Talk Sonos Products

First of all I have an Arcana in this loop. But everything was working fine until it quit working fine. So today I unplugged Sonos Arc HDMI cable from the TV and the Sonos Arc, unplugged power cables from the wall for the TV & the Sonos Arc. Waited like 5 minutes. Plugged the HDMI back into the Sony Arc port and then the Sonos Arc. Powered up the tv and the Sonos Arc. Sound from TV to Sonos ARC worked. Unplugged the Sonos Arc HDMI  from the Sony TV arc port and plugged it back into the Arcana. Went to the Sonos iPhone App, System, Arc + the surround sounds, including Sub, TV Setup, Let’s get your Sonos Arc SL connected to your TV, Connected cable to Sony Arc and sometimes it will go to the next screen but only to give me a failure something like not connected. I’m befuddled. Everything was working and now it’s not. 

I am about to test if i am actually getting the right bandwith when streaming from Tidal. If not - no need to pay the extra bucks.But i can not find that information anywhere in controllers:I find the status page for the players: http://x.x.x.x:1400/statusBut no - I can not find that information here? Anyone?  

We have the PlayBar, Sub (gen 2) and two architectural ceiling speakers driven by Sonos Amp.  These makeup the living room.  Bedroom we have two Sonos One SL’s configured for stereo.  Wondering if we can move those One SL’s into the living room to potentially improve dialog when watching movies.  Our default movie streaming is Apple TV+ 4K connected through LG 55SK9000.   Have tried setting Apple TV+ audio format both to 5.1 and then Dolby Atmos.  Most movie dialog comes through muffled or low volume.  Cranking up to hear dialog then blasts us out with action scene audio.

HiThe only non-Sonos speakers I have is a Bose SoundTouch 130 sound bar & Sub in my basement. I’m wondering if the Sonos Port will allow me to add the Bose system to my Sonos app. The Bose has a co-ax port, is it as simple as buying a port, running a line from the digital out into that port on my Bose then setting it up? Or am I way off and oversimplifying this whole thing? I’d like to avoid buying an ARC and Sub for the basement simply because we don’t use it that often. Thanks. Bose Unit for reference: https://www.bose.ca/en_ca/support/products/bose_home_theater_support/bose_soundbar_and_1_speaker_home_theater_support/soundtouch-130-home-theater-system.html#v=soundtouch_130_black

Hi, haven’t purchased yet but ogling & can’t find answer to this specific question.Will Roam link with Symfonisk Bookshelf? I don’t want the Picture Frame or Lamp Base…Thanks in advance!!

At the moment it takes 30mins for the Roam to completely switch off and I’ve measured that the battery drains about 4% while waiting for the battery saver to work.  I would like the option to reduce this to 5mins or even make it immediate in the Sonos app. This should not be difficult to implement!Thank you!

I have 2 Move speakers , mainly for versatility of indoor and outdoor. When indoor, I’d like to get a bit more bass. Would getting 2 Fives to work with my 2 Moves be worthwhile to achieve this? Or would it not offer anything? Assume if all connected to WiFi they would work in synchrony?

I have a Sonos amp connected to my computer. The line-in autoplay works to detect loud audio, but the line-in playback on Sonos stops every time the game or movie is a little bit quiet. I have to go back in to the app and press play dozens of times a movie, or gaming session. The other option is to adjust my computer’s volume by leaving the game or movie, and adjusting the volume slider in Windows. This causes a notification sound, which triggers the autoplay. I’ve heard the last half of that audio hundreds of times a day. Is there any way to leave the line-in playback on? If not, please send in a feature request because this is making me hate my Sonos system every time I use it.

I have Sonos Arc with Sub and 2 Speakers configured using Sonos App as one room. For projector, I have BenQ HT3550i. It has 2 HDMI outputs. I have connected it to the Arc and I have audio on the Arc alone. However, no sound on the Sub and Surrounds. I was expecting the sound to be across Sub and Speakers through the Sonos Magic. Has anyone had this setup? How would I be able to configure?

Hi therei’ve moved into a new house which had Russound multi room previously which fed various zones from a central multi room player under the lounge TVthe ceiling speakers and speaker cables are still in place in the various rooms but the speaker connectors are unfamiliar to me with a four wire configuration (red,white,green and black)can I connect my Sonos amp(s) to these speakers to resurrect the zones, if so how should the cables be matched to the amp?thanks 

Well, I'm not sure if I'm just lucky, or not. I got a Sonos arc, + a pair of one sl's. Grouped them together. Added the amp, and connected my subs to the RCA output. Working just lovely. No delays, no lip sync issues, nothing. Yes, I do need to adjust the level periodically, depending on content and hardware. I get full atmos thru my panasonic JZ 2000 OLED. I must say, the sound is simply stunning. I see why Sonos has the following that it does. Thanks! 

I’m still using my SONOS speakers (playbar, sub, 5 and 1) from 2016. I’m planning on getting a turntable and want to stream the music through all of the speakers. Currently, all of the speakers are connected via Wi-Fi.Questions:(1) Will the Port make this all work?(2) If I get a turntable without a preamp, will I need the SONOS Amp?Another advantage of getting the Port is that I will be able to stream directly from Apple AirPlay 2.Thank you in advanced.

I have a Sonos Arc and looking to add rear speakers. I was wondering if I can just have one Sonos Beam as a rear speaker to pair with the Arc, instead of getting with Sonos Ones?

Hi - I’m only getting Stereo PCM when I open the Sonos app and view ‘About My System’ Current setup:Sonos Arc, Sonos Sub Gen3, Sonos/ Sonance Architectural Speakers connected to Connect:Amp Gen2 (rear surround), Apple TV 4K, Sony X900F.The TV does not have eARC but does have ARC with Dolby Digital Plus pass through enabled. So I realize I wouldn’t get TrueHD (which streaming services don’t provide anyways) but I do expect to get better than Stereo PCM.Any settings I can modify to get a compressed version of Dolby Atmos/Dolby Digital Plus? I can’t even get multichannel PCM right now.When using the native android TV apps it does show Dolby Atmos but I would prefer to not to use that horrible interface.Super disappointed right now to spend this much on a Sonos setup and only get Stereo.

I was just logged on to my server which has my music library on it and noticed 120 SMB connections from my various Sonos devices to the music share. There are tens of connections from today and each of the last few days. Is this normal? I’ve never noticed it happening before. Thanks Jon.

Hello,I’ve read all the similar topics I could find but I can’t get my Music Library to load in Sonos S2 on my Mac Mini running Monterey 12.3.1. I’ve both shared the folders and unshared the folder, changed the privacy settings for Sonos, and looked at my router settings to see if there’s anything there I can change. The router doesn’t have anything listed under USB storage devices, despite the fact I have two drives connected via USB C. If I load the native iTune folder the one song I have in there loads. Unfortunately all my music is sitting on external drives. I’d appreciate any advice you could offer, please.Thank you.

Hi, I got a MOVE speaker last summer and I am very happy for it. Now I would like to implement a home theather system with my new LG smart TV OLED and I would like to know if I can connect the MOVE speaker with a sound bar together with a second different model speaker. Could somebody give me a suggestion? Thanks.

I would like to have both a home theater setup and a music listening setup. Looking over the Sonos products and guides, it seems that a pair of Sonos Five speakers are a good option for music, normal stereo stuff, maybe with a sub. Looking at home theater, though, they recommend beam and arc. I’m not clear on what they recommend for channels behind you in surround sound.So, would it be reasonable to put the two Sonos Five speakers in the back of the home theater, and the arc in front? Or can the Sonos Five speakers be in the front in place of an Arc or Beam?Generally I’m trying to avoid redundancy, such that speakers are used for both purposes. I woudk appreciate suggestions, thanks! 

Before I separated my wifi mesh to stop band steering, I could use my Play 5 Gen2 L+R stereo and Gen3 sub to watch movies from line-in via the tv and listen to music although, the sub would usually appear as a “?”. When I used trueplay, the music would play for about 5 seconds, then the sub would stop working, followed by the right speaker and the sub would disappear from the network.After 3~4 hours on the phone with Sonos, I arrived at separating the wifi to 2.4 and 5 Ghz and placing the speakers all on 2.4GHz. The speakers now can trueplay, but now the line-in from the tv will only play the music track with no voice track.Does anyone have any insight into resolving this or should I just factory reset all the speakers and start again?

I tried to find and play internet radio with CD quality on Sonos, but I failed except Radio Paradise. (I tried to add Naim Radio FLAC stream on Tunein and got failure in playing it. ) Is there any radio station of CD or Hi-res audio quality, which can be played on Sonos except Radio Paradise? I don't want to find music and play them. I prefer radio.I prefer music without lyrics like classical music. I think Jazz etc. are fine. If there's no free service, is there a paid service?---- Does Roon music player do this job?---- Sonos Radio isn’t available in my country, but I have questions. Are Sonos Radio HD stations just playlists or on-air? If they are playlists, then do they update their stations frequently? Thanks in advance!

2.0, 5.1, 7.1 iterations. Can someone explain to me what this means and what it doesn’t mean? Confused if it’s good or right. I wish Sonos would do some kind of spreadsheet with explanations and whether it’s right or not for setup. 

There’s a 100% hang on startup when starting the S2 controller on MacOS Big Sur (11.5.2 20G95) when the computer is connected to a VPN with Global Protect. In my case the VPN is on 10.0.0.0/8 and the local network is 192.168.1.0/8. The Sonos hardware is connected to the 192.168.1.0/8 subnet. If I disconnect from the VPN everything works fine. If I then re-connect to the VPN after the Sonos controller starts it continues to work fine. When on the VPN the controller boots up and populates the three “System/Now Playing/Select a Music Source” columns correctly. The fact that the “Now Playing” column is correct indicates that it successfully discovered the Sonos cluster. However, about 2 seconds later the app freezes and I get the spinning-ball-of-death. What’s weird is if I force-quit the app is actually recovers for a second and starts working but then quits. I think the SIGTERM or AppleEvent is somehow breaking the deadlock/hang mentioned below. Here’s the

I have a 50” Samsung TV, with Sonos Beam linked to it. It’s in a large room, wall-mounted. When watching TV, the Beam is adequate. But sometimes in the evening, I end up using the room for entertaining, and playing music videos via YouTube.When watching/listening to music on the TV, the sound isn’t really up to it. I have a high-end hi-if in the same room, but it’s not situated in a convenient spot to link the TV to it.I’ve been researching some different Sonos add-ons, and the obvious move seemed to be to add a couple of SL’s. Thing is, I’m not really looking for a surround sound effect, moreso just a generally boosted sound quality & volume. I trialled the SL in a local shop, and found the sound quality a bit underwhelming. The Five however, sounded great. So the obvious (to me) move seems to be to add a pair of Fives into the room, to link wirelessly to the Beam, to boost the sound in the room.Anyone using this combo in this way ? Any reason why it

I currently have 4 Sonos speakers (Three Play 1’s and One Play 1) connected. I want to buy two more One SL’s and connect them all for TV audio using the Sonos Beam sound bar. Using the S2 app, can I use all the speakers for tv audio using the Beam connected to the TV via HDMI or is the Beam limited to only two surround speakers? I want to use the S2 app to control all the speakers for tv audio just like I do with Tidal for music.