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I've searched a bit through the forums on this topic but need something clarified. I have existing wired outdoor speakers connected to a Connect to give me Sonos control over them. Part of my yard isn't feasible for wiring so I'd like to add two (battery powered) Bluetooth speakers to this set up. Questions: [1] I assume a Bluetooth transmitter gets connected to the Audio OUT RCA jacks on the Connect? [2] The existing Sonos Connect connects to the wired speaker amp via the RCA Out jacks; Can I piggyback the BT transmitter to this same connect buy using y-splitters for the L and R RCA out jacks or do I need an additional Connect module? [3] Or can I just use the single Coax Out for the BT transmitter? Thanks!

The speaker SONOS ONE has boost mode, to help to connect anothers speakers with own WIFI, but my question is, the SONOS BEAM also has boost mode? Or not?

I have a Mixed Mode setup with Wired and WiFi connected speakers.I don't use SonosMesh as the WiFi space is so crowded that you can't run a single channel (1,6 or 11) clearly through out the setup. Somehow the wired (!) office keeps dropping out. Any idea why this would happened? (and also I have STP undefined in my network matrix, to unknown devices..?!)

Hi guys, I need serious help after replacing my 3  extreme for 6x TP-Link DECO M5 impossible to get any music through the DECO M5 here's my original setup 4x Sonos AMP:CONNECT 3x AirPort Extreme (tower version) never connected any CAT5 to any of my 4x AMP:CONNECT all music was perfectly streamed only over wifi form any od all my  devices without any issues for years I decide to replace the 3x older Airport for 6x DECO M5 1x DECO is acting as a router & I have connected a network switch for network port expansion, NAS, iMac.... the only difference is my new wifi system (much better over my 6000sq/ft) but now after totally reset my 4x AMP:CONNECT I still not able to stream anything on it as a test I decided to reconnect 1x older AirPort Extreme directly to my network switch (who is connected directly to the new DECO). BINGO !!! music is back !!! but I have to create a different wifi network, 1x for

I would like to add two subs to a room. Is that possible?

There is only one output (optical) from my new LG OLED TV and it goes to an optical splitter (1 in 4 out) and on to my Playbar as well as 2 Transmitter/Receiver earphones. The 2 earphones require the output from the TV to be PCM. Because the TV must transmit via PCM to the Playbar will that limit my ability to have a 3.1 SONOS system?

I encountered the same problem, and as I understood it, SONOS is indifferent to the requests of its customers. I connect TRAKTOR S2 MK3 through Line-in and so it is absolutely impossible to play. For me, it’s really not clear why this problem cannot be solved for so many years, because it is fixed by one new firmware. Why do we need smart chips if you plugged the speaker through the cable? Turn them off and let the sound go directly! Dear and beloved company SONOS, forget about it or is there at least some chance in the future? After all, there would not be this problem, many would choose PLAY 5 as a monitor, buy a second PLAY 5 speaker for themselves.

I can use Sonos on Mac and Windows running NordVPN, yet on Android phone I get error from Sonos - "You are connected to a vpn which may interfere with connecting to Sonos." Sonos then directs me to NordVPN settings which only gives two setting options - (1) Always-on VPN (which I am not going to change to just use Sonos), and (2) Block connections without VPN (which I have tried in both on and off modes - neither work). Any ideas as to how to get Sonos to work?

I don't know what happened to you people at sonos, but something is fundamentally wrong. Not only do you force me to register an account, you force me to use a mobile app and you make your own hardware unusable. I used my sonos play 5 gen 2, which cost more than 500 bucks, at my company. There we have an internal lan and a guest wifi. I once registered my play 5 successfully on our guest network. Now our wireless password changed. Your suggestion is of course, just connect to the wired network... The problem is, my smartphone does not have an ethernet port. I thought i could just reset my play 5 and start over, but, probably because you have registered my previous setup with my account, the setup fails and it says i have to shortly connect to the wired network to finish the setup. So i can not connect to the wired network with my phone, the only way i could configure my sonos device would be via a real computer, but you

I am not very technical but my ears realise and can separate 5.1 sound from stereo sound. HENCE the below question: I have purchased 2 x Playbars , 4 x Play 1s from a store near me in Sydney (stock will be available Thursday, 7th June, so I have 2 days to change my mind), obviously coz i want to have cinema like effect. But reading through the communities (AFTER purchase, as you always and should do...grrr) I realised some of you are saying that Blu Rays or Netflix wont play in 5.1. WHHHHAATTTTT ?? I have collection of 800+ Blu-Rays (1% 4K discs ) and rely on Netflix & Youtube heavily (800GB monthly family data consumption) I have bought 2 of these sets obviously for 2 rooms. 1st Room has LG65UH770T + Xbox One S this is what audio decode says for the TV: Audio Decoder: WMA/MPEG-1/MPEG-2/MP3/Dolby Digital/Dolby Digital Plus/LPCM/ADPCM/DTS/DTS-HD/AAC 2nd room has Sony 7

I have a commercial set up with 3 connects, 8 amps, and 5 sony tvs connected to 5 of the amps. 3 major issues; when browsing something to play and choosing the TV submenu I've noticed that all 8 of my amps show up as options to select even though, as stated above, only 5 of the amps have HDMI connected. I'd like to suggest that amps only show up as a viable option under browse if they actually have HDMI connected and have been set up to work with a TV. Otherwise it's really confusing. Other major issue is the naming convention which is "TV: [name of your sonos zone]" limited to 16 characters. In my case I have 2 TVs over a bar, left and right, left is hooked up to the sonos amp for the room it's physically in, which is fine, but the the right tv is hooked up to the amp running the bathroom, so if a user wants to listen to the right tv in the bar area they need to go Browse/TV: 1st floor Bath. With only 16 characters I can't rename this zone something more obvious like "TV: 1st floor Ba

I initially installed a Crestron system in the house when I built it. It's one unit downstairs in the utility room where all of the speaker wires congregate to. The Crestron can play in each room or in all. There's the living room, 3 bedrooms, and outside in the screened in porch. Over the years I have migrated to Sonos and have a TV in the living room with a playbar, 2 Sonos 1's and a sub. Another play 1 in the bedroom, and a play 5 that migrates between the screened in porch and the gym. I was wondering how I could integrate or setup the Sonos to be able to play through all of the room speakers or even ho to get the Sonos to play individually in each room via these integrated speakers in the wall. Your help would be greatly appreciated. I plan on using Alexa as well to stream music.

I upgraded my receiver to a Denon AVRH3500H from a Yamaha RX-V677 recently. Previously, when using Spotify on my iPhone, I could connect directly to Sonos. Now that option is not there. I can connect to Denon directly via Airplay through Spotfiy but it only plays in my front speaker on my 5.1 speaker set up. The Sonos is ethernetted in to my wifi and connected to the Denon through coax through Cable/Sat 1. THANKS!

Hi all, My lovely Playbar died last week and I am just outside my warranty period. I used this nice playbar for more than 5 years and refuse to throw it away. I have opened it up and noticed that a transistor has failed and burned the capacitators around it. Does anyone know what the value are of these smd capacitators C25, C26, C27. Also does anyone have a circuit diagram for this board so i can attempt to repair it myself. (I am competent with electronics). P/N: 170-00383 (board number) Date: 19-05-13 Many thanks all

Because I have over 65,000 files in my iTunes library, I am using the beta version of Plex for Sonos to gain access to that library via Sonos. Problem: I cannot see either "Album Artist" or "Genre" when I look at the library in the Mac desktop or iOS apps. Also, given the size of my library, I like to be able to see the letters of the alphabet on the right side of a scroll, so that I can jump to that letter, rather than having to scroll through tens of thousands of items. Anyone know how to fix this? Thank you for your attention.

I have Sonos in my office of 100+ employees. We run different music on different zones (we have 7 zones) however employees have access too so they can control music in their zones. The issues we always run into is employees selecting other zones accidentally (or purposely) and changing the music. Why hasn't Sonos come out with administrator privileges to prevent this from happening?

Hi Sonos, Why is it that Plex always fails for me? I was listening to my music for 2 days without problem and today with no changes made, it stopped working. My library is reachable from the internet and all my other devices. I can see my Plex librarys and artwork in Sonos. When I hit play, it attempts and then fails with unable to play 'SONG' - Unable to connect to Plex. My workaround is to play my music via plex on my TV and use line in on Sonos. Kind of defeats the purpose of Sonos. I have uploaded my logs under: 702102281. Please assist. It shouldn't be this hard!

Question: I'm adding a Sonos Amp to my house. I have many sonos speakers wireless connected through a Sonos Boost. Should I, a. have sonos amp stay on wireless set up, b. connect amp (it will be right next to router and boost) with ethernet to router, or c, connect amp with ethernet to boost?

I have Bose speakers that came with their own amplifier I now own connect app and connect I want to connect my Bose speakers to my connect amp should I also connect the Bose amp that originally came with that system. My connect amp also currently powers a set of indoor cieling speakers.

My sonos Connect keeps dropping the music (Service with Pandora Radio & Premium Account). for no reason. music plays fine for a couple of minutes or couple of hours and it drops completely. rendering my device useles, using the android app, or the windows app results in unable to find sonos until manual restart (unplug and replug from power). I have done extensive Network troubleshooting which are as follows. 1. Disable the Sonos built in WiFi & use the Ethernet wire 2. fully reset my sonos connect unit (Which resulted in better performance and dropped the music less often, but now after a couple of weeks its doing the same thing again. 3. Disabled the firewall into my ASUS Router model:RT-AC88U 4. Disabled IPV6 in my WiFi router 5. Fully reset WiFi router 6. Placed Sonos Connect into DMZ 7. Disabled AC wifi in Asus router 8. fully updated the router and sonos connect 9. changed ethernet wires 10. a

I know there are many threads on this already, and I'm pretty sure I've been through them all but still with no luck. I have a bit of a strange setup (not my choice) of Ubiquiti switches and APs, and a Cisco router. We had a very similar setup a few months ago and had no issues, so I know it is possible. We switched service providers who supplied a new Cisco router, and have so far been unable to configure it to work. As far as I understand, there are two components to it: enabling multicast to be broadcast across the VLANs, and then allowing the various UDP and TCP ports in the firewall to allow the controllers to speak to the players. I'm getting a "You're on the xxx network but Sonos isn't." error. I would assume that the multicast component of the problem is working, as surely that indicates the controller is able to find/see the players, but cannot control then? I have tried temporarily opening up all UDP and TCP ports be

Hi all I would like to know if it is possible to create a totally wired Sonos system in my home. The current setup is that the Sonos box is already attached to our internet router via ethernet but all the speakers are wireless. Some of our PCs are currently connected via ethernet cables and powerline adapters through the house's electrical system and I'd like to connect to Sonos in the same way. My initial ideas: Could I use powerline adaptors plugged into wall sockets from each speaker with an ethernet cable? If so, can I connect two speakers in some way so I only need to use one wall socket? Also, using our PCs to change the music would not be very convenient so could I connect a phone to one of the speakers via an ethernet/mobile phone mini USB to use as a controller? TIA

Hi, I just bought the new Sonos:Amp hoping to be cable free. I want to send video signals via AppleTV to my projector, and the sound signal to the Amp. I can´t get this to work. 1. If I airplay my mac via to AppleTV, and then (from my mac) send sound to the Amp, the airplay disconnects and I only got sound on the Amp. 2. If I instead select sound output "sonos" (and not HDMI) on my Apple TV, nothing happens Anyone have any experience, solutions or workarounds?

Hi all... I am new to Sonos, but have ordered the following: Sonos BEAM1AU1WHT Beam Soundbar White Sonos BM1WMWW1WHT Beam Wall Mount White Sonos SSUBG1W Wireless Subwoofer White Sonos AMPG1AU1BLK Amp Wireless Amplifier Sonos AMPG1AU1BLK Amp Wireless Amplifier B&W M1WH White Speaker x2 Surround Left and Right A technician is coming to install the above as well as our new OLED TV. However, before he comes, I need to get a suitable TV cabinet. My question is: Can I put the Sonos AMPG1AU1BLK Amp Wireless Amplifier into the cabinet and close the door, or does it need to be on an open shelf? Thanks for your help!!!!

Hi to all I'm looking for a sound bar to use in multiple videoconference rooms. Because Beam has several microphones integrated, is the the possibility to use in some way to listen and speak using software like Skype, Teams or Zoom? Thank you. Ciao ciao