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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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Tattooed n proudContributor I
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Can i run a legacy Play 5 from a 2nd gen ZP on S2?

I have a 1st gen play 5 and a spare 2nd gen play 5, my question is, is there a way to connect the first gen play 5 through the zone player and connect it to S2? Like a powered monitor?

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Smilja
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MushyMiddleContributor II
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Yet another Sonos/VLAN setup

Having read through a number of different setups for getting Sonos working on a separate VLAN, I thought I’d post my setup.  I find that a lot of these setups are very specific to the hardware involved, so the more examples, the better.I have two Sonos networks in two different locations, connected at all times via site-to-site VPN.  My problem was that when I moved from location A to location B, my Sonos controllers (phone and laptop) would tend to stick to the last working location, and not roam to the “home” location.The only simple workaround I found was to temporarily disable the VPN connection, and restart the controller so it would find the local Sonos network and “forget” the remote Sonos network.Frankly, Sonos should give you control over which network you’re looking at - as Ring and Nest do (which I also have in both locations).  Absent that, though...In basic terms, my setup includes Ubiquii Unifi switches and APs in both locations (highly recommended, but not necessary to t

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controlav
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parzick23Contributor I
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Play 1 Paired Speakers Out of Sync

For the last week, my Play:1 speakers have been falling out of sync. I only have two set up as a stereo pair and have tried multiple times to unpair and then re-pair them. When I go through this process, things work the way they are supposed to. After some time, though, they fall out of sync again. I submitted a diagnostic (1752032275). Any thoughts on what could be going on? I have had this pair for over 3 years and have had this issue occur a handful of times ... only to be fixed by unpairing and pairing again. In the past, it has only taken one time to go through this process and then everything works. Now it is continuously breaking down. Thank you! 

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Simon B
4 years ago
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BosgrkContributor I
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Brought play one to Asia and nothing works

I brought my Sonos play one from the US to Thailand I reset it connected it to a new network and everything looked good. But it won’t play anything including radio, SoundCloud, audible, Amazon music. Nothing. Says unable to add track or the music is encoded incorrectly.  does that mean I cannot use it here or os there a trick to make it work?

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Airgetlam
4 years ago
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Stanley_4Lead Maestro
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Updated memory graphic

This is controlav’s chart. 

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DeepDeyTrending Lyricist I
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Bonding a Sonos FIVE to a SONOS One SL

Hello,I have a SONOS One SL in a room, and have recently purchased a SONOS FIVE.I am wondering if someone can help understand if I can bond a SONOS FIVE to a SONOS One SL.please note that the One SL is not paired in stereo, its Mono.Look forward to your answers.Regards,

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S0undh0undContributor I
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Bug: Can’t group speakers from Spotify app

Hey there,I recently upgraded to the new Sonos app, and I can no longer group speakers from the Spotify app.   I get the blank screen below. Anyone else seeing this?  Is there a way to fix it? Thanks!  

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Airgetlam
4 years ago
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Dj_LoContributor I
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Bonding diff types of speakers?

Hi, checking if it still isn’t possible to bind speakers that aren’t L/R pairs. Saw several discussions from years ago but thought that surely by now the system can manage it?  My lounge has a beam, sub, and 2 Sonos ones that function as one. I want to add a play 1 in a different part of the same area to this ‘room’.  I know I can group them and set the tv not to ungroup automatically, but would prefer them to always be grouped and to share volume control, which is the most important thing.  Sonos, if we can’t do this now, please develop it… thanks! 

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HollybContributor I
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moved house.

I have recently moved house and tried to set up my play 1 speaker. It says I need to connect to the “Sonos” temp network but when I select this it doesn’t connect to wifi, it goes to 4g. Then because it’s not connected to WiFi I can’t set it up. It says an option is to connect using an ethernet cable so I plugged it in to this. It works fine when plugged in with the cable but then doesn’t work when I remove it from the cable. I want the speaker in a different room which is not close to the router so can’t keep it plugged in and it wasn’t plugged into a router in my old house and worked. How can I set it back up? 

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Simon B
4 years ago
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Joe12345Contributor I
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unable to pair Sonos One SL speakers

Just bought new SL one speaker to pair with identical existing one. Simply can’t do it . Help?

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4 years ago
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amun
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NAS/Sonos permissions issue?

Whilst playing about with m3u playlists, I’ve found an oddity with access to the music files.Background - for 9 years I’ve been using the same LG NAS for sonos, running 24x7 - i.e. no spin down. Having locked down the system and cut off from the internet, it works extremely reliably.I set up a directory outside the Sonos one, to take some of the strain from the main directory, which is indexed by Sonos. m3u8 playlists in Sonos pointing to the additional directory seem to work fine.However, if I leave the playlist on pause for a period - e.g. overnight - then when I press play again all the files in the queue fail to play with an access denied error. If I clear the queue and set up the playlist again, it works perfectly.The NAS is fairly basic, and I’ve been through every setting on it looking for a reason why access should time out, but can’t find one. I can understand why it would always fail, or always succeed, but this seems odd - it’s almost as if Sonos is forgetting/losing access

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KonlorkContributor I
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Karaoke on Sonos with youtube and two TVs

Hi,  here’s my Setup:PA with semiprofessional mixer; Sonos Port as Input for PA; 2 older TVs; Amazon Fire TV Cube (2. gen.); HDMI Splitter for the 2 TVs, Bluetooth Connector  What i try to reach:Playing Youtube on the TVs while streaming the sound to the Sonos Port Problem:The connection between Amazon Fire TV Cube and Sonos Port is via bluetooth and extremly prone to failure.  Does anyone have a better idea to solve this? Thx, Kon.

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controlav
4 years ago
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amun
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Additional bytes in Foobar playlist

When creating a playlist file in foobar2000, the characters in the tracks prompt me to use m3u8 instead of m3u. m3u files work OK on Sonos, but m3u8 files have four bytes at the start of the file that throws Sonos, which says that it can’t play the file. This error comes up at the start and then it goes on to play the remainder of the files properly.The bytes are  EF BB BF 23 - if deleted using a hex editor then the files play OK.It seems perfectly reasonable that Sonos should ignore garbage, but does anyone know which software is at fault? i.e. should Sonos play m3u8 files properly, or is Foobar200 not creating them properly?

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4 years ago
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Millertime3900Contributor I
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New Home Not Internet 5 months Hotspot Work?

Have a new home no hardline internet for 5 months.Have 8 ceiling speakers and Arc for Tv.  2020 iPad cellular 30Gb Hotspotiphone 8 30gb hotspot  Will I be able to setup speakers via iPad hotspot and iPhone as the controller?Is it possible to use router to bridge my iPad hotspot for the connection or is that even needed? Does my Sonos need active internet to function with airplay2 once it’s setup?  What would be your solution given my current situation?  Thanks 

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4 years ago
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B-MAdDContributor I
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Sonos (Symfonisk) and VLAN on UDM base (Ubiquity)

Hi, I’ve got an Symfonisk running in a seperate VLAN than my pc’s/laptops (V12.1 build 60381140) /mobile devices (IOS/android V 12.1 build 60381140) .I’ve found already a few KB article's but i don’t get it to work.The setup is the following:Ubiquity UDM Base multiple VLANS per VLAN / network the following is turned on Network ==> IGMP Snooping enabled Network ==> UPnP enabled Wireless ==> Multicast enhancement (IGMPv3) Wireless ==> BBS Transition with WNM Wireless ==> Remaps ARP table for station Multicast DNS is enabled UPnP is enabled with the following options Secure mode Network where SONOS lives Network where PS/Laptops lives Network where mobile devices live Firewall rule Lan in rule 2000 Source PC/Laptop VLAN Destination Sonos IP Accept everything rule 2001 Source mobile devices VLAN Destination Sonos IP Accept everything What i try, i’m not able to connect with the app (on android / ios / win10) to the Sonos.Only when i change my net

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gonvartContributor II
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Max length of 3.5mm cable from turntable to Play 5?

I recently moved to a new apartment and the way the set up works, I cannot easily place my Play 5 right next to my turntable as I’ve done previously. I’m thinking of running an audio wire through a wall in my closet to the Play 5 but wanted to check to see if there is a max length you guys would recommend for the wire to not distort the audio quality? I think the max length I would need is 10 to 12 feet. Thanks, George

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Airgetlam
4 years ago
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EloSonosOneContributor I
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Le pairing stereo ONES ne marche plus :(

Bonjour,  J’ai 2 Sonos One dans le salon depuis plusieurs années, configurés en paire stéréo.  Depuis quelques jours le son ne sort que sur une seule enceinte. J’ai défait et refait la paire plusieurs fois, le son sort correctement sur les 2 une seule fois juste après le pairing mais ça ne tient pas : la fois suivante seule une enceinte diffuse le son. Aussi, l’enceinte qui ne diffuse pas de son garde quand même ses fonctions de commandes tactiles sur la paire (volume et pause).  Supprimer et réintégrer les enceintes à mon système Sonos ne règle pas le problème. Je croise les doigts pour trouver une solution.Merci de votre aide.

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Annazel S
4 years ago
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darylm
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AMP does not re-start

My AMP has stopped working and will not restart at all using the various options.  I was re-adding the external speakers with shorter speaker wire when this occurred. The wiring terminals are correctly matched. I may not have powered off the AMP, but it was not playing.To restart, I have tried matching a power cable from another product, attached to router, held down the connect button when powering etc.  All I hear is a clicking sound but no light and no life.Is it a lost cause or is there another option to restart this thing?  Sonos does not provide weekend support in Australia other than email the CEO... 

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Ken_Griffiths
4 years ago
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PorquerollesContributor I
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Utilisation d'une bibliothèque stockée sur un disque d'une freebox delta

Bonjour.Je voudrai utiliser avec  l’application sonos sur iphone une bibliothèque musicale stockée sur un disque dur de la freebox delta. L’application me demande de remplir 3 champs : chemin \\ordinateur\sharename nom d’utilisateur mot de passeMais je ne sais absolument pas quelle données entrer dans ces 3 champs. Je vous serai reconnaissant si quelqu’un peut m’indiquer quelles valeurs je dois entrer.Merci d’avance. 

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Rowena B.
4 years ago
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jimwbContributor I
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Connecting my system to a wifi that already has a system. My system is two Move speakers

I am renting a house that already has a Sonos system setup on it. I do not want to connect to the owners system, but want to add my system to this wifi. My system consists of 2 Move speakers. Is this possible?

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orion2030Contributor I
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Should I dare to try a VLAN?

Dear Community;   I have read countless posts about IOT VLANs for Sonos speakers while having the controllers in iPhones/Android phones, ipads, etc on a separate VLAN. I believe it is a must ( minimum security practice) to protect my home NAS/servers. However, reading the latest posts, it seems the new Sonos App ver 10.6 broke existing solution. Given this, what should I do? Any guides or best practices I should follow?   Here is what I have and what I have tried: PFSense firewall with the following VLANS: VLAN1: 192.168.10.x/24 with Windows 10 PCs VLAN20 IOT: 192.168.20.x/24 with Sonos players VLAN30 WIFI: 192.168.30.0/24 with iphone, ipads, laptops I have tried AVAHI, IGMP Proxy, and PIMD …. none of them worked. It seems the broadcasts are registered but still the controller apps cannot find the speakers.  Yet, the iphone controller is the only that seems to be able to find the speakers ( previously configured and added to the app), so I can go from VLAN30 to VLAN20.   Is

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czar_PGContributor I
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Add front speakers to Playbase home theatre

My existing setup is a 5.1 channel system which is pretty straight forward-Playbase Sonos Sub 2 One SLs for surroundI am looking to add a pair of Ascendo c8-c’s to my setup which I have been using separately as stereo.I have a Sonos connect s15, a bel canto s300i integrated amp and 2 d-sonic monoblock amps for each of the Ascendos which I intend on using in order to integrate with the Playbase home theatre system.Following is what I have tried-Sonos Connect s15L&R Output to L&R monoblocks each bi-wired into the Ascendos Optical Out to Home theatre system (into playbase and hence the  5.1 channel setup)I have not hooked up my TV out to the connect yet, I’ll set that up later.The Sonos Controller cannot add the playbase and connect in one room, it adds separate rooms for each.The connect room is called “Ascendo-Connect” and the home theatre set up is called “Playbase”.Following are the challenges I am facing-When I use the party mode in the Sonos Controller everything plays beaut

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Aed66Contributor I
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Connecting 4 Moves together from a Port

connecting move speakers together

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x3styleContributor I
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Sonos Sound Bar + 2x Sonos Play 1's - Surround Sound vs Stereo - What gives?

Hello everyone,I’ve recently bough two Sonos Play 1’s to set up the renowned Surround for Sonos for my Game room TV.Suffice to say the setup was a breeze trough the Sonos App and the DTS 5.1 and Dolby Surround content are absolutely amaizing, even though i have no Apple device what so ever and can’t benefit from Trueplay tunning.Sadly i can not enjoy the Surround anymore….However half my usage is Surround content the other half is music streamed from my PC, TV, or otherwise my DJ mixing equipment, and this involves Stereo sound. Just as the surround sounds absolutely magnificent on the Surround group, stereo sound is absolute garbage. And i am completley baffled because i can play Spotify in it directly and it sounds amaizing again, but anything i output into the group sounds total garbage.The only work around i have found so far si to break out the surround group and make a second stereo pair as a group and have them play in tandem, it now sounds exactly like when i play it via Spotif

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DSteveContributor I
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Setup

I have a Sonos Arc, Sub and 2 Amps (one for front speakers, one for rear speakers) in my Greatroom.Can the Sonos system be configured so that when i am watching TV the Sonos Arc, Sub and 1 Amp (rear speakers) are activate. Then when i want to listen to music i want both Amps for front and rear speakers and the Sub, no Arc?The Amp for the rear speakers is the common element between the two configurations, can i link the sub that the rear speaker Amp so that the Sub will be available for both configurations?   

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Rowena B.
4 years ago
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