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I have the whole Sonos home theater at home and love it! I'm thinking about buying some additional speakers for the cabin where there in NO internet.... like none. Questions: Will a play 1 or 3 work without internet? If I set up on my home network and take it off site to another location can I manually plug my phone into it and use it as a Bluetooth speaker?

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?

Is there a way to share Sonos playlists, favorite, and such between two homes/locations on different WiFi networks? I simply want the Sonos favorites and playlists to be updatable from either two locations and available in both. [No need for the locations to be controlled from either location or play the same music as if they were all in one location.] Yes, it would be nice if adding music sources in one location added them to both/all.

I've heard online that uPnP isn't a very secure protocol and i was wondering, if i disable it in my network settings, will it break sonos completely?

Hi! I'm new to Sonos and hope to clarify this before I pull the trigger. My question pertains to whether it's possible, and if so how easy is it, to pair a Sub with various configurations of a Playbar and Play:5s in my home. More specifically: Background: ----------------- - I intend to get a Playbar, Sub and two Play:5s - installation of the above would be in an open living/dining space 38' x 22' - the Playbar and Sub go to one end of this long space (living area), one of the Play:5s would also sit here on a floor stand, the other Play:5 (also on a floor stand) goes to the other end of this room (dining area) - both ends of this long room open up to outdoor entertainment areas Usage Scenarios: ------------------------ 1) When watching TV content, I would primarily like to drive the Playbar, low freqs sent to the Sub, Play:5s off. 2) Perhaps once in a while for big movies, I m

I have a pair of PLAY:1s in a stereo pair. Both connect to SonosNet via a BOOST. What happens if I directly connect the two speakers with an Ethernet cable? Will one of the speakers receive its communication over the wire, while the other talks to the BOOST wirelessly? Just curious, not trying to solve any problem I'm experiencing.

Hi.. It seems to move a speaker from room to room, it is a few buttons / change of room setups..etc Wondering if anyone knows if Sonos is planning to (or has work arounds) for having 1 speaker in multiple rooms. I get that if i'm trying to play different music in different rooms, a choice will have to be made for said speaker.. or maybe the option to play different music in those rooms is disabled.. But here is my scenario: I have a play bar, and two play speakers. They are set up with my tv as the bar and surround stereo speakers. Great. Now since the play speakers are kinda small, and somewhat portable, I planned to have one of them easily unplugable, so we can bring it to another room when we want, and play music in that other room (without playing on all the rest of the speakers). I'd like to do this easily.. not have to break up the home theater set up.. add it to another room.. then have to redo everything when i bring the speaker ba

Hi there I am wondering if it is possible to connect my home pc to my sonos system to play audio out. I currently have a standalone Bose 2.1 connected but want to play movies on my pc through my sonos system - is this possible and if so how. Many thanks

I've been searching in this forum and so far nothing worked. I have an LG OLED55B6Y tv, with LG remote (not magic remote, see image attached) and I can't have it to control my new Playbase. Besad on some answers here, I opened "Device Connector", chose "Soundbar", but then there's no option to select a manifacture, so I'm stuck (I can only select an input). Can anyone please advise?

Hello! I purchased a Sonos Play 5 to match up with my new UTurn Orbit turntable with built in pre-amp. When playing apple music or other digital music through my Sonos, the sound is about twice as loud as when I play a record. Ie the record at full volume is about the same as 50/60% volume for the digital music. Even if i switch back and forth between record and digital for the exact same song it is not the same sound level. This is my first turntable - is that normal? The details of the preamp are here: https://uturnaudio.com/products/pluto-phono-preamp I appreciate any guidance & wisdom! thanks, Chris

I have playbar and subwoofer.....I bought later 2 play3's for stereo sound but I can't use subwoofer with the play3's without first unpairing the subwoofer from playbar.....Is that correct, if so it sucks!

I have 2 Access Points, they are SonicPoint ACi's and i can only connect to my Sonos Connect Box when im on the same Access point as the Sonos Connect Box, When i go to the other end of the house and try and connect with my app it wont see it. The WLAN (wifi access points network) are on their own Subnet, i was unable to bridge the WLAN to LAN to only have a single subnet even with help from sonicwall i was unsuccessful so i had to create a 2nd subnet. When i try and hardwire somthing to the WLAN network for anything other than a Access Point it wont dish out DHCP or anything else to be able to plug the Sonos Connect in via Ethernet. Any ideas or am i just stuck being able to only connect to the sonos if im on the same end of the house as the network rack? Or should i look at a HEOS system.

I have a playbar, sub and play 5. All in my living room. I accidently named my play 5 to be in "livingroom2" while the playbar and sub are named living room. How can I rename it so the play 5 is in "living room" so all the speakers will be under the same name. Ty

I've recently purchased a second hand CONNECT:AMP. This is now setup and connected to one custom build speaker. Currently the custom build speaker is connected to the LEFT output channel of the CONNECT:AMP. The RIGHT output channel of the CONNECT:AMP is not connected to anything. Is there a way of bridging the two speaker outputs into 1 channel, for 1 speaker? So basically my questions is: How can I connect 1 custom build speaker to both output channels of the SONOS CONNACT:AMP?

We rent a vacation house for six weeks, and I want to set up my Sonos system there. I will be bringing the computer that holds all my music. What is the best way to set up the system in the vacation home so that I will not have to recreate my home network when I return?

At this moment I own two Sonos products, and more are likely to come. Grouping of these two works fine, but every time I group the two devices (Play3 and Playbase) I have to adjust the volume to each other. Every time I stopped playing music and start watching television the group setup is gone. So when I want to start listening music again in group-format I have to re-adjust the volume levels. Is there a way to save the group / volume setup?

Greetings! Here's my Sonos Connect setup: - Sonos Connect hardwired into a 24port switch - Linux server for DHCP and DNS - DHCP server setup to always issue Sonos connect an IP of 192.168.0.100 - UniFi Access Point with two different wireless networks - Wireless Network 1: "Mike's Secure WiFi" requires a password and allows access to entire LAN - Wireless Network 2: "Mike's Guest WiFi" is open, but blocks access to 192.168.0.0/26 (for those of you who don't want to do subnet math, that's 192.168.0.1 through 192.168.0.62) Here's my goal: I should be able to connect to my secure WiFi, load up the Sonos app, and start playing music. This works great! Done. I'd like my guests who come over to be able to control my Sonos by signing on to the Guest WiFi network and finding the existing Sonos. However, when I try to connect to my Sonos using my Guest Network, I get an error saying:

I want to extend wifi to my garden, using BT whole home wifi, so I can control sonos from my patio. Current setup: BT homehub 5 --- wired connection to sonos boost --- play 1, play 5, connect amp I don't know if this uses SonosNet, but I assume so. Everything works fine, but my wifi doesn't reach my patio. If I add BT Whole home wifi, and use that wifi network to try and control sonos, will it work? The BT whole home wifi is a wired connection to the homehub5 router, then it has two other wireless discs/extenders. I am competent enough to turn off the wifi on the homehub5, so then I will only have one wifi network in my house. But I have seen people mention the problem comes if both wifi networks use their own DCHP server, which is beyond my knowledge. Thank you for any advice.

Original Setup was Connect (wired ethernet to the Connect:Amp) Connect:Amp (wired ethernet to netgear switch) Play 1 (normally wireless) Netgear switch (wired ethernet to Verizon FiOS router) Verizon FiOS router Switch out Verizon FiOS wifi for Google Wifi New Setup is Connect (wired ethernet to the Connect:Amp) Connect:Amp (wired ethernet to netgear switch) Play 1 (normally wireless) Netgear switch (wired ethernet to Verizon FiOS router) Verizon FiOS router (wifi disabled) New Google Wifi (same SSID/password as Verizon FiOS router used to be) Sonos not showing up in the controller app (version 7.2 Build 35339010). I believe the above represents the boost setup (as the Connect:Amp is wired ethernet) Followed the instructions for moving to a new router at https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1072/kw/new%20wifi

Hi all I've been a user of sonos for last 10 years and after suffering low speeds with BT broadband am looking for an alternative. Due to my remote location, BT is the only service I can get but I have borrowed from work a 4g router to try. It's a TP Link MR200 and works fine with my iPad but really struggling to set up and get sonos to work. I have set up as a wireless system and added my 2 players successfully, I have lost my napster source and no radio stations play Any help would be gratefully received 😃

If one were to take 5 (or more) Play:5 speakers and wire the 5 (or 7, 9, 11 etc) channels of a surround preamp to the line-inputs of individual Play:5 speakers, can they all have their own line-input set to autoplay their own zone and create an all Play:5 surround system? More importantly, would all of the Play:5s have an identical audio delay (70ms?) on their line-inputs when being played simultaneously as different zones?

I checked and I checked and I checked again and it's definitely working...not sure if I missed a big announcement, but the high res FLAC files in my music folder are showing up in my music library in the Sonos controller and I can play them back. I have no idea whether the Connect is actually playing back the file in its high res form or some kind of downsamping/transcoding is taking place, but the files definitely play!

I currently have a gen 1 and a gen 2 play 5, two sonos subs. I can't split them to left and right since they wouldn't be equal, and right now I have the older gen 1 in the garage. For my main room, I have high vaulted 25ft ish, ceilings, and a very open multi level living room. I was trying to hook up and have two subs, one for each level, into my one play 5 second gen. Is there a limit, one play component to one sub at this point? I'm looking to add a second play5, two play 1's, and a sound bar shortly, to help even the room out with surround sound. Will I have to make it two separate rooms, then group them so the subs work together? Or will I be able to just add the sub to the second play 5 when I split them left to right?

Hey, maybe someone can assist. After having enjoyed a Sonos WiFi whole-house (apartment) system for years, I'm excited to finally have the opportunity to install a wired system using Sonos components (no longer will spotty wireless connectivity arbitrarily interfere with my audio experience--win). So here's my situation: I will have 8-9 Connect:Amps to carry my speakers and sub throughout the house. What is the best way to cable them so I can have the "zonal" benefits of the independent amps while I am playing music from different non-streaming sources like CD and phono? How do I connect all of the amps to both of these sources? Will I have to find a CD/turntable that has 8-9+ outputs? Not sure that exists. Or does a switch exist of some sort? Would I be able to tether the amps through RCA? Would putting an amp between the sources and the Connect:Amps offer a solution? Any thoughts/input would be much appreciated. Thanks, DiveGuy

Hi ok we have a large house, it was easier to have a different broadband and telephone system in the gym rataher than running a lan cable as it was too far. So I want my sonos in the gym as well with my playlists , how do I do this?