How to Achieve the Best Sound with a Sonos Playbar

Authored by: Support.com Tech Pro Team

1. Introduction

The Sonos Playbar sound bar is a wireless speaker that delivers unobtrusive sound for all of your entertainment needs. When used as a part of your home theater you can wrap yourself up in the sounds of nature or the thrill of action using the virtual surround sound feature. With TV Autoplay, use the Playbar whenever the television is turned on. Because it is wireless, you can access music from your smartphone, tablet, or any device that is part of your home network. 

2. Multiple Speakers

Purchasing multiple Sonos speakers can lead you to wanting to connect them all together. By doing this you could produce surround sound, or have the same music play in all rooms of your house.

You'll need to make sure your speakers are the same model and orientation when using the Sonos App to create a surround sound group.

While you can chain Sonos devices together, it is recommended that you connect them all individually to a network device for best performance.

3. App Overview

Choose what to play, where to play it, and how loud. In one room or all over your home. Track down songs across all your music services with a single search. Create playlists in an instant. The Sonos app does it all.

• You can control your Sonos speakers using the lock screen on your smart device. It will appear automatically while the connected speaker is being used.
  

• The Sonos app lets you search for songs across every music service linked to your account, as well as your personal digital collection.
• Using the settings to your speaker in the app, you can change bass and treble.
  

4. Install Android App

1. Open Play Store.
   

1. Search for "Sonos Controller for Android" and tap on the app.
   

1. Tap Install to start downloading the app.
   

1. Once installed, tap Open.
   

5. Connecting to Alexa

If you have an Amazon Echo or similar device and want to connect it to your Sonos PLAYBAR TV, follow these steps.

1. Make sure both your Echo and Sonos device are setup.
2. Open your Alexa app.
   

1. Select the Menu.
   

1. Select Skills.
   

1. Search for Sonos, select it to open the Sonos Skill Detail Page.
   

1. Select Enable Skill or sign into your Sonos Account.
   

6. Trueplay

If you use an iOS device with your Sonos app you can use Trueplay. With the built in mic in your smart device the app will measure how the sound reflects off walls and furnishings. It then adjusts speaker's audio settings for the best sound in your room.

To Access Trueplay:

1. Open the Sonos app.
   

1. Tap the More tab.
   

1. Tap Settings.
   

1. Tap Room Settings.
   

1. Tap the room you wish to tune. If tuning has not yet been performed for a room, a red dot will appear next to the room name.
2. Tap "Trueplay Tuning" and follow the in-app instructions to complete tuning.
   

7. Turning Off the LED

Don't want a light flashing away while you're trying to watch a movie or trying to sleep? Sonos speakers only have little LED light indicators, but you can still turn them off if you want some peace.

1. Open the Sonos app.
   

1. Tap the More tab.
   

1. Tap Settings.
   

1. Tap Room Settings.
   

1. Tap the room you want to adjust.
2. Toggle White Indicator Light off.
   

8. Basic Setup For Your Sonos Playbar TV

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9. Install IOS App

1. Open the App Store.
   

1. Type in "Sonos Controller" in the search bar.
2. Find Sonos Controller in the search results and tap on GET.
   

1. Tap on Install to start download.