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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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Let's Talk Networking

HelloI’m a strong advocate of a healthy and stable network. Not just for the sake of enhancing Sonos enjoyment but also fundamentally. That...
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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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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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Phillip RosenContributor II
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Ceiling mounted arc/center channel

My home theater has a projector screen that comes out of the ceiling in the center of the room. There is no wall behind the screen. To date I have a sonos base on a bar cart that I can roll out if needed, but this isn’t working out well for me.I’m looking to mount a center channel on the ceiling directly in front of where the projector comes down. The back of the arc ould be against a dead zone on the screen. (1) Positionally, will the sound quality work with this sort of placement? The arc would likely be upside down.(2) Will the speakers positioning cause noticeable vibration on the projector screen? It is weighted, but a strong breeze would move it.(3) Will the mount kit work with a ceiling? Is there a better alternative solution?

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XaeroContributor I
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Sonos amp and 4.1 surround

  Hello! I currently have a 5.1 setup with Playbar, 2x Sonos One and the subwoofer. I also have 2x Sonos One in the dining room, and another Sonos One in the bathroom. In regards to the 5.1 setup I am quite pleased with the audio performance for movies, considering the quite low price and the small size. However, when it comes to music listening experience in the living room, I find the Playbar lacking a lot. It just doesn’t do very well at normal stereo music listening. So with that said, I was looking into replacing my Playbar with a Sonos Amp and 2 front speakers of my own choice. I have heard the Sonos Amp in a 2.1 setup, and it sounds amazing. At my retailer, I learn that the Sonos Amp does not support running 4.1 as a front amplifier with 2x Sonos One as back speakers. This totally confused me. Why on earth would Sonos not give the Sonos Amp the same software capabilities as the Playbar, Playbase and Beam? It is just a matter of down mixing the center channel into the left and ri

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steve_c_cContributor I
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Connecting a Sonos through an Aruba WiFi Controller? Here's how:

Just wanted to share my experience with setting up my Sonos Play 5 with an Aruba WiFi controller. After many hours of tcpdump'ing and connecting the Sonos to wired networks (with everything working perfectly!), I found that by default, Aruba WiFi controllers (mine is a 225 running version 6.4.4.8-4.2.4.4_57496) drop broadcast & multicast traffic between attached wireless clients, which is used by the Sonos Controller app to find the Sonos. There is a setting in the Virtual Controller under "Networks" (usually the name of the SSID you've created), WLAN Settings (click "Show Advanced options"), then "Broadcast Filtering". Mine was set to "All", and a quick change to "Disabled" + reboot, the app now found the Sonos with ease. Hope this helps someone not spend 4 hours on their Christmas morning trying to debug their brand new Sonos Play 5 ;-) Steve

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10.X.X.XX is my IP address format. How to generate network matrix?

Have read that inserting the IP of one component into this url would pull up the Sonos network matrix:http://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx:1400/support/reviewMy interest in the network matrix is to inspect for interference and/or optimize the connection in the Sonos network.All the IP addresses of my components have the format: 10.x.x.xx.   I see the IP addresses in the Netgear Orbi AX6000 app that displays the components hardwired to router.  In my Sonos system, a Bridge is hardwire connected to the router.   Router is a ISP-supplied glass fiber modem + router.Question:  How can I generate the network matrix without the public IP addresses like 192. or 168. etc?Appreciate the advice!

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MinersLB12Contributor I
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Connect Amp Ohm stability

The manual states “Two pairs of 8 ohm speakers wired in parallel are also supported.” Does anyone know if you can run more than 2 pairs in parallel?   I would like to run 3 or 4 pairs off the amp but want to know if the amp is stable at that ohm load?

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miataguyAvid Contributor II
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Does boost help or hurt network interference?

I have 12 Sonos speakers around my home. Four are hardwired, eight others are wireless. I also have a Boost.I have no problems with Wifi coverage in my home.So the question is: Am I improving or degrading my overall wireless situation with the Boost in place? There doesn’t seem to be any difference whether I use it or not. With the Boost in place, does that mean some of my Sonos devices will connect to the Boost instead of my home Wifi? Does the Boost use the same wireless spectrum as Wifi? If I remove the Boost, does that mean I’ll have more wireless usage on my regular Wifi network?Its not clear to me how the Boost actually works compared to regular 802.11 Wifi. If it were standard Wifi, my Network Analysis software would pick it up, but it doesn’t. Thoughts?

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jdc91660Contributor I
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Xfinity XB7 Router Issues ?

Recently moved to a new home and have Xfinity XB7 Xfi - Previous system was the Sonos 1 Controller and had lots of issues….  my bridge, Play1, Play3, and Play5 all worked for ONE DAY !    The next day I could not see any of the Sonos speakers in the app. After rebooting the router, they all came back but would disappear daily !!!   I could not keep rebooting the router every day just to listen to music….. thats just stupid. After calling support, they had me remove the bridge as it was no longer needed. (It had been over 2 years since my system had been set up and working on an ATT router…..which BTW I NEVER had any problems with. Unfortunately ATT fiber is not available in this area yet, and their internet speeds available in this area are slow so I was forced to go with Xfinity.)  After hardwiring each of the speakers to my router and then placing them in the rooms I wanted them, the Sonos controller could see all 3 speakers, play different music on each at the same time, group them

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JB567Contributor I
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Turning off Sonosnet

Morning all, I currently have 8 Sonos Speakers, all hard wired with Ethernet. Is it possible in this situation to turn off Sonosnet, to prevent the signal interfering with my Wi-Fi network?

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sudoContributor I
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Changed UDP/TCP Ports for Sonos App needed after Update to S2?

I have split my IoT Devices and Office Devices into two different VLANs. With now named Sonos S1 App, everything was running smooth and fine. Now, I had to make the update to Sonos S2 (the S1 app refused to connect to my Sonos devices!). After the App Update, I'm not able to control my sonos devices anymore.  Does anyone know if SONOS is now needing even more High-Ports on UDP from the App to the speakers or which parameters changed?  @Sonos : It's a mad thing what is going on here. Many users are requesting more support for setups with different VLAN which are becomming more and more important also in private LANs. No right answer came at any point besides the system is not intended of this usage… Than the topic with bricking old hardware. Now you will not go for this step, but still pushing the customers for updates which will break existing setups and not one word in the changelog. I'm somewhat disappointed on this behavioral. 

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Move: Using across multiple Sonos systems

I have an office and home that are configured with unique house codes (Sonos ID), both configured as “Sonos Net” wireless, not WiFi (using Boost). With my Move I have it configured for my home Sonos system, so when I take it to my office, I cannot access it via Sonos app unless I factory reset the Move and then join it to the office Sonos system. I am aware that with WiFi direct setups, the Move can store multiple WiFi network credentials. (Ex. Taking the Move to your friends house temporarily). Can the Move also be linked/store multiple house codes / Sonos ID’s to streamline my situation and support being taken between multiple Sonos Net households?

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AskBrotherEdContributor I
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How to mirror Beam output to other speaker

I am asking on behalf of my Grandfather who got a Sonos Beam and Sonos One speaker for his new condo. My grandmother has hearing issues so the intention was to try to mirror the output from the beam speaker (mixed to mono I guess) to the Sonos One speaker next to her chair, this would help her personally hear without having to turn up the main sound too much for everyone else in the room. It seems that this is not possible based on the settings I looked though. If I try to set it up as a satellite speaker it requires two speakers and then would be set up to play the surround sounds rather than the center channel (which would be more useful). I then tried to group the speakers together but the S2 app said I have to have 3 rooms set up just to create a group. I don’t remember this restriction when I set up my parents system and so I am very confused why I cannot just have my two speakers play the same sounds. Is there a way to set up this mirroring situation as I described?

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MjjWContributor I
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Move - issues with grouping and playback

Hello.  I’ve got an issue with Move - If I commence playback when all players are grouped together, it will not playback on my Move, but will play on all non Move speakers in the group If I commence playback on the Move, and then add all other players to that group, then all will play the source music as normal The non Move players (three of them) are all on a Sonosnet Boost wired connection.  The Move is on 2G wi-fi (not using an extender) Anyone else having this issue, and an/or any suggestions for a remedy? Matt

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miketjaContributor I
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Move + Sonosnet + WiFi = problems

Hi, I’m a big Sonos fan and have invested quite a bit over the past few years. I just purchased by 14th Sonos speaker, a Move, to join my existing setup consisting of various: Play:1, Sonos One, Play:3, Beam and Connect:AMP (gen 2) devices. All of my existing devices were running on Sonosnet, firstly with a Sonos BOOST, but more recently with the Beam being wired and the root of the Sonosnet. That change (removing the BOOST) was just to simplify as I really didn’t need it.   I tried moving everything onto WiFi a few weeks ago, but it was terrible. Speakers kept dropping out, changes to songs (like skipping forward) or volume changes were laggy, the app UI kept restarting, then stopped showing me all my speakers (even ones that were playing) and took minutes to update them back into the app. It was terrible. I put this down to having a 4-node “mesh” WiFi system. I have a wired backhaul on those APs, so not strictly “mesh”, but they do support steering, 802.11v, etc. to optimise the Wi

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GoldenMasterContributor I
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Bose 901 Series 2 and the Sonos AMP - How to set it up (EQ)

I was thinking of replacing my AMP with the Sonos AMP to get access to all the easy streaming.  My setup so far is an iPad used for stream via AUX cable to the current AMP, the TV connected and a turntable.  As the AMP covers all of this the only thing left is the EQ.  Shouldn’t it be possible to just “manually” set the digital EQ of the Sonos AMP to a level that the Bose would sound like if played through their own EQ? If so does anyone have experience with this?  I have no Idea how to actually KNOW when my settings “sound right”. Is there some method to this that I can follow? Just using my ears might heavily depend on the song i currently listen to. Maybe that’s also an Idea, some suggestions which songs i should check out (due to high pitches, deep basses, ...)  I know using the active EQ from the Bose Series 2 is not possible (except if i just use it for the turntable^^)  I’Ve also got a Magnat Quantum Sub that i plan to connect via wire, I do not think this matters here but just

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Geoff RContributor I
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Playbar optical to hdmi arc?

I want to connect my playbar to my new Samsung TV. The TV has optical (1) and hdmi arc (1) outputs. My hearing aid also needs an optical connection for Bluetooth. Have tried an optical splitter, which allows both the hearing aid and playbar to work, but this has caused the tv remote to no longer control the playbar sound. Is there an adapter that will allow the playbar optical to connect to the TV hdmi arc?

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RagnarokZeroContributor I
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Sonos Arc - need help getting 5.1 from laptop connected to TV

I've got a new Sonos Arc 5.1.2 setup, with the arc connected to an LG CX tv via the eArc hdmi (tv set to passthrough). So far it's been working well - the built in apps do 5.1 and Atmos and my ps4 gets 5.1 as I had expected. (and I'm looking forward to the Sonos Arc update to get more than stereo out of the Nintendo Switch). My problem is with being unable to get my Windows 10 laptop to recognise that I have a 5.1 setup (let alone Atmos). I'm hoping this is a solvable problem - if the old ps4 can figure it out, surely I should be able to get the pc to as well (even if it requires a bit of tinkering)?  The laptop is running an nvidia 1070 - also attached via hdmi to the tv. Sound driver is Nvidia HD Audio. Latest updates and drivers. Currently windows sound settings is reporting only stereo speakers. 5.1 appears disabled in the list and cannot be selected. I installed Dolby Access to get Dolby Atmos for Home Theater but that did not work (i suspect I need to resolve the 5.1 issue and

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jonbarkerContributor I
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Transfer of ownership?

I HAVE reset the system removed old product's and sold the two items.  Now the new owner cannot connect because it says ownership is not transferred????  Does anyone have ideas??  Clearly the boffins who designed this system do not!

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Stene15Contributor I
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HDMI ARC - splitter for projector (video) and ARC (audio)

Hi I have a setup where I use a HDMI receiver for all video input and pass through to speakers (wired) and projector (HDMI).    I recently purchased an ARC and want to replace my speakers with that as output.    To do this I would need to split the out HDMI from the receiver to send video to the projector and audio to the ARC.    What are my options. Needless to say I would want to retain full HDMI capabilities for the audio. 

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MrDobalinaContributor I
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Repurpose recycled Play 5

I purchased a play 5 for part. Turns out it’s recycled but the speakers work just fine. I understand the need to brick the software component of the speaker but is there any reason this can’t be used as a plain old “dumb speaker?” Seems like a total waste to make the speaker completely non functional.

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IssaquahContributor I
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Can I connect a CD player to an ARC?

I would love to get an ARC and connect it to my TV via HDMI….BUT in addition, I would like to connect my CD player to the ARC. Can I do that using the OPTICAL connection on the ARC? If not, what is the simplest way to connect a CD player to the Sonos wireless speaker world. I don’t have any wired speakers, so the AMP is not really needed for me.

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jwcbellaContributor I
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ethernet wired

I have a Linksys mesh wirless system.  If I connect one of my Sonos speakers to one of the mesh pods, will this create a more reliable Sonos system? 

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Austin_AceContributor I
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Grouping across S1 and S2?

I have set up a S1 and S2 network at home. I had a question so I called Sonos phone Tech support and they solved it. During the call I asked a second question and they answered. I hung up and tried their solution to Q2. However, I can’t get it to work and don’t have 30-60 min to wait on hold to talk to live person again. Community please help.   Here is what I was told by Sonos Tech Phone Rep.  I CAN attached my Gen 2 Play 5 to both my S1 and S2 networks. Then in my S1 network I can GROUP my Play5 (S1 and S2) with my legacy Connect (S1).  Now close S1 and open S2. Now when I stream something via S2 to the Play5 the old Connect will get the same stream.  This sounds great and solves a set up problems. But this was just a discussion with Sonos Tech. We did not discuss how to pair one item to two networks.   After the call, I was confident I would just use “add product” button in S1 to add my Play5 gen 2 back to the old S1 network. Play5 is already on S2 network. PROBLEM: Can’t get S1 t

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jehpeContributor I
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Connecting an electric guitar

Can I connect the output of either a guitar Amp effect loop or the output of a guitar pedal to the Sonos Port (or some other Sonos product) and hear my guitar on the Sonos speakers? Are there other pieces of equipment that could do this?

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Pete D.Contributor I
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Optical to HDMI adapter OPADPWW1BLK

I recently saw that Sonos has an optical to HDMI adapter model number OPADPWW1BLK (to pass the audio to their devices expecting an HDMI input). I have an application where I want to use the optical output from my TV as an optical input into my Denon amplifier. Trouble is I only have an HDMI cable available to send the signal. Does anyone know if I can use one Sonos optical to hdmi adapter on each end of a 25 foot HDMI (ARC Capable) cable to transmit the digital signal? 

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PaitoContributor II
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Connecting Sonos Five stereo pair via Ethernet

Hi all,   We are wanting to configure a pair of Sonos Five speakers in stereo in our bedroom. We have Ethernet ports on the wall in the bedroom, which is fortunate as the room is the furthest from the WiFi router, but I wonder how the stereo pair of speakers would be configured. I’m guessing we would we need to run an Ethernet cable to each speaker, but is there a more elegant method, i.e. Ethernet to one speaker, and then a cable between left and right? Presumably we might even be able to wire one speaker, and have the other connect to that speaker wirelessly?   We’d prefer to keep the network fully wired to avoid any WiFi inconsistencies, but haven’t seen much guidance on how to setup a wired stereo pair. Maybe I’m searching for the wrong terms.   Does anyone have experience of this sort of setup?   Thanks in advance.

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