the surround stereo.

              Hi Ryan,
              I really need this feature.
              Do you have any news?
              Thank you.
              Camillo
              camillo777
              Headliner I
              August 25, 2019
              Hi glances. I'm happy to pass along a request to the team for you so they know there's still interest in this sort of unconventional setup. Since the topic was first posted, there is one way to get this full stereo working for some systems. If you're playing your TV source from something capable of AirPlay 2, to a Sonos Beam or Playbase, you can instead use AirPlay 2 to send the audio to your Beam/Playbase and the rest of the speakers in that room.

              AirPlay 2 signals are played as music and not TV content, so if you have the surround settings to play full audio with music, it'll give you the surround stereo.

              I would not call it: "sort of unconventional setup" .
              this setup is supported by any home theater setup in the market.
              only Sonos does not support it.
              Thank you for your time
              Camillo
                Airgetlam
                Airgetlam
                August 25, 2019
                Would you be so kind as to post which systems you know of that support this kind of feature? I'm looking for some speakers for my hard of hearing father.
                Bruce
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