Full stereo option when watching TV audio ... please?
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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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Please can we get this!
SONOS please hear us!!I don't understand why there is no feedbacks from you here.
I actually bought a Playbar coupled to 2 Play:1, I was pretty sure you guys (SONOS) were going to prepare an update because of the lack of TV content in surround, but after several months and diverse beta/updates, nothing at all.It's really frustrating to spend a lot of money, and "see" my rear speakers (play:1) almost dead when I watch TV.
I don't know but if it's only a graphic issue, change or try another UI Designer... (Because I can not believe that it is a dev/technical issue).
We want FULL STEREO NOW!Please 🙂
I actually bought a Playbar coupled to 2 Play:1, I was pretty sure you guys (SONOS) were going to prepare an update because of the lack of TV content in surround, but after several months and diverse beta/updates, nothing at all.It's really frustrating to spend a lot of money, and "see" my rear speakers (play:1) almost dead when I watch TV.
I don't know but if it's only a graphic issue, change or try another UI Designer... (Because I can not believe that it is a dev/technical issue).
We want FULL STEREO NOW!Please 🙂
Userlevel 1
The fact there has been no official word or comment from SONOS and there is no knowledge of a beta being tested with this capability worries me. I am going to continue to push the issue until this gets bigger, this system is advertised as being the "best" and very advanced technology while still sound great. How can you be the "best" but not even perfect STEREO sound?! Let's go SONOS before this becomes a PR nightmare.
Userlevel 7
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Sonos for some reason hates user toggles. To an extreme extent that keeps them from adding some versatility. It seems to be a design philosophy that they still try to hold on to - although I have to say the market is dictating they start making some exceptions.I find the philosophy too ridged. Especially with the playbar since they already have 2 user toggles in night mode and vocal enhance. May as well add a Stereo mode one too.
Userlevel 7
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- Sonos does not care of his customers. They don't understand that nowadays customer relationship is the key to success (look at amazon)
- Sonos is really in love with his so so so so poor homemade application et does not want that we use our TV in full stereo mode to listen our native music application(spotifiy, deezer, ...) with our chrome cast or our pc directly connect to TV
I really hope it is neither of the above but 1) is certainly seems to be demonstrated within this 'idea' !
There are so many reasons why this should be implemented - music from TV/cable channels, music from smart TV apps, music from external sources (chromecast, amazon fire tv/stick, DVD playing cd or music dvd, other music device with HDMI or optical output), other TV content in stereo where surround simulation is totally lacking (all apply in my case!)
The only reasons I can think this is not being done are:
- lack of resources
- higher priorities
- no will to implement - its considered by sonos as unnecessary and/or overly complicated for us simpleton users to get our heads round
- technically impossible / unviable
- they dont pay too much attention to this site
It would be nice for Sonos to indicate what obstacles are standing in the way of this request which seems such a 'no brainer' to us mere mortals.
I see two explanations why sonos does not respond to this issue
- Sonos does not care of his customers. They don't understand that nowadays customer relationship is the key to success (look at amazon)
- Sonos is really in love with his so so so so poor homemade application et does not want that we use our TV in full stereo mode to listen our native music application(spotifiy, deezer, ...) with our chrome cast or our pc directly connect to TV
Userlevel 7
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10 months on and still no official response ?!! How hard can this be ?Users do it already using the very tedious process of unbonding & grouping their rear speakers then the 're-bonding' setup again. Problem with this (aside from the steps involved) is the delay that is inherent in grouping vs bonding. Why not a button that can simulate this effect of grouping but without the delay ?
Userlevel 1
COMPLETELY AGREE. I have a $1,800 home theater system that SOUNDS amazing except on TV mode when the signal is stereo. What a waste. I am on the verge of returning the entire SONOS system in my house and switching to another wireless solution. SONOS it's LITERALLY a software update.
I have telling everyone how great this system is...but....
watching TV is getting to be a hassle. With 5.1, all is fine. Most TV is not 5.1 and my rear speakers are sitting there dead unless I remove the surround and go to stereo. Insane.
watching TV is getting to be a hassle. With 5.1, all is fine. Most TV is not 5.1 and my rear speakers are sitting there dead unless I remove the surround and go to stereo. Insane.
Userlevel 1
Any updates on this?
Sonos is not scaled or intended to serve as an audio processor.
Can you do a playbar and connect amp to two speakers?( Make a stereo pair)
Userlevel 1
Add my vote for this feature - need to be able to use Play 3 as full stereo while watching TV source ! I'm glad that added full stereo at all but now please fully implement it!
It has been a while since my last post on this thread, and still no response from Sonos. All they do in response to our requests is direct us to these threads. Switching between bonded group and back to a pair is difficult for me because I'm handicapped. I can't get to the speakers very easily. Sonos please HELP. This request is such a simple one to implement. Thanks
Userlevel 7
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ChrisB -historically Sonos will not comment on software improvement requests other then marking them under consideration or planned. Nothing yet on this topic. However, it is a popular topic. My hope in next few beta cycles they pick up on it and put the full/surround as a toggle in the same way they have the night mode / voice mode etc.
It would be nice to see it marked Under Consideration (Sonos you listening out there?)
It would be nice to see it marked Under Consideration (Sonos you listening out there?)
The option is magnificent and well thought through by Sonos. But it is too deeply nested in the configution menus. It should be a minor effort to enable users to control this setting from the control area right beside the "Speech enhancement" and "Night mode" options.
Sometimes the simple changes make a product great and intuitive.
@Sonos: Can you please confirm on this one as an improvement for a future release of the software/app?
Sometimes the simple changes make a product great and intuitive.
@Sonos: Can you please confirm on this one as an improvement for a future release of the software/app?
Userlevel 2
To be able to set up all my sonos speakers the way I like them when watching tv.....hit save. Then set them up how I like them for music playback and hit save would be great. Example...... I like a high level going to my rear surrounds during tv watching in DD 5.1. While listening to music in stereo 2.0 half level to the rear surrounds is suffient. I'm tired of adjusting all my stuff every time I go from music listening to movie/tv watching.
Userlevel 2
Cable box HDMI into Xbox one. Xbox HDMI out to TV. Xbox optical out to playbar. Then just watch tv through your xbox one. If you have so many components that you need a "switcher" make sure that it's a quality switch that supports DD 5.1, and has a remote with the option of switching back and fourth to stereo 2.0 output from DD 5.1.
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my configuration is optical out from the Xbox into the play bar, because my tv does not support DD 5.1 pass through out its optical.
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Ya you bet bud. The rear surrounds are bound to the playbar.
Interesting, wish it was easy for me to set this up and test it. I currently have an XBOX ONE in the mix. HDMI switch w/ the likes of TV, Wiiu, Apple TV... into the XBOX ONE and HDMI out to TV. My optical runs from the TV to the soundbar.
In your scenerio are the rear speaker bound to the sound bar as they should be? Please answer this.
Userlevel 2
I would love to see a music button that remembers room settings. It definitely gets tiresome having to go turn down the level of my rear surrounds when I stream music, only to have to go back into the room setting and turn the level back up when watching tv. The ambient, or full rear surround setting for music playback is great, but doesn't quite resolve the problem of your rear surrounds wanting to overpower the play bar during music playback. I added two play 1s, and a play 5 to the front of my room, and even then I find myself turning the level down on my rear surrounds every time I switch from watching tv to streaming tunes.
Userlevel 2
If you feed your playbar through an Xbox one, you can switch the audio output to 2.0 stereo in the Xbox settings quite easily. Hook your components into your Xbox, and then out via the optical into your playbar. Then you can watch tv, stream, go on YouTube, Netflix etc and watch everything in either stereo 2.0, or DD 5.1. When I watch music videos on YouTube I simply switch my Xbox audio setting to stereo to get constant stereo sound out of my rear surrounds.....If I'm going to be watching TV, or a movie, I simply switch it back to bitstream, then DD 5.1 for the surround effect.
I think many people would like this feature. If you also want better EQ please like this. https://ask.sonos.com/sonos/topics/soundbar-feature-suggestion
Started a thread and was guided here. Looks like there is no solution short of unbinding the surrounds and creating a group each time. https://ask.sonos.com/sonos/topics/switch-room-from-surround-w-ls-rs-to-stereo?rfm=1&topic_submi...
In all fairness, I think Sonos should be more responsive here. These systems are expensive and I believe that additional user flexibility could be delivered fairly easily if a bigger development effort was made by the company.
Users have spent a lot of hard earned cash on these systems, only to be told that basic functionality which is available in almost every bluetooth/wireless speaker isn't possible with Sonos. In addition to using the TV as a music source, I'm also referring to the failure of the controller to use browser based inputs (e.g. youtube), or the freedom to not use the controller at all (read: bluetooth/airplay). There's a lack of communication from the company on whether they are even exploring these features.
Frustrating!
Brian,
regarding AirPlay and Bluetooth the stands are pretty clear as John M. lined out in a different thread.https://ask.sonos.com/sonos/topics/unresponsive-sonos-support
in other words: unlikely. (At the same time, Sonos products don't carry either logo on their packaging so its quiet obvious that its not directly supported)
As of TV as source, same thread different kind of answer - however without a commitment.
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