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This is the place to troubleshoot your Sonos hacks, advanced setups, and third party integrations. Be mindful of your products warranty, and that Sonos staff can't always assist in an official capacity here.

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DorianBriand
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Era 300 placement for surround

Hello everyone,I would like to have your opinion and your suggestions on the future placement of my Era 300 which I will receive shortly. I...
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Corry P
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Sonos and Mesh network

Hi @Bourney Welcome to the Sonos Community!I believe that system will work with your Sonos without issue, yes.Please note that when you add...
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ratty
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Two systems on one wifi network, with only one phone controller?

As you perhaps realise, one set of speakers would need to be factory reset and then set up afresh as a ‘new system’ while the other set is t...
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2016 Topics
Mutti
Mutti
posted in Advanced setups
How to stream from linux to Sonos

Hi all, there are a lot of projects to controll sonos devices from linux devices (personally I like a lot Noson http://janbar.github.io/noson-app/) but I would like to know if there is a way to stream the audio of a linux pc to a Sonos device? thanks all Leo

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6 years ago
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TerraformContributor II
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Sonos 5 (v1), 3 , Boost + Mac system sound (line in)

I know this is a touchy subject and I have searched this forum multiple times trying to find the best solution to meet my needs but most of the topics don't actually speak to my needs so I am finally starting a new one... Please no trolls about the push / pull systems or any of that garbage... I am just looking for a solution for my issue. I NEED to play my mac audio through my Sonos system. I don't have a TV or Apple TV etc... and use my MacPro for all of my media needs. After buying my Sonos 5 and 3 (both v1) years ago I figured out a work around by plugging my Sonos 5 directly into my MacPro via the line out. I do watch a lot of movies ect on my rather large 4k monitor. This works ok BUT when trying to play music through both my 5 (which is plugged in) and my 3 (which is not and can not) my 3 is constantly breaking up (despite living in a 1 bedroom open floor plan type apartment. This has rendered my 3 pretty much unless for me. I was just given a Boost (which I have not p

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6 years ago
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Holmesy1Contributor I
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Connect Line-out delay (again)

I know this subject has been brought up many times but I'd really like to put this to bed once and for all. I totally understand why delay exists between bonded Sonos elements and 3rd Party components either line-in or line out via Connect. A DJ cannot expect his Pioneer Mixer to output to a Connect, back into the Sonos loop and come out of the speakers without delay - get it! My use case is - I have an open plan Front Room and Connecting Dining Room. Sonos in the Dining Room and a Connect Driving an AV Amp in the Front Room. Group the Dining Room + Front Room and the delay ranges from an echo in PURE DIRECT mode to a double beat when DSP Stereo processing is active. Digital Coax, Optical, RCA, different amps with or without DSP processing may have varying results, but it will never cure the problem. What I can't understand is why Sonos cannot build a user definable delay into the controller to push back the whole Sonos loop to come in-line with the audible output from spea

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buzz
6 years ago
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Aruld1308Contributor I
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Having more than 32 Sonos Players under one SSID

Im planning to install 35 Sonos Players (3x 5.1, a couple of stereo pair). 1) If I hardwired(CAT-6) all of them to a network switch (Totolink SW24 24 port + Totolink SW16 16port) which is then connected to my router, will I be able to go up to 35 Sonos Players? 2)The Condo Unit is 3 floors, with a router on Floor 1 and Floor 2 (Serves floor 2 and 3). If all the speakers are hardwired as in (1), will I be able to control Floor 3 from Floor 1? Now the two routers have different SSID, but if I change them to the same SSID will that help? 3) Is a Sonos Boost required for the mentioned setup?

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Ken_Griffiths
4 years ago
RobStaal
RobStaalContributor I
posted in Advanced setups
Sonos boost mesh network

I am a bit confused, i have a boost and all my sonos devices are wireless connected to it via sonosnet. In some mesh systems like velop you can wire some extra components and the cable is used as a “backup” I always thought that with sonosnet you can only have 1 (boost) wired to the router, but now i hear you can also have some speakerswired to it. Was there a change in the sonos mesh system that i now can use a “wired backbone” ? Thanks Rob

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5 years ago
Sullydks
SullydksRenowned Enthusiast I
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ZP 100 Spec

Where can I find info on the original spec of the initial ZP100's . Output , channel etc..

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Sullydks
6 years ago
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alkamittalContributor I
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Someone else is using my Wifi System for their Sonos

Hi, I have recently shifted into a new house which has a [b]new WIFI[/b]. I am trying to connect my Sonos system to this new wifi system however when I use my Sonos Controller (app on the phone), it indicates that [b]someone is already using my WiFi for their own Sonos System[/b]. Through the app, I am able to control their Sonos system but I am [b]not able to add my Sonos system in my own WiFi[/b]. Is there a way to [b]remove the Sonos system which is using my Wifi[/b] so that I can configure my own Sonos System on my wifi. I have [b]tried[/b] to [b]reset the router, change the name of the WiFi and changing the password of the WiFi.[/b] The person is still able to set up his Sonos System on my WiFi. Please help me find a solution as I would like to be able to set up my Sonos System as soon as possible. Kind Regards.

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User133066
6 years ago
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Peter SimonContributor II
asked in Advanced setups
Connect Sonos to a vintage jukebox

I have just purchased a vintage Rock-Ola Princess Jukebox. I would like to connect it to my existing Sonos system so that the records being played can be heard throughout the house. How can I do this?

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6 years ago
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kirk3272Contributor I
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Two Subs one Input

It is possible to have two subs in the same room on the same input?

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melvimbe
5 years ago
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osm
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Identifying Sonos Network using WiFi scanning tools

Hello, I have my 3-unit Sonos system setup in boost mode. I have confirmed this by following the instructions here: https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3453/~/how-to-check-if-sonos-is-in-a-standard-or-boost-setup With my system in Boost mode I expected to be able to see my Sonos network in the list of WiFi networks identified by WiFi scanning tools. However, I'm unable to see it. I don't necessarily expect it to have an obvious SSID but I've been able to ascribe other SSIDs (at least those with with strong signals in my home) to other sources. Can others see their Sonos network using WiFi scanning tools? If I should not be expecting to see it, could someone please explain why? (I thought SonosNet was just a dedicated WiFi network) I'm not having any problems with my system. I'm just asking this out of curiosity. Thanks FYI, I've tried the following WiFi scanners https://lizardsystems.com/wi-fi-scanner/ https://www.acrylicwifi.com/en/wlan-softwa

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Ryan S
6 years ago
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jfriedContributor I
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Sonos for a Hotel

Hello, We operate a small hotel.... with an aging in-cieling speaker system that basically plays from a 3.5mm cable at this point. We'd like to replace the amps with Sonos Amps... but am wondering how this would work from a guest perspective. Ideally, we'd be placing a tablet in the room (potentially with HomeSeer locked on it), but would like the flexibility for a guest to be able to connect to the wifi with their own device, and play music off of it, using whatever their preferred streaming service is. Is this possible? Thanks, Jason

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5 years ago
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albergContributor I
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Beam and SYMFONISK for surround

Hi,  I recently purchased a Sonos Beam to complement my existing 2x IKEA SYMFONISK speakers. Yaaay! One thing I am trying to make it work is to add existing SYMFONISK speakers as surround to Beam, while Beam is connected to LG c8 Oled tv via HDMI ARC. However; it seems that I have not succeeded yet. While TV sound (including apps in the tv such as Netflix) comes through Beam, there is no sound comes through from SYMFONISK speakers, except background sound.  I have also tried using optical cable, which didn’t work either.  Is there a certain setting I need to change in TV/Speakers in order to get sound as surround from all speakers?    Thanks for your help in advance.

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4 years ago
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llb4900Contributor I
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Sonos Amp Connection to HDMI Switch Setup Help

I have an LG tv with an HDMI arc. This tv sits in the kitchen. The Sonos Amp and cable box sit in a cabinet in the next room. I have access to the tv's hdmi cable that is plugged into the TV's hdmi arc port. The Sonos Amp is connected to two ceiling speakers in the kitchen. I want to be able to connect my cable box to the TV in the kitchen and have sound come through the two ceiling speakers. I purchased a 3 x1 HDMI switch. I hooked the tv hdmi cable that is connected to the HDMI arc port on the tv to the HDMI output on the switch. I have the cable box connected to an HDMI input channel. I have the Sonos amp connected to a different HDMI channel. Obviously this set up isn't correct, as the cable tv sound is not coming thru the ceiling speakers. What do I need to do to get my cable tv sound to play through the ceiling speakers? Do I need an HDMI switch with arc? I don't have any Sonos soundbar connected to the TV.

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Airgetlam
3 years ago
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perrydavid1985Avid Contributor I
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Network Matrix confusion and STP

Attached is a picture of my network matrix. Every item is hardwired to network  with wireless disabled, except the playbar in bonus room has wireless enabled to talk to subwoofer. The playbar is also wired to network, since the subwoofer is wireless I enabled wireless on playbar. My thought was that the playbar would turn on sonosnet for just the subwoofer. The Matrix shows a lot of undefined items, I can’t seem to find what MAC addresses those belong to. I have submitted a diagnostics report if that helps, 764802476. I have ubiquiti unifi switches with STP enabled correctly, however this delays the time for getting IP addresses so i would like to turn that off if possible. With my current setup, I believe there will be no loops and therefore do not need STP correct? In summary, what’s undefined stuff and can I disable STP.  

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Airgetlam
4 years ago
User884294
User884294Avid Contributor I
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Sporadic dropouts - Matrix - Wired Devices showing as Tertiary

Hi all, Been delving into the 'Matrix' to find a cause for the sporadic dropouts we sometimes have here. Circa 19 devices in the matrix and each showing as tertiary (everything shows as tertiary) which I believe means wireless when we have 4 devices wired (including a boost) Devices include a mix of ZP120, ZP100, Play 1, SONOS One, Play 3, Play 5 Gen 2 There's no 'Root' device showing in the matrix, I assume there should be? I've just tried to change the zone wired into my router/modem to 'Root' via advconfig.htm followed by a reboot. In fact tried several times with no joy. Is the lack of a root my issue? House renovations are currently on hold, which is a shame as I was going to run cabling around the house. It would be good to limit the dropouts until then though. Apols for the quality of pic [img]aa8ab8e5-73e9-4dc9-976a-82acaa4e1811.png[/img] Thanks

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User884294
6 years ago
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Jost L. HansenContributor III
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14 Play:1s do not start at the same time when changing songs

I have 14 Play:1s (yes, I know it's an unusual* set up :-) that don't start at the same time when I put a new song/playlist on. There's general no delay when the song shifts to next song in the same playlist, even though I've heard some of the speakers stop playing and then start playing again a few seconds later. Is it my network causing this or is it because I have 14 speakers? I read somewhere that changing the audio compression could make a difference, but should it compressed or uncompressed? (my logic says compressed, since the files are smaller then?) I have also a Sonos Boost (not connected at the moment though). Could a Boost help? Any other things I could try? In general it's not the biggest problem, but it sounds a bit weird when some of the speakers don't play a sound. But since the speakers are in cafe* we put on a song when, with a little announcement in the start, when we are going last round in the bar. And this announcement is cut off for some of the speak

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7 years ago
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henrik.ekmanContributor I
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Could someone describe Sonos Boost operation "for dummies" - how it works.

Dear Experts around the Word, please help me to understand how Sonos Boost works technically. I would nee this informaiton for my Network design. [b] CONTEXT:[/b] * Let's say there are 4 Sonos Connects on WIFI connected to a wireless router * The wireless router creates a WIFI e.g. SSID "homenetwork" with password "xyz123" * In this case, all the Sonos Connects are hooked on 2.4GHz on "homenetwork" as Sonos Connects does not operate on 5GHz but only on 2.4GHz * The wireless router provides IP addresses to all Sonos Connects * Any Sonos apps (on mobile phone) can control the Sonos Connect units as long as the mobile phone is on the "homenetwork" [b]QUESTIONS[/b] 1) Are my assumpitons above correct? [b]NOW WHEN ADDING A SONOS BOOST[/b] * If I add Sonos Boost (with help of the mobile app "Add Boost or Bridge" in the settings menu) * Connect the Sonos Boost with Ethernet cable to my wireless router (that provides the "homenetwork" on the air) [b]QUESTIONS ADTER ADDING SO

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Stanley_4
5 years ago
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chris220580Contributor I
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Can I run Sonos on two different wifi routers? HELP!

Hi, I have a playbar, 2 x play 1's and a connect/ turntable set up in my house which works fine. I have recently built a gym at the bottom of the garden and would like to set up a new Play 1 but I'm getting nowhere. The gym has it's own router which is hardwired to the house broadband via an underground Ethernet cable. It therefore runs off the same TalkTalk connection but via a different router so I have one network in the house and a separate one in the gym. I first tried to set up the Play 1 in the gym but it wouldn't get past the pressing the play/ volume up buttons together. The light flashes green and then after pressing goes orange and nothing happened. I then resorted to connecting it to the house network but when I plug it back into the gym it is lost from the rooms on my sonos controller. What is confusing me is that whilst in the gym (and connected to the gym wifi) I can still control the Sonos in the house (which are connected to the house network). If this is possib

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6 years ago
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twukEnthusiast II
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Boost or speaker in Boost mode - which is better?

Given various network problems in recent months (not specific to Sonos) I've recently moved to a Velop system, only to realise that there are apparent problems between Sonos and Velop. Whilst I'd love to spend weeks going back and forth with both companies to help improve their products, I'm resigned to finding a quicker resolution for myself. For info, I have the following Sonos products: Lounge: Playbar, 2 Play:1's as surround, 1 Sub Hall: 1 Play:3 Guest Room: 1 Play:1 Bedroom: 1 Play:5 Prior to the Velop being installed, I had non-stop problems with using the Sonos in a purely wireless configuration. There's simply too many wireless networks in my building and despite constantly changing channels, it just wasn't reliable. I eventually connected the Playbar into one of the wireless nodes (still before Velop) and for a time this worked 'ok' - not perfect. Having now installed the Velop and again plugged the Playbar into one of the Velop nodes (not the 'main' Velo

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6 years ago
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MattJDContributor I
posted in Advanced setups
Bluesound & Sonos App

I'm looking at buying a Bluesound VAULT 2i for my CD collection, can you connect and use a VAULT 2i with the Sonos network, also can you browse your ripped CD collection via the Sonos app?

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5 years ago
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johngolfukEnthusiast II
posted in Advanced setups
Network Matrix - mac addresses out by 1?

One for the techies.... I'm just going through all the mac addresses on my Sonos kit to fix IP addresses on the router and noticed that the mac addresses reported in the network matrix are one digit different to the actual mac address of the kit. So, if I go to http://192.168.0.5:1400/support/review I get, for example Garage (RINCON_000E58XXXX[b]02[/b]01400) This is the correct address for the zone, and it shows as an attached device with this 02 mac address in my router diags. But on the network matrix, the mac address is shown as: 00:0E:58:XX:XX:[b]03[/b] It's the same for all my zones - the last pair of each mac address in the matrix is one digit higher. I'm running a mix of hardwired and Sonosnet. I'm not having any issues incidentally, just curious. Cheers

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6 years ago
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darrenswanContributor I
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Hospitality VLAN

Is it possible to have a 24 room setup with PlayBar/Beams in each room, with the following scenario: Reception can see and control all 24 SONOS bars, and guests on their local VLAN can see and control only the one in their room?

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5 years ago
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petwebContributor I
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problem with spotify family account

How do i setup Sonos with Spotify for my family? I need to be able to switch Spotify user in sonos.  If I play Spotify on my mobile phone but my family want to play Spotify on our sonos ther is a conflict. We are using a Spotify family account.   

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4 years ago
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MJK101Contributor I
posted in Advanced setups
No Surround Sound - Panasonic VT60 HDMI-ARC

I am trying to setup Surround sound on my home theater system. I have a Sonos Beam, Sub, and 2 rear speakers hooked up through a Connect:AMP. My television is an Panasonic VT60 which does have HDMI-ARC. I have my X1 cable box plugged into my TV into HDMI port 1, and the sonos plugged into the the TV HDMI Port 2 (HDMI-ARC port) but only Stereo sound is being output to my home theater system. I have enabled the settings in the TV (Viera Link) for ARC functionality. I have searched in various settings in the X1 Box, the TV, and Sonos settings to get surround working and nothing seems to work. From what i have read the TV should passthrough Dolby Digital. Any assistance would be appreciated.

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Ken_Griffiths
5 years ago
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JazzSingerContributor I
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Audio compression issues with Line-In vs. Airplay 2

This article indicates that there are bandwidth limitations when using uncompressed audio with line-in and many speakers: https://support.sonos.com/s/article/1080 I am trying to use iTunes as my music controller, and currently broadcast to an AirPort using AirPlay, the output being fed into a Connect - creating a "Line-In" to my Sonos system. Doing this, I have to use compressed audio to avoid cutouts. A known issue. The compressed codec (SBC) isn't great, so I'd like to use uncompressed audio if possible. My question is if I should purchase a new Sonos with AirPlay 2 capabilities (even a Sonos One) and connect that to my system, will I have the same limitation of bandwidth and have to use compressed audio? I would plan to send music from iTunes to a Sonos One that I would then group with my other Sonos speakers. Should I be able to use uncompressed audio in this scenario?

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Ken_Griffiths
5 years ago
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