Advanced setups

Hi There’s a lot of talk about Mesh Network setups and how well they play with Sonos. This is not a post on what Mesh network works best. Just want to provide some info on the ASUS AiMesh setup. My onus to setup the ASUS AiMesh was not because of Sonos as I run it in Wired (Boost) mode using a dedicated Boost module(s). I just needed better overall signal strength/coverage. If you are using an ASUS router that is AiMesh compatible below is a link on proper setup. I personally use two ASUS AC5300 Tri Band routers in a three split-level home. I ran Ethernet cable to establish the AiMesh versus using Wi-Fi to obtain the best link (or Backbone) with a 1-Gb throughput. Sonos works perfectly and my thoughts are that it would also perform well in a Wireless (Wi-Fi) mode had a chosen that as the link for the AiMesh. I hope this helps someone. Cheers! https://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ

Have playbase, amp and a bunch of One’s - what additional device is required to bring in mixing decks? Is it possible to do so?

Hello, Upgraded our living room from smart TV to projector. The audio out on the projector is 3.5 mm. What is the easiest way to connect to the optical input on the Playbar? Maybe I'm stupid but it seems like all of the solutions I find are converters that go from optical to 3.5 mm versus the other way around. Any help that can be provided is very much appreciated! Thank you!

I just bought the new Sonos Amp and I love it. It makes my Mangepan MMGi's sound much better than my previous receiver. I have a pretty decent Yamaha subwoofer connected to the sub out on the Amp. I've noticed that when I turn on the sub output from the Sonos app the two stereo channels get noticeably brighter. My Maggies are already quite bright so the added treble boost is pretty unwelcome. But without the sub output my subwoofer receives no signal. I can use the primitive treble/bass eq in the app but that is not ideal and doesn't produce adequate results. Is there a way to enable subwoofer output without changing the eq of the stereo channels?

The Playbar does not provide a wide range of sound for music. I have 3s in the rear. If I add a set of 5s to the front is that a sound that is acceptable? I know that it will not create 7.1 surround, but will it create a decent sound coupled with the Playbar? It sounds OK to me but I am not an expert.

Hi there, I currently have a small setup comprising of 3 Play:1's and a connect:amp. These are complimented by a Sonos Boost. I am not tech savvy and seek some clarification. I have setup my bridge in th eoofice which is connected to my modem router via an ethernet switch. The Connect:amp is in the lounge room and is connected via ethernet. The play:1's are all setup as wireless around different locations of my house. The boost sits next to one of the Play:1's and is connected wirelessly. The entire system seems to work fine with the occasional drop out. I recently purchased the TP Link Deco mesh system which made me pull my hair out as I could not get Sonos to work, and if it did, only 1 play:1 was showing, not four. At this time, I unplugged the mesh system and reverted to my Belkin range extender's network and I have all products working. Should I have the boost connected via ethernet to gain better communication with all speak

Love the AMP, wish I could do more with the EQ settings than just a single slider for treble and bass. If this was covered previously, my apologies but my searches came up empty. I know Sonos tends not to comment on future products, but any thoughts from Sonos or the community on what and when we might be treated to this? thanks!

I am trying to setup Surround sound on my home theater system. I have a Sonos Beam, Sub, and 2 rear speakers hooked up through a Connect:AMP. My television is an Panasonic VT60 which does have HDMI-ARC. I have my X1 cable box plugged into my TV into HDMI port 1, and the sonos plugged into the the TV HDMI Port 2 (HDMI-ARC port) but only Stereo sound is being output to my home theater system. I have enabled the settings in the TV (Viera Link) for ARC functionality. I have searched in various settings in the X1 Box, the TV, and Sonos settings to get surround working and nothing seems to work. From what i have read the TV should passthrough Dolby Digital. Any assistance would be appreciated.

Is it possible to setup a 4.1 configuration with two Sonos AMPs with all wired speakers including a 3rd-party wired powered subwoofer? I understand that the Sonos AMP with the surround sound speakers cannot be used for the subwoofer, but what about the other Sonos AMP? Does the Sonos software provide a way to enable this configuration?

I have in-ceiling speakers (2) in our kitchen, the speaker wire terminates two floors up in a media closet. The TV in that kitchen has ethernet run from behind it to the aforementioned media closet. Can I come out of the TV with HDMI (ARC) and use a transmitter or adapter to use Cat 5e cable to send that signal to the media closet and end it off with HDMI into the Sonos Amp? I have been looking at products like this but not sure if it will work. J-Tech Digital HDMI Extender By Single Cat 5E/6/7 Full Hd 1080P With Deep Color, EDID Copy, Dolby Digital/DTS https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G5RBX2Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_2qDGCbEY84N0D Any thoughts or ideas? Thank you in advance!

After 6 calls into Sonos I was told to get a managed switch to resolve the sudden loss of both Tidal and Spotify- the solution is/was unplugging the router wait 10 sec and all is good of a few hours days. Long story short I was told by the Sonos guys my Boost was veering way too much data and therefore I needed a managed switch to resolve Sonos would not provide a make or model just as long as it had the “snooping feature”. The setting provided where if no help Now I’m told I need to get ahold of a senior engineer Anyone one here have a NETGEAR managed switch? What settings are you using? Thanks Btw never had this issue till Moving to a new home

So I am trying to connect my sonos beam to my projector. However the projector only has the red,white, yellow, etc outlets and the beam has the digital optical cable. I bought the adapter but I have tried every possible way to get it to work however the sonos alway says it doesn’t detect any sound coming from the “tv” (projector). The projector work as we hve our PlayStation hooked up to it and it is playing that sound but not through the speaker. What else do I try..?

It is possible to have two subs in the same room on the same input?

I'm looking for advice on my beamer-audio setup, combined with a wireless speaker function for spotify. I made a scheme to make the 3 options clear in which I would like the set-up to work in an ideal case. But I know probably not realistic.. Would just be nice to sit in the couch and control everything through my Ipad.. I have all the material in the scheme (not chromecast and sonos yet), but looking to buy a Sonos. Could you please advice which of these 3 options works (red, blue and green)? Or in the case one doesn't work on the alternative? Many thanks!

I have a customer who wants an outdoor TV with outdoor speakers. I'm thinking of using a Sonos Amp for his TV audio and extending HDMI over Cat6 to his mechanical closet where the Amp is in the dry. My question is will ARC work over an extender? The run is about 60 FT.

I have a Onkyo TX NR787 AVR that supports the "Works with Sonos" feature. Part of the setup process involves attaching the AVR to your network and letting it search for your Sonos components. However, my AVR can't find any of them. I verified they're on the same subnet. I tried hardwiring them- first to the same switch, and then by connecting to the AVR to the hub on the back of the Sonos Connect. I also tried using wifi. I did a round of troubleshooting with Onkyo, and they think my receiver is working and can't explain why it can't see the Sonos components. Any ideas? Did something change in the network discovery protocols in the recent v10 update?

Hi, just wanted to ask a question on here from all you people in the know? I have recently brought 2 Sonos Play One's (to use in stereo) and want to take them to the caravan that I have. But the real question is that I have an iPhone that I can use data from and also a router in the van too, but the router has no internet. Is there anyway I can use something like tunein or spotify to play on the speakers from my iphones data via the router? I have looked at Apples's Airplay express but not so sure that this will allow it as I cannot use the iPhone data and connect to a network at the same time. Im guessing that airplay needs a wifi network to play? many thanks for any help and guidance Simon

I think I have all the stops to prevent Sonos from phoning home. Here's what I have configured on my wireless router: - Block all internet access from Play:*, Connect & Amp - Block all traffic from my music server PC to 104.97.121.120 (sonos.com) What am I missing? (oops: looks like Pandora may go through sonos.com - is that correct?)

I've read conflicting conversations about this, so... Can I get a 5.1 setup with the Sonos Playbar + Sonos Connect Amp + 3rd-party In-ceiling Passive Speakers + 3rd-party Active Subwoofer? Is it as simple as connecting the 3rd-party passive in-ceiling speakers to the speaker posts of the Connect Amp and the 3rd-party active subwoofer to the Sub Out on the same Connect Amp? If so, will Trueplay Tuning work in this configuration?

Hi there I had my Sonos One speakers installed and working until I had to integrate some HW to my network (home and office combined): After installing a Zyxel 2S Firewall (with VPN site-to-site functionalities) which also serves as my DHCP, I can not get my two Sonos One Speaker System to work again.The issue starts when trying to connect my Sonos App on iOS or Android to my account. When connected to the WiFi behind the Firewall, I get an Error message like "Network problem... check Internet connection and date/time settings". What I have tried already: When I temporary connect to a WiFi outside the Firewall (e.g. my mobile 4G network), I can login on the Sonos App and get to next step. When I then change back to the WiFi AP behind the Firewall to find my speakers, I can also set up both speakers. That all goes until registering the speakers to my Sonos account, for which I need to connect back to the WiFi outside the Firewall to get that step going. Unf

Setup question. I have a living room TV with a Beam, Sub, and two play 1’s as surround. I’m having two outside patio speakers installed Wednesday so we can listen to Music outside. I ordered the new Amp so I can use the outdoor speakers either for music or for the TV if a game is one inside. Does that mean I should run the beam off the optical and the new amp off the HDMI Arc input? I assume I’ll still be able to control the beam with my remote but sounds like I’ll only be able to control the Amp with my phone? Thanks for your suggestions.

Hi I have a Sonos Amp Connect and Sonos5, both are connected by cable to a router. I recently added a Mesh network (TP LINK Deco 5) that is connected to the router and defined a separate Wifi network (with a different name then the one I have on the router). Since I added the Mesh network, my iPhone’s Sonos app can’t find Sonos on the network. My phone is on the new Mesh WiFi network. I used the app to put Sonos on that same new network and then I do see it on the app but after a few ministers the Sonos components switch back to the old WiFi network (maybe it is because it is connected by cable to the original router?). Anyway, I would like Sonos to be connected by cable but still use the new Mesh network. I’m lost.... Hope I was able to define the problem clear enough... Thoughts?

I've just received the new Sonos AMP. Is there a way of bridging the two speaker outputs into 1 channel, for 1 speaker? With wiring (+) terminal from Right channel and (-) terminal from Left channel. So it is working in mono/bridge mode.

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

I recently added a TP-Link TL-SG1008 unmanged switch to my network. Though I can still connect to my Sonos speaker from a wireless device connected to the same wifi network, I have lost connection to my desktop computer. The switch is between my desktop and the router. My desktop still has internet access, so there is a working connection between the computer and the router through the switch. Is there some network setting I'm missing? Thanks!