Advanced setups

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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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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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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Jeff WContributor I
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Connecting Zone 2 to my Sonos Connect

Hi All, Looking for a little help as my audo guy bailed before finishing my setup. Here is what I got set up and what I am looking to do; sorry it is long. I have a Denon AVR 4520ci. Currently, I have a connect hooked up for my living room 5.1 surround as well as 3 sonos AMPS which control my dining room, game room and backyard speakers (Sonaray SR1 System). The connect is currently hooked up to my Audio in #5 for CD which will play my Apple TV, TV and stream my sonos to living room. The sonos amp with 55W was not enough to power my backyard speakers, so, I ordered a connect to hook up to my zone 2 in hopes that my receivers wattage is enough to power the backyard without an additional AMP as it states it is 190w x 9 channels. My question is, assuming my wattage is enough for the backyard speakers is; how do i connect Zone 2 to the backyard so that the backyard can be grouped to play living room, dining room, game room music as well as music on its own zone? Also, does anyone

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wguyer13Contributor I
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connect to powered speakers

I have a sonos connect for several play speakers throughout my home. The connect is located in my music room (but I do not have a speaker in this room). However, I have a nice system that I would like to have the option of running through. Can I run the connect through my Zoom R24 recorder and then into some Yamaha HS5 powered speakers? Before I try to connect any of this, I thought it might be best to get some input about whether this is possible to do, and if it is, how to do it. Thanks in advance.

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6 years ago
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Peter SimonContributor II
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Connect Sonos to a vintage jukebox

I have just purchased a vintage Rock-Ola Princess Jukebox. I would like to connect it to my existing Sonos system so that the records being played can be heard throughout the house. How can I do this?

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6 years ago
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sandiverContributor I
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Suggestion - Velop Sonos Setup

This may be a fairly obvious suggestion, but I thought others might benefit from the suggestion. I recently set up a Velop system with the same Name/Login as my main router (wireless integrated unit). In this setup you'll have Sonos components 'each' of the Same Named side/by/side networks. The solution, for me, was to switch the Velop network into Bridge Mode (losing some functionality, but none that's not resident on my main router anyway). Thus it effectively does what I want - which is to replicate the same login credentials throughout the house, but to give much better performance. Literally as soon as I made this change my Sonos system was all online - no need to turn off and then back on, like was instructed in the 'help' (and actually very helpful) Sonos support video. There are other conversations about wiring in at least one Sonos speaker in Boost mode - but that's not what I'm talking about here, and figured that if this could help at least one person it was worth s

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6 years ago
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Mike77Contributor I
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Play 5 gen1 no sound speaker but works fine with headphone

No sound out of speakers but the headphone works. I found a blown fuse on the board. When i transfer the fuse the speakers are working again. Can some one tell me what kind of fuse it is. See picture,

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6 years ago
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egilleinContributor I
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Connecting all speakers via Ethernet cable cat5e

I am planning to plug all speakers Play1 6pieces with cable. Recently finished new building and did arrangements for putting in all the speakers on a cable. All cables directed to my garage where all the internet and tv is connected in a media consumer unit. From my garage the plan was to have all connections into a switch and out from the switch to the living room on one cat5 string to the Router position.The playbase is on same spot as Router. Is here anyone that can give me good directions on what is best to do. Reason for not using wireless is to not loosing any signals due to thick walls etc. Also if available some kind of mapping of how the best way is to connect things

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6 years ago
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fridaynetContributor I
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Wishlist: anti-burglar function

Since the sonos system is always plugged in and switched on, I'd like to use it as anti-burgler tool. I'd like my sonos system makes noise and plays tv-like-sounds and fake conversations, as someone is in my home. A function that can be activated when I'm not at home. Or at least a way to program radio playing at some hours in the day.

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6 years ago
Sullydks
SullydksEnthusiast II
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ZP 100 Spec

Where can I find info on the original spec of the initial ZP100's . Output , channel etc..

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Sullydks
6 years ago
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Aster1Contributor I
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Vantage Controls drivers for Sonos?

Hi Everyone, New to the forum, but not to Sonos. As a Dealer, I'm just beating the bushes to be able to control the Sonos equip. with High end Automation gear like Vantage Controls makes. Anyone written or seen this available? Thanks in advance for the help!! Aster

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6 years ago
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J E ClarkeContributor I
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Sonos One & BeoVision 11 TV

How can I wirelessly connect the new Sonos One with my Bang and Olufsen Beovision 11 Television.

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controlav
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w6hrAvid Contributor I
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Android Controller not finding Sonos network when using Velop

Background: My Sonos network consists of of 6 rooms and 13 players. My Playbar is connected to my home wired network with an Ethernet cable. The remaining players are all connected via the Sonos mesh network. All 13 players are on network 192.168.128.0. My Sonos system works great. My computers are also on the 192.168.128.0 network and the conputer-based Sonos controller finds my Sonos network without issue. Recently I set up a new Lynksys Velop wireless mesh network. The Velop primary node is also connected to the 192.168.128.0 network with an Ethernet cable. The Velop wireless network is network 192.168.1.0. My portable devices all connect to the new Velop wireless network also without issue. The problem is that when I try to run the Sonos controller from my Android phone, it does not find my Sonos network. Well I'm pretty sure it's because the Sonos network is on 192.168.128.0 and my Android controller is on 192.168.1.0 and I understand that the Controller must be on

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6 years ago
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james.wilderContributor I
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New TV - PlayBar only able to control volume through Sonos not TV remotes

I recently got a new TV and have a Sonos PlayBar. I'm not able to control the TV volume with either the TV remote or the cable box remote. The only way that I can change the volume when watching TV, is through the Sonos app. Any ideas on how I would be able to get the volume connected back into the TV remotes?

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6 years ago
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Stephane22Contributor III
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Controlling SONOS connect to SONOS connect delay

Hi, I have a pretty complex setup where 7 SONOS connect are driving 7 identical analog Power Amp and 1 SONOS connect driving a Yamaha RX-A3060 (AV receiver). The issue is the following: When in party mode (all zones playing same source), the sound delay is perfectly balanced for my 7 analog amps but since the RX-A3060 is processing the sound, it also delays it by a fair amount, invalidating the sefulness of it. Questions: 1- Is there a way to program an audio delay value in all my SONOS connect (but the one driving the Yamaha RX-A3060) in order to get a near perfect sync? 2- (For Yamaha gurus) Is there a way to avoid all processing in the Yamaha in order to get a cut-through sound that is not delayed. Thanks, Steph.

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6 years ago
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pellesoftContributor I
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Using SONOS as mesh-network like extenders?

I admit, i am addicted and have about 20 units of SONOS. But, my network router cannot work upstairs with 100%. So, is it possible to use one speaker as mesh-network to extend the wifi signal? What i mean, instead of connecting with RJ45 to play - use the RJ45 to extract wifi? If not, what a great feature to provide SONOS users!!!

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MikeV
6 years ago
Rockin Gma
Rockin GmaContributor I
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Software enhancement - Naming rooms

Suggested software/application enhancement when initially setting up the Sonos system, I think it would be helpful if there were options to "name" the rooms individuals have speakers. For example, I have surround sound set up in our family room, one five speaker in the basement and another five speaker in the loft upstairs, however when I set up those speakers my options were very limited on the "names" of those rooms... I chose the "garage" for the basement and the "lounge" for the loft and "den" for the family room... We often get comfy as to whether the family room is the "den" or the "lounge". Is anyone else having this issue?

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6 years ago
Steve_199
Steve_199Enthusiast II
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Powered receiver into a Sonos connect

My basic question is, can I plug a powered stereo receiver INTO a Sonos Connect, or will the powered signal potentially cause problems or even fry the Connect? Right now I have a turntable running into a preamp then into my Connect. Then I've got a pair of powered speakers plugged into the Connect's output. The result is that I can play records through my Sonos system and/or through the powered speakers. This works fine but I'm considering upping my game and adding an actual stereo receiver and a pair of passive speakers to replace the powered speakers. The potential problem I see is that I'm moving the power source from the output side of the Connect to the input side of the Connect. Instead of turntable-> preamp-> Connect -> powered speakers / Sonos speakers It would be turntable-> preamp-> Powered receiver-> Connect-> Sonos speakers (the new passive speakers running directly off the new receiver) I'm concerned that running a powered signal into the Connect then out to

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LHXContributor I
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TV Setup Question

Here is what I'd like to do: Have TV sound play in the kitchen as well as on our existing non-sonos TV soundbar. Would it work to get a Play 5, connect line-in from the TV, have it NOT actually play the TV on the play 5, but select it to play to the Play 1 in the kitchen instead (while having TV play sound on the old sound bar, too)? I don't particularly want to buy the TV soundbar since we already have one. We have a Samsung smart TV. Does anybody know if this is possible?

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kcivvalContributor I
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Using Sonos with a separate Mesh WiFi network

I am trying to operate my Sonos system in Standard wireless mode because I have a strong mesh WiFi network. I have noticed however that sometimes speakers do not connect to the nearest access point - resulting in sub-optimal operation. In one case for example I have a pair of Play:1 speakers in a room adjacent to an access point but one of the speakers is connecting to an access point much further away. I realise I could switch back to Boost mode but for various reasons I would prefer not to. Any thoughts as to why this might be or how I might correct it?

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MorsePacificContributor I
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Using Airplay as a viable output for all MacBook sound

This isn't an advanced setup as such but felt it fitted best here. I have a Play:1 setup in my living room which will become a Playbar + Play:1 setup once my movers ship my stuff. I also have a Play:5 coming. I'm committed to the Sonos system! I've just setup a new office and was originally thinking of putting the Play:5 in here. However, after setting up a Henge Dock for my MacBook Pro I realised I would need a speaker for it, but that the Play:5 is too big to place anywhere on the desk. A Play:3 would fit perfectly, but has no Line-In. I tried AirSonos as a hack and whilst it works in test, the lag makes it unrealistic for everyday use. I'm tempted to go with an Airport Express + Connect:Amp as in the future I would like to introduce a record player too, but I don't want to go down this path and then find that I have the same lagging issue. Is Airplay a viable option for pushing [b]all[/b] MacBook sound?

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rtbarryContributor I
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Trying to reach across a property, to an outdoor veranda/guest house. Hoping a dual-boost setup can bridge the gap.

Not a super "advanced" scenario, but... My mom has a largish property with a multi-room Sonos setup inside the main house, using her existing WiFi (Apple). Works fine. But she has a veranda area where people cook&dine. Bought a Play:3 for this area that she can bust out whenever she uses the space. But the existing WiFi doesn't reliably make it that far (approx 20-25 meters). Considering segregating her house Sonos network onto a Boost (get it off the Apple), and placing another Boost out with the Play:3. Will the 2nd Boost help bridge the gap using mesh overlap between the Boosts? Or will the Boost and the Play:3 already be attempting the same thing the same way. Essentially wondering if the Boost units have more oomph in the mesh than the other Sonos units do. [b]Thanks in advance![/b]

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ronmandingoContributor I
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Projector to Connect Amp

Hi gang. I'm trying to set up an outdoor movie for my kids and run sound out of my outdoor speakers that are connected to my Sonos Connect Amp. I am able to route sound from my laptop to the speakers by connecting an RCA cable in the headphone jack to the Connect Amp, but obviously that bypasses the projector. When I connect the HDMI cable from my laptop to the projector...no sound comes out of the outdoor speakers. I tried disconnecting sound from my laptop and then routing a standard set of RCA cables from the projector to the Connect Amp, but no sound out of the speakers there either. A couple points of clarification, I am using a PC laptop, and I have Line In Component selected and playing in the Sonos controller on the laptop. Any help here would be appreciated.

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cm100Avid Contributor I
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How do I know if I got a STP / Broadcast Storm problem with Sonos?

I saw this video that explained to me the Spanning Tree Protocol and Broadcast Storms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAIsFX1XPHo Since I have multiple Sonos speakers connected with wire and some are wireless, and by connecting at least one speaker with wire will make that speaker the hub of the SonosNet, as I understand it. So my setup might be applicable to the "Broadcast Storm" problem. From what I understand, this can be prevented by two ways: - Sonos has their own STP solution, so even if you mix wired and wireless speakers, "it should work", correct? - You start using switches that supports STP (or one of the other variants RSTP/MSTP), which will notice duplicated packets and remove them, correct? I have a router and from that I branch out to Netgear GS105 switches (which then might connect to other GS105 switches - I have know idea if they have STP support or not). [b]But my question is...[/b] - How would I even know if I got "Broadcast Storm" problem in my

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MikeV
6 years ago
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skyschemerEnthusiast II
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Audio delays on external amplifiers - a stupid solution that works

By now we are probably all familiar with the fact that some external receivers impart a noticeable delay in their audio processing, which means your sound from from your CONNECT+amplifier might be 5 to 20ms behind the rest of your Sonos system. The typical solution for this is to put your amplifier/receiver in a "no-processing" mode ("Straight", "Pure Direct", or the myriad of other names that manufacturers choose for these). As the owner of an older Yamaha sound bar that has no such option--even the analog ins incur some delay--I figured I'd just have to live with this until Sonos could be convinced to put an audio delay setting in their CONNECT, but I am pretty sure that will happen "never". Sonos wants to sell you PLAY speakers, not CONNECTs. And then I tried a stupid idea that works. [b]Warning: this is really stupid.[/b] I took the outputs of my CONNECT, and connected them to both to my external speakers (via digital audio) [i]and[/i] a SONOS PLAY:5 via the analog line in

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6 years ago
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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6 years ago
george1821r
george1821rContributor I
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Need bluetooth for Play 1, thinking of buying a Play 5, but need to be able to play music without accessing the Sonos app at all

We have purchased a Play 1 for a home owner who wanted wireless audio in the bathroom. Our issues though are: 1) he refuses to use the Sonos app and 2) it turns out he mostly uses the YouTube app on an iPhone as a music source. After researching the forums thoroughly, I have come to understand that we could buy a Play 5 for him along with a Bluetooth receiver, put it in another room, and the audio could be sent to both the Play 5 and the Play 1 that way. What I need to understand before investing in another Sonos is speaker is whether (after the initial setup) the audio could be sent from the iPhone via Bluetooth without using the Sonos app at all: just turn on bluetooth, connect to the receiver and play audio from the phone. If that's the case, during the initial setup in the Sonos app I could select whether the audio is sent automatically to the Play 1, the Play 5 or both, right? And if I manage to convince him to learn how to use the app, he could use it to select which of the spe

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george1821r
6 years ago
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