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  • August 29, 2026
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Why doesn’t my tv remote control all my devices?

if I turn on (utilize) all my speakers and use my tv remote (Samsung), it only changes the hdmi wired Beam. The tv control will change volume up/down and mute.  The side speaker have to be adjusted through the Sonos app. 

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Stanley_4
  • Grand Maestro
  • August 29, 2026

Are they set up as Surrounds or as additional Sonos Rooms?

Surrounds should adjust with the soundbar.


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  • August 29, 2026

Why doesn’t my tv remote control all my devices?

if I turn on (utilize) all my speakers and use my tv remote (Samsung), it only changes the hdmi wired Beam. The tv control will change volume up/down and mute.  The side speaker have to be adjusted through the Sonos app. 

Sonos systems do not support side speakers. How have you got your speakers set up? 
 

Only the “room” with the soundbar will respond to the tv control volume. 


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  • Contributor I
  • August 30, 2026

I have 4 speakers and a beam. Two are paired as left and right for front, and the other two are paired as left and right for rear. I wanted to be able to tune as stereo sound. 


Stanley_4
  • Grand Maestro
  • August 30, 2026

That works well for streaming music sources but for tv use the 75 ms delay to the additional Rooms / Pairs when Grouped with the Beam frustrates a lot of folks. With the rear Pair changed from a Room to Surrounds there will be no delay to them, the delay will remain to the other Room / Pair.

The tv remote only controls the Home Theater Room, not rooms Grouped to it, for that yo,u would use the Sonos App.


jgatie
  • August 30, 2026

I have 4 speakers and a beam. Two are paired as left and right for front, and the other two are paired as left and right for rear. I wanted to be able to tune as stereo sound. 

 

There's no such thing as left and right for front with a Beam.  The Beam, like all soundbars, already has the front left/center/right speakers built in.  What you have is two speakers paired as a separate room grouped with the Beam and surrounds, which is not a recommended setup.


Mr. T
  • August 30, 2026

If you have an iOS device, use the app Sonosequencr to add front surrounds to your Beam. As long as the other two speakers are added as rear surrounds, all speakers will respond to volume adjustments as they will be seen as one room in the Sonos app.


  • August 30, 2026

If you go the SonoSequencr route, as Mr. T mentioned, just know that Sonos does not “officially” support that configuration.

That being said, I added two One SLs as fronts about a year ago and I’m very happy with it. That room has a Beam 2, Sub 3, One SLs front and Era100s rear surrounds.

The app developer has a reddit with good info on setting it up properly. It’s a “must read”, if you decide to try it.