Advanced setups

Do I have to use the USB-A to USB-C cable provided with the Sonos Roam? I'd prefer to use a USB-C to USB-C cable connected to an Apple 20W USB-C Power Adapter. Will this configuration harm the Roam in anyway?

I have a Port connected via Ethernet, and a Apple HomePod (connected via WiFi) but can’t figure out if I can voice control the Port via the HomePod.. for example play a track from Amazon Music on Port using a voice command.My first problem is that … although I have added the Port to the Apple Home app, it stays greyed out and is non functional from within the app. Is this the root of the problem?  

Hi all. I can’t find this answer.I have 30 independent SONOS speakers, some old play 1, some new sonos one. I want to add more but as-is, i can never select “everywhere” and have all speakers just play. It takes an hour to cycle and never really plays them all. I have to play a couple at a time then add more as I go. is there a max amount of speakers allowed on one system?

I have an Arc + Amp + Sub setup for my home theater and just added two pairs of Ones on my back deck for music.  I would like to be able to use them independently and listen to music on the Ones while others are watching video on the Arc system.If I try to play music through the ones (from, e.g., YouTube music) while someone is watching video on the theater system, the app tells me I must disconnect the TV in order to listen to the music.  Is there a way to set up the two systems so that they can be used at the same time with different sources?  It seems like this should be possible since the home theater system works fine without using the app.  

I have had a few problems relating to my wifi and thus I invested in having an ethernetcable installed next to my arc to be able to connect via this cable, since the arc, sub and sorround speakers are furthest away from my router.However when connecting via cable directly to arc, nothing seems to be changing. If I try to deactivate wifi in the setup menu, the system however states, that I have to install an ethernetcable (which I already did).How can I see whether the speaker is using cable connection or wifi? And do I have to deactivate wifi in the speaker setup menu?

I have bought the Pro Ject T1 Phono SB (preamp) Turntable from Sonos, to play all my vinyl on my Sonos Play:1 stereo pair in my room. I have several other Sonos products around the house, including a Sonos Connect. I have connected the Turntable to the Connect via phono, i get some audio out of my Sonos Play: 1’s but lots of feedback, very low volume and a good 20 second pin drop delay and. My Sonos settings on the Connect are as follows:Source Level 2 (tried them all volume increases as level increase but feedback also increases) Line-Out Level Variable No Volume LimitHope someone can help me out here :)

When will Sonos allow to add two Play 5 as Left and Right FRONT speakers to complement ARC?This would mean essentially using ARC as a Center FRONT speaker; along with Left and Right FRONT Play 5.The sound quality of ARC is not good enough for large open rooms.   

I currently have two Sonos 1 speakers in our backyard, one on the deck, one on the patio (fully covered) that play together after they were linked in the Amazon Alexa App to play the same music rather than creating a stereo pair within the Sonos app.  This works flawlessly. We are in the process of finishing our basement where we intend to have a sonos amp power the left and right rear in ceiling architectural speakers and utilize a sonos arc as a front left, center, front right and a sonos Sub. Is it possible to run this surround sound system in the basement separate from the two speakers in the backyard, utilizing the same network and same sonos account (i.e. can i create a separate system for this area). I’m assuming that the sub and arc will need to be paired through the network to the amp.  Really just trying to prepare or adjust my plan depending on what is actually possible.  Ultimately, if I’m in the backyard, I want to be able to ask Alexa to play music and if I turn the TV on

Hi there —Does the precise location of the Sonos unit get saved after set-up and during use of my speaker? Like exactly where it sits in my room relative to my phone that’s controlling it? If so, is this able to be exposed as a Sonos Developer who is prototyping an app?  My phone is UWB enabled. I’m just curious if the location of the speaker is able to be referenced for advanced development usecases.  Thanks everyone!kam   

I have 2 x  Sonos Subs (Gen 3) connected to my home theatre system in my Living Room - Arc + OneSL (L) + One SL(R)I have purchased 2 more OneSL for another room and want to separate one of the Subs from my existing system to pair with the new speakers.  How do I remove just 1 of the Subs as the tab in Settings just nominates ‘Remove Subs’

I bought a Beam for my parents' TV two years ago, because they were having trouble understanding dialog though their TV speakers. It has absolutely improved the situation. But they still wanted to get wireless headphones to improve their ability to hear some of the time. I bought them a 2-headset pair of Sennheiser HDR 120 headphones. What I did not verify ahead of time was that there was an analog audio out option on their TV. There is not. I looked into various splitters, but gave up after being overwhelmed by all the no-name options with poor descriptions of they could/could not do. Therefore the headphone boxes were never opened.I came to this forum today for something else, and saw someone mention an AmazonBasics HDMI audio extractor, which brought me back to my quest. Unfortunately I did not find a solution searching this forum.My #1 concern is that we do not lose CEC control of the Beam, because that's the only way to remote control it (without the Sonos app, at least) - it appe

When Sonos first notified me, a couple of years ago, that they would be bricking the Sonos Dock in a future update, I immediately took my entire Sonos system offline, and  re-connected it to a spare router that does not have internet access.   This has allowed me to continue using the following:Sonos Connect Amp Sonos Play 5 (2 stereo paired) Sonos Play 3 (2 stereo paired) Sonos Play 1 (2 stereo paired) Sonos Dock (I attached my internet connected Sonos app free iPhone - to access online streaming accounts )All of my other lossless music collection is accessible via the USB port of my spare router.I’m still using a Sonos 4.1 controller, and as long as I’ve remained isolated from a live internet connection (via the non-connected router), I’ve had no forced update issues.Does anyone who might be using a similar workaround know whether or not the S1 Sonos Controller for Windows still supports the Sonos dock?  Or was the ‘bricking’ update already built into that version of the controller?

Hey,So I've just moved my system off SonosNet onto WiFi on the basis that we've just installed a new Ubiquiti system so should be more robust?Anyway, our older Sonos (Play:3 stereo pair, and 2x single Play:1s) are having a hard time staying in sync with the wider system.Any insights to be had from this diagnostic report: 1909451360? Cheers!

Building a new house (layout below). and need to make some decisions.  75-85” TV will go in family room and I was planning on getting a Arc, sub and ceiling speakers will be placed behind sofa for surround sound.  I know I will need an Amp for this.  I also want to place kitchen ceiling speakers so when I am in the kitchen, I can play the tv sound without having it blast through the entire open floor plan.  These speakers will play music occasionally but won’t need to play audio from the tv most of the time.  I will also have speakers in the patio for music.  That will be a third amp I will need. This seems like a very expensive setup and I’m not an audiophile but with building a new house, I do want flexibility and don’t want to have regrets.  Here are my questions:  For Family Room, shall I consider the Arc or in wall front architectural  speakers? I assume I’ll need a separate Amp for the kitchen ceiling speakers since it’s will be a different zone?   How easy will it be to turn off

Hi there, I’m new to the platform and I don’t know if this question has been asked before. At the moment I'm using a SONOS PORT hooked to my Denon 3313 receiver. I use a coax cable for the connection. The maximum bitrate of the SONOS PORT is set at 16bit/44.1kHz. The Denon receiver, however, has a maximum bitrate of 24bit/192kHz. I would like to know if - by using the coax connection - I can bypass the SONOS PORT's internal DAC and use the Denon's DAC. I guess this is possible. However, will this also enable me to use the higher Denon bitrate of 24bit/192kHz, and thus bypass the SONOS bitate limitation of 16bit/44.1kHz . I'm looking forward to your input and many thanks in advance.

When you're house is setup as follow:- multiple rooms- per room a Sonos speaker- per room a Google Nest- and each Nest is connected to an accompanied Sonos speaker- per sleeping room, thus a person, a Spotify account  Both Google Nest and Sonos have a hard time dealing correctly with Spotify.  The Sonos app can only deal with only one Spotify account. But this will result into only playing one session at a time.  You can connect each Nest to a personal Spotify account, that's fine. But when the Nest is connecting to a Sonos speaker, Nest will complain that the Nest is connected to another account than the Sonos App. Preferred solutions:1. In the Sonos App, allow a speaker to connect to a "general" Spotify account and a personal Spotify account.  2. Allow the Nest to play as a session as "Started from Spotify"  3. Allow the Nest to play a session as "Started from Google Nest" Or (better yet) ... Did anyone succeed to manage a similar problem? If so, please help.  

Currently I run my music library through an external hard drive through my MAC.  My music library is much bigger than what Sonos allows so I am selective in what I import to Sonos.  THe music is imported through iTunes and then syncedto SONOS.  I have a Synology server that I have not been able to get to communicate with SONOS.  I am looking for a better way of managing the music that does not slow down my desk top.  I have read mixed reviews of the PLEX system.  Has anyone figured this out?

Would it be possible to add LPCM 7.1 support on the sonos beam as it was the case for the Arc recently? I have a lot of problems with voice/image synchronization on my ps5, I ordered an HD Fury Arcana hoping that this will solve the problem.... I find it absurd to have so many problems in 2021 with formats that should have been standardized a long time ago.

This is a very strange situationMy computer is connected to the same netgear switch as my SONOS play 1.I have another ethernet cable connected to this switch to my main router.Last week i noticed my laptop was dropping the network connection for a few seconds every 5-10 minutes.I diagnosed it today as my laptop connecting to the internet via my SONOS PLay 1.  To do this i disconnected the main network cable going to my router and the laptop still had an internet connection - all be it around 10% of my expected speed. When I discconected the LAN cable of the PLAY 1 it was fine. Anyone else experienced this?  

Hi All, I’ve just looked at my matrix and can see that the ‘Master Bedroom’ is a weak connection… however the matrix also shows that from the kitchen to the master bedroom the link (if it were chosen) is pretty good. So my question is why is Sonos deciding to link the master bedroom directly to ‘Bridge’ which is a wired device, rather than hopping through kitchen… i.eRather thanBridge → Master Bedroomwould it not be better to chooseBridge → Kitchen → Master Bedroom Any thoughts on the logic? Here’s the matrix Thanks 

After the most recent update, I have lost 4 one’s ( 2 are sl 2 reg latest version) Yes, I have been in contact with Sonos but the more that go down ( zero power ) the more I get scared to even plug anything in. I have probably 10K in Sonos devices. I have had an electrician even come out to make sure no surges and nothing wrong at the outlets. Within one month I lost 4. I have or had many products on this series of outlets but only the ones are affected. When you deal with support you get different ideas but I have tried everything to check and make sure all of my products are safe. Any ideas or any ways to fix the power issue? Yes, they are in process of replacing but its a pain in the a**2 arcs1 beam 4 fives4 subs gen 210 ones3 ampsmany in wall and in ceiling speakers + outdoor4 bookshelfs, 2 lamps, 2 picture frames so you can understand my fear from the list I have  Any advice is greatly appreciated 

 This is the set up recently put together but I’m having a hard time setting up the AMP as surrounds. The ARC & TV are outside on a porch. The amp is inside in a basement utility closet.  If I try to set up the amp as surrounds wirelessly, it doesn’t connect, which I would suspect would happen because it’s in a basement below the Arc and there’s an exterior wall between the two likely interfering the 5Ghz connection the Arc puts out. However, I ran a CAT6 cable between the Arc and Amp, but when I try to set up the surrounds with that plugged in, it’s still giving a network error.  Should the Amp be plugged into my wireless router instead? I’m stuck!  

Hi,I'm thinking of getting another Sonos Roam but bluetooth stereo is a must for me as I can't stereo pair via wifi (I don't have a stable internet connection). Can someone help test the latency between the two speakers when setting up bluetooth stereo on Mac via Audio MIDI setup?Here's a guide: https://titusbatson.com/how-to-connect-mac-to-multiple-bluetooth-speakers/Appreciate it!

Humour me here, but is it possible to create a mixed wired/wireless network where the wireless devices are connected to regular wifi and SonosNet is disabled?Here is my scenario...I have a large 5x AP wifi network which provides great coverage throughout my house, but obviously I am using all 3 non-overlapping 2.4GHz wifi channels to provide this coverage.I have about 20 Sonos devices, all connected to the wifi, working fine.But I also have in excess of 100x IOT devices on the 2.4GHz wifi - low bandwidth, but can be quite chatty. I’d like to offload as much traffic off the 2.4GHz network as possible, so I’m thinking of wiring some of the Sonos devices. I have wired Ethernet in a bunch of places where I could easily wire to a Sonos device, but not all Sonos devices.I want to avoid the wired devices setting up SonosNet, as I don’t want to be creating interference on any 2.4GHz channel. That would be counter-productive.So my ideal would be that I wire up the Sonos devices that I can, and

Hi wonderful Sonos Family!Hope you are doing well.I am in need of your expert help in one of my Sonos Setup!I have three rooms listed below1- TV Room (Sonos Arc, 2 One SLs & Sub Gen3). Arc is connected to TV2- Living Room - Two Sonos Five3- Media Room - Sonos PortI have external Device (Clock play specific sound on different set)  connected to my Sonos Port (Media Room) as Line in to Sonos System. In Sonos App on my Media room which is Port device having Auto Play Setup. In Sonos App there is option which room you want to choose for Auto Play so I choose TV Room for Auto play and when Sonos Port detects any audio signal then it plays that music on my TV room automatically even though some media is played on TV because auto play take priority on that room. That is totally fine and I really want that but there is option in the Auto Play to Include Grouped Rooms so I choose that option so I can play to my all other rooms but its not working.I believe the issue is even though I have gr