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Ktruel
Contributor I
October 25, 2019
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Sonos / Alexa / Tunein

  • October 25, 2019
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My system has worked perfectly dince i first installed it, but over the past few weeks I've lost the ability to call up radio stations. for example saying “Alexa play Heart Kent" when I was in the Kitchen to my Dot in the kitchen would result in my kitchen Sonos speakers bursting into life with Heart Kent.

 

Now when I say Alexa play Heart Kent, I am told "I could not find a station named Heart Kent", If i say Play heart kent in the Kitchen again im told "I could not find a station named Heart Kent"

 

If I say Play Tunein then the last station I tuned into is played through the dot, if I say play tunein in Kitchen it plays over my kitchen speakers

 

This is really annoying  so any advice would be appreciated. Also I am running Sonos over its own network (plugging one speaker into the router) 

 

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    UKMedia
    UKMedia
    November 1, 2019

    I wonder if this is linked to the BBC pulling their Radio stations from TuneIn via voice.  Are you able to play the station via the Sonos App?

     

    One option is to follow the steps I posted in the Answer of this post: https://en.community.sonos.com/amazon-alexa-and-sonos-229102/alexa-and-bbc-6831167

     

     

    Remember: Sometimes Red Wine helps :)
    KtruelAuthor
    Contributor I
    November 1, 2019

    Hi yes the Sonos app is absolutely fine, strangely If I say to Alexa play Tunein in Kitchen so tells me she is going to the last Tunein station and plays perfectly

     

    John B
    November 1, 2019

    Try going to your Alexa App, disable the Sonos skill then re-enable it.

    I assume you have an Alexa group in which your kitchen dot is the Alexa device and the Kitchen Sonos is the preferred speaker? If so then you might try deleting that group and setting it up again. 

    John B
    November 1, 2019

    Also, ask Alexa to discover devices. 

    To answer another point from your original post,  it makes no difference to this whether you are running in SonosNet or wifi mode.

    KtruelAuthor
    Contributor I
    November 1, 2019

    Hi I've tried disabling, and re enabling and also deleting and re installing, but have the problem remains.

    I have the same problem on all of my groups and also on a spot, that only works on its own 

    John B
    November 1, 2019

    Is your Dot called 'Kitchen ' or 'Kitchen Dot' or what?

    KtruelAuthor
    Contributor I
    November 1, 2019

    Im running Sonos Net, I was running wifi mode before it worked fine, then it worked for a month or so on sonos net then stopped

    John B
    November 1, 2019

    As I said, the Sonos networking paths are irrelevant to this issue.

    I just tried an experiment and could play Heart Kent without difficult by voice command in the Bedroom, which seems to be the same setup as your kitchen (Dot + Sonos Speaker).  Please confirm what your relevant Alexa group is called, and what devices it has as the Alexa device, speakers and preferred speaker?  Please give the names of each.

    KtruelAuthor
    Contributor I
    November 1, 2019

    Hi in the kitchen I have a dot, called Kitchen Dot, controlling two Sonos Play one’s in a stereo pair called Kitchen, in the bedroom i have a spot on its own, I also have a dot in the louge (Lounge dot) and Play 3 (Lounge) and in the dining room (Dining room Dot) and a play three (Dining Room) I have the same problem with all these  groups and the stand alone spot

    John B
    November 1, 2019

    Please confirm that you have set Sonos as preferred speakers.in these groups?  I am just trying to make sure you have your groups set up correctly and you are not providing the information needed and requested.

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