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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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Corry P
Corry P
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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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Klay
KlayContributor I
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Sonos On Separate SSID?

Since there is no way to password the Sonos app, what is the preferred way to isolate Sonos in a restaurant setting? Can I set Sonos on its own SSID? One certainly does not want a customer putting on Whitesnake when the BGM is classical....

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User88295Contributor I
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Do wired Sonos players extend the LAN? If so, well?

Assuming everything is hard-wired Cat5: if I daisy chain a MacBook Pro to a Sub to a Play:5 to another Play:5 to ultimately a router (Apple AirPort Express), will the MacBook Pro effectively be on the LAN (IP address, network performance)? I have terrible interference in my apartment so Sonos speakers are always dropping off the network and songs frequently drop out. I want to play music uncompressed and wonder if the best quality for that is the connect the MBP directly to the router or if I will get the same level of network performance by connecting the MBP directly into the Sub. Another reason for the question is that the MBP is next to the Sub and the router is about 50 feet away (as the cable runs).

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ratty
7 years ago
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cmshullContributor I
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Adjust Playbar volume using Samsung TV Remote

I've connected my Playbar via the optical cable to my new Samsung 65" TV (Model: UN65KU6300FXZA) and turned off the TV speakers. But I can't seem to figure out how to have the volume of the Playbar go up and down while using the TV remote. How do I do this ?

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EikonalContributor I
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Connecting controller to multi-router environment

I am having some problems that I think have been discussed but I cannot find a solution to my problem. INTERNET SETUP I am running three routers in my setup. xxx.xxx.x.1 (DHCP server) xxx.xxx.x.2 (DHCP disabled) xxx.xxx.x.3 (DHCP disabled) the three are on different channels (1,6,11) and all three share the same SSID and password. This works fine for my internet setup and I have a seamless connection throughout my house and for all general purposes this is great and I will keep this setup. SONOS EQUIPMENT I have 5 play:1, 1 GEN1 Play5; Player; ConnectAMP; and a 1st gen bridge (not sure what this is called anymore). The bridge is connected to xxx.xxx.x.1 directly. CONNECTION ISSUES When I am close to the xxx.xxx.x.1 router (and using it) and I connect my controller (App) I see my Sonos network and can use all of my gear. If I am closer to one of the other routers I lose my Sonos network and cannot see anything. If I move closer to the xxx.xxx.x.1 router and pick it up a

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7 years ago
Cazualchatter
CazualchatterEnthusiast I
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Bass vs Sub

Can anyone explain how the Sub level works vs the Bass? What is the effect of increasing the Sub level vis a vis increasing bass level.

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7 years ago
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Paul_266Contributor I
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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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7 years ago
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jhayd11Contributor II
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Harmony & Sonos - Clear the queue?

Hey guys, I am getting the majority of setup on my new automated home finished. Right now I am stuck on "moods" for listening on my Sonos. Example: In my livingroom/office, I set up three "moods" 1.) Morning chill 2.) Office background music 3.) End of day Rock playlist Currently, when I select any other these playlists in Harmony (each playlist is listed in my Sonos Favorites and then shown in the harmony remote), SONOS takes all the songs in the playlist and adds to the current queue. This happens both when starting a new "listen to sonos" with a selected channel as well as when using the remote to select a new playlist once the the activity is started. This obviously doesn't work well, considering I am trying to change the mood of the room permanently with each selection, not mix the playlists together. Has anyone figured a way to have Harmony replace queue, instead of add to queue? Alternatively, is there a way to have Sonos default to replace queue, instead

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MikeV
7 years ago
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carguy66Contributor I
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POLK OUTDOOR SUB ADDED TO OUTDOOR SPEAKERS USING A SONOS CONNECT AMP

Can I add a Polk outdoor Sub to current outdoor speakers that are connected to a Sonos Connect Amp. ?

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7 years ago
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Bill_20Contributor I
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Playing Podcasts from Android Device

Sonos says "For podcasts to show up in the Sonos app under "On this Mobile Device," they must reside in the 'Podcasts' folder on your Android controller. The podcasts folder should be in the root directory of your Android device" What does "reside in the Podcasts folder" mean? That all the media files for all podcasts have to be in that foldre? Can there be subfolders? Has anyone gotten this to work?

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7 years ago
ashiant
ashiantContributor III
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Ability to Disable Bridging and BDPU packets?

I realize this is a home product, but I would love to use it on my corporate network in my office... I was wondering if akin to the ability to shut off the wireless there was a way to disable the bridging so that a corporate network won't immediately "protect" itself and shut a port down.

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ratty
7 years ago
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brdsutteContributor II
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what happens with crossover frequencies in zones grouped with zones with a sub?

Hi all, I did not find this specific question anywhere, so here I co My ground floor setup, in rooms in an old house that are linked via multiple arches, hence I need speakers everywhere. seating area: 2 play:5 gen2 in stereo setup (so 1 zone/room) kitchen area: 1 play:5 (in its own zone/room) children play area: 1 play:1 (in its own zone/room) If I buy a sub, I will become part of the seating area zone/room. So now the question: If I group all zones to play music throughout all areas, will the play:5 in my kitchen and the play:1 in the play area adapt (w.r.t. crossover frequency) to the sub then being part of the same group?

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fleetmanContributor I
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Two homes with two NAS. Can I duplicate my iTunes library so I can listen with Sonos at both homes?

I have two homes. One is a vacation home, the other my main residence. I currently have a large iTunes library database of over 1,500 CDs that I ripped to a rack mounted RAID Network Storage Device (NAS). Sonos works wonderfully with this system at my primary home. I have many Sonos devices at both homes. So I bought a 2TB portable NAS unit and copied all of my iTunes data onto that device.I carried that device to my vacation home, plugged it into my network, and told my Sonos controller the location of the copied iTunes Database. Sonos refuses to play the music saying that I don't have permission to access these files. I own the music. These were not downloaded files. It is all from CDs that I had purchased. Can anyone tell me how to correct this situation?

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JozefBBContributor I
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Sonos APP opening of the link URL

Hi I would need to open SONOS APP Android tablet by using the URL that is it?

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willroosContributor I
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Connecting Playbar to amazon Echo

I've connected my Playbar to my router via ethernet cable. As the playbar doesn't have a line in to connect directly to echo. How do I get my echo, which is connected to my (same) wifi router to connect to sonos? The echo app only seems to look for bluetooth, which I believe is not a feature on sonos. I also have a Play1.

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chicks
7 years ago
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bfussell6412Contributor I
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Samsung KU6300 TV Smart Remote Setup

Current setup: - Samsung UN55KU6300 with smart remote - Sonos Playbar - HDMI 1: Ruko 3 - HDMI 2: Playstation 4 I am attempting to configure my TV remote to control the volume coming from the Sonos Playbar. The Remote Control Setup feature in the Sonos app does not inherently work with this TV remote, and I already found help topics describing how to use the Universal Remote setup on the TV to assign a dummy device to the TV input, thus enabling the IR transmitter on the TV remote. Then, the Sonos Remote Control Setup feature will complete successfully. My issue is that the volume control will only work for that single TV input. If I change inputs, the remote no longer controls the Sonos Playbar volume unless I go through the Remote Control Setup again, in which case it overwrites the connection with the other input. I know other people have been having this issue, but has anyone found a solid solution? My TV does not have an IR input, so I can't use an IR blaster. Has a

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7 years ago
BarryM
BarryM
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Sonos with local media servers?

Is anybody able to use the limited UPnP server option available in Sonos? ie. Manage|Settings|Advanced|MusicSouces|ShowRhapsodyUPnPServers Are you able to browse the server? Are you able to queue albums? Which media server are you using? Or, is anyone successfully browsing and queuing albums using Sonos' "Show Windows Media Server" option? I would like experiment a little with these, but am having trouble finding anything which works.

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7 years ago
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psychoboogieContributor II
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line out plus speakers

I have a b&o mini system in the living room with the sonos hooked into it from line out. I have run speakers to the kitchen as well, in the other room. Problem I am having is that the signal on line out is not as strong as the direct speakers from the sonos amp. Wondering what a good solution might be, headphone amp system. other problem is the speakers are in the kitchen and can't be muted. Not enough room for sonos in kitchen. anybody.... I know I know silly setup. just didn't want the amp to waste...

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Stuart_W
7 years ago
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What the hell happened to this product? - Hey Sonos

The last 2 months has been a disaster. Every since the alarm issue in Dec of 16 my system has gone to pot. Let me clarify that I've been with Sonos as an early adopter probably close to 10 years now so I've got experience in how it used to be. I have multiple units including 1 soundbar, 1 sub, 6 plays, 7 connect amps, 2 bridges and 1 boost. First there was this alarm issue and the solution was to wait until the new year and that would fix it. Proactive for sure. Ever since the alarm meltdown my sonosnet has been spotty to say the least. Yesterday with most of my system being unreachable or unplayable or not being able to group units I decided to move from Sonosnet to my wireless as the backbone. I'd always used and been happy with sonosnet but I believe all things change and perhaps it was time. Boy was that a mistake. Once all units showed up as ready I hit party mode and guess what, half of the units weren't added. A few tries later and every unit but one would come on

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bockersjv
7 years ago
Carlos.Marion-Landais
Carlos.Marion-LandaisContributor I
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How To Pair A Samsung UN65KS9500XFZA TV & Sonos PlayBar

This topic should assist with pairing multiple devices connected via HDMI on the Smart Hub to use the Sonos Playbar through the Optical Connection. Once the TV has been completely setup. Ensure that the Sonos optical cable is connected to the Samsung Smart Hub. These settings will only allow you to use the remote for volume control on the devices connected on the HDMI Ports, it will not allow you to control them via Samsung's Anyconnect option. If you need to control a device using the Anyconnect feature, then ignore setting up that HDMI port. As an example, I have 3 devices (Playstation, Amazon Fire TV & Chromecast) connected to the HDMI Ports. To Setup, follow these steps: For TV & Amazon Fire TV Settings 01. Select Sources from the menu. 02. Select Universal Remote 03. Select New Device 04. Select Home Theater 05. Type Sonos on the search option 06. Select Sonos 07. Select the HDMI Port of the device being setup 08. Select Power Test (Nothing will happen) 09. Select

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Sambryan101Contributor I
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Extending my Sonos and WiFi into the shed

Hi everyone, I currently have a bar and sub in the lounge, 5 in the living room and 1 in the kitchen. I want to add a player in my shed, but my WiFi does not connect on my phone down there. I have power, but I have read that powerline extensions are a no no with Sonos. I struggle with tech and WiFi networks etc, so I was hoping that someone might be able to give me some guidance. My internet is via phone line as there is not cable down our road. The WiFi router is pretty poor, the signal is shit even though the house is tiny. My shed is around 20m from the house. And as it stands I can't pick up any WiFi at all. The shed does have power in it. But I have read that powerlines don't really work with Sonos. I think that I might need some sort of WiFi booster but I have no idea what i need and where to get it from. If it would make things much better then I can run a LAN cable if required, although this would be a massive ball ache. Ideally I want a simple plug

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philippe44Avid Contributor I
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Chunked encoding transfer and MP3 ? (a technical question)

Hi - I asked that question a couple of years ago: I'm using my own software to control my Sonos using UPnP for some special setup. When sending an audio file, in UPnP it's a simple webserver that handles the player's request. Sonos devices handle well, when the file is flac or wav, a HTTP transfer mode named chunked-encoding which is used when the source does/can not know the size of the file to be transmitted and just send data in chunks. Strange enough, chunked-encoding does not work with MP3 and I can't see the reason why, so the un-elegant workaround is to fake a file size and cut the HTTP connection when needed. I was hoping that this would be corrected with new releases, but it does not seem to be or there is another reason that I'd be curious to know. I know this is not a forum for dev and Sonos has little reason to spend quality time on that, but raising a ticket does not hurt and if it ever reaches the dev team, they might want to correct that for sake of a cleaner implemen

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Gav_SonosEnthusiast II
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Music Library Artist Folder Artwork

Hi All. I'm relatively new to Sonos as of last year. My query is how to add artwork to Artist Folders on a shared drive. My setup is via a NAS drive. Now i'm not talking about Album Artwork. This displays fine. What I am talking about is when browsing my Music Library which is on a NAS Network drive and scrolling though Artist selection there does not appear to be anyway to display artwork on a folder to display on the sonos app. I tried everything from embedding artwork to the folder itself but no joy. Looking at other posts from 2013 has suggested it is not possible? Surely this is not the case?

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OmalbContributor II
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Configuration detail question

Can someone please explain what "Associated ZP: 192.168.x.xxx" (directly below) in my Sonos config refers to? BTW...its the first line my config file. Associated ZP: 192.168.x.xxx --------------------------------- PLAY:5: Bedroom 8-D0-AC-A4:3 Version: 7

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scubafanaticContributor I
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Looking for integration ideas

I'm considering purchasing the Sonos system and I'm looking for integration ideas with the NEst and Philips hue lights - maybe with smartthings? I'm deaf so the music isn't really a concern of mine. But I do have some ideas that I've always wanted to do. In Star Trek, when they go into battle, they flip on red alert and then there's red lights blinking. I'd love to do something like this for the fire alarm with the Nest protect. They already have an integration with the hue lights (a bit on the slow side though and sometimes you have to reconnect it). Would love if when the nest protect went off, the lights blinked red AND the sonos blared red alert from star trek. Maybe also a proximity sensor - when specific people come home, different types of music plays so other people in the house know? Are any of these possible?

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brockw66Contributor I
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Paring Sonos with Echo Dot

What is the best way to control Sonos via the Amazon Echo Dot

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7 years ago
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