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TheRamblinManAvid Contributor III
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Why does one speaker show WM: 0 and another WM:1 when both are wireless?

I’ve been troubleshooting some issues with my Sonos set-up after the introduction of a new router from my ISP provider. I have a Sonos SL One in a detached garage and one in an attached garage.  Both run wireless.  I do not have them set up as stereo pair.  One shows WM: 0 and the other has WM: 1. I have many other devices connected by Ethernet (amps, Sonos One, etc.) but not these two speakers. I’m confused why one of these would show WM 1 and the other WM 0.  Shouldn’t they be the same?Both have Wifi enabled if that matters. Thank you.

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buzz
3 months ago
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Kumar
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Stable wireless streaming/distribution of HD music

Since this has come up again with recent Apple news of release of HD music, I thought a separate thread on this subject might be useful in general.I will start with a link to a recent thread where this is seen to be a problem on Sonos:https://en.community.sonos.com/troubleshooting-228999/sonos-speakers-cut-in-and-out-when-playing-hd-music-6858735I don’t have or plan to have HD music in my home, I don't believe it add to heard sound quality. But I have seen problems in the past with grouped wireless play while playing uncompressed files from Sonos line in jacks. And the link above is a case of someone having problems playing Sonos HD radio. In grouped mode as well as on a single speaker, where the Sonos response has been: ethernet wire the units to the core network.By all accounts, Bluesound has the same problem. And so do many others I thought till yesterday...when I read here that Roon does this with no trouble at all. Now, I don't know Roon, except vaguely, to know that it is server

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ratty
2 years ago
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JusaskContributor I
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2 speakers as a center channel

Hello? I have a unique TV setup that does not allow for center mounting of a single center channel speaker.I want to put in. A surround sound Sonos system and am curious if I can “link” two speakers together as a center channel or if I will have delay or other issues? Thank you. 

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6 months ago
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rydeContributor I
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Sonos connect + active subwoofer

Is it possible to use an active subwoofer (not sonos sub) for example Dali e9-f by connecting audio out from a Sonos Connect directly to the line in RCA-s of the subwoofer? I intend to use the subwoofer together with a single Sonos play:5 ( grouped ), until i might expand and combine with old loudspeakers through a new stereo reciever. This way I hope to add the play 5 with the extra boost of bass of a subwoofer, that later I can also use with a classic stereo reciever and loudspeaker. Buying a Sonos sub is not something I want to do because of personal sonoc preferences and beeing strictly bound to sonos. Thanks!

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jgatie
3 years ago
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benn600Trending Lyricist I
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Need Home WiFi + Hardwired with NO SonosNet

I have had a few forum discussions ongoing.  Short summary is that SonosNet doesn’t work for me because playing an Apple Music song everywhere (9 zones over ~21 nodes) just crumbles.  Totally unusable.  When I use home wifi mode, music plays great but HDMI live sources are unusable.There really needs to be a setting to forcefully disable SonosNet.  When I use a hybrid approach with some devices plugged into Ethernet and wifi on, the system always switches back to SonosNet.  The problem is, to take one example, my Amp.  It pushes live audio sources out to other zones, but has to do a minimum of 2 hops.  Once to Orbi over home wifi, and then again to the other speaker.  If not a third hop over the wireless backhaul.  This makes no sense at all.  Why can’t Amp push its data out over Ethernet and avoid the first slow/unnecessary hop?Or if SonosNet mesh could interoperate with a mesh WiFi system without making the network unstable, that would work too.  I’m bringing this up because I still

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8 months ago
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hitech-aaronContributor I
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Dear Sonos, please, I'm begging you - add a password protection mechanism to the Sonos Controller

Hello. I would like to formally make an enhancement request. Please, please, please, add a password protection mechanism to the Sonos Controller. I work in a variety of offices that have spent a small fortune on Sonos equipment, and we have the same problem at each office: People hijack the Sonos, skip other people's music, play inappropriate music, tweak the volume, etc. A simple password protection mechanism would rid me of so many headaches without the need for advanced network configuration changes.

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Airgetlam
5 years ago
SirDigitalKnight
SirDigitalKnightAvid Contributor I
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WiFi vs Hardwired on S2 with two Connects

So I have one Connect (Theater) hardwired to the network. My second Connect (Bedroom) is not hardwired. I had a few drop outs of the second Connect so I added my WiFi to the Networks section under "Manage Networks". It now seems to be working ok now so I guess the built in Sonos wifi network is not strong enough for the distance between the two Connects and the WiFi signal is stronger where the second Connect is located in the master bedroom. Does this sound correct?

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SirDigitalKnight
2 years ago
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fswartzContributor I
posted in Advanced setups

Verizon FIOS and SONOS interference

I recently installed Verizon FIOS Gigabit Internet service. The FIOS diagnostic app shows that the wifi system is being slowed down by the SONOS network running on an outdated wifi protocol. I tried changing the channel on the 2.4 Gig band to i, 6 or 11 as I had seen on another forum but it did not help.I have also heard that one can set up the SONOS network on a separate wifi network, but I don’t know how to use the SONOS app since all my devices are on the main home wifi network.Thanks for any ideas! I am using 2 SONOS Play 5 Gen 1 and 1 Play 5 Gen 1.

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2 months ago
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Anonymous
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Sonos and Samsung SmartThings Future

Hi I am building a home automation system using Samsung SmartThings, Philips Hue lights and just bought a 2 x Play 1's. I was really hopeful that the introduction of Sonos would add a lot of value, but unfortunately I'm quite disappointed. Whilst not the fault of Sonos as such; I (and many other people in the community) were hoping for a lot of power with what is considered basic functionality. For example; whilst with SmartThings I can send a single song or Text to Speech (TTS) command to play to Sonos I can't: 1. Send a song/TTS and have Sonos resume a track that's currently playing 2. There is some basic ability to resume a song but at best it will start from the beginning; most of the time it starts playing back a totally different song 3. There is no ability to dynamically create a group outside of the Sonos app. As I said; this isn't totally Sonos' fault; but there are a lot of people desperately hoping for the situation to improve. From what I hear from Samsung, they are pulling

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6 years ago
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TombaF16Contributor I
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ERA 100 connected to Bluetooth turntable and Feeding 9 speaker sonosnet system drops sonosnet speakers every couple of minutes - then auto reconnects after ~10 seconds.

Pushing the envelope of SONOS Technology - and having trouble.The Setup: ERA 100 connected to Pro-ject T1 BT turntable via bluetooth and playing a recordERA 100 setup via WifiAdditional 8 room whole house system on Sonosnet and all connected to ERA 100 to listen to the turntableThe issue: When I use the ERA 100 as the source to drive my 8 speaker whole house system, after about 10 minutes of the entire 9 speaker system all outputting the turntable music perfectly, I start to get sonosnet dropouts.  The single ERA 100 never has a dropouts and continues to play the music via bluetooth from the turntable flawlessly for hours.  The 8 speakers in the Sonosnet system all start to dropout at roughly the same time and they come back up automatically after 5-10 seconds in random order.  It is as if the Sonos system drops the entire sonosnet system, then reconnects.  The perplexing part is I get perfect connectivity for about 10 minutes, then I get sonosnet dropouts every 2-3 minutes that last 5

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13 days ago
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willettjTrending Lyricist I
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Sonos on Meraki wireless

I’m an IT engineer and have an enterprise class wireless network in my home.  I have 3 Meraki access points all broadcasting the same SSID with 2.4 and 5Ghz enabled.  Each access point is on a separate channel following WiFi best practice of 1, 6 and 11.  I would prefer to run Sonos in wireless mode but that doesn’t work, I get all kinds of sporadic behavior.  So I have been forced to run in SonosNet mode and using channel 11 for SonosNet.  Which still of course conflicts with my AP on channel 11 but at least it is the farthest away from any Sonos speaker.  Has anyone successfully got Sonos working on a Meraki wireless setup with 3 or more AP’s?

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Stanley_4
3 years ago
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Mike231Avid Contributor I
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Sonos AMP Trueplay?

Do we know yet whether the new Sonos AMP supports Trueplay?

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4 years ago
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GellieTrending Lyricist I
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Using USB drive with Sonos?

Hello I have my local music stored on a external SSD. How can I get Sonos to play my music?Thanks 

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Ken_Griffiths
1 year ago
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99ramonTrending Lyricist I
posted in Advanced setups

Sonos ARC and DTS Support

Why for the love of god does SONOS not support DTS audio?  No workarounds, no suggestions to look at buying a deconverter.  No I don’t want to RIP my blu rays and connect a server to watch a movie.  I want to understand why SONOS cannot support DTS audio?  Primarily BluRay 4k HD user.  

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2 years ago
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John.DenningContributor I
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Amazon Echo integration?

Has anyone heard about potential Sonos integration with Amazon Echo?

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jgatie
6 years ago
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benn600Trending Lyricist I
asked in Advanced setups

Separate 2.4/5GHz WiFi Switch

Please add two wifi switches.  One for 2.4GHz SonosNet/data and one for 5GHz used during ad-hoc surround/sub usage.  I want incoming data handled over Ethernet but still need the 5GHz for bonded speakers.

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9 months ago
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Philip FContributor I
posted in Advanced setups

Need help understanding my Ubiquiti - Sonos network and whether I can get rid of 2 Bridges or replace w/ Boosts

Hi all! I’ve got a decent sized Sonos setup and have two problems I’m trying to solve: 1) The bridge being EOL’d and whether or not I still need them and 2) The fact that when I tried to connect a Connect:AMP via ethernet, I had something happen on my network (traffic storm, loops, etc) that crippled it.   My network is Unifi gear, a router (USG) connected to a 24 port managed switch running to network drops throughout the house, and two 802.11AC wireless access points connected to that switch, one upstairs and one downstairs. In my home theater shelf area I’ve got a 5 port unmanaged gigabit switch because there’s only one ethernet drop there. Right now the Sonos devices and how they’re connected: Upstairs Bridge - Connected directly to the switch. Upstairs Playbar - Wirelessly connected, could be hard-wired if I added another 5 port switch there, there are 3 devices (roku tv, xbox one, and playbar) but only 2 ethernet drops. Downstairs Bridge - In my office closet. Office Connect - Wi

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buzz
3 years ago
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JohnCAndrewsTrending Lyricist I
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"Endorsed" Control4 Drivers

The new "endorsed" Control4 drivers are complete garbage. From the face of it, they have lost a TON of functionality from the original "hacked" drivers. Apparently the people who hacked the old API knew more than SONOS engineers about their own stuff... We had full ability to use all inputs across the system, we had the ability (through some creative logic) use multiple Connect:'s into a matrix to allow more than one stream at a time... We had the ability to add a Pandora station, for instance. Now, the new driver. I can't see anything but the "top 50". Sonos limits it's "Sonos Favorites" list to 50 entries across all services combined! It seems like there are more than 50 services available. So 1 from each? Not only that but I can't even use logic "if sonos1 is playing then..." because there are no conditionals. I can't have more than one into a matrix anyways because the system is incapable of starting more than 1 stream reliably with shared paths. IE 2 Connect:'s into

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5 years ago
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mbbushContributor I
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How to make SonosNet stop carrying lan traffic

Is it possible to disable the feature of sonosnet that carries non-sonos traffic to an ethernet device connected to a remote speaker? I'll try to explain my setup: In my office, I have my primary router/internet gateway, various computer equipment, and a sonos Play 1, all connected via ethernet. I also have an ethernet cable that runs from the office to the living room, which is on the opposite side of the house. I have several other sonos speakers around the house, connected to the other speakers using SonosNet. In the living room, I have an ethernet switch (connected to the cable from the office) that connects to several devices, including a Sonos Connect, and a second wifi router running in 5GHz-only access point mode. I was experiencing significant latency/poor connectivity on my laptop when connected to the living room access point, and I couldn't figure out why until my wife unplugged the sonos speaker in the office (thinking it wasn't important), which disabled the Sonos in the

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ratty
3 years ago
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EnergyHubContributor I
posted in Advanced setups

Sonos-Beamer wifi setup

I'm looking for advice on my beamer-audio setup, combined with a wireless speaker function for spotify. I made a scheme to make the 3 options clear in which I would like the set-up to work in an ideal case. But I know probably not realistic.. Would just be nice to sit in the couch and control everything through my Ipad.. I have all the material in the scheme (not chromecast and sonos yet), but looking to buy a Sonos. Could you please advice which of these 3 options works (red, blue and green)? Or in the case one doesn't work on the alternative? [img]169f4ada-50ff-47c9-ac8d-b4eb47f3a35e.jpg[/img] Many thanks!

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4 years ago
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TheheffernatorContributor I
posted in Advanced setups

Playstation 5 5.1 Sonos Surround Sound Not Working

Hi there, was wondering if someone could help me. So I have recently bought a Sonos Arc & 2 SL rear speakers and I have been really happy with the surround sound on the built in apps with my TV (I have a 2021 Samsung QN95A), it has been working perfectly. My PS5 however, is a completely different story. I feel like I have been playing around with the settings now for over a week and I still have had no success.Initially, I have read that PCM is better quality compared to Dolby/DTS within the PS5’s settings so I started with that. When I switch the output device to AV Amplifier and then ‘number of channels’ to 5.1, Sonos was not identifying the 5.1 channel still only picking up Stereo in the app. So I went into the TV’s settings, where the format was set to ‘Auto’, I switched it to PCM and it was the same. I switched it to ‘Pass-through’ and it flashed up 5.1 on the app however the sound cut out and then it went incredibly deep. Everything that was coming out of the speakers was muc

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James L.
1 year ago
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zentan69Contributor I
posted in Advanced setups

Upgrade of WIFI Network (Modem & Router)

Hi,I have read in the SONOS community that there are many issues encountered when a user upgrades the home wifi network, say with a new modem/router, for example, an upgrade of google wifi mesh to the next gen Nest wifi mesh.Every SONOS echo system user will bound to encounter this issue in time, as and when there is a necessity to upgrade the home wifi network with time. I am also thinking of upgrading my current google wifi mesh to the next gen Nest wifi mesh; but have concerns of the problems I would encounter with the wifi network switch on the existing installed SONOS echo speakers system.Common problems encountered included, SONOS speakers cannot join the new wifi network, all speakers disappeared form the SONOS app.I am wondering if someone can provide advisory or point to any available knowledgebase to resolve/steps to be taken during new installation of a new wifi network to prevent SONOS issues from surfacing?Grateful for any advice.Thank you.Regards,zentan69  

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Ken_Griffiths
2 years ago
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sramos1104Contributor I
asked in Advanced setups

Connect Amps with multiple speakers around the house

Hello! I'm looking for some advice on some Bose 191 ceiling speakers that I inherited after moving into a new house. I believe these speakers are all 8ohms. Here is my dilemma that I've tried to search through this community but I can't find the right answer with my setup. I have 3 ceiling speakers downstairs (2 in living room and 1 in dining room but all three are fairly close to each other in the same level). I also have 3 ceiling speakers upstairs (2 in the master bedroom and 1 in the master bathroom...again pretty close to I don't need these two areas separated). My first thought (and was my preferred choice) was to create 2 zones with 2 Connect Amps....one zone downstairs with 3 Bose speakers and one zone upstairs with the other 3 speakers. Reading online, it looks like that sound wouldn't be great with this setup but I could be wrong. After reading that 3 speakers may not work well, is my other option to create 4 zones with 4 Connect Amps (could be pricey here). That w

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5 years ago
soothemoto
soothemotoContributor I
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Automatic volume of the Playbar while playing music

Hey guys, when I start listening to music on the Playbar the volume is always set to the middle of the range. This is quite loud when I start listening to a radio station. Is there any possibility of changing 'the instant volume' of the Playbar when I start listening to music? I'd like to have it a little bit more quiet. Thanks for your help!

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AjTrek1
4 years ago
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BenningtonContributor I
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S1 and S2 on iOS

I have a mix of new and old products and was running the S1 Controller App.  I was trying to add a Beam to my Sonos network but is forcing me to use S2 app which I don’t want to do.  How do I override and continue to use the S1 app - I have thousands of dollars invested in older Sonos equipment and have no interest in upgrading it.

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Ken_Griffiths
2 years ago

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