Sonos PLAYBAR

Sonos PLAYBAR

Epic sound for your movies, games and music.
Epic Sound for Your Television
PLAYBAR’s nine-speaker driver soundbar design floods your home with huge waves of epic, full-cinema sound for TV, Web, Movies and Video Games.

All the music on earth
PLAYBAR is also a stand-alone all-in-one Sonos player that allows you to wirelessly stream all the music on earth—your iTunes library, your favourite music services, and thousands of Internet radio stations, shows and podcasts.

Easy setup
PLAYBAR connects to your TV using a single optical cable and power cord and plays everything that is connected to your TV, from cable boxes to gaming consoles.

Wireless
No rewiring required. Connect PLAYBAR to your home WiFi network using the free Sonos Controller App.

Flexible design
The PLAYBAR’s long, thin soundbar shape allows it to sit easily above or beneath your TV on a table or a console, or to be wall-mounted.

Universal audio
PLAYBAR speaks DOLBY DIGITAL and stereo, so you never miss a moment of the action.

Easily create a 3.1 home cinema system
Pair PLAYBAR with SUB.

Easily create a 5.1 home cinema system
Pair a PLAYBAR with SUB and any two PLAY speakers.

Access all your music
Pre-loaded Internet radio stations, free of charge
Get over 100,000 free radio stations, shows, and podcasts, all for free. And you can tune in without turning on your computer: browse for stations, or type in specific call letters or a radio host you love.

Endless music from the most popular online music services
Sonos works seamlessly with Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, Deezer, Radio by TuneIn, SiriusXM, Google Play Music, SoundCloud, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, Rhapsody, Rdio, Qobuz, TIDAL and downloads from any service offering DRM-free tracks. (Service availability varies by region.)

Computer-free music playback
Get instant access to millions of songs and thousands of radio stations without ripping, downloading, or even turning on a computer. Sonos connects directly to these services over the Internet and then streams the music to the rooms of your choice.

Play the music on your computer in any room
Play music stored on up to 16 PCs, Macs or NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices on your home network, supporting the most popular audio formats, from iTunes® to MP3.

Other cool features

Night Sound
For late night viewing, ‘Night Sound’ dynamically compresses the audio to avoid any bangs and crashes waking the family, while making quieter sounds more audible.

Speech Enhancement
Boost the frequency range of the human voice so you never miss those essential moments of dialogue.

TV Autoplay
Want your TV audio to automatically play through PLAYBAR when you turn on your TV? If so, keep the settings as is. If not, go to TV Setup and Control, select TV Autoplay, and choose Off.

Control your Sonos system with your smartphone, tablet or PC
Control all your music and rooms with your Android™ device, iPhone®, iPod touch®, iPad™, PC, or Mac.
Free Sonos apps for Android, iPhone, iPad, PC, and Mac let you control your Sonos players – stream music from the Internet and your computer right from the palm of your hand. Download the mobile apps for free on the iTunes App Store or Google Play™. Download the PC and Mac apps.

Integrated, multi-room control
If you have multiple Sonos speakers, you can control what’s playing in any room from anywhere in your house.

Find and play your favourite songs in an instant
Search for songs and stations, choose the music, and control the volume from anywhere in your home.

Wireless multi-room music with SonosNet

Built-in wireless capability
The PLAYBAR can go anywhere, delivering music to any room in your house, wirelessly. Players and Controllers establish their own secure wireless mesh network that delivers the extensive range and superior performance you need to get music all over your house.

Play a different song in every room, at the same time
Tune in to an Internet radio station in the bedroom, stream a music service in the kitchen and play a song from your music library in the living room — simultaneously.

Listen to the same song in every room, in perfect synchronisation
Play the same song in different rooms, simultaneously, without echoes or delays. Add or drop rooms from your rooms grouping and still be in sync.

Automatic software updates
New features and music services delivered automatically — and for free
The Sonos system keeps getting better over time with new features and music services. Once the Sonos music system has been registered, Sonos will automatically notify you when software updates are available. Simply press one button and your system updates itself.

Audio

Amplifier
Nine Class-D digital amplifiers perfectly tuned to match the speaker drivers and acoustic architecture.

Speakers
Not louder. Clearer. With nine amplified speaker drivers, six midrange and three tweeters, PLAYBAR replaces the steady drip of your TV’s built-in speakers with deep booms, crystal-clear whispers, and huge waves of live concert sound. And with automatic equalisation, the system self-adjusts for rich, seamless performance.

3.0 Home Cinema
PLAYBAR’s nine-speaker driver soundbar design plunges you into the cinematic action, with huge waves of sound that raise goose bumps while capturing every whisper and footfall. The player connects to your TV with a single cable and plays all sources, including satellite boxes and game consoles.

3.1 Home Cinema
Pair the PLAYBAR soundbar with the SUB subwoofer, and with the push of a button you can add spine-curling bass to your cinematic experience—wirelessly.

5.1 Home Cinema
Add PLAY:1 speakers to your PLAYBAR and SUB for a true surround sound experience that plunges you deeply into the cinematic and gaming action on your screen. Sleek and understated with wireless control, this deeply immersive home cinema experience wraps you in crystal-clear, state-of-the-art Sonos sound.

System requirements
TV with optical audio output. Broadband Internet. Sonos Controller App.

Music
Audio formats supported
Support for compressed MP3, iTunes Plus, WMA (including purchased Windows Media downloads), AAC (MPEG4), AAC+, Ogg Vorbis, Apple Lossless, FLAC (lossless) music files, as well as uncompressed WAV and AIFF files. Native support for 44.1kHz sample rates. Additional support for 48kHz, 32kHz, 24kHz, 22kHz, 16kHz, 11kHz, and 8kHz sample rates.

Note: Apple “Fairplay”, WMA DRM and WMA Lossless formats not currently supported. Previously purchased Apple “Fairplay” DRM-protected songs may be upgraded.

Music services supported
Sonos works seamlessly with most music services, including Pandora, Spotify, Deezer and SoundCloud. For a complete list, see http://www.sonos.com/streaming-music.

Operating systems (for stored files)
Windows® XP SP3 and higher; Mac running OS X 10.7 or greater; NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices supporting CIFS

Internet radio supported
Streaming MP3, WMA

Album art supported
JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF

Playlists supported
iTunes, Rhapsody, WinAmp, Windows Media Player

Playback modes
Crossfade, shuffle, repeat

Networking*
Wireless connectivity
Works on your home WiFi network with any 802.11b/g, 2.4GHz broadcast capable router.
Also works on SonosNet, a secure AES encrypted, peer-to-peer wireless mesh network dedicated exclusively for your Sonos system to reduce WiFi interference.

SonosNet Extender
Functions to extend and enhance the power of SonosNet 2.0.

Ethernet Port
A single Ethernet port can connect PLAYBAR to a wired home network. A second Ethernet port can be used to share the network connection with other devices in your network.

General
Weight
11.9 lbs. (5.4kg)

Dimensions (H x W x D)
3.35 x 35.43 x 5.51 in. (85 x 900 x 140 mm)

Package contents
PLAYBAR, AC power cord, flat Ethernet cable, optical audio cable, warranty and regulatory booklet, and Quickstart Guide

Power Supply
AC 100-240V, 50-60 Hz

Storage temperature
4°F to 158°F (-20°C to 70°C)

Operating temperature
32°F to 104°F (0°C to 40°C)

Side panel button
Volume up, volume down and mute

Side panel LEDs
Indicate PLAYBAR status

Multi-language support
Sonos System Software supports : Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish and Brazilian Portuguese.

* Internet connection is required for access to Internet radio stations, online music services and software updates. (DSL, cable modem or LAN-based high-speed Internet connection is required.) Internet functionality may require payment of separate fee to a service provider; local and/or long distance telephone charges may apply. Note: All specifications are subject to change without notice.