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PinkyBKS
PinkyBKSContributor I
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iPhone Intermittently Drops Controller Connection, MacBook Does Not Drop Connection on Google Fiber

I love my Sonos PLAY:3 players! I have Google Fiber and noticed my iPhone controller randomly connected and disconnected to Sonos throughout a day. All the while, my MacBook Pro had no trouble connecting to the system. After trying a number of things such as setting the channels, I decided to try setting up my Google Router to have a separate SSID for 2.4GHz and 5.0GHz. I renamed the main SSID to denote "slow" and then named the 5.0GHz after my original SSID. I restarted my router just to be safe. After separating the two bandwidths, I connected one of my speakers to the router and used the MacBook controller to assign the speakers to the 2.4Ghz SSID. My iPhone and MacBook connected right to the 5.0GHz SSID without a change. My Apple and Sonos family are now speaking together. In fact, they are making sweet music together! Peace and Music On!

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nuke18Contributor I
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Sonos usage in two different houses

Hello! I have my house with sonos system, base on my wifi. everything works fine now i buy another country-house and wanna also integrate sonos system there, based also on wifi Sure that this two system will be absolutely different, no common network between them How can i use this two sonos system with one iPhone? is it possible? or every time i move to another home - I should reconfigure mi device? thank you

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South_Coast_BlueAvid Contributor I
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FLAC error - Unsupported sample rate

I'm trying to play some FLAC files on my SONOS system and I get the error message: "unable to play ..... it is encoded at unsupported sample rate 9600 hz" I've never seen this error message before. Does this mean the end of the road or is there a work around? Could I re-digitize them at a different sample rate because my other FLAC files play fine. Maybe SONOS has plans to change their specs or is it the old debate about whether the human ear can appreciate the difference in quality or not? Any help would be appreciated as I'm new to this game.

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5 years ago
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tommotContributor I
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Connect:Amp and sharing home theater speakers with impedance matching volume controls in other rooms

Hi, I'm new to Sonos and to audio setups in general, but I've been reading a lot of posts on here the last few days (thanks Buzz for everything you write here!), and have pieced together an outline of a plan, but I have some missing pieces and wanted to confirm the pieces I *think* I've settled on. Here's my situation: ----- I moved into a 'pre-wired' house and am determining how I want to set up. ----- I have a spot at the home theater room that has: ---------- 5 wires (2 strand) for the 5 in-ceiling speakers that make up the home theater grouping ---------- 3 wires (4 strand) that head out to volume control boxes in other rooms (let's assume they are impedance matching VC boxes, but I still have to check and confirm) --------------- These other rooms have their respective VC boxes and 2 speakers, 2 speakers, and 1 speaker (bathroom). What I want to do: ----- Get a receiver that can run the home theater 5 speakers when I'm watching TV. ----- Get a Connect:Amp to run the 3 other roo

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josephine6332
6 years ago
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manilatechnologyContributor I
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Sonos 32 Device Limit

Are there plans for Sonos to go beyond the 32 device limitation? I'm looking to set up a large Sonos network of possibly 50+ components.

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ratty
6 years ago
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DaklathenContributor I
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No sound from PC -> HDMI Receiver -> Playbar, help please

My set-up that works: PC and Wii U plugged in to my Toshiba TV which has an optical out leading to my playbar which is set-up with satellite Play:1 speakers. I only receive 2 channel stereo using this set-up, and that is the configuration my PC video card is sending to my TV. After searching around I realized I needed an HDMI switch and audio de-encoder to get surround sound to work properly (5.1) so I go a Prosumer UltraHD HDMI 3x1 Swtich with MHL/ARC/Advanced Audio. This is a de-encoder/swtich combo. http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MSAU8XO?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00 Configuration that doesn't work: PC/Wii U -> HDMI Swtich -> HDMI out to TV/Optical Out to Playbar However, now that I have set it up, my PC still shows only 2.0 stereo output as my only option and NO sound is playing through my playbar. From research so far all I can surmise is that my video card is reading the EDID from the TV saying it can only output 2.0 sound since that is all the

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5 years 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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mannfridayContributor I
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House with Multiple Wifi Names - How to Add Players

Hey there, our house has mutliple Wifi names throughout: KitchenWifi, PoolWifi, LoungeWifi, BedroomWifi - the reason being is we found having them all the same name (eg. EntireHouseWifi) resulting in devices keeping a latch on routers that could be far away (weaker) rather than the stronger signals nearby. Having the wifi networks different names meant if you were on your laptop in the kitchen, you could purposefully choose "KitchenWifi" and be 100% sure you were on that particular router. My question then, is how do I connect different players to particular networks - from what I can see, you can only choose ONE, and your speakers will all try to latch to that name? Or am I wrong? Second part to the question is, if I connect my Play3 by the pool to the ethernet network via cable, does that take governance of the signal/path or will the speaker still attempt to join the Wifi mesh?

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6 years ago
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rKeelerContributor I
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how do I find the MAC address for my units?

I recently moved into my college dorm and for electronics that we bring in we have to register our units MAC address in order to use them with the network, but I cant find the address for either my Bridge or Play:1

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4 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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Atul BatraContributor I
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Is there any doorbell out there that can work as sonos doorbell

Sonos doorbell button

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6 years ago
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jldContributor III
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ZP80 Power Supply

A friend gave me an old ZP80 he had that didn't power on. I opened it up and there's a chip on the power supply that's blown up. The top of the IC is gone so I can't look up the part number. Curious if anyone has high res pictures or knowledge of the ZP80 power supply so I can replace the damaged parts? Thanks.

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5 years ago
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Paul_266Contributor I
posted in Advanced setups

Wink Hub Integration

How about integrating Sonos control into the Wink hub the same way it's been integrated with Smartthings?

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6 years ago
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RikrokContributor I
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Auto power on amp

I have a Sonos Connect connected to an amp (more accurately a pair of active studio monitors, but effectively the same). Every time I start playing music for that room I need switch the power socket on for the multiplug that they're powered from. Other people may have amps that auto switch on when they detect an input signal but that's not an option for me. I would have thought its fairly common issue but I'm really struggling to find a solution. There's this discontinued product, the Parasound SCAMP: parasound.com/pdfs/vintage/scampom.pdf (Sorry, this forum won't let me post clickable links until I've posted 3 times!) Which while being on ebay is expensive, but more importantly the wrong voltage (and ideally would be better with kettle style power outputs, or at least UK sockets). I also found this, the ST-ACR2: rdlnet.com/product.php?page=278 But I have no idea how to hook this up, and even if I could I'd up up which a bunch of exposed wires on the shelf. Can anyon

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5 years ago
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Charlie_19Contributor III
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Bang and olufsen a9

I have ordered a bang and olufsen A9 mkII and want to connect it to my sonos system, which connect system will I need and does the sonos connects come with cables?

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5 years ago
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mwisemanEnthusiast II
posted in Advanced setups

Amazon Echo

[URL="https://gigaom.com/2014/11/06/amazons-new-echo-device-marries-sonos-with-siri/"]Amazon Echo[/URL] sounds interesting. It would be great if this could be used as a controller for Sonos.

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TheManOnTheBusTrending Lyricist I
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Problems finding Sonos system when using powerlink adaptor to extend home network

My kitchen is a wifi blackspot and so I have used a TP-LINK AV200 power-line adaptor to extend the range of my wifi to that room. So I in effect have two wifi access points (for present purposes, lets call them HomeNet and HomeNet-TPL). My kitchen is the room we use the most and the Sonos Play 5 we have there connects to HomeNet-TPL. At least, I assume it does since they are next to each other and HomeNet doesn’t normally reach the kitchen. The Sonos Bridge connects by Ethernet cable to the Homenet Router. The problem is that my iPhone App doesn’t always find my Sonos Network when it connects to HomeNet-TPL (as it normally does when I am in the kitchen) and so I cannot control Sonos. I normally fix this by walking towards the HomeNet Router and then when my iPhone connects to that part of my network it then finds Sonos. However, this is an intermitted problem. Sometimes, my iPhone app does succeed in finding Sonos when it connects to HomeNet-TPL. Any ideas to avoid this anno

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buzz
4 years ago
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rotundContributor III
posted in Advanced setups

how to play whats on my android phone?

Is there a way of playing whatever is playing on my android phone, via my sonos system? Things like BBC iplayer, bbc podcasts, youtube? Loads of radio shows just aren't available on stitcher or the radio section. Cheers Chris

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gmasy
4 years ago
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khsfsonoContributor III
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Can I use sonos system without an internet network at home?

i want to use sonos in a presentation setting. Currently i have a microphone connected to a mixer, and the mixer connected to an amplifier wired with speakers. I want to replace the wired speakers with wireless speakers. I don't have internet network. Is it possible with sonos? If so, what sonos equipments do I need to buy to accomplish what I want?

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Edward R
6 years ago
Matt W
Matt WSonos Employee
posted in Advanced setups

Hook your Sonos system to IFTTT and control it with the cloud

For those unfamiliar, [URL="https://ifttt.com"]If This Then That (IFTTT)[/URL] is a service that lets you hook two internet services together, with the first acting as a trigger and the second as a destination. For instance, you can say IF a new Instagram photo is posted in a certain area, THEN save it to my dropbox folder. I've written an app that (with some work) hooks a Sonos system to IFTTT. So you can do things like IF someone tweets with a hashtag, THEN speak the tweet through my Sonos, or IF I arrive home, THEN play a specific Sonos Favorite. It's pretty cool to ponder the neat things you can do with the scores of channels that IFTTT offers. Check it out, and let me know if you have any questions. And certainly let me know how you end up using it. [URL="http://mattwel.ch/if-this-then-sonos/"]If This Then Sonos[/URL]

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David_140Contributor I
posted in Advanced setups

Connecting to Marantz 1504 as Network Media Player

I have a Connect AMP and just purchased a Marantz NR1504. Is there a way to play from the SONOS to the 1504 through the Network without connecting speaker output? Basically using the SONOS as my media player. Thanks

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niallerContributor I
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Sonos Network New Install

Hi Guys I've installed 15 Sonos speakers and a bridge two days ago. Two connected buildings two storey over basement, old, lots of granite walls. Bridge in comms room and a selection of speakers throughout the building Play 5, Play 3 and mostly play 1. No more than 20-30 feet between any speaker. On Sunday when I installed, everything worked perfectly and updated nicely. Speakers were all in a group, playing radio fine. Yesterday got a bit patchy after we installed spotify with speakers stuttering then stopping completely. Today nothing, in the Sonos App on a PC server I can only see four speakers and sometimes one or two will pop in and out. Really frustrating as the MD spent €2,500 on my recommendation. If I were to wire the speakers using the ethernet port at the back of the speakers, would this allow wired networking as opposed to wireless which may be patchy? I have also installed 9 ubiquity unify wireless access points throughout the building at the weekend so if the

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Leo_8Contributor I
posted in Advanced setups

12v trigger for ZP90

A 12v Trigger would come in very handy when you have multiple ZP90's in a system and they are all wired to a multi channel amplifier. When the zone is activated the trigger would relay the amp to turn on and vice versa. The trigger also would help in heat build up and amp not being on 24/7.

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5 years ago
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dchambContributor II
posted in Advanced setups

Managing m3u playlists and multiple players

The M3U playlist standard is a wonderful way to create lists of your favorite music to play on your mp3 device. However, it gets maddening when you have multiple devices sharing the same mp3 library. Why don’t all devices use a standard way to implement the playlist? Here is what I am referring to: I use [B]Winamp[/B] to create and edit playlists on a Windows 7 machine. The mp3 files are all stored on a NAS server mapped to drive M on the Windows machine. This server is also host to [B]Logitech Squeezebox Server[/B], and is UPnP which provides the interface for my [B]Sonos[/B] devices. Added to that I own a Cadillac with a [B]CUE[/B] system that uses an exact copy of my mp3 directory on the NAS server but it is stored on a flash drive. Each system (Squeezebox, Sonos, CUE and Winamp) has their own requirements for the pathname in the m3u playlists. To specify, [B]Winamp[/B] prefixes everything with “M:\” where M: is the Windows drive letter mapped to the NAS music directory.

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yarnairb
4 years ago
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SP_1Contributor I
asked in Advanced setups

Music Library on external HD connected via USB

Hi will music stored on an external hard drive and connected into my router via a USB be picked up by the sonos app?

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controlav
3 years ago

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