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Contributor I
May 15, 2022
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surround system setup

I currently have:

  • 2x Sonos One
  • Sub
  • Amp, which powers 2 non-Sonos wall speakers. This is plugged into the TV through the HDMI eARC

I tried to setup a surround system with the 2 Sonos Ones as the rear speakers but it wouldn’t let me.

If I added one of the sound bars (Arc/Beam)

  1. would I now be able to use my Sonos Ones as rear speakers in a 5.1 system?
  2. will the sound bar and Amp (+ wall speakers) be able to play together through wireless Sonos magic? Or will I have to get an eARC splitter or something and plug both of them into the TV?

thanks in advance

 

(edit: wow time to change my username I guess. Was peeved with all the old speakers going obsolete but I’ve been happy with Sonos lately)

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Corry P
Corry PAnswer
Sonos Staff
May 19, 2022

Hi @sonos.keeps.getting.worse 

Thanks for your post!

As @GuitarSuperstar mentioned, you absolutely can bond two Sonos Ones as surrounds to an Amp. The most common reason for being denied this in the app is if the two Ones are already bonded as a stereo pair. Unbond them and put them in some temporary rooms (the ones the app suggests will be fine), then go back to the Amp’s settings and Add Surrounds. 

If this fails, please try from another phone/tablet, or reboot your router and then Sonos, once the WiFi is back.

I hope this helps.

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Airgetlam
Airgetlam
May 25, 2022

Given when it was designed, and the purpose for which it was designed, manufactured, marketed, and sold, it’s unsurprising that the Sonos CONNECT:AMP doesn’t handle the front side of a home theater. I’m fairly impressed with the ability of Sonos to give it the capability to handle rear surrounds. 
 

Clearly, the marketplace had moved from when the CONNECT:AMP was designed, so that when the replacement device, the Sonos Amp was released, it had both the electronics and port necessary to receive and decode a Home Theater type of signal, as well as the 5Ghz ability to bond with surround speakers. But there were many years between the design of each product. 
 

 

Bruce
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