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cowleyContributor I
posted in Home theater

Beware new TV's audio settings - LG 65UG8700

Just wanted to add to TV compatibility notes: The LG 65UG8700 is a new 4k TV that you might assume would easily pass 5.1 from its optical port for the playbar. WRONG. It works under certain circumstances sometimes, but the reality is that this TV came shipped with its audio set to prefer PCM. To give you an idea of the amount of work involved: - MUST have a harmony remote - I had to load special LG model number on to my harmony remote - This old LG model number gave me 3 new options for "service menu" - "in-start" - "in-stop" - Once I had the harmony remote set, I had to locate a password (0413) for the service menu - In the service menu I had to go option by option to find something familiar - Finally under "Tool Option 7" I found PCM - Change that to AC3 - Reboot the TV Now the TV will prefer to pass AC3 when possible.

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7 years ago
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SomersNeedhamContributor I
asked in What to get

Pay 5 and TV

I do not have room for a Playbar with my current TV setup and am considering using line in to connect my TV with a Play 5. Anyone have experience doing this? If so, how have you found the sound quality? Thanks.

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7 years ago
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TsimmoContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural

Missing rubber feet from my Play 3

Hi Sonos, firstly "I LOVE MY SONOS SPEAKERS"! However I appear to have lost some of the small rubber feet from the Play 3 speakers I have. Please could you let me know where I can purchase some, as the SONOS rep at my local John Lewis does not know where I can. P.S. My favourite are the Play 1's - sleek and powerful

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7 years ago
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GraybeardContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural

Connect Amp Set Up

Can I connect a powered subwoofer to the Connect.Amp with 16 g wire or do I need to use an RCA Cable?

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7 years ago
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muralibmContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural

Best placement of Subwoofer

I recently bought a 5:1 Sonos home theater system and wondering the possible positions for the subwoofer and the best position. Can I place the sub woofer below the TV and Playbar in the entertainment center furniture? Any suggestions is highly appreciated

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T00LF00L
7 years ago
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PheedTrending Lyricist I
asked in What to get

Sub?

Got a Bose 3.2.1 (i know, I know) from my previous life for my TV set. Home now is crowded with a Play5 in my living room, one PLAY1 shouting music in my kitchen, another here on my left in the bedroom, another one waking me up in the bathroom. Eager to add some more. Wife seems interested. How about a playbar and a sub for the TV? Would it make difference? Is there anyone who already did the very same jump? And, I was wondering... will the sub add some of its strength to the whole system? Being the low frequencies almost ubiquitous, it could add the "kick' to more than just the playbar? Maybe. Maybe I should add another play5 instead... trying to find the ultimate sound experience. well, be creative! Take care

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AjTrek1
7 years ago
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Andy ColemanContributor I
asked in What to get

Upgrade options for Sonos PlayBar

Hi, earlier in the year I bought a Sonos PlayBar to go with my new new Panasonic TV. I was thinking of adding a couple of Play:1's as rear speakers but have a couple of questions. My PlayBar is connected to the router via Ethernet cable and to the TV using the optical connection. - The manual for the TV states the optical connection supports Dolby Digital so will the Play:1's work properly in that setup? - The I am assuming that the Play:1's will connect fine to the network, i.e. I do not need any additional kit like the CONNECT. I may get a SUB at a latter date but my lounge is not massive so I am not sure I need the SUB right now. Thanks Andy

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7 years ago
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Sohail C.Contributor I
asked in Components and Architectural

Sonos connect poor sound quality with Denon X4000 receiver

I have several SONOS SPeakers. Today I purchased sonos connect and connected it to my denon x4000 receiver. The sound quality is really bad. I connected into phono input. I have tried other inputs but no sound comes out. Can anyone help

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7 years ago
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ecprevatteContributor I
asked in Home theater

Sonos Sub and Sound Bar won't stay connected

I've made a few changes to my network to allow for better online gaming, and I believe that is causing my sub and playbar to be knocked off the WiFi constantly. As of right now, even the hardwired method I can't even get Sonos' app on my Mac or iPhone to recognize the Sub for installation. I've tried the hard reset of the sub and no avail. I am hoping it's just something simple on my firewall or network that can bring my system back up and running. My living room is usually configured with: - 1 Playbar - 1 Sub - 2X Play 1s I do have a spare play 3 in another bedroom as it's own zone. The diagnostics report number is: 6739039.

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SBSurfer
7 years ago
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coloalpContributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services

Questions: How to stop/disable popup with info about new tune playing

On MAC desktop, playing music from Pandora or Amazon (haven't tried other sources) when new tune starts playing a popup with artist and tune name info appears on top of whatever else am working on. It is distracting and often annoying when am doing work. Is there a way to disable or stop this from happening? If not, hope Sonos will consider building-in that option. thanks-

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7 years ago
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newyorkgeekContributor I
asked in What to get

Wireless in-ceiling speakers compatible with Sonos?

Are there any wireless in-ceiling speakers that are compatible with Sonos? Getting power up to my ceiling is easy enough, but having wires run all the way down a wall to a bridge will be a big project that I'd like to avoid. Or, if it's ok with this forum, any non-Sonos alternatives that might help with my situation? I'd ideally like to have in-ceiling speakers all over my house connected to a single system via my Wi-Fi network or similar, without having them all physically wired together.

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7 years ago
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User676471Contributor I
asked in Speakers

Can I leave the white bag on my play one? I'm keeping the speaker in a wood shop and want to keep it clean?

Keeping it clean

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7 years ago
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ecoast7Contributor I
asked in Home theater

connect to TV without playbar

Is it possible to connect my Play:5 and Play:1 to my TV without a Playbar? Could I do so with a Connect? I'd like to create sort of a surround sound and add another Play:1. Thanks in advance.

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Airgetlam
7 years ago
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User868737Contributor II
posted in Controllers and Music services

Favorites, edit order of list.

Could you add the abililty to adjust the order of the favorites. As of now the list seems to only be in alaphabetical/numerical order. Thanks,

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Harry Slaughter
7 years ago
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kevcoops6849Contributor II
asked in Home theater

what do you think are the best eq settings for the 5.1 setup. playbar,sub and two play 1's.

what do you think are the best eq settings for the 5.1 setup. playbar,sub and two play 1's.

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7 years ago
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psteijnContributor I
asked in Home theater

What audio transcoder will convert everything to DD 5.1?

The classical problem problem here, Netflix produces DD+... Ok my MacMini can convert it into stereo but that is not optimal.. So i've been searching for a small device that can do this trick (not a full size receiver) So far i came across these switches: * Monoprice * Octava * Inday * Kanex Now these seem to, in the best case only request DD5.1 from the source, but they don't transcode when the source is available in f.e. DTS. Is there anybody here who can can advise me to buy a device that does: simply convert all audio coming out of a HDMI cable and transcode it into plain DD?

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7 years ago
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David_198Trending Lyricist I
asked in Controllers and Music services

Forced to update to incompatible controller software?

I have been using my three Sonos Play:1s quite happily now for well over a year, but now I have bought a new Play:1 and when trying to add it, I'm told "Your Sonos controller must be updated before you can add and set up Sonos products". I recall getting an email saying that the latest version of the Sonos Controller would not be compatible with Windows XP, which I'm still using on the machine where the Sonos controller is used. Does this mean that I will be forced to update to a version of the controller that is not compatible with my OS, thus rendering my entire system unusable? Before anyone says it, I am not interested in updating to a newer version of Windows at the moment. It's an enormous amount of work and there is no compelling reason for it. The OS is just background infrastructure in my view, not a toy. It should be meddled with as little as possible.

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7 years ago
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Brummie65Contributor I
asked in Components and Architectural

Power supply to speakers

Hi guys, I'm new to sonos but really happy to be part of the community. So far I've got sound bar, play 1s and sub. I notice these are powered up Individually with plug. My question is can these be left plugged in 24/7 For long periods of time or do they need to be turned off when not in use. Thanks for support Kro Brummie65

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7 years ago
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Martin_63Avid Contributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services

Automatically clear the queue?

Hello, Is there a way to automatically clear the queue when you start to play a new song or a new album? I don't always want Sonos to continue playing when my new selected songs or album is finished playing. I thin it would be a great feature.

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7 years ago
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p1rate_chrisAvid Contributor I
asked in Speakers

Optimum sub placement

I am looking at getting the optimum response from my sub and rather than moving the beast around unnecessary, I would like your opinion on room placement! Currently I have the sub placed in position 1 on the picture, underneath my dinning room oak bench facing into the room. I am considering position 2 and 3, primarily so that the sound of the bass is not being blocked by the table. Obviously however, these positions would place the sub some way from the middle of my play 1s. It might be worth nothing that the area immediately in front of the sub under the bench is open. Is my setup okay as it is or can it be further improved? It also might be mentioning that I have young, inquisitive children who might think the growl of the sub means it is hungry and needs feeding....

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7 years ago
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condevittoContributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services

SONOS BETA 7.1 & IPHONE

Hi there, Apologies if this has been covered but I haven't been able to find anything relating to it. I've downloaded the beta that supposedly allows me to access my PLAY 1 directly through my SPOTIFY app on my phone rather than the limited SONOS app. However this option doesn't show when I go to select devices? Is the capability available through iphone or is it limited to certain phone/tablet types? Cheers

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ratty
7 years ago
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dhodskinsContributor I
asked in Components and Architectural

Sonos doesn't "see" WAV files

In a certain iTunes artist folder, I've got 16 albums, all imported from CDs. 3 were brought in as MP4, the rest WAV. Sonos "sees" the 3 MP4 albums, but not the WAV albums. Any ideas?

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jgatie
7 years ago
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HeinrichBraaschContributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services

Spotify Connect: Individual room volume control

Regarding the new beta release which integrates with Spotify Connect... Controlling playback from within Spotify I find it quite long-winded to change the individual volumes of the grouped rooms. To do that I currently need to: (1) From Spotify, click on Devices (2) Click on the room Group "hamburger ..." menu (3) Click on 'Sonos Group Rooms' (which launched Sonos) (4) Click on the icon of the song playing (5) Finally the song menu appears with the combined volume slider (6) Click on slider to get the separate room sliders (7) Change the volume of the required room Am I missing the easier way? Anyway, I'm aware one is limited when developing code from within another's application, so I understand the situation. My suggestion is to at least add the following to speed up the volume setting process ... When clicking on the (see step 3 above), display one more option over and above "Sonos Group Rooms", also display an option called "Set separate room volumes". Thi

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7 years ago
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SprattersContributor I
asked in Controllers and Music services

Manage Settings are Greyed out although I updated to latest version

My Daughter changed our Deezer Password; when I opened Sonos it wouldn't recognise the Deezer Account, so I decided to uninstall and reinstall Deezer. I couldn't as all of the items under the manage settings bar were greyed out. I read that the best thing to do is to look for and install updates, which I did. However the Manage settings are still greyed out. I am now stuck. Can anyone help me please?

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ratty
7 years ago
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Ryan JTrending Lyricist I
asked in Home theater

Should I hardwired soundbar & tv?

Hi, I currently have 2 Play1s running as surrounds via ethernet connection, then a soundbar running on what I presume is Sonosnet. I would like to free up my wifi network as much as possable therefore I am considering hardwiring the TV into the soundbar then hardwiring the bar back to the network switch. Is there any benifits from doing this?

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7 years ago
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