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Stanley_4
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Sonos Era 300 placement for surround

I’d say place the 300s for optimum TV sound and add a stereo pair positioned to work for sitting at the table, or a Five if you can’t find p...
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BJOutdoors
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Two independent systems

I have two SONOS systems. I would like to set them up to operate independently of each other. How do I do that?
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AjTrek1
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Arc Placement

Updated 9/14/23 to include Era 300’s as surrounds (which have upward firing drivers) that replaced Sonos One’s. All other information and gu...
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DiverdanTrending Lyricist I
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home cinema set up

I have two Sonos play1 and Sonos boost ,is it possible to use them as part of a home cinema set up with a sound bar ,need one with e-ARC Thanks for any help 

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Ken_Griffiths
5 months ago
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Hudson JimmyContributor I
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sub Gen 3 vs sub Gen 1

My current Sonos theater set up is - ArcEra 300 surroundsSub Gen 1 My question is this- is there any real need/reason to upgrade to Sub Gen 3?   

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6 months ago
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ravicContributor I
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Maximum amount of speakers supported in a surround sound setup for Home Theater

How many speakers can a Sonos Arc setup support? I currently own the Sonos Premium Immersive Set with Arc. This comes with the Arc, two era 100s, and the subwoofer. However, I plan on upgrading the rear era 100 satellites to era 300s eventually. I also may want to add another subwoofer.How many speakers does the Sonos system support? Do I have to "replace" the era 100 satellites? Will they work along side the Era 300s, a Sonos Arc, and 2 sub woofers?

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buzz
6 months ago
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venksvContributor II
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HDFury Arcana, HDMI splitters and Arc compatibility.

Hi - I’m currently renovating and am looking to setup a HT with the following config:Inputs: Cable box, Xbox, FireTV stick. Maybe a AppleTV4K.Video Outputs: Optoma projector (no eARC, inky HDMI), Sony TV (with eARC).Audio: Sonos Arc, gen3 sub and 2 era 300 acting as surrounds.  Have gone through a few posts and most seem to recommend HDFury Arcana to split out the eARC. Had a few questions/clarifications I’m hoping someone could clarify: I assume I’ll need a 4:1 (4 input, 1 output) hdmi splitter to handle the various inputs and output of this switch feeds into Arcana.  Arcana eARC connects to Sonos Arc.  Arcana only has 1 HDMI out. Will I need a  1:2 (1 input, 2 output) hdmi switch and connect the HDMI out from Arcana to the input on this switch and then connect the output to the TV and projector? Sonos is a bit finicky with networking etc. and there are multiple hops here (hdmi switch for input, Arcana, hdmi switch at output etc). Does it handle all this cleanly without lags etc?If an

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JagielakTrending Lyricist I
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Era 300 wall mount - Advice

Hello everyone. I need advice on the positioning of the era 300 , as they are mounted now they are an eye sore and don't like the angle of those.How would you mount them in this space , it's very limiting to mount them and only place I believe is above the windows on both sides. This way it could be mounted almost straight to the TV (slight angle as the wall arc a little bit.Can the power cable be extended or just any longer white cable would do to power them ?I am attaching photos here (don't mind the mess :D ) 

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AjTrek1
8 months ago
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ToeJamContributor I
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would Sonos Beam 2 have better lip sync?

I have a Samsung Frame 2023 TV and a Sonos Beam (gen 1) everything is in sync except my Samsung 4K Blu-Ray player, no matter what settings I fiddle with the audio lags behind the video. Only on PCM is it in sync which sounds poor quality compared to Dolby Digital. Would a Beam 2 cure this with the eARC connection?  I don’t want to upgrade to it only to have the same lip sync issues

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shellbhawaiiContributor II
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Speaker output goes to SPDIF instead of HDMI

Sometimes, when we select TV as our source, it gives us sound from our Sonos Beam, but not our additional living room speakers. When we try to add those speakers and hit Apply, we lose all sound, and “SPDIF: shows under the TV audio label instead of HDMI. Why does this setting get turned on and how do we avoid it?

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Airgetlam
2 hours ago
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Chrissan1970Contributor I
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Arc TV sounds cut in and out . phillips tv

I have a Arc with mini sub on a Phillips tv. Sometimes, cut the sounds out for +- 2 seconds and comeback, but than is the sounds a little up. I don t Why. Maybe someone ?  

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chrishonthemoveContributor I
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Harmony remote hub no longer contrlling Sonos.

Started about a year ago. Found a matching thread here but was not ever resolved. So thought maybe someone has an update? it used to work fine and I haven’t moved anything since from before it stopped working. i can use the Apple TV remote and it does move the volume perfectly. thanks for looking!

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Kevin ATrending Lyricist I
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speech enhancement

Prior to the new Sonos app, when speech enhancement was turned on, it stayed on until turned off. Now I find it gets turned off randomly so I end up checking it every time my television is turned on. Curious if anyone else has experienced this. 

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KuniContributor I
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Sound on Arc bad from Apple TV

Aloha:I have an Arc home theater setup including the Arc, 2ea of the Era 300, and a gen 1 and gen 3 sub. All are connected in one room and have been working great for a while connected to an TCL TV via eARC and source is Apple TV 4K, just recently though there have been issues to with sound from YouTubeTV and Netflix being muffled and unintelligible; without the closed captioning there isn’t really any way to know what they’re saying. All devices have been updated: Apple TV, TCL TV, Sonos; and power cycled.I am not sure if it is specific codecs that the Sonos system is having difficulty with as not all programs on YouTubeTV or Netflix experience the issue. In lieu of a fix, I have been forced to AirPlay to the Sonos system which I am sure takes away many of the benefits when the source is played via HDMI as originally setup.Any help would be very much appreciated.Mahalo,Kuni

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keith4louContributor I
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how are Sonos getting away with this.

After spending many hundreds of pounds on this system , only to find that even the basic functionality of my system doesn't work, I am forced to question how Sonos is getting away with it. No offers of recompense, no fixes, no resolve. Just excuse after excuse. What's going on Sonos?Stop sending automatic replies every time someone complain,  and stand up and take responsibility. Shame on you !!!!

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jgatie
14 hours ago
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SB182Contributor I
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Can you use a Bose Smart Soundbar 600 with 2x Play 1's in surround sound?

Hi all,My current set up is a Beam Gen 2 and 2x Play 1’s set up as a surround sound system for my TV in the living room which works really well as is but I have just been given a Bose Smart Soundbar 600 and I am wondering if I can swap out the Beam Gen 2 for this and keep them linked to the Play 1’s for surround sound but make use of the upwards firing drivers on the Bose to get the full dolby atmos experience?Do they play together do you know?Any help would be appreciated.

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TrinityONEContributor I
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Samsung S95C and others having issues with Sonos ARC, Audio Cutoff and no sound at all

Hi All,I have seen many posts in here about issues with Samsung TVs and Sonos ARC in the area of eARC, Anynet+ (HDMI-CEC) and Dolby Atmos. Especially the TVs that have a “One Connect Box” like The Frame or the High End ones like my brand new Samsung S95C 77 Inch. Who would have thought, that after operating a 8 Year old Samsung UE65KS9080 9-Series 65” Curved TV flawlessly with the Sonos ARC for years, that I would run into such issues with the new high end Model from Samsung which literally costs thousands of Dollars. It also seems nobody has really found a long lasting fix for the issue or figured the root cause. I am baffled about Sonos and Samsung not being able to fix the issues documented all over in this community and leaving customers frustrated and lost.So what is the issue I personally see: After successfully configuring the TV with ARC, Apple TV, Playstation, the TV drops connection to the Sonos ARC and starts switching between internal Audio and ARC Audio, some times after h

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16 hours ago
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actomContributor I
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problem adding products to a new room

Hi, I have two one sl in one room. I am trying to add an arc, sub and two one sl to a new home theatre room. I am unable to seperate the rooms and add the new speakers. Is this an issue with the new app or am I doing something wrong?

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UKMedia
18 hours ago
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mbmattContributor I
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Projector+ Playbar + port?

Love my Playbar and sub, have had for years.Recently got rid of the TV and now using a long throw projector (Xgimi Horizon Pro) with my Apple TV connected to that via HDMI.I’d like to keep the player but it is not bluetooth and I dont want to run wire across the room to the playbar under the screen.Will connecting Sonos Port to the AppleTV or Xgimi solve this issue?  thanks.

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Gmen99Contributor I
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tv sound on arc suddenly stops since june update

Tv sound through my arc soundbar suddenly stops while watching tv. Only work around is to go into sonos app and select tv sound.. this started happening with a June update 

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TimE911Contributor I
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Surround sound

How do I get my system turned on and synced to my TV

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User620366Contributor I
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Amp with architectural speakers then adding a Beam Gen 2

has anyone setup a Beam Gen 2 with the Sonos Amp and 2 sets of in-ceiling architectural speakers?

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Stanley_4
1 day ago
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BergyContributor I
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sound problem with my soundbar

I loose sound on my soundbar for few seconds when it comes from my tv via optical wire. I tried with an other soundbar and I don’t have this problem

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Rhonny
2 days ago
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achillesukTrending Lyricist I
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Sonos Beam with surrounds keep on changing IP

I have 5 speakers, 2 Sonos One in different locations, and 1 Beam and 2 One SL as surrounds.I put all of them in a static IP, ranging from 192.168.2.90 to 192.168.2.94, with the Beam being .92 surrounds being .93 and .94.What I’ve noticed is that the SLs don’t appear in my router, but the Beam is jumping from .92 to .94 back and forth. I did some reading and it appears that this is treated as a cluster, or mini network on its own. I didn’t know that, nor it is apparent.How can I resolve that and set static IP addresses to all my speakers, maintaining the surroung trio?Also, I don’t know, but this might be causing the never ending “something went wrong” and need to restart my router...

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geoandersonContributor I
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One SL’s disconnect after pairing as surrounds

Hello, I am really hoping someone out there will be able to help. I have recently upgraded my broadband and was sent a new router, the Vodafone Ultra Hub, and am having issues connecting my Sonos speakers.I have a Beam (Gen 1) that seems to connect absolutely fine and that is also connected to my TV and works.I have two One SL’s that I use as surrounds for the Beam and for some reason they constantly drop their connection. I have hard reset all speakers multiple times to try and get it working but even though the One SL’s connect to the WiFi fine at first, if I then set up as surrounds they disconnect.I have also managed to reboot to get them appearing as surrounds correctly, only for them to lose the connection later.Vodafone support recommended I split the 6GHz to its own premium signal and that also helped but only temporarily.Sonos support recommended turning off the WiFi booster that came with the router and again that only worked temporarily.What is also weird, is that if the spe

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2 days ago
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MurasgulAvid Contributor I
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Sonos Era 300 placement in surround set specifically for my room

Hi there community. So recently I bought the arc, sub mini and two era 300 speakers. I was wondering about the following two: -Did I place the era 300s in the best way possible for my room? They are facing forward and not in an angle towards the seating position which is in the middle of the couch. Not sure if I should turn them inwards towards the seating area.-When I sit in the middle of the couch, often I realize that the right speaker is somehow louder than the left one. Support did analyse a diagnostics report but couldn’t find anything. My theory is that it’s because it’s next to the window, sounds bounces back. Trueplay tuning on/off doesn’t matter. I have the surround sound in the app set to 8. Any tips for this? The speakers are far enough from the wall behind and also the sides have enough room according to what is advised in the manual, so that’s not it :)  -any tips for wall mounting is also welcome :) Check out the pics of my room :)

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gefjContributor I
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Auto volume increase Arc 5.1 setup tv input

since the app update, the volume automatically increases randomly on the setup connected to my tv. including sub and 2 one sl for 5.1 surround.anyone else noticing this? tv is an Phillips ambilight.the tv does not indicate the volume is increasing (not hitting the remote)touch controls are disabled.

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LowtechContributor I
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Sonos Arc wont stay connected to Samsung Q-LED TV

I see similar questions have been posted int the past but I dont see any actual solution?  My system worked perfectly fine for a couple of weeks then, my devises struggle to reconginze each other, the TV always disconnects from the Arc after powering down.My setup:Samsung Q-LED TVSonos ARC and SubApple TVI’ve confirmed:ANynet is onHDMI e-ARC on on autoIve tried:Completey resetting both devises and setting up again (without any other devise connected)tried the (NON e-ARC) HDMI slotSpent hours on the phone with Sonos and Samsung supportInstalling a CEC blocker on the Apple TV line Would really appreciate any solutions to this super frustrating issue 

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