Guide: Your Sonos 5.1 Home Cinema

Sonos is a multiroom audio system that lets you fill every room in your home with high-quality sound. You also have the freedom to play different content in each room or listen to the same music (or radio station) throughout, with every Sonos speaker connected wirelessly over your existing Wi-Fi network. Sound quality is excellent and setup is effortless. With the Sonos 5.1 Home Cinema Pack, you can enjoy a premium Home Cinema experience that is both stylish and completely wire-free.

The Sonos 5.1 Home Cinema Pack

The Sonos 5.1 Home Cinema Pack is especially appealing because it frees you from the traditional Home Cinema receiver — you know, the one that requires connecting every device and speaker with a tangle of cables running across the room.
The Sonos 5.1 Home Cinema Pack consists of four components:

A Sonos PLAYBAR Soundbar

With its nine drivers, the Sonos PLAYBAR soundbar is engineered to deliver the widest possible soundstage. The Sonos PLAYBAR is perfect for movies, TV shows, video games, and all your music.

A Sonos SUB Subwoofer

The Sonos SUB subwoofer makes every action scene and bass line feel more lifelike than ever. Its force-cancelling design eliminates vibration and delivers rich, deep sound. Place it anywhere in the room — even flat on its side under the sofa.

Two Sonos PLAY:1 Satellite Speakers

For a true 5.1 Home Cinema experience, two Sonos PLAY:1 speakers are positioned at the rear of the setup for immersive surround sound.

How the Sonos 5.1 Home Cinema Pack Works

The Sonos 5.1 Home Cinema Pack is remarkably straightforward to use. Each speaker has its own built-in amplifier, so only a power outlet is required to get it running. The Sonos PLAYBAR is the heart of your 5.1 Home Cinema system — it wirelessly streams audio from your video content to the Sonos SUB and the two Sonos PLAY:1 satellite speakers.

Setting Up the Sonos 5.1 Home Cinema Pack

Setting up the Sonos 5.1 Home Cinema Pack is extremely simple, as everything is handled directly from your smartphone through the dedicated app. To show just how guided the setup experience is, we filmed a video walking through every step of configuring a complete 5.1 Home Cinema system. From start to finish — unboxing, placement, connecting, and configuring all speakers included — the whole process takes under 30 minutes. That is a fraction of the time a traditional Home Cinema system would require.

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Let's now move on to managing the various signals in our discreet, wire-free Home Cinema setup.