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AjTrek1
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Sonos and Mesh Networks Can Play In The Same Sandbox

HIMesh Networks do work with Sonos as long as you choose components designed to work as a Mesh. Let me explain….The PRIMARY function of a Me...
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how to calculate how many speakers needed for outdoor space?

I am planning to get sonos speakers for outdoor area. I have a pool area and garden at a total of 5-7000 sqft. I was planning to get 1 amp w...
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Smokey RowContributor I
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Connecting Play:1 to new wifi

Hi all. I have a Sonos Play: 1 system at my house. I recently purchased a new router (a Netgear Nighthawk C7000), and I am having trouble getting my Sonos to connect. I follow all the steps on the Sonos app, and at the end I get an error message saying there was a problem trying to connect. No other information is given. Does anyone know how to solve this issue?

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WilklistensContributor I
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what in the name happened to sonos?

The fall of Sonos is a MBA case study in the making. 

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ThGrtMagnetContributor I
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AirPlay rendering silence on Sonos Port(s)

I have 4 Sonos Ports in my set up, all Ethernet wired to my network. I use my phone to play music to them, usually uttering “Siri play some music in the Backyard” (Backyard is the name of a port, in the room “Backyard” of my Apple Home set up). I also have tried picking a port in the output selector. In both of these scenarios, I see about 25% of the time, that Siri will say “OK” or the route is changed successfully in the picker, but then nothing is rendered on the speakers, even though the Apple Music playhead is moving as if nothing is wrong. I have checked my amp, my network, etc. and everything is fine.Interestingly, to recover, all I need is to turn off that route in the picker, and then selected it again, and immediately music is rendered. This leads me to believe it is an iOS issue, but I cant confirm. Has anyone else experienced this? It has been going on ever since I’ve had the ports, ~2 years or so.Since it isn’t 100% repeatable, it is slow to debug. I think it has something

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ThGrtMagnet
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RprnnContributor I
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spotify et android

Bonjour, Depuis une semaine impossible de se connecté depuis spotify et depuis sonos à mon groupe d'enceinte. Relance des sonos, relance du routeur, réinstallation des deux appli sur tout mes périphériques Android, vidage de la cache.  Auriez vous des solutions ? Quelqu'un aurait il les mêmes problèmes que moi ?  Moderator Edit - Translation by Google:Hello,For a week now I have been unable to connect from Spotify and Sonos to my speaker group.Restarted Sonos, restarted the router, reinstalled both apps on all my Android devices, cleared the cache. Do you have any solutions? Does anyone have the same problems as me?

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Jamie A
4 days ago
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GreerContributor I
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How well does your internet work with wireless Sonos products?

Please reply with answers to the questions below about your internet situation and how it works with your wireless Sonos set-up.Feel free to skip the next few paragraphs. Its just me explaining why I need the info, and complaining a bit.I am based in the UK but feel free to reply with your answers even if you are not. Lets save as many people as much heartache as possible.I am going to change internet providers, without going into why, I got a month to month contract and my Roam & Roam 2 promptly started disconnecting from my brand new wifi every 20ish minutes. This is a new problem, they worked fine before I moved.I’m also looking into setting up a NAS - so adding that into the questions.So now I have the opportunity to be picky with my internet provider, I want to be able to lay the blame of whatever speaker issues I have squarely at Sonos’s feet.Ok here are the questions.So please let me know:Where you are (so that people know what providers are available to them) Who your inter

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PLCMAN58Chromatic Producer I
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Xfinity XB8 - Link Local Address Issues

I recently experienced a total network failure of my Xfinity XB8 Modem. I have numerous wired and wireless SONOS devices connected that started dropping out and overall slow network performance.Xfinity replaced the XB8 modem, and the issues continued with SONOS. I then turned off all SONOS equipment and the network issues were resolved. I verified the configuration of the three TP-LINK Managed Ethernet switches and confirmed that everything was correct (RST Settings).I then turned on all of the computers, NAS and printers and the network remained stable. I then turned on each of the wired SONOS devices and the network was stable until I turned on the PORT and the PLAYBAR and the network became unstable and unusable. Each SONOS device is plugged into a TP-LINK managed switch.I then ran Wireshark and noticed an excessive number of “LINK LOCAL ADDRESS” broadcast coming from the XB8 Modem with the Source Address starting with fe80:: - ICMP V6. I then turned off both SONOS devices and the n

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pabjvContributor I
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I am unable to move everything to the same room

I have a Beam, Sub, 2 Play1's and a Port. For some reason, my mistake I presume, I ended up with 3 seperate rooms: the port in 1, Beam and Sub in 1 and the Play1's in 1. I was able to create a group containing all 3 rooms, but because of this setup no surrounds (stereo pair) in the room with the Beam and the Sub.I am able to break the stereo pair in the Play1 room, which enables me to add one Play1 to the Beam/Sub room creating a stereo pair with the Beam I think. This leaves me with a Play1 in a seperate room. I would prefer to add both Play1's to the Beam/Sub room as the stereo pair, but am unable to do so.Anybody, any advice?

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ferdelatContributor I
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Feature request: Move 1/2 + Sub / Sub mini

Any plans on making the sub mini compatible with Move 2 speakers? I have a soundbar in my bedroom, but want to use the sub mini in my backyard bbq parties paired to my Move 2, or in the liivingroom where the Move 2 sits most of the time.I’ve read that is not compatible because Move is designed to move around, but not so sure about that.Can you track how much time a Sonos Move 1 or 2 is playing when its plugged in, meaning not moving? My bet is that Move is standing still in its charger 95% of time regardless of the region, music and lifestyle

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Albert_8Avid Contributor I
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dlna client absent on SONOS

Instead of giving SONOS a DLNA client, SONOS persists in the crazy notion of making each and every speaker a DLNA service (renderer) and placing the index to the actual music files on each and every speaker.The result is that, as the memory of most SONOS devices is stuffed to the brim with the oversized  SONOS S2 OS, they cannot index more than about 7Gb of music library. Therefore the SONOS music library feature is useless for me as my music SAMBA share is around 42Gb.Notabene, the much smaller SONOS S1 OS allowed the indexing of the SAMBA 42Gb music shareI invite all who have similar problems to join in complaining to the ceo@sonos.com email account to ask for a DLNA CLIENT to be added to the SONOS S2 (S3?) controllers while simultaneously removing the unnecessary DLNA servers on the old and new speakers - in SONOS S2 (S3?)As far as I know, the hardware memory is impossible to increase without breaking open the speakers - even if the OS could address more memory. 

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Peter_254Prominent Collaborator II
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Arc Ultra and reserved IP/5Ghz Wifi. (Surround setup)

After a few settings in my router, I now have a much better experience with the Sonos App. Playing music and adjusting the volume is done almost without delays and the App opens/loads significantly faster.I'll try to make it short :)I have a Wifi 6 router that provides a very strong and stable wifi network, so I should therefore get a fairly high speed on the products that support Wifi 6. I discovered that my Arc Ultra was on 2.4Ghz even though it supports 5Ghz on Wifi 6.I turned off my Sub and 2xEra300 so that only Ultra was on, restarted my Ultra and saw that it was connected to 5Ghz. After that I went into my router where I initially discovered that it was not set to the highest Mhz on the 2.4 & 5Ghz network. Switched to the highest Mhz, and I locked the iP Ultra was connected to.Turned off Ultra and restarted my router and Ultra, could see that Ultra connected to the locked IP and on 5Ghz. Then I turned on my Sub and 2xEra300. After a very short time I could see everything was

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Corry P
1 month ago
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ArieBombaContributor I
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Cannot setup One (Gen2), One SL, Sub (Gen3) and Beam (Gen1) - error 1,000

I moved a couple of months ago. I haven’t been able to setup my Sonos speakers after the move. I reset all Sonos One and Sonos SL speakers to factory settings to start with a clean slate as just plugging them in didn’t work. Problem I get now, is that I can’t connect them to my Wifi to complete the setup. One time I got the “error 1,000” error. One time a speaker connected, indicated that it first needed to update it’s software (firmware/?) in order to work → but updating that software couldn’t be completed. I tried connecting them with an ethernet cableI reset the routerI removed and downloaded the sonos app on my iphoneNothing seems to work. Any tips? 

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1 month ago
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Rich1969Contributor I
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Himedia player causes sound problems with other connections

Yesterday I upgraded my playbase to an Arc, having connected everything, it was all up and running fine last night. This morning, I had no sound coming from the TV (HDMI 1), also I had no sound when I switched to the PS5 (HDMI 2). The ARC is connected to (HDMI 3 eARC), and I have a Himedia Q10 pro conected to (HDMI 4), these are the only HDMI ports available.When I played a movie through my media player I had sound, then when I went back to the TV and PS5 I also have sound. But once I have turned everything off for a short while and come back to it, it’s happens again, no sound to both the TV and PS.I have changed the ports around, disconnected everything, unplugged and replugged everything. The only time it works is when the HDMI cable to the media player is disconnected, even if I remove the power connector there is still the issue.Anyone have any idea how to fix this? thanks.

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Stanley_4
1 month ago
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ARRGHHHHContributor I
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Connecting Play1 to S1 avoiding upgrade

I want to connect my play1 to my s1 system.  I DO NOT want to upgrade but it prompts me every time.  When I hit not now, nothing happens.How to fix this? thx

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pturryContributor I
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HD

I have Flac files on a NAS. They play on my whole system. How can I get confirmation that HD content is being played? Thanks

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Airgetlam
2 months ago
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set2explodeContributor I
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Sonos app V80.0 does not support NAS drive

So the following note has been added to the SONOS support topic Use a NAS drive with Sonos. Sonos app version 80.0This setting is not currently available in the Sonos app for iOS or Android, but it will return in a future update.They are forcing the update, and there's no Music Library option in the system menu anymore. This is very frustrating. Very sloppy software development. Is complaining to support my only option to get this enabled again? 

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UniqeUsernameContributor I
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Sonos Beam / Plseaudio-DLNA / Shairport-Sync / Problem after Sonos Update

In addition to my 2 Sonos One, Arc and Beam, I recently got myself a Sonos Sub. When setting it up, there were of course problems with the new Sonos app, which according to a news article should have been fixed a day later. Unfortunately, I can't provide any specific version information as the speakers don't appear in the new Sonos app. It was also no longer possible to set them up in S2.In the past, while my system was running without a sub, I supplied my speakers with audio signals via pulseaudio-dlna, but due to an update this was no longer possible. I then spent years trying to find a solution to the problem and eventually came across shairport-sync and ended up playing my Sonos speakers via the AirPlay protocol.Now my Arc had to update due to the Sonos Sub integration, so far no problem. Meanwhile, my Beam also received an unsolicited update. Since this update, I have had constant dropouts on the Sonos Beam when they are played with Shairport-sync.I would now like to ask for the p

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